Top Ten Reasons to Run for the Board

About 2:00 a.m. on Saturday night at Grass Valley, up in the tent camping area, I found myself in a jam with a man by the name of Oloong Bordich. (At least that’s how I’d spell it if I were Oloong.) Anyways, after the jam broke up this fellow and I started talking and...

Top Ten Things I Don’t Like About J.D. Rhynes

Good Tuesday morning from Whiskey Creek, where the battle between our property, which insists it will go back to nature and its owner, who demands it conform to his wife’s vision of what a country estate should look like, intensifies as the days get longer; where our...

Top Ten Tips for Happy Bluegrassers

(EDITOR’S NOTE—Cameron’s tips from last spring seemed to have worked for a whole lot of pickers interested in upping their game at the FDF. Here they are again.) The California Bluegrass Association Father’s Day Festival is a breathless 27 days away and...

Top Ten Tips for Happy Bluegrassers

The California Bluegrass Association Father’s Day Festival is a breathless 27 days away and counting. Here are our top ten festival tips to keep you knee-deep in bluegrass happiness: 1. Use Your Sunscreen Just do it. Nobody needs a leathery, peeling neck just to...