Harmony Road

My back is finally healing and so, I’m on the road again…out on Harmony Road seeing old friends and hearing their music, and playing and singing with friends. I recently heard from our friend, Elena Corey, and she and Jim Pate are house sitting for friends up in...

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Often times on Harmony Road folks gather together to give recognition of each other for the talents shared, the hard work given and the blessings of kindred spirits. This happened earlier this month at the beautiful memorial service of Ingrid Marie-Claude...

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Part A: A few weeks ago, my neighbor’s home, two doors down from mine, burnt down due to an electrical short. Propane canisters exploded like bombs and went through the roof. It was a total loss and there was even damage to my other neighbor’s home and garage. Since...

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Strawberry was wonderful! For two days prior to the festival, I camped at Gypsy Grove off of Evergreen Road and jammed with old friends. The Wednesday night before Strawberry, the Evergreen Lodge has a BBQ Dinner that is amazing. There was all kinds of music and jams...

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The Good Old Fashioned Festival was better than ever. The weather was great. There was a meteor shower and great jams wonderful musicians. Thanks to Eric Burman and the Northern California Bluegrass Society, formerly the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society for producing a...

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Well howdy you all! I’ve been writing, packing, paying bills, laundry, watering my gardens, and doing odd jobs before I leave for Grass Valley! Last night while watering my garden I tripped and landed on my right knee (the sore one) and arm! This morning I opened a...

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Well it’s warming up out here in the West and Harmony Road is getting busy with jams, camp outs, concerts, festivals and parties. The Morgan Hill Grange Hall just rocked with the Lonesome River Band. It was standing room only. Hats off to Tim Edes for another magical...

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Well welcome and howdy to all you travelers out on Harmony Road. So many festivals happening now. Physically, I can’t do them all. I have to pace myself just to go to the festivals that I’m committed to. So I’ve been taking care of things like the annual...

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Well, I haven’t ventured out much on Harmony Road lately. I missed the CBA Spring Camp Out. A bad cold kept me home and out of the rain. I once had a cold and then went to the Parkfield Festival and ended up in the ER and had came down with Pnuemonia so, I’m not as...

HARMONY ROAD – October 19, 2012

As I sit down to write this column I have just discovered that our good friend and former Bluegrass Breakdown Editor, Suzanne Dennison has passed. She was my first CBA Woman friend and I really liked her. We would talk about Bluegrass Music and the musicians we liked....