Old Ones, New Ones, Loved Ones, Neglected Ones

Someone asked me recently for a copy of a cassette tape which was recorded in 1980. As I am now in my eighth decade, 1980 feels like yesterday, and it came as a bit of a shock to realise that I received that tape nearly forty years ago. I eventually found it by...

Old People’s Music

I have to confess something right now. I am an aging baby boomer. These days, when I listen to music it’s mostly music that has been around for quite some time. Don’t get me wrong. It’s great music and anyone could enjoy it just as much as I do. But let’s face it, I’m...

Old Songs

Every year around this time I put everything aside and go to work on the Posarela, a staged Christmas story based mostly on some old traditional Mexican holiday songs. Itís put on by a community music center in my neighborhood called the Community Music Center. You...

Old Testament Bluegrass

Recently, I completed a goal that had eluded me for about a half a century. I read through the entire Old Testatment from beginning to end. And, in a big way, Bluegrass was my inspiration! Even though my column generally falls on a Sunday, I write about religious...