Nov 18
Blue might be the word in Wilmington, after last week’s news about DHL closing its operations there. I hope that event is averted, some way or another. We visited the Roberts Centre near Wilmington, Ohio last Friday and Saturday for another kind of blue, a fine bluegrass show presented by Joe Mullins. A lot of …
Nov 11
I haven’t posted like I should. We’ve been sick here, I know it’s a poor excuse. D1 got the bug Friday. I spent yesterday morning at the ER with her, so she could get an IV and some meds for nausea. Not a lot of fun, this “virus” that is going around. We did see …
Nov 06
Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent will bring their highly acclaimed group, Dailey and Vincent, to the Lila Jones Theater, Oakland Community College Royal Oak Campus tomorrow. You can read about the show and buy tickets on-line. There are only 39 on-line tickets left as of this morning, and I’m sure this show will be a …
Oct 13
I just finished posting Papa’s pictures from our time at IBMA in Nashville. There were more than 700! I split them into several galleries, so you can look only a what you are interested in. Here’s my favorite: This cute little girl came along, pulling the bass on a cart. The stool was attached somehow, …
Aug 23
The line-up for this year’s Oakland Community College Bluegrass Series has been announced. The best news about this announcement is that the performances will be held at in Royal Oak this year, after a several year hiatus. The location is the Lila Jones Theater at 739 South Washington, Royal Oak, MI 48067. The concerts begin …
Aug 08
Today’s much anticipated line-up includes Don Rigsby, the LRB, Dailey and Vincent, Doyle Lawson, the Grascals, the Lewis Family and The Bluegrass Thoroughbreds. I’ve hardly cooked a thing, and have eaten several sin foods, an elephant ear was among them. Lightning didn’t strike, so we’re fine. We’re having a great time, come on out and …
Jan 11
We are headed for Perrysburg Ohio, just south of Toledo later this morning. A indoor festival has been held there for years. With Larry and Lisa Efaw at the helm, the show is on the way up. This year, the Daily-Vincent band, Bobby Osborne the Hart brothers and many more are playing. It was a …
