Fritz Hodde's "The Fabulous Six" which now “actually consists of 5 members” has been performing since 1963.  Home base is now Hutto, Texas.  The band enjoys traveling the State of Texas playing polka, waltz, and country music.  It is always a pleasure to see old friends and make new friends.    Their music can be heard on polka stations throughout Texas and a multitude of other states.

For many years, the band consisted of two generations of Pallas (Arthur and Byron) and three generations of Hoddes (Lorenz, Fritz, and Scott) until the death of Lorenz in 1998.  We are now happy to promote Brandon Hodde who has been playing with us for the past year.  Brandon, who plays drums, saxophone, and button accordion, is the son of Scott Hodde and the grandson of Fritz Hodde. 

The band has participated in many festivals throughout Texas over the years including the National Polka Festival in Ennis off and on since 1967, the “Accordion King Festival” in Houston and Austin, the Fort Bend Czech Festival in Rosenberg, the Kolache Festival in Hallettsville, the Aqua Festival in Austin, the Big Joe Festival in Round Top, plus many more.  The band has played for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and numerous Polka Masses to keep the Czech polka music alive.
The band members are all multi-talented and feature vocals of Czech, German, Spanish, and also English:

Fritz Hodde – Trumpet, accordion, guitar, vocals - Has played in the band for 45 years
Arthur Palla – Saxophone, guitar, vocals – Has played in the band for 28 years
Scott Hodde – Saxophone, button accordion, trumpet, drums, bass guitar, baritone, vocals has played in the band for 24 years.
Russell Kalkbrenner – Bass guitar, drums – Has played in the band since September 2002
Brandon Hodde – Drums, saxophone, button accordion  – 1 year  

The band has made 8 recordings, which can be found on CD, cassette, 8-track, and LP’s.  Hope to see you in Ennis for the Polka Festival.