First Meeting with Mr. Monroe

First Meeting with Mr. Monroe

Editor’s Note: I’d like to welcome a new columnist, Sean Barry to our writing staff. I’m looking forward to hearing more from him. Take it away, Sean. In October 1978 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys appeared at the Coffee House at UC Davis, a show I was unable to...
I Forgot the Lyrics

I Forgot the Lyrics

If you’re in a casual jam at any bluegrass jamming venue you are certain to come across a situation where a great song is in progress and the lead singer has a brain freeze. The solo breaks might be very good but a song tends to falter unless there are lyrics. Most...
Talk to Your Doctor Again

Talk to Your Doctor Again

I have been watching a new direct to consumer drug ad recently that reminds me of a spoof article I wrote a few years ago. The new ad is for a drug called upadacitinib which goes by the brand name Renvoq. The amazing thing is that the commercial actually includes a...
Grits Redux

Grits Redux

My mouth is watering already for the food I will relish at the Great 48 event this January in Bakersfield. Bakersfield is one of the few places in California where you can get good grits because the town is populated with so many descendants of Okie migrants who went...