To Each His Own

by | Mar 3, 2018 | Welcome Column

Ron Spears just wrote critical piece about “corporate country.” I happen to concur with his point of view that the bottom line of commercial country industry is the bottom line, but hasn’t this always really been the case for decades? Maybe one’s taste and...

To Plug In, or Not To Plug In?

by | Oct 2, 2013 | Welcome Column

One of the enduring iconic visuals of classic bluegrass is the band clustered around a single ribbon microphone, usually with some radio station’s call letters attached to it. Despite its acoustic instrumentation, bluegrass has been played through a microphone (or...

To sleep, perchance to dream…

by | Jan 31, 2013 | Welcome Column

Good fifth Thursday of the month from Whiskey Creek, where from one day to the next we, the human residents of our little mountain retreat, have no idea what new little surprise wrought by that natural of all process, aging, will be visited upon us next. My own...

To sleep, perchance to dream…

by | Jul 31, 2017 | Welcome Column

(EDITOR’S NOTE–On this, the last “5th Day” I’ve reached back in time to a piece I wrote a long while ago.  I choose it because it’s about dreams, and I had a whopper last night.  R)Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where...