by Patrick Campbell | Aug 11, 2021 | General News, Uncategorized
Christine writes from the heartland of Kansas: Christine Wilhoyte is an alum of CBA Youth Programs and banjo player for the band North Country Blue. This summer and fall, while she misses the California jam circuit, she’s having a blast riding her bike across the...
by Bert Daniel | Dec 13, 2022 | Welcome Column
As so often, my current reflections have been prompted by music that I’ve happened to hear on the television. This time it was a snatch of the song ‘Stay’ which was the first major UK chart success for the Hollies in late 1963. I had always assumed that it was an...
by Bert Daniel | Sep 3, 2021 | Welcome Column
Sorry, I missed you last 1st Thursday. I lost my way for the first time in 10 years of doing this. Not to worry I’m back…mostly. However, I’m still trying to make sense of this pre, post or ongoing pandemic as it relates to jamming or playing casual gigs. I have never...
by Patrick Campbell | Aug 19, 2021 | Music Reviews
Water Tower Band in Wrightwood Photo Credit: Danny Clark August 19, 2021|Current Up in the mountains, among the pines, two of Southern California’s favorite bluegrass bands got to play for an audience of local Wrightwood folks, and loyal fans who were willing to drive...
by Patrick Campbell | Aug 10, 2021 | Announcements
Hello from Nashville! I hope this finds you both doing well. I’m writing to help spread the word about CBA member and all around awesome person Ken Donell from Greenville who just lost everything to the Dixie Fire last week and is currently in Quincy. Ken...
by Bert Daniel | Aug 8, 2021 | Welcome Column
Here’s one from a couple of years back: If you’re gonna play bluegrass, you need to know something about grits. I’m not talking about textures of sandpaper from the hardware store and I’m not talking about hip hop groups. No, I’m talking about a delicacy native to the...
by Bert Daniel | Aug 6, 2021 | Welcome Column
The harbinger of a healing America is spreading like a shot filled tequila bluegrass jam as actual real flesh and blood blue grass bands are being booked to perform on real non zoom incorporated stages. I just saw the good news that my friend Jason Winfrey and Red Dog...
by Bruce Campbell | Aug 4, 2021 | Welcome Column
One of the coolest things about being a performing musician is, people generally say nice stuff to you. If you did a good job, you made a lot of people happy and entertained them, and it’s very natural for them to want to convey thanks to you during a break or after...
by Patrick Campbell | Aug 18, 2021 | Coming Event(s), Uncategorized
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces Come What May – Hardly Strictly Everywhere 2021 We hope that this email finds you well amidst the ups & downs of 2021. As a close friend of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, we wanted to make sure you were aware of this...
by Bert Daniel | Aug 19, 2021 | Welcome Column
A few weeks ago my wife and I were visited by a couple who had been good friends of ours since student days. We hadn’t seen them for some years, and it came up in conversation that the husband had presented his wife with a ukulele last Christmas. After a bit of...
