About the same time I started collecting records, I was also playing in the Drum and Bugle Corps at Southwest Jr. High, it was also about...
Hello Troubadourians! I have been approached many times following Folding Mr. Lincoln shows by folks who say, “I wish I hadn’t stopped playing” or “I’d like...
Part of being a record producer is answering questions. A lot of them. Not just of the in-session variety like, “How was that?” or “Should I...
Often, people think of bluegrass as a very old, even ancient, music. Its stereotype is of mountain hillbillies in straw hats, cavorting in overalls with an...
This month we take a look back at the recent Sonics / Mrs. Magician gig and of course, include a few reviews. The Sonics — Live...
My Dad took me down to the Great Northern railroad yards when I was about 11 years old and showed me how to hop a train....
The weekend of August 15-17 brought to San Diego the 12th annual Summergrass Bluegrass Festival. Presented by the San Diego Bluegrass Society and the North San...
Hello Troubadourians! Back in July I shared a brief treatise on tube amplifiers. I also mentioned that I would talk about non-tube amps in a later...
What’s that spinning voodoo I hear? Is that whirling, swirling sound the tidy bowl man’s last hurrah? Perhaps my stomach is informing my brain that two...
