by Christine | Jul 19, 2012 | Welcome Column
It has been exactly a year since this old guy took up music for the first time in his 66 years. It is time for a recap. The last twelve months have contained experiences beyond my wildest dreams. I play a guitar daily, jam often, attend every music event possible,...
by Christine | Nov 12, 2008 | Welcome Column
This year something great is going to happen at my house. It?s something I?ve been waiting for since I started working?I?m going to retire. For the last 27 years I have been a fireman. I can not begin to count the number of smoky mountains I?ve climbed, times I?ve...
by Christine | Dec 29, 2009 | Welcome Column
It was Christmas 1970 and, even though my eight track tape player was constantly playing George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass and John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band that holiday season, I had somehow decided that I wanted a banjo. Seeing Roy Clark on Hee Haw had put it in...
by Christine | Oct 26, 2012 | Welcome Column
For several years now, I’ve wanted to create a banjo event here in California that matches some of the wonderful banjo concerts and camps that I’ve been a part of in many other parts of the world. This has been my year to get things done that have been on various back...
by Christine | Apr 1, 2016 | Welcome Column
Item 1: I received my edition of the Bluegrass Breakdown the other day and as usual was impressed with it. I do need to add a few changes to the Minutes of the Board meeting in this months issue. A.There was much talk about making the CBA “Great Again” among the...
by Christine | Apr 30, 2015 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where the verdant and eye-popping beauty of spring, now at full throttle, is almost powerful enough to keep us from fretting that we’ve run out of winter, which, we’re being warned, could mean that we’ll run out of water. To be sure,...
