by Bert Daniel | Jul 21, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was pinched off from a piece of clay” (Job 33:6) We all grow up somewhere and we all get used to those surroundings like it’s the only place on earth. The land forms a certain way. The contour is what we...
by Bert Daniel | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
It was night time at Grass Valley. Everyone with any sense had gone to bed long ago but even now, at three in the morning, you could hear a few murmurings. The stage area was especially quiet. Only a few hours before, this very stage had pulsed with energy and it...
by Bert Daniel | Jul 16, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
If you want to be a picker you gotta have a pick. Well at least for the most part. I’m just like the rest of you, I love to pick with fiddlers, who use that crazy thing called a bow. And I appreciate the bass players who make all that foundation sound with their...
by Bert Daniel | Jul 11, 2022 | Welcome Column
Jesse McReynolds turned 93 years old a couple of days ago. Happy belated birthday, Jesse! Among the luminary founders of the genre we call bluegrass music today, Jesse certainly looms very large. Bill Monroe first took country music in that specific direction and his...
by Bert Daniel | Jul 4, 2022 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass music has always been more than just blue. It’s solidly red and white too just like our flag and especially so on this 246th birthday of our great country. Bluegrass fans have to be some of the most patriotic music lovers out there and nothing screams...
