by Bert Daniel | Jun 4, 2021 | Welcome Column
If memory serves me correctly, I predicted back in January or February that this pandemic mess is about to get a bit better at least for us here in the USA. Responsible folks are heeding the call to get vaccinated. California along with the rest of the country looks...
by Bert Daniel | Jun 6, 2021 | Welcome Column
“THE CHRISTIAN LIFE”: SACRED SONGS OF THE LOUVIN BROTHERS. Charlie and Ira Louvin’s music retained the identifying characteristics borrowed from shape-note singing and balladry that set them apart from their peers, and the brothers successfully created a...
by Bert Daniel | May 26, 2021 | Welcome Column
“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” ― Albert Einstein. Time is indeed relative as my pal pointed out. Folks of a certain age become aware that time...
by Bert Daniel | May 24, 2021 | Welcome Column
In the 2012 biography Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers, famed singer- songwriter Kris Kristofferson states “the legendary Louvin Brothers’ hauntingly beautiful Appalachian blood harmony is truly one of the treasures of American music”. In order to gain...
by Bert Daniel | May 19, 2021 | Welcome Column
Dare I say it? It looks (cautiously) like the pandemic is winding down. Things definitely seem to be getting better in California, but that’s a very general term. I’m excited about the possibilities, but I’m mindful of how many people have been so affected by this...
