by Christine | May 18, 2012 | Welcome Column
Doug Dillard – we lost another musical hero yesterday with the passing of Doug Dillard. He led the popular bluegrass band The Dillards and appeared on Andy Griffith’s TV show shortly after moving from the Ozarks to LA in the 1960s. He introduced plenty of...
by Christine | Jul 19, 2013 | Welcome Column
Get ready for the Good Old Fashioned Festival August 9th-12th. The Main Stage Schedule for the 20th Annual NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival has been announced. The August 8-11, 2013 gathering will be held at Bolado Park, Tres Pinos (7 miles south of...
by Christine | Jul 20, 2012 | Welcome Column
Happy Birthday Jesse McReynolds! I met Jesse at The Ryman Auditorium when I attended IBMA in Nashville last year. I took his photo and sent it to him and we have become friends. He sent me his cd: Jesse & Friends CD – Songs of the Grateful Dead! It has not...
by Christine | Feb 15, 2013 | Welcome Column
Harmony Road has had Bluegrass Musician friends traveling from all over the Country just to play Bluegrass music. It’s a good thing. The big news: Ella Naiman and Henry Ward, our CBA engaged sweethearts, have moved to Georgia. Henry has joined the Larry Gillis...
by Christine | Nov 16, 2012 | Welcome Column
How am I going to do this? Thank God for a Mother’s love. Well lately, I’ve had a hard journey on Harmony Road. My Mom, Jackie Bartlett passed away Oct. 29th. I was asked to play music for her Funeral Mass Memorial last week. I was told what songs to play and so to...
by Christine | Mar 16, 2012 | Welcome Column
How do you say goodbye to a friend? (The answer is at the end of this column) The Boulder Creek Bluegrass Festival was sweet. All the bands played really well. The next event will be the 2nd weekend in July. Contact Eric Burman if you or your band would like to...
by Christine | Sep 26, 2014 | Welcome Column
Howdy to all you friends out on Harmony Road. So who went to Strawberry Music Festival at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley? I was there and have to give a great shout out to Dana and her Music Caravan shop. What a great place she offered to all us...
by Christine | Aug 22, 2014 | Welcome Column
Howdy to you all out there on Harmony Road. Are you feeling the end of Summer? Are you preparing for the next round of festivals and campouts coming? Have you gone back to school or started a new job? I am writing today about my blessings big and small but especially...
by Christine | Jan 20, 2012 | Welcome Column
Lately, it’s been a little difficult for me to get out and about on Harmony Road due to a pinched sciatic nerve in my back that affects my right leg and my right foot when on the accelerator of my truck and life and long drives hurt like hell. So I did not go to...
by Christine | Jan 18, 2013 | Welcome Column
Like an old song with a sweet refrain, Harmony Road has been running up and down the California highways. The Great 48 Hour Jam in Bakersfield has filled the air with music and is now infamous; and definitely an event not to be missed among California musicians....
