by Christine | Sep 7, 2015 | Welcome Column
(EDITOR’S NOTE–This being the first Monday of the month you were all poised, I’m certain, to find a message from our President, the Honorable Darby Brandli, but due to a little screw up in which her monthly column was posted last week instead of...
by Christine | Mar 17, 2017 | Welcome Column
That’s what my ol pard Vern Williams called this story that I’m going to relate to all of you this month. Going back a lot of years is necessary to set the stage for this story, and I’m sure you will agree when I get to the end of it. I guess this...
by Christine | Apr 22, 2019 | Welcome Column
(Here at the Daily Welcome Column desk we refer to the old man’s pieces as ageless. The Great Bluegrass Joke is a good readson why. RC)That’s what my ol pard Vern Williams called this story that I’m going to relate to all of you this month. Going...
by Christine | Jul 8, 2016 | Welcome Column
At the fathers day festival, walking through the fairgrounds, something important was missing. Walking down the gravel road remembering good times and old friends, it saddened me to notice that the spot where Pat and George Calhouns R.V. used to be, had an...
by Christine | Feb 4, 2015 | Welcome Column
Nobody loves gear and instruments more than I, and I have often waxed poetically on the joys of fine guitars, banjos, fiddle, basses and the like. That love burns strong. The recent find of a Lloyd Loar mandolin in some old barn was fascinating – can you...
