by Christine | Jan 13, 2014 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Bert’s column was written for yesterday, Sunday the 12th; however, the web master prudently poured every last ounce of energy he could muster into making the long drive from Bakersfield to the mid-Sierra Mountains and hence Dr. Bert’s piece on “lost...
by Christine | Feb 17, 2020 | Welcome Column
Let’s talk Louvin Brothers. They hold a special place in music history and their music is hard to categorize. Some bluegrass fans love them as i do while others would rather listen to music that more tightly fits the mold that evolved out of the original Bill Monroe...
by Christine | Feb 9, 2020 | Welcome Column
Let’s talk Louvin Brothers. They hold a special place in music history and their music is hard to categorize. Some bluegrass fans love them as i do while others would rather listen to music that more tightly fits the mold that evolved out of the original Bill Monroe...
by Christine | Oct 11, 2018 | Welcome Column
“Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”Samuel Johnson, the famous British dictionary writer (or should I say, “noted lexicographer”) said that. Or maybe wrote it. In any case, I...
by Christine | Feb 14, 2020 | Welcome Column
I’d like to talk to you about fate and luck, although where one ends and the other begins is not too clear to me. I’ll begin with a few quotes about fate (or maybe luck) …quotes by people a bit smarter. “Once you make a decision, the Universe...
by Christine | Oct 21, 2014 | Welcome Column
The saying goes something like “better late than never”, and so I hope it works here as well. Please find below Lucy Smith’s report of the CBA suite in Raleigh, NC at the International Bluegrass Music Association convention. I got back from the CBA fall campout Sunday...
by Christine | Jan 30, 2009 | Welcome Column
A brief, (I swear) and curious tale. For months Lynn’s Dyson, her one true love besides me, had been whining a throaty yet high-pitched whine. I knew what it was but I couldn’t bring myself to tell her. The bearings were going, even a non-mechanic like me could tell...
by Christine | Mar 2, 2018 | Welcome Column
A reasonable thought for our troubled times…“Our nation will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedom, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln.When you take some time to think about it there...
by Christine | May 24, 2012 | Welcome Column
Folks, we have close to four weeks until the gathering of the faithful, better known as a Father’s Day bluegrass Festival in grass Valley California. Now is the time to do maintenance on everything that you’re going to take with you for the festival....
by Christine | Apr 28, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Okay, we’re still waiting for a NEW Welcome column from the old mountain man; he earned his vacation the hard way…in the hospital…but time is running out. Since Grass Valley is just weeks away, we thought this helpful...
