by Christine | Jun 11, 2010 | Welcome Column
It’s three in the morning, and I can’t sleep. Thinking about fathers day. I’m going down to the fifth string on Alhambra and J street. Gotta pick up my survival gear before Grass Valley. Picks and strings, a new capo. Probably a tuner. Maybe rosin for the fiddle I’ll...
by Christine | Oct 4, 2017 | Welcome Column
I have lots of friends in bands, and a lot of these bands are very good. There are a variety of venues in the area, and most of my friends and I have played at these venues. But there is often a sizable difference in the attendance at these shows. Why is that? Is it...
by Christine | Jun 28, 2011 | Welcome Column
I got to thinkin’ here awhile back about all of the good times I had when I was playing with Vern’s band back in the 70’s, and some of the gigs we played that kinda haunt my memory. Not that they were bad memories, but not the kind you relish...
by Christine | Oct 30, 2015 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: The next couple days are “fifth-days-of-the-month” so this fine fifth-Friday we’ll feature a column from the Old Man of the Mountains hisself. JD wrote the column back in 2011 but we think you’ll agree his...
by Christine | Jan 8, 2019 | Welcome Column
I got to thinkin’ here awhile back about all of the good times Ihad when I was playing with Vern’s band back in the 70’s, and someof the gigs we played that kinda haunt my memory. Not that theywere bad memories, but not the kind you relish telling,...
by Christine | Feb 13, 2020 | Welcome Column
I got to thinkin’ here awhile back about all of the good times Ihad when I was playing with Vern’s band back in the 70’s, and someof the gigs we played that kinda haunt my memory. Not that theywere bad memories, but not the kind you relish telling,...
by Christine | Aug 15, 2020 | Welcome Column
I got to thinkin’ here awhile back about all of the good times Ihad when I was playing with Vern’s band back in the 70’s, and someof the gigs we played that kinda haunt my memory. Not that theywere bad memories, but not the kind you relish telling,...
by Christine | Dec 19, 2013 | Welcome Column
It’s getting so that I can’t turn on the TV or the radio without hearing bluegrass music, or at least a banjo, within a few minutes! I’ve even seen traditional bluegrass music used for a political ad campaign, which probably had Bill Monroe turning over in his grave!...
by Christine | Sep 5, 2009 | Welcome Column
I hope you veteran RVers will bear with me here, but until the novelty wears off, I’ve got to relate some of my first-timers escapades. Keep in mind, I’ve got two and a half acres here but it only took me five days to back our new (to us) trailer into the fence and...
by Christine | Aug 25, 2018 | Welcome Column
Was it Patrick Henry who once said: “Give me liberty or give me death”? Supposedly I have liberty, or so I am told. But if my truth could be penned with quill, to stand through the ages, I would say……Give me a view; some crows on the fence; some goats in the field....
