by Christine | Jul 5, 2012 | Welcome Column
Wow, what happened to June! One week in heaven and two weeks of business travel (hell). Fortunately there were a few gigs interspersed with the travel that while fun, certainly added to the whirlwind that was June. I really need those 5 week months. I am just not that...
by Christine | Dec 13, 2011 | Welcome Column
To start with, I want to say I have no deep concerns about the future of bluegrass, whatever form it might be seen to be taking. Whether folks insist on maintaining that bluegrass can only be a replication of the forms, instrumentation, subject matter, and tone of the...
by Christine | Apr 27, 2015 | Welcome Column
If you’re wondering “where the flowers is”, I can tell you many of them are in full bloom right here in San Diego County. Spring has sprung these last couple of weeks, and, my, oh my, the flowers are a-bloomin’ just about everywhere you look – even...
by Christine | Dec 14, 2017 | Welcome Column
My friend Steve and I were invited to play for a Christmas party and dinner at The West Point Inn on Mt. Tamalpais last week.The inn is an enchanted place. It was built in 1904 as a stop on the curvy railroad that wound its way up the mountain from 1896 until...
by Christine | Dec 3, 2008 | Welcome Column
Many folks who move out to California from other parts of the country rave about our weather. It’s so doggone pleasant! No more shoveling snow (I’m speaking of California in general – I know darn well some Californians have to shovel snow), no more ice storms, and...
by Christine | Feb 16, 2020 | Welcome Column
Sometimes Daily Grist…”Early one day the sun wouldn’t shine, I was walking down the street not feeling too fine, I saw two old men with a bottle between ’em, And this was the song that I heard them singing, Lord preserve us and...
by Christine | Aug 15, 2009 | Welcome Column
Hi-dee-ho friends! This is my first ?Daily? column in about a year. I took a break and now I?m ready to resume writing about this thing we call Bluegrass music. I want to thank the many people who, over time, took the time to tell me how much they liked my previous...
by Christine | Apr 13, 2011 | Welcome Column
If you’re like me, you’ve been staring out the window a lot. Spring fever – I got it, and I bet you do, too! We’ve had WAY more than our share of dreary, wet, sodden weather this year, and we we’re so anxious for sunny weather. So, we forget how spring actually works...
by Christine | Mar 2, 2015 | Welcome Column
If you’ve ever recorded your own CD for commercial resale, or known someone who has, you probably already have some idea of the amount of money that goes into a recording project before the project even hits the street and you or your artists/band friends begin...
by Christine | Nov 11, 2010 | Welcome Column
So, first off, I hear some of you saying, where in the blankety-blank-blank is George Martin this morning? Well, George is off to Mexico for a well deserved get away but he’ll be back next month. I’m filling in and I want to talk a little bit about a subject near and...
