@edgarblythe,
You sent me searching again, edgar.
William Ackerman was born in West Germany but was adopted by a couple who lived in Palo Alto, California. A self-professed poet and musician who briefly studied guitar with Robbie Basho, Ackerman grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended the Northfield Mount Hermon School and Stanford University. Before finishing his studies at Stanford, Ackerman dropped out to become a carpenter. Ackerman had composed some pieces of music for a performance of Romeo and Juliet at Stanford. In 1975, without having played a "paying gig"
What a wonderful guitar version of Anne's song
Also searched for John Denver's meaning by Annie's song.
Denver paid loving tribute to his wife by dedicating this album to her, and with 'Annie's Song,' a number one hit in July '74, Annie Denver recalls the beginnings: 'It was written after John and I had gone through a pretty intense time together and things were pretty good for us. He left to go skiing and he got on the Ajax chair on Aspen mountain and the song just came to him. He skied down and came home and wrote it down... Initially it was a love song and it was given to me through him, and yet for him it became a bit like a prayer.'
"'The first time I heard "Annie's Song," I told John it had the same melody as Tschaikovsky's "Fifth Symphony, Second Movement,"' says Milt Okun. 'He walked over to the piano, sat for an hour and came back, and the only thing remaining from Tschaikovsky was the first five notes. It was fantastic.
Love to learn on WA2K radio.
Time for me to say goodnight, and I think that I shall do so with two songs. First a birthday boy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqyQT04GtEo&feature=related
Now, Sir Elton with his ideas of Christmas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fjik78LapA&feature=related
Once again it is great to have Ontario, Ireland, and London with us today.
From Letty with love
