Most folks don’t even know that I’m in another band. It’s not that I have hidden it (why would I?); it’s just that we’ve only played one gig. That was last September, and we’re so busy we haven’t played or practiced since. But yeah, we’re called Rough Cut, and we play a mixture of Country, […]
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The heat was on last night at The Rosine Barn Jamboree’s 33rd season opener. In more ways than one! The air outside was a bit nippy, so we had the furnace running. The biggest source of heat was coming from the stage, though. Dennis Cook, Chairman of The Rosine Association (we lease the barn and […]
Rain, rain, go away! Come again another day! Wouldn’t you know it! All this bad weather forced us to postpone tonight’s opening of The Rosine Barn Jamboree’s 33rd season. That means we’ll have to reschedule the Bill Burden Tribute, probably until some time in June. When we have a new date, I’ll share it here […]
I didn’t set out to write the song knowing I would give it the “Queen of Hearts” title. My song’s title wasn’t in my head when I wrote the first line, “She was sitting underneath a tree beside Olaton Road.” I had an image in my mind of an innocent young maiden in trouble and […]
May 24, 2025! The Old Get Together. A brand-new, first-ever Bluegrass festival at Potter Farm in Bowling Green, Ky. Seven bands and much to see and do! Like jam! There will be a jam circle, guitar circle, pickers circle, whatever you want to call it. Kenneth Newell and I will be leading it. We’ll be […]
I finally took the plunge and traveled to SPBGMA this year. That’s right! Back in February, 2025, I undertook the drive down to Nashville to attend the annual convention of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America. Kenneth Newell has been after me to go for years now. I’m not sure why […]
The 33rd season of Friday night Bluegrass in Rosine, Ky, is exactly one week away. April 4, 2025 is opening night. I can’t help but wonder if Hoyt and Eleanor Bratcher thought the 1992 Woosley barn project would still be going strong all these years later. We’ll have to ask them, won’t we? Next Friday, […]
So I wrote this Bluegrass song Saturday, March 22. I plan to make a video of me singing it for you in the very near future, but I wanted to share the lyrics with you today. I managed to work some local geography into this one. “Tunnel Hill” is just east of Rosine, less than […]
In the last 40 years or so, I’ve owned beaucoup guitars. I’m pretty sure there are currently seven in the house. Could be eight. I have, in fact, self-diagnosed myself with GAS! For you guitar newbies, that’s Guitar Acquisition Syndrome. It means you’re addicted to the adrenaline rush from acquiring a new guitar. It’s kinda […]
A question last night from a good friend reminded me I need to read Mark Hembree’s 2022 book On the Bus: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass. Hembree played bass for Bill Monroe from 1979 to 1984. He was also a founding member of The Nashville Bluegrass Band. Since I haven’t read […]