by Christine | Dec 20, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good Thursday morning from Whiskey Creek, where it’s been so cold that the difference between those residents with hair and those with fur feels magnified one hundred times over, the former constantly fine-tuning, (bundling and re-bundling, setting and re-setting the...
by Christine | Jan 27, 2017 | Welcome Column
(EDITOR’S NOTE–Eight years ago Mark Varner campaigned in his Welcome column to bring Bobby to Grass Valley. Well, guess what, Mark, he’ll be there in June.) Dear friends,First off let’s say happy birthday to our pal Phil Leadbetter. Just a...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2009 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, First off let’s say happy birthday to our pal Phil Leadbetter. Just a young pup of 47! Hope you had a great weekend. The weather sure is saying “bluegrass time” these days and it won’t be long till the California festival season is going strong. Last...
by Christine | Sep 9, 2009 | Welcome Column
Let’s jam! That two word phrase is right up there with “play ball!”. If Bluegrass festivals were nothing but multi-day concerts, they wouldn’t be nearly as popular. It comes down to the jamming. Even watching the festival acts on stage, I hear licks I want to try, and...
by Christine | Aug 30, 2011 | Welcome Column
San Joaquin Valley Boys It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long ago, but the lines on my face, as well as the calendar here by my desk, confirm the fact that 47 years have indeed gone under the bridge since I became a San Joaquin Valley Boys band member....
by Christine | Jan 31, 2012 | Welcome Column
While many of the rest of you were enjoying the Great 48 Hour Jam in Bakersfield recently, I was spending some required family time in Las Vegas. It almost broke my heart to drive right past “our” hotel in Bakersfield, where I had had so much fun last...
