Respect

The election’s over. Not just the CBA board elections (though that was a nail biter). The right people won that one. But the BIG one….whether the right one or the wrong one won depends, I guess, on which side of the aisle you stand on. Now when it comes to politics...

Respect and Performance Attire

Respect and Performance Attire Today’s column from Ted Lehmann Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (Editor’s note: Ted is a blogger back in New Hampshire and he’s give us permission to use a piece he wrote this past Saturday on bluegrass band attire. Yes, you heard us...

Respect and Performance Attire

(Editor’s Note: Re-posting one of Ted’s from a decade ago. Still resonates. RC)There’s been a good deal of discussion during the past week on Bluegrass-L (the bluegrass mailing list for IBMA members and some others) about the dress of bluegrass bands and...

Retirement

I’m thinking about retirement tonight. Been thinking about it a lot lately. Thinking about how nice it would be to get up in the morning and not have to waste a thought on anything having to do with whatever I’ve had to waste my thoughts on for the last thirty or so...

Returning to Brookdale

This weekend, I will be playing at the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, and it will have some poignancy for me. Brookdale was the first festival I ever played, back in 2003. I remember it like it was yesterday….(here’s where I stroke my chin thoughtfully and the scene...

Returning to Lodi

Today officially begins our 2018 fall campout in Lodi. I hope to see you all there. This year marks our sixth visit there for the fall get-together. And come spring we’ll be right back there with the added fun of a first class fiddle contest in our midst.When most...