by Christine | Jun 8, 2012 | Welcome Column
The comedic and slightly twisted bluegrass group called the “Cleverly’s” has a member with a great appreciation for, and a penchant to, quote Shakespeare as part of his act. He is a blind, left over flower child, and has learned the bard from his “collected works of...
by Christine | Dec 16, 2012 | Welcome Column
Yes you merry campers, June will soon be here and with it the CBA Summer Music Camp! This year the camp will run from Sunday June 9 through Wednesday June 12 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, California, followed immediately by the CBA Father’s Day...
by Christine | Jul 17, 2011 | Welcome Column
There’s a really stupid-funny joke that Fred Cone, the bass player in my band Old Tunnel Road, is telling: What is blue and smells like red paint? It’s blue paint! This joke is so bad it’s almost funny……..almost. I tried turning the joke around to make it fit as an...
by Christine | Feb 24, 2009 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, The other day Rick used a graphic on our splash page of a bunch of race horses bursting through the starting gate to illustrate the beginning of registration for CBA Music Camp. I talked to Ingrid Noyes, Camp poobah, yesterday and I could hear the...
by Christine | Oct 3, 2009 | Welcome Column
Mrs. Slim and I just got back from a week in Memphis. Two days were spent at a Lions Clubs convention, the rest eating and sightseeing and hanging out with friends. Yes, we did the stuff you HAFTA do in Memphis – Graceland, Sun Studio, Beale Street and the Duck Walk....
by Christine | Aug 10, 2011 | Welcome Column
By the time you read this, I will be on my way to a brief camping trip in the Sierras. “But Bruce!”, you cry. “Where’s the bluegrass content?” I have pondered this, and the connection is obvious. Is there ANY form of music so perfectly suited to the great outdoors...
