Do you ever watch Jeopardy? Do you ever give answers in the form of questions? This is confusing to people, don't you think? Do you ever just get sick of questions? Are you hoping there's prize money somewhere at the end
Chris Jones
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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 weekly column during World of Bluegrass 2020 on video. Virtually, so to speak.
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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 that bluegrass songwriters may be in a bit of a subject rut. Our genre now seems dominated by songs
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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 in the Nashville Greyhound station (it's a long story). While in quarantine he continued to answer emails, even the
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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 was what he was known for; that, and apparently he grew some very impressive spaghetti squash. Usually people like to
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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 trademark, and that game is available only in those lovely pads of paper or now on the Mad Libs
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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 the highly creative lyrics: "Liberty liberty liberty . . . liberty." Or it can be a long and melodically
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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 I’m doing this week for the Walnut Valley Festival's NewSong Showcase, and I have a Facebook live concert tomorrow,
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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. The hustlers are busy producing instructional material, hosting livestream concerts, making sure to leave some spare time to renovate the
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Track Premiere: Leave It At The Gate from Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
Here's a sneak peek at the new Mountain Home Music single from Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, set for official release tomorrow, August 7. Leave It At The Gate is one written by Jones and his former bass player, Jon