Author: Chris Jones

From The Side of the Road… using bluegrass to deflect difficult Thanksgiving conversations

I want to wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving. Mine is a simple one: I’m up in the frozen…

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From The Side of the Road… are banjo players a moon sign?

I’ve become very disillusioned with the zodiac, I have to admit. First there were the overly general daily horoscopes: “Make sound…

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From The Side of the Road… have I got a theme for you!

Greetings from Germany, where I’m on tour playing some duo shows with Paolo Ercoli. On Friday of this week (3:00 p.m….

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From The Side of the Road… German bluegrass phrasebook

Greetings from Italy, where I’m starting a tour this week with Italian dobro player Paolo Ercoli. Since I am writing in…

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From The Side of the Road… fact checking bluegrass classics

Welcome to the Election Week edition of this column. There will be no endorsing of candidates for office (that’s best left…

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From The Side of the Road… Halloween bluegrass classics

I’ve discussed in past columns the fact that, while bluegrass bands still get booked at weddings, there are at most three…

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From The Side of the Road… death at a bluegrass festival

This column was mostly written in September of 2021, after playing our first festival in front of real people since the…

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From The Side of the Road… simplified sloganeering

We’re in an election year, and if you’re just now hearing about that, I’d like to hang out wherever you do,…

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From The Side of the Road… band contracts 101

I’m taking this week off to recover from the stress of taking the previous week off. Therefore, I’ve asked John Lawless…

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From The Side of the Road… returning to “normalcy” after WOB

Dateline: Raleigh. That’s the last time I’m likely to be writing that, at least at the end of September. I…

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