Author: Chris Jones

From The Side of the Road… World of Bluegrass admission quiz

I’ve just arrived at the IBMA World of Bluegrass and I have a short report that mainly has to do with…

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From The Side of the Road…. return to live shows haiku

For my band, Labor Day weekend marked the first return to playing in front of in-person audiences. Now, a few weeks…

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From The Side of the Road… the rejuvenating power of bluegrass

My band’s first show in front of real people since March of 2020 (we did an entire tour with pretend audiences…

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From The Side of the Road… crossing borders in the age of COVID

As of the Labor Day weekend, I have returned to touring and playing music for people I can actually see. For…

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From The Side of the Road… not one penny for tribute bands

The tribute band is nothing new to bluegrass music or to any other genre of music, for that matter. “Beatlemania” was…

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From The Side of the Road… eh, whatever

Leadership Bluegrass is an IBMA-related program which has been going strong since the year 2000. Its stated purpose, according to IBMA’s…

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Tom T. Hall passes

Dixie and Tom T. Hall – photo  by Terry Herd Bluegrass and country music legend Tom T. Hall passed away at…

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From The Side of the Road… step right up for the annual column quiz

In case you need to take your mind off of current events, and the inevitable rancorous arguments that accompany them, it might…

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From The Side of the Road… is synecdoche really a word?

I was recently sent a press release about a song that claimed it’s the “Hotel California of bluegrass” (because you can…

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From The Side of the Road… five heads are better than one

Chris Jones has been unexpectedly detained at the Canadian border, so we are running this pre-pandemic column at his direction. It’s…

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