by Christine | Oct 18, 2014 | Welcome Column
Who G-runs faster than a speeding bullet, is more traditional than Orange Blossom Special, and out-glows the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign at night? That would be the Central Valley Boys, featuring Yoseff Tucker (guitar), Victor Skidanenko (banjo), John Cogdill...
by Christine | Oct 19, 2015 | Welcome Column
THE DAILY GRIST…”The days of the rock star board member are over. The search process is much more sober and focused on the issue of competency and expertise and the functional contribution a new member can make.” (George Davis)Board MemberToday’s Column from...
by Christine | Feb 18, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, Even the weather was getting into the act. It was a spring-like day on the San Francisco peninsula. It made one think about the coming festival season: outdoors, good friends, and fine music. But of course those daydreams are getting a bit ahead of...
by Christine | Mar 2, 2009 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, My son Marty and I attended the main day of the NCBS’s Bluegrass On Broadway Festival last Saturday. It was a nice event, in its second year. We saw lots of friends there. The event featured some fine local bands like Nell Robinson and Redline, winners...
by Christine | Dec 20, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good Thursday morning from Whiskey Creek, where it’s been so cold that the difference between those residents with hair and those with fur feels magnified one hundred times over, the former constantly fine-tuning, (bundling and re-bundling, setting and re-setting the...
by Christine | Jan 27, 2017 | Welcome Column
(EDITOR’S NOTE–Eight years ago Mark Varner campaigned in his Welcome column to bring Bobby to Grass Valley. Well, guess what, Mark, he’ll be there in June.) Dear friends,First off let’s say happy birthday to our pal Phil Leadbetter. Just a...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2009 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, First off let’s say happy birthday to our pal Phil Leadbetter. Just a young pup of 47! Hope you had a great weekend. The weather sure is saying “bluegrass time” these days and it won’t be long till the California festival season is going strong. Last...
by Christine | Sep 9, 2009 | Welcome Column
Let’s jam! That two word phrase is right up there with “play ball!”. If Bluegrass festivals were nothing but multi-day concerts, they wouldn’t be nearly as popular. It comes down to the jamming. Even watching the festival acts on stage, I hear licks I want to try, and...
by Christine | Aug 30, 2011 | Welcome Column
San Joaquin Valley Boys It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long ago, but the lines on my face, as well as the calendar here by my desk, confirm the fact that 47 years have indeed gone under the bridge since I became a San Joaquin Valley Boys band member....
by Christine | Jan 31, 2012 | Welcome Column
While many of the rest of you were enjoying the Great 48 Hour Jam in Bakersfield recently, I was spending some required family time in Las Vegas. It almost broke my heart to drive right past “our” hotel in Bakersfield, where I had had so much fun last...
