Bruce Ackerman!
So full of life! So full of creativity!
As the great Phil Ochs once sang about a fallen president
“A man so full of life, even death was caught off guard.”
Bruck Ackerman!
Excellent artist. Fine musician. He built
such beautiful guitars for his friends and loved ones!
He was a excellent graphic designer
He designed the logo for Fugs Records
and the poster for our 1994 reunion at the Byrdcliffe Guild:
And a wonderful painter: Miriam and I have in
our Woodstock house a beautiful painting Bruce
made of one of our pet ducks!!
And always, decades upon decades Bruce exuded friendship and
good will. For years I saw him around noon
walking on Tinker St to another lunch appointment
Always with a smile and an outstretched hand.
But at the same time Bruce was also famous in Woodstock
for his Caricatures of local politicians and activists
in the Woodstock Times, at which the victim,
would gulp, shudder, and praise him for his
artistry and wit!
He was a fine singer and performer, and a good father.
He was married to Barbara Boyce and they had a relationship
that lasted all all all all all the Way onward!
Bruce Ackerman, long may you dwell in the history
of Woodstock, and in our minds!!
Ed Sanders is a poet, historian, and founding member of the Fugs. He and his wife Miriam, a writer and painter, have lived in Woodstock for 50 years. Ed chaired the committee that drafted the town’s current zoning law and remains active in civic and creative life. Some of his papers and writings are archived at Princeton University, including thousands of glyphs.
