by Christine | Sep 23, 2012 | Welcome Column
I am still coming down from the euphoria that lingers a week or so after a fun event; I’m speaking of the Bluegrassin’ in the Foothills Festival at Plymouth. It’s always good to spend time pickin’ and pot-lucking with the bluegrass family. Remember the theme song to...
by Christine | Apr 22, 2020 | Welcome Column
I don’t think I realized, until this Covid-19 pandemic, what an intensely social thing music was in my life. It became abundantly clear when my busy calendar of gigs and rehearsals suddenly got wiped out for at least 2 months. But along with those went the regular...
by Christine | Jun 11, 2010 | Welcome Column
It’s three in the morning, and I can’t sleep. Thinking about fathers day. I’m going down to the fifth string on Alhambra and J street. Gotta pick up my survival gear before Grass Valley. Picks and strings, a new capo. Probably a tuner. Maybe rosin for the fiddle I’ll...
by Christine | Oct 4, 2017 | Welcome Column
I have lots of friends in bands, and a lot of these bands are very good. There are a variety of venues in the area, and most of my friends and I have played at these venues. But there is often a sizable difference in the attendance at these shows. Why is that? Is it...
by Christine | Jun 28, 2011 | Welcome Column
I got to thinkin’ here awhile back about all of the good times I had when I was playing with Vern’s band back in the 70’s, and some of the gigs we played that kinda haunt my memory. Not that they were bad memories, but not the kind you relish...
