Kort McCumber's Journal

17th Annual Charles Sawtelle Mountain Jam

| July 26, 2007

We had a great time kicking off this year’s Charles Sawtelle Mountain Jam last Sunday in the side yard of the Gold Hill Inn. The Claire Lynch Band, Steve Conn and Gris Gris, and The Jayme Stone Quartet followed our set with great entertainment for a full day of music in the sun. Mollie O’Brien [...]

Telluride Bluegrass Festival

| June 26, 2007

“Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.” I liked this quote when I read it recently, and it is a fitting reminder to compliment this past weekend at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. I was inspired on so many levels, it’s hard to say what [...]

Red Hot Sex Safari!

| May 23, 2007

I saw that headline today while standing in the checkout aisle at the grocery store. It caught my eye so I thought I’d try it here. It snowed here today. My wife is pretending she doesn’t see it while she reorganizes her closet from winter to summer clothes. It doesn’t seem to be working. On [...]

Huh?

| May 6, 2007

Donald Rumsfeld once said, “There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” Needless to say, it’s [...]

Cinco de Mayo… y Abril… y Marte….

| May 6, 2007

I recently met Chuck Ogsbury, founder of Ome Banjos. What a great guy! It is obvious that there is a lot of care and reverence that goes into building his banjos. His instruments are inspired by nature and his appreciation for it, using quality materials to create quality instruments. He shared with me some stories [...]

Mountain Music

| April 27, 2007

Tonight the Gold Hill Inn opens its doors for the 2007 season…….and we get to play the occasion! My friend recently asked me why I love playing there so much. As I answered that small queston for him, I realized that I also answered a bigger question for myself. What I said was….. I have [...]

James Moors, mountain lions, and The Masters

| April 8, 2007

My buddy James Moors has been visiting this week and we’ve had a fun string of gigs together. Last night we played at the Chautauqua Community House. We had a great crowd despite the weather. It seems to be winter again, with frost and snow coating every pine needle and blade of grass. The low [...]

Best of Boulder

| March 22, 2007

Every time I try to change the strings on my instruments, our cat, Willow, attacks the string ends. I usually wind up bleeding. It’s that time of year again… one of our local newspapers, the Boulder Weekly, features a “Best Of Boulder” survey each year. There are many catagories for which one can vote, including [...]

Meet the Parents

| March 20, 2007

My wife and I have often felt that the secret to our success as a couple has lied securely in the fact that our parents (even after two years of marriage) have never met. Well, they met last week for the first time. And though it seems things went well, we are worried. Next week [...]

The Charles

| March 12, 2007

We just got the news that we’ve been invited to play at The Annual Charles Sawtelle Memorial Mountain Jam this summer. Folks just call it The Charles now. It’s a fun gathering of local bluegrass talent at The Gold Hill Inn and an opportunity to honor the late, great bluegrass musician Mr. Charles Sawtelle. Thanks [...]

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