Lloyd Butler

I never understood Lloyd Butlers sense of rhythm until I saw Jimmy Rodgers on an old film clip. I think the song he was playing was “T for Texas”. I remember sitting back in my chair and saying to my myself, “He’s playing that like Lloyd.” Then I thought, no, Lloyd’s...

Location, Location, Location

A few months back I was browsing the shelves in a local thrift shop and pulled out a book entitled ‘Laurel Canyon’ by Michael Walker. In truth the title didn’t mean much to me, but I was intrigued by the explanatory subtitle “The inside story of rock and roll’s...

Location, location, location

It’s an immutable law of fate that everything that happens to us in life affects everything else that happens to us. Seemingly unrelated events have repercussions that may profoundly affect our lives far down the road. For example, many years ago, I began my...

Lodi

Our CBA Fall Campout this year visited a new location: Lodi. Unfortunately, I wasn’t there. I really love the spring and fall campouts, but I just had too much stuff to do at home this year. It will be interesting to hear the comments about how this this...

Lodi Bound and Lodi Determined

Many of my CBA buddies are already up in Lodi for the CBA Fall Campout, and I’ll be joining them later this week.Just as the Spring Campout signals the start of another long California bluegrass “season”, so does the Fall Campout herald the end of one. Fortunately, in...