by Christine | Oct 14, 2014 | Welcome Column
We’ve been resting, a luxury those of us who are supposedly retired can enjoy, in Shelby, NC after the five hectic, inspiring, demanding, and action-filled days of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass in Raleigh. We find attending IBMA gives...
by Christine | Jan 27, 2013 | Welcome Column
Last night I had to take an emery board to my callused finger tips; a sure sign that my new year has started out great. While most people get callused hands from hard work, I get calluses from hard play, but either way, there are wonderful rewards. Of course we began...
by Christine | Dec 14, 2018 | Welcome Column
As some of you know, I’ve been a working Classic Rock drummer since the mid sixties. Back in those days it wasn’t called Classic Rock. It was just the current popular music trend, Rock & Roll. I’ve also played Country, Western, Orchestral, Country &...
by Christine | Aug 14, 2012 | Welcome Column
I’ve been wondering whether my YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/KeeneValleyGuy?feature=mhee) represents an accurate picture of what kinds of music people prefer to hear and see. Does it function more or less like an Internet visual jukebox, or is it...
by Christine | Jan 6, 2012 | Welcome Column
My father, like J.D. Rhynes, was an avid admirer of the wonderful talented Rose Maddox. Though my father never knew Rose personally or played music with her, he did go out of his way to see her shows in the Central Valley back in the early 50’s and enjoyed her shows...
by Christine | Aug 11, 2017 | Welcome Column
My father, like J.D. Rhynes, was an avid admirer of the wonderful talented Rose Maddox. Though my father never knew Rose personally or played music with her, he did go out of his way to see her shows in the Central Valley back in the early 50’s and enjoyed her...
by Christine | Dec 18, 2008 | Welcome Column
My father, like J.D. Rhynes, was an avid admirer of the wonderful talented Rose Maddox. Though my father never knew Rose personally or played music with her, he did go out of his way to see her shows in the Central Valley back in the early 50’s and enjoyed her shows...
by Christine | Feb 21, 2010 | Welcome Column
You’ve probably heard of botnets, networks of personal computers enslaved by malicious software viruses to do their evil bidding. Well my personal organic-computerhead, the one that sits on top of my shoulders and controls my every movement (even the words being typed...
by Christine | Sep 24, 2007 | Welcome Column
Mildred White, which is what we always called our aunt, my father’s sister, was always in her dark bedroom with the shades pulled down. She’d been in a sick bed since I could remember. For my entire remembered life, my aunt had been ever so slowly dying, shut in her...
by Christine | Nov 18, 2015 | Welcome Column
It has been said that there are two kinds of people: dog people and cat people. It’s a simplistic generalization, but it’s not too far off the mark. We have a cat and a dog in our household, and I like ‘em both, but that cat ain’t my friend, but my dog is. I know all...
