WHAT YOU MAY FIND HERE

RANTS, RAVINGS and RUMINATIONS along with
RAUCOUS RIBALDRY and RAMBLING REFLECTIONS

Saturday, April 29, 2023

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Huey Lewis cover subsection)

Heard this the other night while driving home. Rick Faris doing Huey Lewis' Power of Love.


Rick Faris - Guitar/Vocal, Laura Orshaw - Fiddle, Harry Clark - Mandolin, Luke Munday - Banjo, and Zak McLamb - Bass

Monday, April 24, 2023

Geography Div (Missile sibsection)

One of the most common comments I heard (from folks of my generation) when I worked as a Park Ranger at the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site was "We had a missile base in my home town."

Usually, it turned out to be a Nike Anti-aircraft battery. They were common around large metro areas and/or near military installations. The deployment of ICBMs was the prime factor of their demise.

Here's what surrounded Chicago ............



Saturday, April 22, 2023

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Happy Birthday Mrs Bear subsection)

I've always admired Alison Brown's talent. Mrs Bear and I even had music from her jazz quartet played at our wedding!!
Here's a new video along with Steve Martin, Foggy Morning Breaking. Alison playing 3-finger and Steve doing clawhammer.
It's also Mrs Bear's birthday. Happy Birthday Sweet Honey. 


Alison Brown – Banjo, Steve Martin – Banjo, Stuart Duncan – Fiddle, Sierra Hull – Mandolin, Chris Eldridge – Guitar, and Todd Phillips – Bass

Saturday, April 15, 2023

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

New Single from Chicago's Henhouse Prowlers My Little Flower.


Jake Howard on mandolin,  Ben Wright on banjo, Chris Dollar on guitar, and Jon Goldfine on bass.

Saturday, April 8, 2023

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass

Former teen star Billy Gilman doing his new bluegrass video Roller Coaster.


Support on the track comes from Jake Stargel on guitar, Gabe Hirshfeld on banjo, Jarrod Walker on mandolin, John Mailander on fiddle, and Vickie Vaughn on bass. Harmony vocals come from Martha Christian.

Monday, April 3, 2023

Geography Div (Lake subsection)

 Funny, I never considered the Caspian Sea a "lake"  ...... oh well.


1) Caspian Sea 🇰🇿🇹🇲🇦🇿🇷🇺🇮🇷

2) Lake Superior 🇨🇦🇺🇸
3) Lake Victoria 🇹🇿🇺🇬🇰🇪
4) Lake Huron 🇨🇦🇺🇸
5) Lake Michigan 🇺🇸
6) Lake Tanganyika 🇹🇿🇨🇩🇧🇮🇿🇲
7) Lake Baikal 🇷🇺
8) Great Bear Lake 🇨🇦
9) Lake Malawi 🇲🇼🇲🇿🇹🇿
10) Great Slave Lake 🇨🇦
11) Lake Erie 🇨🇦🇺🇸
12) Lake Winnipeg 🇨🇦
13) Lake Ontario 🇨🇦🇺🇸
14) Lake Ladoga 🇷🇺
15) Lake Balkhash 🇰🇿 




Saturday, April 1, 2023

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

Retro 78, the 2022 winners of the SPBGMA International Band Competition with their first single Black Vinyl 45.


Hunter Motts on banjo, Clint Groves on guitar, Kevin Street on guitar, Mike Street on bass, Jacob Jackson on mandolin, Jacob Turnbill on fiddle.