by Christine | Nov 8, 2014 | Welcome Column
What if Bill Monroe had never been born? Would the foundation of bluegrass music have been created, as we know it, with Bill, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the other bluegrass boys back in the 1940’s? And the big question that affects us in the here and now is,...
by Christine | Jul 18, 2019 | Welcome Column
Last week I received a phone call from an old friend and picking pal who I had not seen for some time. We got to reminiscing about the bluegrass bands and musicians we had played with over the last forty-five years. Much of our discussion was about other players who...
by Christine | Jan 30, 2011 | Welcome Column
OK guys, here it is. I’m stuck here writing this Sunday column, (my second for the month since there happens to be an extra Sunday this month). You’re more than welcome to read it, but if I were you, I’d high tail it up to Cloverdale and catch the...
by Christine | May 11, 2017 | Welcome Column
Uhh…. good question.We’ve all read about Banjo Acquisition Syndrome and its related cousins, fiddle acquisition syndrome, guitar acquisition syndrome, etc., etc. Really, “how many banjos do you need?” is not the relevant question. “How many...
by Christine | Aug 20, 2017 | Welcome Column
Isaac Newton. As the not-so old testament story goes, Satan got Eve to take a bite of the apple, Eve baked an apple pie to feed to Adam, and when she threw the cores out, one happened to hit this bum laying under a tree and he had some immediate epiphanies…gravity,...
