by Christine | Aug 14, 2008 | Welcome Column
The older I get, the harder it seems to be to get the van packed up to go to a festival. For one thing, I almost never get the job done without somehow making my back sore. Before Grass Valley I got one of my sons to come over and help me get the heavy, awkward third...
by Christine | May 30, 2017 | Welcome Column
The older I get, the harder it seems to be to get the van packed up to go to a festival. For one thing, I almost never get the job done without somehow making my back sore. Before Grass Valley I got one of my sons to come over and help me get the heavy, awkward third...
by Christine | Jul 10, 2009 | Welcome Column
There was an interesting thread on the Message Board recently about items that folks forget when they pack for the Father’s Day Festival. It made for some interesting reading, and probably everyone who read that thread saw themselves in those notes. I don’t tend to...
by Christine | Apr 12, 2018 | Welcome Column
The Carquinez Valley Boys was my very first band. It happened in the little town of Crockett, where the mighty Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers join at the Carquinez Strait to flow into San Francisco Bay.When I was a youngster, Interstate 80 was just a gleam in some...
by Christine | Jul 12, 2018 | Welcome Column
The Carquinez Valley Boys was my very first band. It happened in the little town of Crockett, where the mighty Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers join at the Carquinez Strait to flow into San Francisco Bay.When I was a youngster, Interstate 80 was just a gleam in some...
by Christine | Oct 23, 2018 | Welcome Column
FOURTH PLACE IS NOT REALLY LIKE KISSING YOUR SISTER!Moving the Finish LineWinning isn’t everythingsaid one who’d never won.I’ll get me up and get on thereas soon as sleep is done.I’ll show you what I’m made offor you to judge yourself.Blue...
by Christine | Apr 8, 2019 | Welcome Column
Frank Solivan has been a mainstay in Bluegrass for most of the twenty first century, and a lot of that can be attributed to his desire for new achievements and sounds. After a satisfying career working for Country Current, Solivan’s band Dirty Kitchen has been through...
by Christine | Aug 10, 2012 | Welcome Column
I was thinking about kids on bluegrass, watching Frank Solivan picking his banjo in the semi dark, down at what used to be called Hobbs Grove, and now is known as the Kings river bluegrass festival. The festival hadn’t started, and Frank was taking one of his few...
by Christine | Sep 18, 2011 | Welcome Column
As many of you know, my good friend and bass player-band mate Fred Cone recently passed away from pancreatic cancer. I hope many of you will be able to come celebrate Fred’s life at his celebration jam, potluck, and schmooze-fest….three things he enjoyed and performed...
by Christine | Oct 15, 2015 | Welcome Column
I had a wonderful time at the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention last month. The music was very moving and easy to love; the people were friendly and approachable. I met locals from the Bay Area, people from around the state and even a couple that came all the...
