by Christine | Oct 19, 2012 | Welcome Column
As I sit down to write this column I have just discovered that our good friend and former Bluegrass Breakdown Editor, Suzanne Dennison has passed. She was my first CBA Woman friend and I really liked her. We would talk about Bluegrass Music and the musicians we liked....
by Christine | Feb 18, 2011 | Welcome Column
Parties, Coffee Houses, House Concerts, Grasstowne, Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, Well today is Ralph Hendricks birthday. Our Bluegrass Community is a much better place because he was born today. Happy Birthday Ralph! I’ve been busy on Harmony Road, attending...
by Christine | Apr 23, 2013 | Welcome Column
One thing about living in a big town like San Francisco is that you get used to feeling like you’re in the middle of things. People are lined up across the country. the story goes, waiting for their turn to get into San Francisco and help jack up the rents a little...
by Christine | Apr 15, 2011 | Welcome Column
The backbone of the Mighty Avalanche Choir, Dale and Marilyn Barcellos performed at The Ugly Mug recently. We have been friends ever since we camped next to each other at Strawberry. They wore headphones while they played their instruments and sang. The headphones...
by Christine | Sep 16, 2011 | Welcome Column
I have a very wonderful friend, Virginia Varni. She is from Lubbock, Texas and is 88 and sharp as a tack. She plays guitar, piano and dulcimer and writes poetry. We’ve been writing songs together. She liked my story about Tom Tworek and gave this poem to me for...
by Christine | May 20, 2011 | Welcome Column
That’s a good looking jacket someone said to me I said Thank you and I think about Tom’s Jacket and how it came to me. I’d see Tom Tworek and the campfire light shining on the faces of friends and hear bluegrass music being played at festivals. Tom would play “Gold...
