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| | Glenn Weiser-bio by Margie Rosenkranz |
 | | Onstage with guitar, baritone vocals, rack-mounted harmonica and occasionally banjo, Weiser shamelessly and wonderfully mixes genres and eras - Blues and Celtic tunes, Country Blues of the 20's and 30's - then throws in a Scott Joplin rag, Tin Pan Alley show tune, or a blues or folk classic made famous by the Grateful Dead. |
 | | A veritable encyclopedia on Celtic music and blues (he's Sing Out magazine's harmonica expert and also writes for Acoustic Guitar), Wiener has accumulated a vast repertoire through his travels from 1950's New Jersey: fingerstyle classics of the '20's and '30's made famous not only by Jefferson, but Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, and others. |
 | | As a youth studying classical guitar ("the rich cultural tradition of the New Jersey suburbs," he deadpans), Weiser gradually converted from Baroque and Spanish music to steel-string fingerpicking after hearing "Separation Blues" at a 1967 peace rally. |
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