Tag: Chris Jones

From The Side of the Road… what is success to a bluegrass artist?

How do we define “success” in the bluegrass music business? We certainly can’t do it by the standards used in the…

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From The Side of the Road… Auditions, part 1

If you’re playing bluegrass music professionally, or even semi-professionally, at some point you’re going to have to endure that dreaded pre-hiring…

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From The Side of the Road… the curse of the bluegrass prequel

It’s always exciting when new research sheds some light on the mysterious origins of some of the songs we sing, and…

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From The Side of the Road… flogging CDs from the stage in 2025

I’ve discussed the issue of CD sales here in the past. Disregard whatever I may have said before because there have…

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From The Side of the Road… 2025 Bluegrass Quiz!

It’s time for the annual bluegrass quiz, which fills some readers with excitement, others with dread, and still others with the…

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From The Side of the Road… unnecessary musical accessories

Happy New Year! Next week it will be our annual Bluegrass Knowledge Test (or whatever it’s being called now), so be…

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From The Side of the Road… you will be visited by three spirits

Merry Christmas to all! I’ve been given the day off (with pay), though when I told my boss here, John Lawless,…

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From The Side of the Road… can you count on me?

I recently encountered one of the more pointless and irritating social media threads I’ve seen, at least since the 2024 election….

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From The Side of the Road… post-Thanksgiving bluegrass shopping ideas

We’ve just made it through Thanksgiving, and I chose the phrase “made it through” deliberately. Let’s be honest, for all people’s…

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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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