Biscuits and Gravy

by | Nov 3, 2009 | Welcome Column

Nothing is more comforting, savory, tasty and satisfying to eat for breakfast than biscuits and gravy. Objectively, it’s just a pile of grease, starch and milk. But subjectively, ahh. That’s different! I’ve had the combination of biscuits and gravy from friends,...

Bits and Pieces

by | Apr 21, 2016 | Welcome Column

This month is proving particularly difficult and I am having a great deal of difficulty finding a clear head space to write in. I am always reminded of Rick’s words to ‘write what I know’, so this month it’s the things that have been on my mind...

Bits and pieces of the past.

by | Nov 21, 2019 | Welcome Column

(Taken from 2013.)Here is a post script to the piece I wrote about Bill White,harmonica player last month. My good friend Keith little relayedthis story to me back in the middle 70s.Back in the middle 70s, Bill Monroe and his bluegrass boys wereplaying a festival in...

Bittersweet Farewell

by | Aug 17, 2013 | Welcome Column

The good news is I’m turning eighteen in September. The bad news is that it’s time to return my beloved loaner mandolin to the CBA Darrell Johnston Kids Lending Library. There was a day, some years ago that truly feels like a only a short time ago, yet there’s been a...

Black as the Night

by | Oct 28, 2019 | Welcome Column

We want to acknowledge that the site has not been maintained the last couple days because of the power outages. What’s more, we’re expected to have another outage tomorrow. We WILL get past this, folks.Rick

Black Bart

by | Aug 12, 2018 | Welcome Column

I’ve often wondered how people find the inspiration to write new original music when there’s already so much great stuff out there. You get the impression that, with all the great songs and tunes we know, sooner or later all the note combinations and story telling...

Black keys and white keys and frets, oh my!

by | Oct 1, 2018 | Welcome Column

Learning music– it happens all different ways. Sometimes by osmosis: Daddy plays or Mommy plays, so the kids pick it up. School bands, private teachers, lessons on YouTube, books from Mel Bay and others with CDs included so you can hear what you are trying to...

Black Mountain Sage

by | Mar 21, 2006 | Welcome Column

I have always enjoyed reading the sage wisdom of B. Judd on the CBA Website, and I went in search of even more wisdom. Figuring the nexus of Bluegrass wisdom would emanate from the Bluegrass state, I went there. Also, knowing that sages and soothsayers and gurus and...

Blackberries

by | Jul 23, 2009 | Welcome Column

Blackberry sitting on a bramble high /I’ve been reaching into the sky /I’m gonna pick me a bowl to stew/ And have some this morning. We have a big blackberry bush in our back driveway and we pass by there often on our way to visit Grandma. My son Ethan noticed the...