by Bert Daniel | May 31, 2024 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
If there’s one single thing Bluegrass needs in order to maintain its place as a legitimate distinct music genre it might be ensuring that we have a constant supply of three fingered banjo pickers. There are certainly good bands that play great Bluegrass without a...
by Bert Daniel | May 29, 2024 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
I guess I’m a little late on this thought. Valentine’s Day might have been a more appropriate time to post a welcome column about the human heart but it’s never a bad time to pay homage to the organ that keeps us all alive every day....
by Bert Daniel | May 3, 2024 | Welcome Column
The Sympathy Valley Boys have been a part of CBA bluegrass lore for quite some time. This mercurial collection of ad hoc jokesters personifies what fun at a bluegrass festival ought to be. Over the years I have gotten to know most of the Sympathy Valley Boys. One...
by Bert Daniel | May 2, 2024 | Welcome Column
This world is not my home, I’m just passing through My troubles and my trials somewhere beyond the blue Many friends and loved ones have gone on before And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore I don’t know about the rest of you but this world we find ourselves...
by Bert Daniel | Mar 29, 2024 | Welcome Column
Our home grown California bluegrass band Crying Uncle generated a lot of buzz with their recent performance on The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. I figured it was time to do my first interview and they said yes! Andrew Osborn and Miles Quayle kindly made use of their...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 25, 2024 | Welcome Column
I did some mindless channel surfing on the television today and I happened to pause on a religious network station, (channel 8 for me). I hardly ever watch much of the channel but I pass by it often because it’s between other stations I often watch. But I paused today...
