Tag Archives: bluegrass

Rambling in the Ryman

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Les Kerr

Last week, I read in my friend Mary Hance’s “Ms. Cheap” column in The Tennessean that the Ryman Auditorium has updated and improved its building tour and added a café on the Fourth Avenue side called Café Lula. A free … Continue reading →

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Birthday 335

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Les Kerr

Reflecting on my birthday this year found me remembering my favorite of them all. In 1996, for my fortieth birthday, I was surprised by my wonderful wife, Gail, and friends with the gift of the cherry-red Gibson ES-335 electric guitar … Continue reading →

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“God’s time” in Middle Tennessee

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Les Kerr

“Well, we can get off Roosevelt’s time and go back to God’s time,” my step-father would say every fall. Bob Gordin never liked Daylight Savings Time. He was born in 1922, grew up during the Great Depression and fought in … Continue reading →

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Doc Watson – Memories

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Les Kerr

“I have seen the David and the Mona Lisa, too; and I have heard Doc Watson play Columbus Stockade Blues.” Guy Clark Memories is the name of my favorite Doc Watson album.  I just about wore the needle through the 2-record … Continue reading →

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Doc Watson makes a house call…to a packed house

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Les Kerr

  Eighty-eight year old Doc Watson is still very much in control of his voice, his guitar playing and his audience, as he demonstrated  at the Ryman Auditorium July 28, 2011. And the love being sent from the people in … Continue reading →

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Doc Watson – no strings attached

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Les Kerr

Doc Watson is my favorite acoustic guitar player.  He is a hero to me for the amount of talent he has in his voice and hands, and for the way he conducts himself on stage.  Always with dignity, humor and … Continue reading →

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Nashville’s airwaves lose a friend

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Les Kerr

“Those are the bluegrass announcements,” Traci Todd told her listeners every Sunday about 3:30 p.m. “Now it’s time for the theme song of George, The Bluegrass Show. Here are Bill Monroe and Jimmy Martin with ‘The Little Girl and the … Continue reading →

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