Valley Roots…an arc of time and heart

(Editor’s Note—Marcos, who wrote his riveting column on the Super Bowl just day before yesterday, is back with a piece he recently contributed a piece to the popular Modesto View magazine on, what else, roots music. It’s a good ‘un.) Long dirt roads connecting small...

Valuable Volunteers

May 2008 President’s Message The California Bluegrass Association is an all volunteer organization. The elected Directors and appointed Officers all have year round responsibilities and some of these jobs are huge. The organization would wither and die without our...

Variations on a theme

Not surprisingly, there’s a lot more going on in the bluegrass world during the middle of the year. The weather is nicer, more bands are on the road, so the choices of bluegrass related activities are many, and deep. On a given weekend, you can go to outdoor festivals...

Various remembrance’s of times past

As I sat here trying to figure out jes what I’d write for this coming Thursday’s welcome message, a few lil’ random thoughts came to mind, so I figured why not tell ’em whilst I can still remember ’em. Natcherally they include my ol...

Vern and Ray Tribute at Grass Valley

Dear friends, The Bluegrass Breakdown publication should be in your mailboxes any day now, after a month “off” due to the combined October and November issues. It was hard getting back into the swing of putting together the massive tome my predecessor turned a humble...