by Christine | Nov 2, 2013 | Welcome Column
I am honored to announce that I will be a guitar teacher at the Great 48 Jam in Bakersfield, California, so I thought I would take this time to talk about my teaching philosophy. In my earlier years, I was a student at the CBA Music Camp, and later I was a teacher’s...
by Christine | Feb 12, 2014 | Welcome Column
I have said many times, one of the appeals of bluegrass music is the stories, and there are many recurring themes, some of which I have outlined in previous columns. One of the most touching recurring themes that have touched me over the years is the love of the home...
by Christine | Apr 17, 2012 | General News
CBA held two old-time campouts in Boonville in 2009 and 2010 but none in 2011. When the board appointed me Old-Time Music Coordinator late last year, one of my tasks was to look for a new location. I received a hot tip about Lake Sonoma and got in touch with Park...
by Christine | Apr 7, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s: One of Bruce’s from the archives) A few years ago, I attended a lecture where the speaker described the effects of the hormones serotonin and dopamine and oxytocin. His subject was actually the modern phenomenon of tech dependency – especially smart...
by Christine | Mar 2, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Here’s another past column from 2009 to honor the kickoff of baseball season) Believe it or not, I’m going through baseball withdrawal syndrome just now. “What’s that?” you say. “How can you miss baseball already? It’s only June. The season has just started.” My...
by Christine | Mar 4, 2021 | Welcome Column
What am I really doing these days? Most of you know I had specific definitions for rehearsing, practicing and my old standby woodshedding. After a year of not playing with people not on the other side of a computer screen, I’ve discarded or thrown out, if you will,...
by Christine | Mar 5, 2021 | Welcome Column
“People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.” Sung by Barbra Streisand. “I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas.” The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock “ T.S. Eliot. It is tough mentally battling these two...
by Christine | Mar 7, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s note: Here’s a classic from Marcos) Writing a column is a funny thing. Some months, a plethora of topics flow like artesian wells in Calistoga. Other months, pounding sand comes easier than a novel idea. There was a two month stretch when Bert me to the...
by Christine | Mar 8, 2021 | Welcome Column
After getting signed by Ricky Skaggs and touring with Mumford and Sons, it seemed like Cadillac sky had options inside and outside of bluegrass. Cadillac Sky’s albums fit in a similar precarious position. For every psychedelic instrumental arrangement or use of rock...
by Christine | Mar 9, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: an old favorite from Rick) “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”– George Santayana, philosopher, essayist poet and novelist. I wasn’t in a rush, not daydreaming particularly, no pressing or urgent problem taken control...
