by Christine | Nov 15, 2009 | Welcome Column
Here it is at 10:30 on Saturday evening before my column is due and I’m still writing. It wasn’t due to procrastination, I’ve been noodling on this for the past week, but all the same I haven’t finished it……ok…..nose to the old fretboard and see if I can make a wrap....
by Christine | May 15, 2015 | Welcome Column
From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Cou·loir. Pronunciation: kül-‘wär. Function: noun. Etymology: French, literally, passage, from couler; a steep mountainside gorge. Summertime and the living is easy…….welcome to my first column for the summer of 2009…….during...
by Christine | Jun 27, 2009 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from Geoff Sargent Saturday, June 27, 2009 (Note: Well…I didn’t get a good wifi connection and was unable to post this last Sunday morning like I wanted but here it is anyway.) From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Cou·loir. Pronunciation:...
by Christine | Sep 28, 2019 | Welcome Column
It was the eighties and I was touring with the International Touring Company of A Chorus Line. It was my first real foray out into the world of what is now called ‘adulting.’ I spoke no foreign languages and we were traversing 9 countries and my contract was to be for...
by Christine | Dec 10, 2018 | Welcome Column
Before I begin my review, I would like to talk about the legendary Merle Haggard who died last week. While I admit that I was more prone to listening to other country greats, like Ernest Tubb and George Jones before Merle. This was because country legends like Jones...
by Christine | Nov 12, 2018 | Welcome Column
Please believe me when I say that I really didn’t want to talk about drums in this review. My opinions on the drum invasion in the last few years have been made crystal clear, and I was wiling to ignore those opinions and accept that for me to continue to do this I...
by Christine | Sep 11, 2011 | Welcome Column
December 7th. September 11. In our country we remember these two dates as shocking moments of disaster caused by some of our fellow human beings. Human beings who calculated destruction for those of us who did not share their particular view of what the world should...
by Christine | Jun 23, 2011 | Welcome Column
There’s been a good deal of discussion going around recently about the size of the tent we play and listen in and some sort of conflict between “traditional” bluegrass music and not-traditional, with some emphasis placed on what varieties of bluegrass are...
by Christine | Feb 24, 2013 | Welcome Column
A few years ago we spent a few days at Fort Bragg, a beautiful coastal community; the perfect place to escape the summer heat of the inland valleys and delta region of California. The highlight of our trip was to ride the “Skunk Train.” From Fort Bragg, we followed...
by Christine | Jul 16, 2011 | Welcome Column
In Yakima Washington, I lived on a dead end street next to an apple orchard and kitty-corner from a cow pasture. Across that pasture was a set of tracks that ran by a hobo jungle out in the middle of nowhere. In the middle of the night I’d hear the whistle blowing as...
