….well, actually, Ihad a dream Monday night, for real. In the dream, I was having a conversation with Del McCoury (for whomI have the greatest admiration). Something sort of like this: We were talking about how bluegrass has changed. We also talked about how we loved the earlier sounds like Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, The Stanley’s etc., etc. The gist of his conversation to me (and I remember this part a clearly as the ringing of a bell) was, “I love all that stuff, but people just …

Folks, If you read my post from last June about the end of The Linville Ridge Band, I think it speaks of being involved for 25 years in music. The making of it, the promotion of it, the business end of it, the whatever…..so far. At the time, it was a love/hate thing to have to do. Make that choice. But the end result demonstrated that it was the right move to make. I’ve picked with my buddies from that band in jams and we’re still all good friends. Now, since I’ve had that break, …

October 2008: I went to Nashville for a week at the end of September/first of October. This was to attend the IBMA . Banjos, mandolins, fiddles, dobros (I don’t buy into resophonic guitar), guitars and basses galore. Music 24/7 for real. Bluegrass music. Much business was attempted/accomplished, much sleep was lost. November 2008: Thinking about how high heating oil was going to go. The election. I voted. Did you? My baby did for the first time, which means she’s probably not considered a …

You know how good it smells when you walk past a doughnut shop and they’re all HOT’n'ready? A feeding frenzy can quickly get out of hand. I know I can eat warm doughnuts so fast that I don’t really have time to taste them. That’s sort of what it’s like at The CoMMA about these Mountain Heart & Tony Rice tickets. There’s folks coming from far and wide to see it. Tickets are selling like hot doughnuts! The show is on Friday, May 29, 2009, in Morganton, NC. The CoMMA …