Thursday, August 17, 2006

Old-Fashioned Porch Pickin'

Anne Marie (accordion); Roland (guitar, banjo, autoharp, jew's harp); Bill (guitar, banjo, fiddle, harmonica)

I had a great time tonight playing music with Roland and Anne Marie on the front porch at Wemple & Edick's ice cream shop in Sammonsville. It was great to be able to play the fiddle as much as I did; God knows I need more practice playing it in group situations. My bum finger is still healing, and by the time we finished playing tonight, it was beet-red and swollen, but the good news is that it more or less works. Roland and Anne Marie had never met before tonight, so it was cool that we were able to play some songs pretty well (there were a few false starts, but who's counting?) I think the highlight was "Pay Me My Money Down," which seemed to have folks tapping their toes.

The owners said we're welcome to do it again, so perhaps we'll be there on the porch once more before the end of the summer. Stay tuned for details on that.

My next gig will be at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 29 at the Moon & River Cafe, 115 S. Ferry St., Schenectady.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Spending Too Much Time Online!

I've posted a couple of songs over at Folk Alley, a major online folk radio site. You can help me out by listening to my tunes there, posting comments about them and whatnot. Here's where to go:

Bill Ackerbauer on Folk Alley

I guess I should also mention that I've been spending way too much time surfing around on myspace.com lately. If you're into that kind of thing, check out my page at http://www.myspace.com/billackerbauer . And if you're a myspacer yourself, be sure to "friend" me.

Thursday, August 3, 2006

My Comeback Gig

Put it on your calendar: My "comeback" gig (after two months of nursing a fractured pinky finger) will be at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 29 at the Moon & River Cafe in Schenectady. The place is at 115 N. Ferry St. in the Stockade. There's no cover charge to get in, but come to have dinner or coffee and dessert, and save a buck or two for my tip jar. I'm a starving graduate student!

The cafe has a website at http://moonandrivercafe.com/

Old-time folk fans, note I've also just found out that Americana songstress Diana Jones will be performing at the Moon & River on Aug. 17. Don't miss this show. She's the real deal! Her website is: http://www.dianajonesmusic.com/