Jazz giant Teo Macero died last week, as my brother notes. Macero was born in our little home town (or the town that's the standard first response when answering the question "so, where are you from?" - it's a good first approximation). But, as far as I know, the only mention of this anywhere in the city is a small sign in the lawn in front of the library. Not really a jazz town, I guess.
Other noteworthy people from Glens Falls (or thereabouts): major league pitchers Dave LaPoint and Dave Palmer; pro wrestler Hacksaw Jim Duggan; Edward C. Prescott, 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics; EVOO enthusiast Rachael Ray; Gerald Solomon, 20-year member of the House of Representatives; Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, Charles Evans Hughes.
Also, The Who opened one of their many comeback tours there, one year.
WHAT????
You know I read the obit in the NYT and just went back to double check. I can’t believe I just glossed right over that.
yeah man. and i bet he, like all of us from that area, cherished the afternoons he spent standing on the bridge above the falls, inhaling the sulferous smoke from the paper factory.
and now i know you never went to the library.
HA! The library was relocated to a department store for renovations. Its in what used to be ____baums or some such place.
And hey, don’t knock the sulfur breezes. They were my first breaths…
My lad, are you not aware that Glens Falls is the headquarters of the STOA?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTr6Mleln4k
i didn’t even know there was such a thing as the STOA!