by Christine | Sep 13, 2019 | Welcome Column
It’s June in the year 2020. It’s 2 AM in the morning, Sunday, Grass Valley, California, at the Nevada County Fairground’s CBA “Bluegrass Village.” A large group of bluegrass jammers has gathered under the tall, stately pine trees. Yes,...
by Christine | Nov 11, 2017 | Welcome Column
Recently I saw a rerun of a 2013 PBS TV show documenting the life and times of Jimi Hendrix, the famous electric guitar player and singer. One of the things that came out in this documentary is that Jimi almost always had a guitar with him, wherever he went. Besides...
by Christine | Feb 11, 2017 | Welcome Column
Hey mandophiles, this column may be of more interest to you than to non-believers. But what the heck, there are often things of interest to those who are not interested until they dive in and get some kind of interest out of what they think is not interesting....
by Christine | Jan 14, 2017 | Welcome Column
1. Take out a second mortgage on my house, and buy a 1937 Gibson Flathead Five-String Banjo.2. Take out a third mortgage on my house and buy a 1937 Martin Dreadnought Guitar.3. Sell my house and buy a Feb. 18th, 1924 Gibson F5 Lloyd Loar signed mandolin.4. Form...
by Christine | Jan 12, 2019 | Welcome Column
You can’t. You can’t tell. You can’t tell just by looking. Whether it’s musical instruments or people, it’s the same thing. Musical instruments look different. People look different. They both are different colors, and different shades of...
by Christine | Dec 8, 2018 | Welcome Column
Back in 1970 when I was attending an institute of higher learning in Chico, California, intermittent trips to Bidwell Park were a requirement for peace-of-mind and sanity. Bidwell Park, smack dab in the middle of town, where the Errol Flynn version of Robin Hood was...
