by Bert Daniel | Nov 19, 2021 | Welcome Column
Everybody knows the term “red neck”. It’s usually used in a derogatory fashion to refer to unsophisticated southerners. Hillbilly. Cracker. White trash. Not something you’d want to be it seems, and yet some southerners have adopted the term to...
by Bruce Campbell | Nov 17, 2021 | Welcome Column
Growing up, I remember that there were always a few dads in the neighborhood who were really good with their hands. Of course, it seems that ALL the dads in the ‘hood could build a fence if needed, and probably a doghouse, or maybe a birdhouse. But there were some...
by Bert Daniel | Nov 13, 2021 | Welcome Column
Few topics have inspired more bluegrass and old time song writing than the subject of moonshining. The New Lost City Ramblers devoted an entire LP to the subject called Prohibition is a Failure. And the fascination with the subject continues to the present day with...
by Bert Daniel | Nov 10, 2021 | Welcome Column
Daily Grist #1: “The more populous the world and the more intricate its structure, the greater must be its fundamental insecurity. A world structure too elaborately scientific, if once disrupted by war, revolution, natural cataclysm or epidemic, might collapse into a...
by Bert Daniel | Nov 7, 2021 | Welcome Column
I’ve seen very good players cringe when someone in a jam calls the Ralph Stanley classic Clinch Mountain Backstep. Okay, maybe not very good players but just the same some good jammers do flinch at the call. Because I revel in redundancy, or because maybe there are...
by Bert Daniel | Nov 5, 2021 | Welcome Column
I was completely unprepared for what I was looking at. Although I was part of a class that was showing me how to use special equipment to see this stuff, somehow I was not really ready to appreciate what it was that this class was allowing me to see. I adjusted the...
