by Christine | Mar 10, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s note: as Bruce would say a blast from the past and particularly appropriate with the imminent return of baseball) Bluegrass and baseball are inextricably linked. It’s a fact. Bill Monroe’s band used to challenge the local baseball teams in the towns they...
by Christine | Apr 8, 2021 | Welcome Column
If you have learned, have been learning, or are just starting to learn to play the fiddle, you know that it is a difficult instrument to conquer. It has to be said that a person really never learns all there is to know on the fiddle, because like all musical...
by Christine | Mar 25, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s note: Here is one of my favorites from a couple of years ago) NOTE: The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the California Bluegrass Association, anyone who plays Bluegrass, anybody has ever listened to Bluegrass or who has ever even seen...
by Christine | Apr 11, 2021 | Welcome Column
If you listen to Johnny Gimble play Darling Nellie Gray on the Texas fiddle tune collection you will hear some very beautiful fiddle playing. Bob Wills’s Faded love is evoked by the melody which is a sad song in itself but Nellie Gray played as an instrumental...
by Christine | Mar 24, 2021 | Welcome Column
A blast from a Spring past.. Listening to spring training baseball on the radio, and eagerly welcoming opening for this season, I am struck once again by the intricate connections between bluegrass and baseball. This time, it was the pace and attitude I noticed....
by Christine | Mar 22, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Here’s one of Henry’s efforts from 2009) Every now and then, we find ourselves in jams that are so much fun that we stay in them for hours. The weather’s great, you have a compatible bunch of pickers, the perfect mix of instruments, and a blissful...
