by Christine | Feb 14, 2013 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where the peace, tranquility and domestic bliss of our little mountain retreat has been shattered by the arrival last Thursday of the dreaded C-PAP (continuous positive airway pressure) Machine to address the recently diagnosed acute...
by Christine | Dec 29, 2018 | Welcome Column
This week, I had a chance to meet up with some friends with whom I played about 20 years ago. I have stayed in closer contact with some than others, but the most recent encounter had more of that old band than I have seen in quite a while. We were called the Road Kill...
by Christine | Dec 18, 2009 | Welcome Column
It’s December again and bands are playing musical chairs. In high profile changes, Joey Cox and Carl White have left Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. Dan Tyminski, Barry Bales, and Ron Block have returned to Alison Kraus, decimating The Dan Tyminski Band...
by Christine | Sep 18, 2007 | Welcome Column
As I write this article, I am preparing to head off to the Bluegrassin’ in the Foothills Festival in Plymouth. I can’t wait to get there! By the time you read this article, that festival will be over, we’ll be reflecting on another incredible festival, and once again,...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2019 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Seven years ago this is how Dave Williams felt about playing in a band.)As I have mentioned a couple of hundred times this past year our band has been together for about seven years. There are five of us and we have been doing it faithfully...
by Christine | Jul 25, 2012 | Welcome Column
My dad got me started on the banjo. It took about 30 years. A standard-issue surly teen, I’d taken up the guitar to be Jimmy Page but I’d ended up more Jimmy Driftwood. I’d memorized all the folkie records my folks had lying around. But listening to the man’s records...
