Black Mountain Sage

I have always enjoyed reading the sage wisdom of B. Judd on the CBA Website, and I went in search of even more wisdom. Figuring the nexus of Bluegrass wisdom would emanate from the Bluegrass state, I went there. Also, knowing that sages and soothsayers and gurus and...

Blackberries

Blackberry sitting on a bramble high /I’ve been reaching into the sky /I’m gonna pick me a bowl to stew/ And have some this morning. We have a big blackberry bush in our back driveway and we pass by there often on our way to visit Grandma. My son Ethan noticed the...

Blackberry Blossom

Blackberry Blossom is one of the classic fiddle tunes, up there in the Top Ten of instrumentals to have ready for those festival jam sessions. In the 1920s and 30s it was popularised by Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith, who recorded Blackberry Blossom with his Dixieliners...

Blest Be the Ties That Bind

This weekend I will have my flag on display to acknowledge the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep America Free. May they rest in peace and may we all reflect on the freedoms we enjoy as we celebrate Memorial Day with those we love. Like many of you,...

Blinding Hoot Owl’s, and other mundane subjects

I know what you’re thinking, JDs been up in the woods too long byhimself, and what in the cat hair does hoot owls have to do withbluegrass music? Well in this case, it has a lot to do with it myfriends and I will explain.Back in November of 1963 while on a goose...