Author: Chris Jones

From The Side of the Road… vocal tips from our avian pals

Have you ever played in a band with a lead singer who changes the way he or she sings in the…

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From The Side of the Road… I’m truly sorry

Happy Wednesday! This column is actually a slightly edited rerun from almost 10 years ago. It seemed mostly non-specific, but if…

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From The Side of the Road… a bluegrass bucket list

You’ve no doubt heard of the “bucket list.” Like “show me the money” and other overused phrases, it has its origins…

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From The Side of the Road… burning question: haiku or senryu?

Last week Bluegrass Today published a rerun of my first bluegrass haiku column to help set up this new one. It…

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From The Side of the Road… bluegrass haiku, for me and you

I’m planning to write some new bluegrass haiku for next week, which, if I’m honest, is a form of procrastination because…

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From The Side of the Road… personal ads for bluegrass pickers

As someone who landed his first full time bluegrass employment thanks to a classified ad, I continue to take an interest…

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From The Side of the Road… tips for new bluegrass artists

In the last 10 or 15 years, bluegrass music has had its share of people trying to break in from other…

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From The Side of the Road… talking politics on stage

Returning to the stage MC work subject, this is a revised version of the final installment of my series on the…

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From The Side of the Road… deconstructed band names

Way back in the first year of this column I did a series on band management, pretending that I knew something…

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From The Side of the Road… MC work – third time’s the charm

This is the third in a series on stage-show MC work. In the previous installment, I tried to answer a few…

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