by Christine | Mar 10, 2011 | Welcome Column
Legendary restaurant owner Juanita Musson died Feb. 26 at a hospital in Sonoma after suffering a stroke. The 87-year-old was a well-known character in the greater Bay Area. In her earlier years she was often mentioned in Herb Caen’s column in the San Francisco...
by Christine | Sep 25, 2019 | Welcome Column
No, this is not an article about drinking at a jam session. I’m sure most of you have heard the expression “Circle of Fifths”. The notion is if you move from one tone to another 5 tones higher, eventually it circles back around to the beginning spot. Interestingly (or...
by Christine | Jan 3, 2016 | Welcome Column
People are always telling me I need to relax more, and „live in the moment.“ A physical therapist once told me that my shoulder injury, my eternal headaches and the fact that I have trouble sleeping might be the result of the fact that my body contantly produces too...
by Christine | Feb 24, 2011 | Welcome Column
Every year about this time when it’s snowing and cold as a wedge, I’m always reminded of the time that we played a show with Rose Maddox in the little mountain town of Camino, Calif. We being the Vern Wiliams Band, with our good buddy Ray Park playing the...
by Christine | Jul 30, 2012 | Welcome Column
This is the story of how learning a new tune can sometimes lead to a very profound insight. Every musician knows, when we learn new tunes, they can have the power change our brains. By the process of learning the new tune, we become more proficient at our instrument....
by Christine | Apr 6, 2020 | Welcome Column
Is the movement of “country” music to actual country music real? If anybody is wondering why I bring up this question now, it is because Chris Stapleton won best new artist and other awards at the most recent Country Music Awards. But sadly, this is much less of a...
