by Christine | Feb 8, 2020 | Welcome Column
Tom T. Hall wrote, “Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.” I have a hunch Tom made a bundle off of that song, and got more money than he had before he wrote it.Okay, so you blink your eyes a few times, and what seems like suddenly you...
by Christine | Oct 13, 2018 | Welcome Column
As most of you know, the next CBA Campout will be held October 15 through the 21, 2018, at the Lodi Fairgrounds. While at one of these previous events the thought occurred to me that these “campouts” should really be called “jampouts,” because...
by Christine | Apr 10, 2020 | Welcome Column
Note: This is the fourth time we’ve overheard Ted and Jed discussing various issues. We last visited them in November 2019, as they were discussing the unconscious part of the brain, and how Jed bought a new guitar and blamed it on his unconscious (we...
by Christine | Nov 9, 2019 | Welcome Column
Note: This is the third time that we’ve listened in on a conversation between Ted and Jed. The first time they were discussing not making it “big” in the Bluegrass World as well-known musicians, and being okay with that. The second time they were...
by Christine | Aug 10, 2019 | Welcome Column
Part 1 – You know nothing about mandolins. Nothing except background music that you have heard while eating a pizza in an Italian Restaurant.Part 2 – You go to a county fair and hear David Grisman play the mandolin, for the first time in your...
by Christine | Aug 12, 2017 | Welcome Column
As many of you know by now, the next CBA campout will be held October 16-22, 2017, at the Lodi Fairgrounds. The thought occurs to me that “Campouts” should be “Jampouts.” Sure there is camping, but the musical focus is some bluegrass...
