Ring out the False, Ring in the True

Ring out the False, Ring in the True– Alfred Lord Tennyson// For 12 years I had taken the same route to a facility for my Mother, 3 days a week—sometimes four–where my Mother would get her dialysis. And in those days, we were always slotted for the same...

RIP Shayne Sutton

My sincere thanks to John Hettinger, who always manages to keep our bluegrass community current on happenings in the greater Sacramento area. Unfortunately, the piece I’m posting today, written by John, comes as a blow to all who knew our friend...

RIP William Bradford Keith

Some people say it’s better to be lucky than good.  Bill Monroe was both lucky and good.  He was an amazingly creative person, an endless fount of songs and tunes, and he worked for a long time to come up with a style of music that would be his own and live...

River City, Portland

Dear friends, I haven’t gotten the chance to welcome readers to our site for a couple of weeks. Hey everybody! It’s been a busy couple of weeks. The first weekend of 2008 my son Marty and I went up to Portland for the 4th annual River City Bluegrass Festival. It was a...

Road Trip

I’ve spent the past couple months up in Humboldt County due to a family emergency. I always look forward to spending time in that area because I was born and raised there and much of my family resides there. Though this was not meant to be a pleasure trip I decided to...