by Christine | Aug 23, 2007 | Welcome Column
The year was 1973,and boy was I excited! I’d just found out that Bill Monroe was going to be playing at the Marin Civic Center in Marin County. Here it was late October and the show was only about two weeks away in early November. You talk about excited!...
by Christine | Nov 7, 2008 | Welcome Column
With the annual International Bluegrass Music Association meeting just completed, there’s been a lot of bluegrass buzz recently, so it was great to read the following in Rick Cornish’s board meeting summary from the fall campout: “Mark Hogan, the CBA’s North Coast...
by Christine | Mar 22, 2019 | Welcome Column
A couple years ago, the Bluegrass Situation published Justin Hiltner’s “10 Bluegrass Songs Ready for Retirement,” and they trot it out every now and then to rile up a few more readers. Whatever you think of the songs on his list, and we will all have different...
by Christine | Jan 25, 2013 | Welcome Column
Hi folks and all the best for 2013! While it’s a bit late to make another New Year’s resolution, you certainly have time to start 2013 off right by making the best use of the time you spend practicing on your instrument this winter, in anticipation of this spring and...
by Christine | Mar 21, 2018 | Welcome Column
Nobody likes too much tension, do they? When things pile up, and you can’t get a break, it’s unbearable. Modern life seems so filled with tension – what with our jobs, raising families, commuting to work, paying the bills – it’s too much! On the other...
by Christine | May 10, 2013 | Welcome Column
It’s festival season again, and I pull into the campgrounds looking with longing at the R.V.’S lining the pathways. Those mystical mobile houses that promise all the comforts of home. Soft beds, refrigerator, a closet to hang the cloths maybe even an air conditioner...
by Christine | Jun 6, 2019 | Welcome Column
I suspect there will be even less readers than normal this month as the big week looms ahead. Not that 1st Thursdays ever lead the ratings game around here but with the CBA moving into Nevada County Fairgrounds this weekend chances aren’t good for having many eyes on...
by Christine | Nov 4, 2018 | Welcome Column
Lookin’ back at a career of 62 years in this business we call bluegrass, I guess the onliest, well, make that the onliest two times I got stage fright was the first time I played onstage at the California State Fair in 1948, and 42 years later at the Late Summer...
by Christine | Jun 25, 2010 | Welcome Column
Lookin’ back at a career of 62 years in this business we call bluegrass, I guess the onliest, well, make that the onliest two times I got stage fright was the first time I played onstage at the California State Fair in 1948, and 42 years later at the Late Summer...
by Christine | Sep 1, 2013 | Welcome Column
Earlier this month, Terry Baucom came out with an album called “Never Thought of Looking Back.” This name may come from his many years of service with Doyle Lawson playing banjo and singing harmony vocals. Because of his reputation he is able to get an incredible list...
