by Christine | Nov 22, 2013 | Welcome Column
Over the decades there have been monumental movies and TV shows that have featured bluegrass music and really helped put the genre in the spotlight, with The Beverly Hillbillies TV series and the films Bonny & Clyde, Deliverance and O Brother, Where Art Thou?...
by Christine | Sep 3, 2009 | Welcome Column
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...
by Christine | May 1, 2016 | Welcome 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...
by Christine | Nov 26, 2016 | Welcome Column
It was a Dark and Stormy Night. Or perhaps not. I really don’t remember, but it seems like the right way to start my monthly addition to the Welcome Column…. with the archetypal example of bad writing by Ed (what’s his last...
by Christine | Dec 26, 2016 | Welcome Column
DAILY GRIST…”So pour me another cup of coffee, For it is the best in the land, And drop another quarter in the jukebox, Play a song about a truck drivin’ man.”–Jimmy Martin, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash & others Down here in the San Diego...
by Christine | Jan 7, 2012 | Welcome Column
As I was desperately searching for a topic for today’s message, I happened on Allan French’s column, aptly named “The Allan French Column”, in the latest issue of the Bluegrass Breakdown. More on this in a moment. First, let me remind you that...
