Ellie in the Tropics

After spending a lot of time in a workshop recently I can tell you that whenever you get mix more than two musicians with a luthier in a room together then the subject of airline guitar damage comes up. Everybody seems to have their own favorite story about when an...

Elton John at Plymouth?

I’m writing this on Wednesday before the Hobbs Grove Festival. I’m still rockin’ and reelin’ from a fun filled week at L & S Productions’ Bluegrassin’ in the Foothills. What a great line-up of bands! I sat through nearly every performance from the first Emerging...

Elton John at Plymouth?

(Editor’s Note–We’re reaching back five years today for a piece by Jean Ramos written just after the 2010 Plymouth festival.  A long-time Welcome writer, Jean has a way of capturing the spirit and ambiance of bluegrass get-togthers.  If you...

Emcees – More than Just a Pretty Voice

The role of emcee at a bluegrass festival is often underestimated as crucial cog keeping the event rolling along while providing support for the vendors, information for the fans, and discipline for the performers. It’s a difficult task which requires...

Encore!

You’ve all seen it happen. You’re at that event you’ve been looking forward to for months. The music has been so magical this night that nobody in the audience wants it to end. You can just feel it. The applause has been thundering after every piece...

Endorphin Moments

It’s four o-clock in the morning, and I’m wondering what I’m doing up. Had a dream about losing a sales account that I don’t even have. Laying in bed thinking about slow sales in a down economy. But I don’t like to dwell in that world. Bad times come and go. Gotta...

Endorphin Moments

Posted in ’09It’s four o-clock in the morning, and I’m wondering what I’m doing up. Had a dream about losing a sales account that I don’t even have. Laying in bed thinking about slow sales in a down economy.But I don’t like to dwell in that world. Bad times come...

Enough bad stuff, here’s some good stuff.

Hello from Whiskey Creek. The birds are chirping, the weather is way, way mellow for Jamestown this time of year and the new llama, we’re calling her Olive this week, seems to have found her niche. All is right our little slice of heaven. I cannot, however, say the...

Enough bad stuff, here’s some good stuff.

Hello from Whiskey Creek. The birds are chirping, the weather is way, way mellow for Jamestown this time of year and the new llama, we’re calling her Olive this week, seems to have found her niche. All is right our little slice of heaven. I cannot, however, say the...