Performing in a major bluegrass band is a grueling business. In order to subsist as a bluegrass musician, a player is often on the road from Thursday through Sunday, frequently appearing at three different events placed hundreds or even thousands of miles […]
Last week, Cara DiGiovanni and Dewey Brown became Facebook friends of mine. Why should I comment on this? I know Cara (and her sister Frannie) a little, but I’m not in the habit of chasing teenage girls around, so I […]
Just about 70 years ago today, December 8, 1945, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs first stepped on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, and a storm erupted. For years, Bill Monroe had been […]
