by Christine | Dec 11, 2010 | Welcome Column
There is an old cowboy, he’s grown kind of strange His guitar and banjo are his only companions He sleeps in the saddle and yawns in the canyons He’s grown plumper, but hopes for change And as the moon rises, he spits on his fire Thinking about old times,...
by Christine | Nov 11, 2011 | Welcome Column
I was thinking of that old song. I don’t know why, but I got to remembering….. You get a line and I’ll get a pole honey… It was summer in South Prairie Washington, and I was about ten years old. And My cousin Jerry and I had finished our chores on his daddy’s farm,...
by Christine | Feb 28, 2011 | Welcome Column
I love square dancing. It’s the greatest, goofiest, most wholesome musical activity I’ve ever participated in. Just a few weeks ago Jeanie and I attended the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time festival square dance at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco. Two...
by Christine | Jul 10, 2011 | Welcome Column
I have a real problem with old time music. But it’s not what you might think. For example, I’m certainly not the died in the wool hard core Bluegrass fan who resents any intrusion by another musical form into the stage time “reserved” for the...
by Christine | Jan 7, 2017 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Bert from back in ’11) I have a real problem with old time music. But it’s not what you might think. For example, I’m certainly not the died in the wool hard core Bluegrass fan who resents any intrusion by another musical...
