A Fable – The Land of Nada

Now once upon a time in the land of Nada, there was nothing! Nothing special, nothing different, nothing new or exciting day in and day out. And the people, the Nadites, were very much content, and although you couldn’t really say they were happy about their...

A few moments of silence

Like just about every other year since we started the Welcome column here on the CBA web site it was just a given that my first turn at writing a piece after returning from Grass Valley would highlight the Association’s biggest week of the year. Truth be told, I’d...

A few random memories on a cold winter night

Daily Grist–A lesson for those who think they have a lot of authority; try to order somebody else’s dog around… JD RhynesThis time of the year always brings back a lot of good memories for me, and it always has to do with music. Bluegrass music to be...

A Fine Old Booger

Last night, I was in the mood to hear some old time music, so I put on an album entitled “Wild Goose” which was recorded in 1987 by the late award-winning banjo player Rick Abrams. Yes, I said “album”…one of those round, vinyl anachronisms with the hole in the...

A Follow Up Thought To A Bruce Campbell Column

    In a recent column written by Bruce Campbell, he asks how do you learn a new song? Now it would be really nice to get some more response, about this subject. Really, how do you learn a new song? If you happen to be a working musician and have...