Author: Chris Jones

From The Side of the Road…Lyrics? What lyrics?

I’ve mentioned this before, but I have a theory that a sizable chunk of modern bluegrass fans aren’t listening to the…

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From The Side of the Road… the dreaded band photo shoot

Quite some time ago (I think it was just after the breakup of Flatt & Scruggs and the Beatles) I made…

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From The Side of the Road… Bluegrass haiku, the sequel

It seems like so long ago now, back before the time change, even, that I wrote a little article here on…

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From The Side of the Road… AI writes bluegrass humor

I apologize that I’m not able to bring you a new column this week. Rather than get ChatGPT to write one,…

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From The Side of the Road… the AI discussion is back!

AI is the subject everyone is talking about, in fact more than many of us would like. I can’t recall a…

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From The Side of the Road… film concepts with a bluegrass theme

Not to alarm anyone about the passage of time, but the Coen Brothers movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou came out…

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From The Side of the Road… a really, really important message

Most bluegrass musicians now exist in a digital world we didn’t create, one in which we have to dispense with all…

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From The Side of the Road… how to define “success” in bluegrass

How do we define “success” in the bluegrass music business? We certainly can’t do it by the standards used in the…

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From The Side of the Road… how to be a bluegrass eccentric

Have you ever longed to be a bluegrass eccentric? Sure, you’re a professional bluegrass musician, some of your strait-laced friends with…

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From The Side of the Road… Bluegrass songs about bluegrass

In today’s competitive environment it’s hard to break through the barriers when it comes to airplay and sales. Some choose the…

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