by Christine | Oct 4, 2011 | Welcome Column
Seems like a couple of years ago I wrote a CBA Welcome Column about Claude The “Singing” Dog. Claude is a Jack Russell Terrier who lives near Cave Junction, Oregon. I have a singing, guitar playing buddy who adopted Claude. Claude was nameless some years ago when he...
by Christine | Jul 25, 2017 | Welcome Column
To Clean As I GoMy life stripped bare is barely here -just bone and skin and promises.Yet it is mine, that you may see the who and what I hoped to be.Although I dress in modest whiteand clean though I am out of sight,regard this plan for laying outa single path ‘tween...
by Christine | Jan 20, 2020 | Welcome Column
I got a brand new FM/AM console radio for Christmas. That may not sound very exciting to you but for me it was life changing. You see the year was 1969 and if I tuned my dial to 89 FM after 10 o’clock I might hear something like this:(Innocent voice): “I wonder what’s...
by Christine | Jul 8, 2019 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass has always been a parody music if one is using the term’s original definition which was simply a song that relied on previously composed material. Today, of course, it is associated with comedy which has disconnected bluegrass from its history of...
by Christine | Oct 16, 2007 | Welcome Column
Greetings to all of you! This being my fifth appearance here, I thought I should say a little about myself. When you get “older”, there are a lot of chapters in life to reflect back on, so it is a matter of “which little” do I choose today…. I guess the appropriate...
by Christine | Jun 17, 2014 | Welcome Column
Many years ago a good friend asked me if I owned anything that didn’t have someone’s advertising emblazoned all over it. After some reflection and a lot of closet cleaning, I’d discovered that I’d indeed fallen prey to the corporate...
by Christine | Aug 7, 2011 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Today is Marcos’ second anniversary as a Welcome columnist. His presence on the scene has made this spot that much brighter an each-morning-of-the week destination for many of us. Thanks Marcos!) Gene Autry or Roy Rogers? Clint Eastwood or John Wayne?...
by Christine | Aug 1, 2019 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass, blues, a little swing, beer and of course, the fruit of the agave, are just a few of the topics I’ll hit on this month. I might even mention my bass a couple of times. You’re right nothing new here. Ah, but it is my job to make it interesting, Let’s see if...
by Christine | Feb 23, 2013 | Welcome Column
Every performer who’s ever worked a coffee house atmosphere has probably had the same complaint. And that is the incessant chatter from the audience who think a conversation while the band is playing is something that every other single person there actually...
by Christine | Oct 14, 2018 | Welcome Column
Some places you just don’t want to go back to. One such place for me until recently was the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa. North Santa Rosa was destroyed by a raging wildfire last October. The fire jumped from the hillsides of the upscale Fountain Grove...
