by Christine | Nov 15, 2017 | Welcome Column
I like playing music. I bet a lot of you like doing it to. And, nine times out of ten, it’s a no brainer. You grab your instrument and attend a jam or a gig. Piece of cake, right? Not so fast! Evil forces are at work, conspiring to keep you from the musical enjoyment...
by Christine | Oct 20, 2009 | Welcome Column
My two favorite times of any bluegrass festival or campout are 1) when I pull into the gate; and 2) when I pull out to go home. Great, great times in between of course, but nothing surpasses the anticipation that beats in my chest when I first see the campout grounds...
by Christine | Dec 8, 2010 | Welcome Column
Warning – no bluegrass content, but still about music For me, December 8th is a day that will live in infamy. I know it doesn’t compare to the historical and national significance of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. But I wasn’t born until...
by Christine | Nov 16, 2020 | Welcome Column
I’m really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. It’s perfect for shy, retiring stay-at-home types like me! I don’t need to make up any lame excuses for declining offers of hospitality. No boring relatives or political arguments at the dinner table. I can...
by Christine | Sep 21, 2017 | Welcome Column
During the summer my wife and I visited Beningbrough Hall in Yorkshire. It is one of those English stately homes maintained by the National Trust, who do an excellent job in preserving these old buildings for the general public to enjoy. Amidst the antique furniture...
by Christine | Aug 22, 2015 | Welcome Column
Now once upon a time in the land of Nada, there was nothing! Nothing special, nothing different, nothing new or exciting day in and day out. And the people, the Nadites, were very much content, and although you couldn’t really say they were happy about their...
by Christine | Jun 18, 2013 | Welcome Column
Like just about every other year since we started the Welcome column here on the CBA web site it was just a given that my first turn at writing a piece after returning from Grass Valley would highlight the Association’s biggest week of the year. Truth be told, I’d...
by Christine | Dec 28, 2017 | Welcome Column
Daily Grist–A lesson for those who think they have a lot of authority; try to order somebody else’s dog around… JD RhynesThis time of the year always brings back a lot of good memories for me, and it always has to do with music. Bluegrass music to be...
by Christine | Nov 22, 2013 | Welcome Column
Over the decades there have been monumental movies and TV shows that have featured bluegrass music and really helped put the genre in the spotlight, with The Beverly Hillbillies TV series and the films Bonny & Clyde, Deliverance and O Brother, Where Art Thou?...
by Christine | Sep 3, 2009 | Welcome Column
Last night, I was in the mood to hear some old time music, so I put on an album entitled “Wild Goose” which was recorded in 1987 by the late award-winning banjo player Rick Abrams. Yes, I said “album”…one of those round, vinyl anachronisms with the hole in the...
