by Christine | Mar 2, 2009 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, My son Marty and I attended the main day of the NCBS’s Bluegrass On Broadway Festival last Saturday. It was a nice event, in its second year. We saw lots of friends there. The event featured some fine local bands like Nell Robinson and Redline, winners...
by Christine | Dec 20, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good Thursday morning from Whiskey Creek, where it’s been so cold that the difference between those residents with hair and those with fur feels magnified one hundred times over, the former constantly fine-tuning, (bundling and re-bundling, setting and re-setting the...
by Christine | Jan 27, 2017 | Welcome Column
(EDITOR’S NOTE–Eight years ago Mark Varner campaigned in his Welcome column to bring Bobby to Grass Valley. Well, guess what, Mark, he’ll be there in June.) Dear friends,First off let’s say happy birthday to our pal Phil Leadbetter. Just a...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2009 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, First off let’s say happy birthday to our pal Phil Leadbetter. Just a young pup of 47! Hope you had a great weekend. The weather sure is saying “bluegrass time” these days and it won’t be long till the California festival season is going strong. Last...
by Christine | Sep 9, 2009 | Welcome Column
Let’s jam! That two word phrase is right up there with “play ball!”. If Bluegrass festivals were nothing but multi-day concerts, they wouldn’t be nearly as popular. It comes down to the jamming. Even watching the festival acts on stage, I hear licks I want to try, and...
