by Christine | Jul 2, 2014 | Welcome Column
I used to love watching “In Concert” and “Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert” on weekends. I was too young to drive to concerts (and too poor to afford the tix – some of those shows costs north of $10 a ticket!), so I soaked up the sights and sounds of dozens of rock...
by Christine | Jul 22, 2010 | Welcome Column
Here lately a lot of thoughts of times past have been a’wanderin’ through my ‘ol wore out mind. Mostly good times, ’cause I dont like to dwell on the bad times we all have in life. As Lester sang so aptly, ” the good times have outweighed...
by Christine | Feb 1, 2018 | Welcome Column
(I’ve been locked in the woodshed with three band mates for the last two weeks working on some fresh material for our world tour this summer, This resulted in me missing my deadline this month, so I dug this column out of the archives. I hope I’m not in too much...
by Christine | Jun 1, 2017 | Welcome Column
It’s very similar to the classic argument; is Doc Watson a bluegrass player? There are some great songs from traditional southern, folk, Appalachia and Americana sources, but my question is; are they bluegrass or more importantly for me can they be played by a...
by Christine | Feb 2, 2011 | Welcome Column
The CBA Message Board seems weighed down this week by the news of the passing on of some folks we had grown awfully fond of over the years. Our hearts go out to the surviving family members, and we feel like our numbers are increasingly depleted. As always, these...
by Christine | May 12, 2011 | Welcome Column
Five days a week I begin my morning with breakfast and Jon Carroll’s column in the San Francisco Chronicle. Carroll always has something interesting to say; sometimes he’s really funny, sometimes political, sometimes touching and profound. This past Tuesday he wrote a...
