by Christine | Mar 5, 2013 | Welcome Column
Good Tuesday morning from Whiskey Creek, where an innocent teenager will soon begin the first of two of the longest days of his young life. Dylan will be taking charge of our four dogs while Lynn and I rush to Santa Cruz to meet Lucy, our barely eight hours old new...
by Christine | Apr 27, 2012 | Welcome Column
Just about every musician has fairly vivid memories about the most unlikely, outrageous or uncomfortable gigs that they’ve ever played. Musicians trade the stories about these shows in after hours conversation like baseball cards or poker chips, each one of us trying...
by Christine | Jan 24, 2015 | Welcome Column
One of my disc jockey friends was having an unusually and incredibly tough day this past week. This is the sort of thing that happens to all of us from time to time and sometimes it is just so overwhelming, it can seriously impact the way we function. Some of us can...
by Christine | Jul 31, 2008 | Welcome Column
Friday afternoon this past Fathers Day weekend I sat down at a picnic table on vendor’s row to indulge in a little mid-day snack….chicken on a stick from our long-time Thai friends and a cold beer from Vern’s. One delicious bite into the stick a woman, who looked to...
by Christine | Feb 13, 2018 | Welcome Column
In my April, 2017 column I wrote about a big journey I was preparing to take: releasing an album of my original instrumental music. In 2018. I wrote that I’d inform my readers from time to time about the new world that is music distribution and sales today, and about...
by Christine | Aug 2, 2012 | Welcome Column
My best friend, bandmate (and spouse), Linda, will often point out a restaurant, coffeehouse, bar, whatever, and tell me I should go drop off a demo CD and some band publicity because, in her opinion, they would be making a very poor business decision not to hire us....
by Christine | Mar 17, 2016 | Welcome Column
I was at a show a couple of weeks ago and as I was watching the band, I started to think about all the places their instruments have been. I got to wondering about the life of an instrument, separately from the life of the musician that plays it. I wondered, what was...
by Christine | Feb 29, 2012 | Welcome Column
One of the things that’s really fashionable in bluegrass music is to have a good old guitar. It’s generally accepted that fine, handmade instruments get better with age, and if you’ve ever played a 50’s or 40’s Martin dreadnaught, you’d be hard pressed to disagree...
by Christine | Jan 30, 2010 | Welcome Column
A couple days ago I received a call from Dan Hayes, Executive Director of the IBMA back in Nashville. Dan called to chat about some high tech initiatives the organization is looking to undertake. During our talk, Dan mentioned the number of professional IBMA members...
by Christine | Jul 21, 2020 | Welcome Column
Where Have All the CBA Welcome Columnists Gone?Where have all the California Bluegrass Association’s Welcome Columnists gone, long time passing?Where have all the CBA columnists gone, long time ago?Where have all the California CBA columnists gone?Gone to obscurity,...
