Farmers Market opens Saturday

The Gloversville Farmers Market will open for the season this Saturday, May 17, 2008. (Which happens to be the 2nd anniversary of the day I started this blog.) I'll be playing solo and unplugged there from 9 a.m. to noon.

The market will be in its fancy, new pavilion on Elm Street (near Bleecker Street, behind the former Methodist church). Should be sweet.

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OK, I'll admit it: I've been neglecting this blog. I've been doing most of my blogging over at www.leaderherald.com. You can check out what I'm up to by going to that site and clicking on "BLOGS" (what else?).

 

A little harp

Just fooling around with a fiddle tune on harmonica. This is called "The Tombigbee Waltz." Fiddle guru Jay Ungar says it's named after a river in Alabama (and I imagine the river is named after one Thomas Bigbee, but I've never heard of the guy).

Stories and songs

The Gloversville Public Library will host an event this month with storyteller Karen Pillsworth. I will open for her with a short set of music, mostly ballads and other sorts of story-songs.

 

Stories and songs

with Karen Pillsworth and Bill Ackerbauer

Time: 7:15 to 8:15 p.m.

Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Place: Gloversville Public Library, East Fulton Street, Gloversville, NY

Free and open to the public

 

Tags: Gloversville, Library, Storyteller, Ackerbauer

Blogging for The Leader-Herald

I've started writing a new blog for The Leader-Herald, which might result in me posting less and less frequently on this site. We'll see how it goes. Check out my LH blog, "Bill's Broadsides," by going to www.leaderherald.com and clicking on "BLOGS."

Kindergarten krooning

I played and sang some songs with the kids in my son Liam's kindergarten last month. The school put a little photo of us on its Web site:

 

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Jug band music, anyone?

Spread the word: I'm looking for a couple of acoustic musicians interested in playing old-timey music and country blues on jug band/string band instruments.

I play guitar, harmonica, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, etc., but I can't play them all at the same time! If someone you know plays an acoustic instrument (portable and not requiring electricity) and is interested in roots/old-time/pre-WII/traditional/hokum/ragtime blues styles, urge them to get in touch with me at smokinbill@aol.com.

I'd like to start practicing in January and be ready to start playing gigs by summer.

Tags: jugband, acoustic, 12095, folk, blues, old-time, old-timey, jug band music, jug band, hokum, Johnstown, Gloversville, Fonda, Broadalbin, Mayfield

 

Now that Liam's in kindergarten, he says he's ready to start writing his own blog. He's not techinically a writer yet, but he's a heck of a storyteller. Check out his tales by clicking the link below:

From Liam's Mouth

Tags: ackerbauer, johnstown, stories, kindergarten, storytelling, children