by Christine | Jan 13, 2020 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Marty from a few years ago. RC)The current stock of movies that are nominated for the Golden Globes currently and will soon be nominated for the Oscars is one that will be remembered for decades. What makes this year special as well is...
by Christine | Jan 11, 2020 | Welcome Column
OK, it’s Saturday, the 2nd Saturday of 2020. I predict that everyone in the world will have 20/20 vision for one year. And I predict that anybody who is anybody in the world of bluegrass is and will be at the CBA’s “Great 48” in Bakersfield,...
by Christine | Jan 9, 2020 | Welcome Column
Just popped into CBA Headquarters to purloin a bottle of white out, and it’s a ghost town in here! What the–? Oh, yeah, everyone’s down in Bakersfield for the Great 48! Have fun everyone!
by Christine | Jan 8, 2020 | Welcome Column
A tumbleweed blows across Buck Owens Blvd… Lonely oil pumping stations creak and squeak in vacant lots and front yards …. A broken guitar string lies in a parking lot next to some cigarette butts… Oh, it’s quiet now, but soon this “little” town...
by Christine | Jan 7, 2020 | Welcome Column
I’ve seen very good players cringe when someone in a jam calls the Ralph Stanley classic Clinch Mountain Backstep. Okay, maybe not very good players but just the same some good jammers do flinch at the call.Because I revel in redundancy, or because maybe there are two...
