by Christine | Oct 31, 2020 | Welcome Column
It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long ago, but the lines on my face, as well as the calendar here by my desk, confirm the fact that 47 years have indeed gone under the bridge since I became a San Joaquin Valley Boys band member. Lets go back to the year...
by Christine | Dec 6, 2018 | Welcome Column
If you been following along for the almost 8 years I’ve been inhabiting this first Thursday space, you would know I’ve made a welcome column career sharing my views and tales regarding a number of areas and topics in my musical life that have caused me some level of...
by Christine | Feb 1, 2011 | Welcome Column
Those who frequent the Message Board will recall that the SCVF suffered a blow over the Christmas holiday. Some jerk, and I’m showing great restraint in my word selection here, stole the association’s sound equipment. If you’ve been to the Fiddlers in San Jose, you...
by Christine | Dec 8, 2012 | Welcome Column
Every town and city all over the world has one. The appearance happens for a few weeks, and only during this season of the year; every year. You can’t miss it, unless you keep you eyes closed. It is red, white, black, and wears spectacles. Yes, you are right, it is...
by Christine | Jun 24, 2019 | Welcome Column
Among the gifts Santa brought this year was a fascinating book, “Satan Is Real, the Ballad of the Louvin Brothers” by Charlie Louvin with Benjamin Whitmer. Charlie and his brother, Ira, were the Louvin Brothers, a stage name shortened from their real family name of...
by Christine | Jun 1, 2020 | Welcome Column
I was trying to come up with a topic to write about yesterday when I opened my morning paper (yes, we still get a morning paper — three, in fact) and there was a story on the local section front about Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records.You hear the words...
