The Lucky One

As the title implies, I’m the lucky one to write the first Welcome Column after the Great Web Site Melt Down of 2011. Losing contact with my bluegrass family for several days was almost too much to handle. I was even beginning to ponder the aspects of activating my...

The Mad Hatter Speaks

I have never, ever been very pleased with my face or hair, so it’s a happy coincidence that I began playing the most hat-friendly form of music ever: bluegrass. It could be argued that country music is even more hat-friendly, and maybe it is, but recently, the trend...

The Magic Touch

One of my great pleasures nowadays is listening to those ‘complete recordings of…’ CD sets. These contain riches undreamt of back in the day when you had to search for LP releases of around sixteen tracks (if you were lucky) of your favorite artists. Indeed I remember...

The Maid in the Meadow

Wildflower Fest X at the McB Ranch is now history but I made some memories that will last…well as long as my memory lasts. This is a jam that is held each year at the peak of the wildflower blooming season in the mountains just east of Redding, CA. Our wonderful hosts...