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Bill's Broadsides
POSTED:Tue, December 2, 2008 @ 2:14PM
Guitar guruBlog Links» Glenn's Web siteGlenn is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and has written numerous books and magazine articles on fingerstyle guitar and harmonica. His specialty is arranging Celtic tunes for fingerstyle guitar. You can read all about his musical publications and his other adventures (such as writing for Metroland) at http://www.celticguitarmusic,com. He and I met at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs about 10 years ago, when I was living on Phila Street and working at The Saratogian. I took lessons with Glenn off and on for a few years, and he showed me a lot about both flatpicking and fingerpicking. You can hear my recent recording of a Scottish tune he taught me on the video posted here. You can hear Glenn's recording of "Carolan's Receipt" here. If you're the type of person inclined to troll YouTube for random bits of video comedy, you might want to search for Glenn's musical tribute to Eliot Spitzer. I'd post the video right here on my blog, but like most things having to do with New York state government, it's not fit for decent company ...
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Bill Ackerbauer Assistant City Editor Johnstown native Bill Ackerbauer began his journalism career in 1996 as a reporter with The Leader-Herald. He later worked as an editor at newspapers in Schenectady, Saratoga Springs and Dover, New Hampshire. He edited the book "Celebrating Johnstown," published in 2008 by The Leader-Herald. This blog won first place in the 2008 New York State Associated Press writing contest for newspapers in the Leader-Herald's circulation category. Bill teaches writing at Fulton-Montgomery Community College and journalism at the University at Albany. In his spare time, Bill plays folk music on guitar, banjo, fiddle and other traditional instruments. He lives in Johnstown with his wife, Jen, and their two sons, Liam and Carter.
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