by Christine | Oct 6, 2020 | Welcome Column
Even though it was shorter than my previous times at the Fathers Day Festival in Grass Valley California, not arriving till Thursday, it was one of the best: whether it was a great jam or one of the most complete lineups I have seen at any festival, on the west or the...
by Christine | Jan 29, 2019 | Welcome Column
Perhaps many of you have heard: my LP collection was recently destroyed by water from a leaky pipe. With quiet insidiousness, water had collected in my back closet. where I stored my record albums. This disaster was discovered as I was preparing for a CBA Radio Show...
by Christine | Jul 22, 2014 | Welcome Column
I first met Randy Pitts over the telephone, he in his Nashville booking agency office, me in my company car talking on my company phone on company time about hiring one of his acts for the Fathers Day Festival. Some would say a less than conducive way to begin a...
by Christine | Nov 1, 2007 | Welcome Column
In the old Seinfeld show, there was an episode where Elaine Benes was dating a guy who loved the Eagles song “Desperado” so much that he would insist on being able to hear it in peace, stopping whatever he was doing to savor every note. Elaine took this to mean he was...
by Christine | Jan 2, 2014 | Welcome Column
As I have elaborated in the recent past, part of my off-season bass playing program is play in any jam I can. One of the opportunities I have is to fill in a couple of old time jams in Palo Alto. Barbara the regular bass player for these jams is very diligent in...
