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  • From The Side of the Road… the lost bluegrass verses

    July 2, 2025 | by Chris Jones

    I'm no ethnomusicologist. I'm not even a mixologist or any other kind of "ologist," but lyrics interest me, and sometimes I like going a little deeper into some of the mysteries presented in the bluegrass standards we know and love. Many

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  • From The Side of the Road… important jamming rules in bluegrass

    June 25, 2025 | by Chris Jones

    I just got done teaching at Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp last week (always good klean fun). This reminded me of the column I wrote several years ago about jamming. It was written the year the Night Drivers and I taught

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  • From The Side of the Road: bluegrass fusion – yes or no?

    June 18, 2025 | by Chris Jones

    Last week we discussed the blending of bluegrass music with other styles, including some that may not at first listen seem that compatible, like bluegrass and heavy metal, the fusion which kicked this whole subject off in the first place. Some

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  • From The Side of the Road… don’t cross the streams!

    June 11, 2025 | by Chris Jones

    A number of years ago, I got a message from a musician with a band called Grandpa's Cough Medicine (I was a little hurt that they had rejected my band name idea, Grandpa's Immunosuppressant Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicine, but I got

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  • From The Side of the Road… you won’t believe what this column is about!

    June 4, 2025 | by Chris Jones

    The world of social media is a pretty tawdry place, as we all know at this point. Sensationalism, misinformation, and division are all rewarded, often with large profits at the expense of all the rest of us.  For the professional musician

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  • From The Side of the Road… canceled adjectives in bluegrass

    May 28, 2025 | by Chris Jones

    I hate being an alarmist, but we may need to start varying the adjectives we use in bluegrass artists' bio material and press releases. The problem arose recently after the official retirement of three heavily-used (until now) adjectives in ceremonies held

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  • From The Side of the Road… communicating on stage, if you must

    May 21, 2025 | by Chris Jones

    On-stage communication between musicians can take many forms, and is required for a variety of purposes, some vitally important, some completely unnecessary but at least amusing. One of the biggest reasons for communication during a show is to assist someone in

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  • Could this be the end of the David Mayfield Parade?

    May 15, 2025 | by Guest Contributor

    In a now-deleted Instagram post, The David Mayfield Parade announced they'd be going on indefinite hiatus, citing "differences in the ring." Tensions had reportedly been simmering for some time. With a source close to the band claiming that frontman David Mayfield,

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  • From The Side of the Road… what is this word “retire” you keep using?

    May 14, 2025 | by Chris Jones

    In a previous column here, we discussed what careers might be appropriate for a professional bluegrass musician who has taken the daring and rare step of actually retiring. It should be noted that the few bluegrass musicians who do quit the

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  • From The Side of the Road… pronoun reversal in bluegrass songs

    May 7, 2025 | by Chris Jones

    Quite a few years ago now, Pete Wernick came up with the concept of the pronoun/role reversal in classic bluegrass songs and suggested I write a column about it, which I promptly did. As I wrote about previously, one of his

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