by Christine | Jul 19, 2007 | Welcome Column
Last March, CBA members Kenny and Carol House invited us, (me, Phil, plus my wife Ivona = Philvona), to their annual cioppino feed in Cloverdale. We drive through Cloverdale all the time to get to Mendocino or Upper Lake or other points north, but we’ve not...
by Christine | Oct 21, 2019 | Welcome Column
I remember the day I brought home my first guitar and excitedly opened the popular British instruction manual ‘Play In A Day’ by Bert Weedon. This classic book is still available, and its impact is summed up by the description on Amazon: “Play in a Day remains the...
by Christine | Aug 17, 2015 | Welcome Column
THE DAILY GRIST…“But clouds bellied out in the sultry heat, the sky cracked open with a crimson gash, spewed flame-and the ancient forest began to smoke. By morning there was a mass of booming, fiery tongues, a hissing, crashing, howling all around, half the sky black...
by Christine | Nov 18, 2019 | Welcome Column
I am so tired of fire season. The last couple of years here in Sonoma County have been too much for me. The smoke is unhealthy, your house is threatened and perhaps the worst thing is not having electrical power. When our power goes out, we have no water. Many of you...
by Christine | Nov 1, 2020 | Welcome Column
You’re all right, and I’m all rightThe wife’s all right, and the kids are all rightAnd I wanna go home, I just wanna go homeFire on my mountain, run boy runIt’s happened everywhere, all over the worldBut never before, never before, never before right hereThe house is...
by Christine | Jan 15, 2012 | Welcome Column
It’s interesting….as soon as I think I’m getting better on my dobro I attend a jam, play with better musicians, do something that reminds me that I have a long way to go to get where I think I want to be. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a bad thing and in fact I use...
by Christine | Apr 12, 2015 | Welcome Column
I almost didn’t get my column posted today. Much as I like putting out a bimonthly blurb that might entertain other bluegrass fans, having fun myself takes precedence and I have just returned from having lots of fun at this weekend’s Cloverdale Fiddle Festival. Thanks...
by Christine | Apr 17, 2016 | Welcome Column
Well, unfortunately I was unable to attend the campout, I have a final exam to finish creating, and even better I still have to do the annual chore of sending the IRS some information…so I’m reposting one of my favorite columns from the past. I hope you enjoy.I’ve...
by Christine | Nov 15, 2020 | Welcome Column
“Summertime…..and the livin is easy”, so goes the Gershwin song. Since I’m guilty of this verse, I am posting a column I wrote 2 years ago on Cliff Carlisle, a prolific country and bluegrass musician, and blue yodler. Maybe some of you already know of Cliff Carlisle...
by Christine | Jun 30, 2018 | Welcome Column
I’ve been thinking about doing a short column on Cliff Carlisle, a prolific country and bluegrass musician, and blue yodler. Maybe some of you already know of Cliff Carlisle but I just recently discovered his music and was surprised to find that he wrote several songs...
