Graveyards

Graveyards

A few of years ago I was driving home from one of our bluegrass campouts and I happened to pass a small graveyard. It was Sunday and an exceptionally beautiful day. Flowers were blooming at the grave sites and families were visiting their dear departed ones. I thought...
Bluegrass Means Never Having to Say You’re Old

Bluegrass Means Never Having to Say You’re Old

I have seen a lot of articles lately about tours by bands like the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and the like, and invariably the story line is “They’re still playing after all these years!”  To which we bluegrass fans say “What’s so amazing about that?”  We’ve all seen...
New Music

New Music

Listening to new music can be a very challenging experience. Suppose you hear a brand new song by a group that you really love. You might be a little bit sceptical. Just give me what I’m used to. That’s what I came here to hear you in the first place. My favorite song...
Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day

Father’s day welcome columnists often write about the column that nobody reads (because we’re all at the Grass Valley Festival). Mother’s Day might be the column that almost nobody reads because you’re all off to the great annual festival in...
Music is Best Live

Music is Best Live

Like most people nowadays, my first experiences with music were hearing it on the radio, records or TV. Some folks grow up in a musical family, but I didn’t (my kids did, though). Hearing music only from those three media outlets mentioned above tends to make you...
Two Anecdotes

Two Anecdotes

I have a lot of fun writing about the music I love and if you are a regular reader here maybe you have thought about contributing your own thoughts about bluegrass music. I certainly encourage you to do so. We need new writers for the welcome column. Please send me...