Yep, Part 3 and a short part 4 ...I think that may be all.










Some Info on Jerry:

Jerry Sleger, Sturgeon Bay (WI), is a traveling one-man band. His act is unique, to say the least. It's homebuilt, you might say. It's a conglomeration of fiberglass and keyboards and wires and dials and switches. It has 1265 solder connections.
And it's all connected to an accordion.

"It's so hard to explain," said Sleger, when asked to describe his music machine. "I wouldn't even know where to start. Everything you see, I built. The accordion I built, and fiberglassed it, and inside of there I've got four keyboards running into the accordion. The other keyboards I work with my right hand and with foot expressions. There is not another like it, no place."

This is easy to believe. Along with the musical instruments, is a revolving speaker, an organ, Sleger said, and the organ is triggered by the accordion. To add a little visual interest, he added some toys-a dancing hula girl doll, a drum-pounding circus monkey, and a barking dog in the tip box.

Sleger's repertoire is restricted; he knows what he wants to play-big band, old-time music. No rock, no country. AirVenture attendees stop to listen. Some sing, some dance in the street, some point and laugh. Most are appreciative of his talent. It's one of the most familiar, and unmatched, traditions at Oshkosh.

"Oh, the people love it," Sleger said. "When they come in, they hear it way back. They tell me 'Oshkosh wouldn't be the same without it.'"

His wife LaVern sits in a lawn chair nearby. For nineteen years, she's sold his CDs