We were putting on a Lightnin’ Hopkins concert at the Bifrost Bridge coffeehouse back in the late ’60s and needed an opening act. Conrad von Metzke...
There are so many great ways to enjoy and participate in bluegrass music in San Diego that we are truly blessed. These opportunities include everything from...
Hello Troubadourians! Last year I memorialized three famous guitar players–and a few not-so-famous ones–as well as one legendary luthier. I had hoped that I could get...
I used to stay in Chula Vista with my Grandmother in the summer months back in the 1950s and that’s where I got acquainted with the...
A year ago this month, I covered a pair of condenser microphones that I was quite obviously impressed with. Regular readers of this column may have...
Three great bluegrass music opportunities will be in San Diego to kick off the first month of 2018. The Hillbenders. The Hillbenders is one high-octane bluegrass...
David Cassidy, who passed away on November 21, spent a bit of time in San Diego, but it wasn’t always for music. In addition to his...
There was a Memphis area blues singer, one of my favorites, in the ’20s and ’30s, named Frank Stokes, who was one hell of a guitar...
Hello Troubadourians! It is with much sadness that I have to write that one more of our generation’s guitar heroes is gone. As I started to...
