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...
by Christine | Nov 14, 2016 | 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...
by Christine | Feb 1, 2009 | Welcome Column
I went fishing yesterday. Did pretty well too; but that wasn’t the real highlight of the day. What tickled my fancy was the way my partner tested out the water to see what it’s temperature was. Tim, the guy who headed up the Arizona javalina hunting trip I...
by Christine | Feb 14, 2019 | Welcome Column
I played a volunteer gig yesterday for Bread & Roses, the group Joan Baez’s late sister, Mimi Fariña started back in the 1970s. They send entertainers around to hospitals, nursing homes, pre-schools and prisons. You don’t get paid, but there is a lot...
by Christine | Dec 22, 2012 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note—What began as a simple request that Brian consider writing a monthly Welcome column has blossomed into a full-blow collaboration between the CBA and perscriptionbluegrass.com. Many thanks to Mr. McNeal.) Many of us can remember the days when driving any...
