Author: Chris Jones

From The Side of the Road – Can I sleep in your barn tonight, Mister?

I know we’re all tired of bad news about the music business, and bad news in general, but the reality we’re…

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From The Side of the Road – Jeopardy style band introductions

Do you ever watch Jeopardy? Do you ever give answers in the form of questions? This is  confusing to people, don’t…

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From The Side of the Road – making virtual WOB like the real thing

In keeping with tradition – and we wouldn’t want to break with tradition now, would we – Chris has delivered his…

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From The Side of the Road – song titles for a suburban environment

In the radio work I do I get to hear a lot of current bluegrass releases, and I have to say…

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From The Side of the Road – Dear Mr. Bluegrass Manners

Mr. Bluegrass Manners has been off for a little while. He chose to self-isolate after having had to spend some time…

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From The Side of the Road – too early for 2021 predictions?

People love to make predictions. It’s not important that almost all of them are hit-and-miss. That even goes for Nostradamus, and that…

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From The Side of the Road – return of bluegrass ‘mad libs’

It’s time once again for bluegrass mad libs. Note that this isn’t “Mad Libs” with capital letters. That would be a…

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From The Side of the Road – That song is driving me crazy!

We all get songs stuck in our heads from time-to-time. They’re often really annoying ones like that Liberty Insurance jingle with…

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From The Side of the Road – Return of the Bluegrass Zodiac

I know it’s a little strange to be too busy during the pandemic, but I’ve ended up being swamped with work…

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From The Side of the Road – change a letter band name game

Five months into the pandemic and many bluegrass musicians have settled into one of two categories: the hustlers and the layabouts. …

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