Festival hijinks

 Daily Grist–One must remember that the boiling water that makes the egg hard, also softens the potato. It is not your situation life that determines how you handle life’s trials and tribulations. It is your inner strength, resolve, and determination...

Festival T’s (or Festival Tease?)

I know a lot of folks make it a point to purchase a T-shirt from every bluegrass festival they go to, and some of you out there have museum-worthy collections from years and years of bluegrass festivals. I slowed down on my acquisition of T-shirts, because of several...

Fiddling Around

World Fiddle Day“Fire on the mountain, run boy run, cause the devil went down to Georgia!”“You ain’t gonna bring that devil’s box in this here church!”“Now you people stop moving your feet to that fiddle music, it just ain’t right!”“Fiddle and a bow, and the firelight...

Fiddling Down East and Beyond

I just spent three weeks this summer exploring Quebec, Newfoundland, and two of the Maritimes (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) in eastern Canada, and listened to some kickass fiddlers and traditional musicians. It gave me an opportunity to learn a bit more about...

Fiddling with Chip and Lee Anne

I love to play. Especially fiddle.I don’t really love schlepping gear around to venues, subjecting my musical friends to poor working conditions, coping with poor sound systems, and going without meals because the kitchen doesn’t open until the band starts.But I love...

Fifi

All of the thangs an ‘ol country boy is thankful fer. The firstest and foremostest thang’s in my life I’m thankful fer is, my personal saviour Jesus, my family, my country, and my REAL friends. We all have our own religious beliefs, and our own...

Fifi

All of the thangs an ‘ol country boy is thankful fer.The firstest and foremostest thang’s in my life I’m thankful fer is, my personal saviour Jesus, my family, my country, and my REAL friends. We all have our own religious beliefs, and our own family...

Fifi

All of the thangs an ‘ol country boy is thankful fer.The firstest and foremostest thang’s in my life I’m thankful fer is, my personal saviour Jesus, my family, my country, and my REAL friends. We all have our own religious beliefs, and our own family...

Fifi

All of the thangs an ‘ol country boy is thankful fer.The firstest and foremostest thang’s in my life I’m thankful fer is, my personal saviour Jesus, my family, my country, and my REAL friends. We all have our own religious beliefs, and our own family...

Fifi

All of the thangs an ‘ol country boy is thankful fer.The firstest and foremostest thang’s in my life I’m thankful fer is, my personal saviour Jesus, my family, my country, and my REAL friends. We all have our own religious beliefs, and our own family...