When I was a kid, company was special, “COMPANY is coming, clean your room”. We cleaned everything twice, better than usual. It made company seem like inspectors. We have company right now, GS1 is home. I’m not sure he’s company, some of his items reside here when he doesn’t. He’ll be here until December 17th, … Read more
We went to the Ark last night to see a bluegrass, newgrass, acoustic, oh heck I don’t know what they were. They had a fiddle, a 10 string thing that looked like a baritone uke, an electric upright bass, a banjo and a guitar. Everything was plugged in. Papa said, “The only thing missing was … Read more
Continuing my thoughts on the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival, Wilmington, Ohio from yesterday. I was glad to see that younger players were in evidence at the festival. I think it is interesting that Joe Mullins (promoter/producer) has chosen to admit young people 16 and under free with a parent. I think this is genius. … Read more
Blue might be the word in Wilmington, after last week’s news about DHL closing its operations there. I hope that event is averted, some way or another. We visited the Roberts Centre near Wilmington, Ohio last Friday and Saturday for another kind of blue, a fine bluegrass show presented by Joe Mullins. A lot of … Read more
You all know about Oz, a fictional place where weird, or at least out of place, things happen. OK, I was in a personal version of Oz Wednesday. Six (6!) people who devote substantial time and energy to genealogy were in a car, headed for the Library of Michigan. One of these people actually earns … Read more
It has come to my attention that the sun won’t be shining today. It should be, we’re having an early end to this week. Tomorrow, Papa and I will head out to The Roberts Centre, Wilmington Ohio to see a great bluegrass show, the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival. Interesting how Joe Mullins got all … Read more
I haven’t posted like I should. We’ve been sick here, I know it’s a poor excuse. D1 got the bug Friday. I spent yesterday morning at the ER with her, so she could get an IV and some meds for nausea. Not a lot of fun, this “virus” that is going around. We did see … Read more
Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent will bring their highly acclaimed group, Dailey and Vincent, to the Lila Jones Theater, Oakland Community College Royal Oak Campus tomorrow. You can read about the show and buy tickets on-line. There are only 39 on-line tickets left as of this morning, and I’m sure this show will be a … Read more
This is an historic election day, something to remember. This morning’s news said there were 8000 absentee ballots in Dearborn, Michigan. get out there and get in line, it matters.
I thought you might like to see the article Barry Mazor wrote about the IBMA World of Bluegrass, the trade show, convention, awards show, and Fanfest Papa and I recently attended. You really have to be there to understand how special the whole event is. This explains it to people who don’t understand, I guess.