by Bert Daniel | Feb 8, 2023 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
The banjo has always held a certain fascination for me. I was enthralled when Bill Evans presented his Banjo in America extravaganza ten years ago. What a cool instrument I thought, as Bill played through a series of vintage instruments to illustrate the venerable...
by robin | Feb 4, 2023 | Announcements
John, Josh, and Dave Gooding are featured in February edition of The Bluegrass Standard. Stories by Kara Martinez Bachman begin on Page 26. Photos by CBA Photographers Bob Free and Robin...
by Bert Daniel | Jan 25, 2023 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
I suppose everybody who’s hooked on bluegrass is by definition hooked on banjo. Some people say, with good reason, that Bill Monroe “invented” bluegrass. But without those Earl Scruggs banjo rolls to drive the music, that invention would be hollow. Without the banjo,...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 1, 2023 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
Del McCoury turned 84 today. Happy Birthday Del! One of bluegrass’s senior statesmen, Del is particularly close to fans here in California because he visited us pretty often. He’s also trained some of the best and brightest bluegrass stars out there still touring...
by robin | Jan 18, 2023 | General News
Frank Solivan Sr Recovering After Flood Rescue Near...
by Bert Daniel | Jan 16, 2023 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
Today’s national holiday might be an opportunity to pick a little more bluegrass music with friends as long as you get the day off. Some of us might even be playing guitars with the same name as the holiday honoree. Baby boomers like me can look back more than fifty...
by robin | Jan 6, 2023 | Announcements
We are saddened to learn that CBA founding member and long time supporter/benefactor Carl Pagter passed away Tuesday, January 3. Born February 13, 1934 in Baltimore, MD, to Charles Ralph and Wilhemina Amelung, but raised in California from 1935 on. Graduated from...
by robin | Jan 4, 2023 | Featured CBA Members/Bands
READ ARTICLE – Molly Tuttle Climbs to the Top of her Crooked Tree
by Bruce Campbell | Dec 28, 2022 | Welcome Column
(Full disclosure – this is a rerun of last year’s column. Complaints and legal actions should be addressed to my legal counsel at the firm of Dewey, Cheatem and Howe) This is my last Welcome Column of 2022. Traditionally, I should say something important,...
by robin | Dec 23, 2022 | News from Regions
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