Hooked on Bluegrass

I have quite a few “flower” songs in my repertoire. Songs like “Gathering Flowers for the Master’s Bouquet,” “Beautiful Bouquet,” “Where the Roses Never Fade,” and my favorite, “Wildflowers.” I love wildflowers; I’ve read that wildflower seeds can remain dormant in...

Hooked on Bluegrass

– Peter Thompson(Bluegrass DJ, presenter, booking agent, publicist, manager, organizational founder/board member, cheerleader, and nanny)While I’d had some direct contact with bluegrass — listening under the covers late at night to the WWVA Jamboree, seeing...

Hooked on Bluegrass: a glacially paced evolution

Frankly, I can’t really remember not ever listening to bluegrass, though I suppose that technically, mere listening does not necessarily equate to be “hooked.” I’ll never forget the time when in 1962, by dad brought home a brand new portable stereo. It was black with...

Hooked on Bluegrass: a glacially paced evolution

Frankly, I can’t really remember not ever listening to bluegrass, though I suppose that technically, mere listening does not necessarily equate to be “hooked.” I’ll never forget the time when in 1962, by dad brought home a brand new portable stereo. It was black with...

Hooked on Bluegrass: a glacially paced evolution

Frankly, I can’t really remember not ever listening to bluegrass, though I suppose that technically, mere listening does not necessarily equate to be “hooked.” I’ll never forget the time when in 1962, by dad brought home a brand new portable stereo. It was black with...

Hop on the Carousel

I have a romantic notion that when I was a kid, merry-go-rounds (carousels) didn’t stop. My memory is they just went round and round, and we jumped on and found a horse to sit on. In retrospect, that seems impossible, but that’s how I remember it. I KNOW that when I...