Katie Casey was Baseball Ma

Just a few cool days ago, I had the privilege of one of the best seats in an Arizona ballpark to share some time with the 2017 Chicago White Sox as they readied for a new year in major league baseball.   To be clear, I have not been to Chicago, am a...

Keep It Simple, Son

Chuck Poling’s recent article on the perils (and temptations) of pickups for acoustic instruments brought to mind one of the bizarre paradoxes in bluegrass music: How technology has insinuated itself into an art form that celebrates simplicity. At its core, bluegrass...

Keeping All the Plates on the Sticks

Musicians may concentrate most of the brain power on their musical skills, but if they’re performing much, sooner or later they run into the intricacies of maintaining and keeping track of their performing schedule. Requests to play come in through a variety of...

Keeping It Casual

That’s me these days. Keeping it casual. I’m playing quite a bit but only on a casual basis. What does that mean, a discerning reader might ask? My answer is I don’t really know. All I do know is that I’m playing out a bit with some different players and (this is a...

Ken Reynolds has passed.

(A message from Suzanne Reynolds posted by her mom, Grace.)Even when days get so hard I just want to hang my head and have a good cry….it’s still a great day with you, peeps.  I want to thank everyone who has held my family up in your support and love...

Kern River

I’ll never swim Kern River againIt was there that I met herIt was there that I lost my best friend   (Merle Haggard)Wasn’t that a great jam-fest in Bakersfield this year? One of our best ever in my opinion. Sure the elevators were a problem again this...