I’ll Fly Away

We were playing and singing “I’ll Fly Away” at a Christmas gathering when the text came into my cell that Warren Hellman had passed away. As we finished the song, I told everyone that I had just received some terrible news and there was silence in the room after I...

I’m Not Bored!

There can be times when as a musician you get tired of the stuff you are playing, and you may echo the cry of Iggy Pop in 1979, and a decade earlier by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, “I’m bored!” What to do if you need inspiration to progress with your music? I typed...

I’m not really here

Good morning from Whiskey Creek, just a few square feet under six acres that is more demanding than a young bride born with a silver spoon in her mouth, six acres populated by one house, one barn, one feed shed and one wood shed that all have roofs just aching to leak...

I’ve Got the Talking Audience Blues

There were so many things to love about this year’s Father’s Day Festival — Del McCoury and his amazing band, Edgar Loudermilk’s stunning drive on the bass, jamming with friends in camp, Molly Tuttle’s ethereal voice, High Country’s 50th anniversary show on Vern’s...

I-Bluegrass

Recently there have been a few movies that were based on the subject of cyber “intelligence”. The Will Smith movie, I-Robot and Steven Spielberg’s AI or Artificial Intelligence both took turns exploring the possibilities and moral repercussions of intelligent design....