The Double Dose Bluegrass Band

I’m developing a business plan to finally capitalize on this dang pandemic. It won’t rival Amazon, UPS, Door Dash, Uber Eats, etc, but will provide some strong stimulus for me and a few of my friends. My plan is targeted at a niche market and by design it will only...

Write a Story, Write a Song

We are nearly a year into quarantine, lockdown, boredom, overwork… whatever this era is to you, and whatever you want to call it. How are you documenting this time? Are you documenting this experience for future generations? After my father’s death a year ago, while...

Would Napoleon Have been a Bluegrass Fan?

Would Napoleon Bonaparte have liked Bluegrass? This is an interesting question. I think he probably would have. Sure, the music would have been more than a hundred years more “advanced” than what he was used to but likely the French emperor would have been familiar...

Hey, Gimme a Call Some Time

A golden oldie from February 2018 The third rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority… The second rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority… The first rate mind is only happy when it is thinking…. Milne...

Jam Anxieties

One of the very best things about bluegrass is jamming, right? Nothing presents a quintessential picture of a bluegrass festival like folks hanging around in lawn chairs picking in the shade, voices joined in joyous harmony. But for some folks, jamming is stressful....