Bits and Pieces

by | Apr 21, 2016 | Welcome Column

This month is proving particularly difficult and I am having a great deal of difficulty finding a clear head space to write in. I am always reminded of Rick’s words to ‘write what I know’, so this month it’s the things that have been on my mind...

Bits and pieces of the past.

by | Nov 21, 2019 | Welcome Column

(Taken from 2013.)Here is a post script to the piece I wrote about Bill White,harmonica player last month. My good friend Keith little relayedthis story to me back in the middle 70s.Back in the middle 70s, Bill Monroe and his bluegrass boys wereplaying a festival in...

Bittersweet Farewell

by | Aug 17, 2013 | Welcome Column

The good news is I’m turning eighteen in September. The bad news is that it’s time to return my beloved loaner mandolin to the CBA Darrell Johnston Kids Lending Library. There was a day, some years ago that truly feels like a only a short time ago, yet there’s been a...

Black as the Night

by | Oct 28, 2019 | Welcome Column

We want to acknowledge that the site has not been maintained the last couple days because of the power outages. What’s more, we’re expected to have another outage tomorrow. We WILL get past this, folks.Rick

Black Bart

by | Aug 12, 2018 | Welcome Column

I’ve often wondered how people find the inspiration to write new original music when there’s already so much great stuff out there. You get the impression that, with all the great songs and tunes we know, sooner or later all the note combinations and story telling...