How Is The Akron Book Coming You Ask?

 

 

So the whole Akron Book is rolling along pretty well, mostly because a lot of cool people have been helping me out.

Ott Gangl, who was a photograph for the Akron Beacon Journal for decades, has been a whole lot of help. Bruce Ford, the official photographer for the City of Akron from 1979-2009 has also been great.

The Akron Zoo, Inventure Place, Folks from the Soap Box Derby, The Peanut Shoppe and a whole lot of others have been great about sharing their history.

The coolest part though has been the music people. I've talked to members of the Rubber City Rebels, Wild Butter, Buckner & Garcia, Hammer Damage, Tin Huey and Chi-Pig. The music scene in Akron was something special back then. Really looking forward into diving into that a whole lot more.

Problem is I have a bunch of stuff I still need, picks of Archie the Snowman, Mr. Bilbos, Swensons, Skyway, Lou and Hy's. Lot of work to do.