William Ackerman was born on November 16,1949 and is an American guitarist and record producer who founded Windham Hill Records.
10 Facts About William Ackerman
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William Ackerman's adoptive father was a professor of English at Stanford University.
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William Ackerman grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Northfield Mount Hermon School in western Massachusetts.
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William Ackerman returned to Palo Alto to study English and History at Stanford University.
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William Ackerman's life took a turn when he discovered he had a fondness for carpentry.
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William Ackerman was five credits short of graduating when he left Stanford to work as an apprentice to a Norwegian boat builder.
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William Ackerman left carpentry to pursue music full time in 1980.
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William Ackerman then discovered guitarist Michael Hedges at a concert in Palo Alto and immediately signed him to the label.
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The label was selling millions of albums, and William Ackerman became a wealthy man.
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William Ackerman built Imaginary Road Studios in Dummerston, Vermont and has continued to work as a producer.