It was late in the year of 1968 and Bob Cline and Monroe Jeffery were running a coffee house in La Mesa called the Bifrost Bridge...
In ancient Greece, a priestess, or oracle, would dispense prophesies, wisdom, and answers to the most vexing of questions. This is of course after first inhaling...
“Ya learn sumpin’ new every day!” said the mechanic, wiping the sleeve of his grease smeared coveralls across his equally soiled forehead. I watched as he...
I moved Folk Arts Rare Records from Hillcrest over to Adams Avenue in 1977. At that time the San Diego State Folk Festivals still had 10...
Escondido musician / songwriter JJ Cale may have only had one hit in his 50+ years (“Crazy Mama” #22 / 1971) but there is no doubt...
Sunday evening, October 9, 2011, was a remarkably great event in San Diego. It was the 10th anniversary party/fundraiser for the San Diego Troubadour. The auspicious...
San Diego Troubadour Anniversary Party The San Diego Troubadour celebrates its 10th anniversary with a huge party at the Sunset Ballroom on October 9. If you’ve...
Looking back upon the seven and a half years that I have written for the Troubadour, I have at once a flood of images and yet,...
Bill Monroe is universally considered the “father of bluegrass” music. If he were still alive (he died in September 1996) Bill Monroe would have turned 100...
