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Bluegrass lovers enjoying live music at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker Last Friday night, in Kodak, TN, Darin & Brooke Aldridge were no more than a few measures into Tear Stained Letter when I scribbled in my

Hello Sonny. I seen the brothers many times in and around Burlington, NC at Bass Mountain festival and The Big O Jamboree. Do you remember the Big O and any stories? One time I remember seeing Glen Duncan was on

Sonny wasn't able to get us answers to your questions this week, so we figured it would be fun to take a look back at the second column he did, back in June 2019. Hopefully he'll be back on track for next week. You've

Good morning Chief, well it's finally here... Ask Sonny # 100! On behalf of all our readers, your fans and admirers around the world, Mr. Lawless and myself, please accept our heartfelt thanks for this weekly journey through the pages

Well Chief, it's hard to believe, but this is Ask Sonny #99. Next week will mark the 100th column since we began this little journey nearly two years ago. I think congratulations are in order, so to everyone reading this,

Good morning Chief, I hope you get this. When I got off the bus last week we were in 1996, I turned around and you boys were gone. Very funny. Fortunately we have dial-up internet. I'm out front here at Bean Blossom...reading

Hey Good morning Chief! We just swung by the electronic post office, and we have a bag of questions for you. Hey, there's some doozies in here. Be forewarned, we have an onion and a glass of water next to

Hey good morning Chief! We're all out here with coffee and donuts, looking at the buds on the apple and dogwood trees, and reminiscing. This sure feels like the official kickoff to bluegrass festival season to us. We've been swapping

Good morning Chief! Wow, how about those storms huh? Made me think we were heading back to 2010 and the big flood here in Music City. Not to worry though, Larry just got the pontoons on the bus (which we've

Good morning Chief! Well the bus is packed with all the usual suspects and we're ready to roll. Today it looks like we're heading back to 1996 and Bobby's River Bend Festival. Also, one of your fans is asking about