The Pound of Flesh

Sometimes it’s a real chore for me to come up with a fresh welcome column for all you folks out there in CBA land. That’s not the case for me today. Words are just flying off my computerized pen and if you keep reading long enough I promise I can bore you...

The Power in the CBA Members is Awesome

We listen to, and play bluegrass music because it’s fun. The fact that the California Bluegrass Association exists (40+ years and thousands of members strong) shows we are many. An association dedicated to such a fun pursuit might lead an outsider to think CBA members...

The Power of Words

I received a message from a reader of my zombie apocalypse story the other day. My story is posted online and has been completed for about five months, but I still get feedback about it occasionally. These messages come as a surprise since I am no longer actively...

The Pretender

Oh yes, I’m the great pretender Pretending that I’m doing well My need is such I pretend too much I’m lonely but no one can tell (The Platters) Musicians, and would be musicians, are just like everybody else. We just want to be loved. That means...

The pretty near perfect jam

If you are like me, you spend a lot of time looking/hoping/praying for the perfect jam, or at least the pretty-near-perfect jam.  And when they happen, they stick in your memory.  Sometimes it’s not an entire jam, just a moment.  It comes, it goes, and...