Author: Chris Jones

We don’t talk between songs on our CD

Something that you or your band must eventually face (besides a non-existent retirement plan), is that at some point, usually no…

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That’s Nothing… Listen To This!

Somewhere deep in my file of road stories, I have an unpleasant recollection of spreading out a sleeping bag on the…

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Bluegrass conspiracies pop up again

Greetings from the road. My family and I are en route from Alberta to Nashville before we head to Morganton, NC….

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And who shall wear the robe and crown?

People have lately been asking me to explain the hierarchy of bluegrass music (and by “people,” I mean my cousin Jimmy)….

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Lions, tigers, and… bluegrass impersonators!

Recently we discussed bluegrass urban legends, but it has since come to my attention that we have a lot bigger things…

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Rural rumors and campground legends

We’ve all been the recipient of urban legends or scams at one time, forwarded to us by email. In one of…

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Re-imagining murder ballads in the age of social media

Last week we attempted to blame bluegrass music’s violent side on one man: Little Willie, the Scapegoat, we’ll call him. It…

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It’s enough to give you the Willies

A Bluegrass Junction listener—we’ll call her “Laura” (because that was her name)—emailed me recently, pointing out that there are an awful…

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Potato… patahto

Is it “Mon-ROE” or “MUN-roe”? Is how we pronounce bluegrass names important? It probably is, yet it’s not always as simple…

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Spargel… get your Spargel!

I’m on a flight across North America right now, the second of three legs of my trip home from our recent…

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