by Bert Daniel | Dec 13, 2022 | Welcome Column
Suppose you decide to play a recording from Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys, or the Stanley Brothers or Flatt and Scruggs. You’re about to listen to some Bluegrass music, right? After all, these are the bands that form the pillars of the genre we now call Bluegrass...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 20, 2022 | Welcome Column
Not so long ago, I completed a goal that had eluded me for about a half a century. I read through the entire Old Testatment from beginning to end. And, in a big way, Bluegrass was my inspiration! Even though my column generally falls on a Sunday, I write about...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 11, 2022 | Welcome Column
I’m sure you’ve all seen them. They wander around the campgrounds in search of a good jam. But unlike most other would be bluegrass jammers, they are heavily burdened by a very ponderous and unwieldy instrument. If they do a lot of jam hopping...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 6, 2022 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: Where oh where is pretty little Susie? Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch (traditional) Spring is springing already here in California! And there is no greater delight than watching the trees bloom each spring. Like many others during the COVID era I...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 4, 2022 | Welcome Column
I can tell you from experience. It’s not a bad thing at all to be stuck in Lodi. For years now the CBA has held its fall or spring campout at the Grape Festival Grounds in Lodi. By April we may be somewhat out of this pandemic mess and I hope we will be able to...
