The Accordion-Playing Merman

Those who’ve seen his arms rising out of the tidal backwaters of Maine and New Hampshire call him the “creek monster” or “creek man.” To radio fans across the country, he’s host of WUNH’s raucous polka show. Surf music fans know him as the Grammy-nominated frontman of The Serfs. And as a child, he played accordian on vaudeville.

Gary Sredzienski is one those legendary personalities we don’t run across too often. His varied character comes alive in Creek Man: The Unbelievable True Story of the Accordion-Playing Merman. It’s a one-man dinner theater production at the York Harbor Reading Room in York Harbor, Maine from May 7-17. Gary Sredzienski, no stranger to the mic, joined us in the studio to give us a preview.

(Photo by Grace Peirce)