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If you've forgotten anybody, its not too late to pick up some stuff from the store.
Or get them a copy of
Its 118 pages of the world through the eyes of the everyday Bluegrasser.
This famous guy who critiques books over there in England said:
"The Bluegrass Way is brilliant! Wichita Rutherford's humor mixed with these heart felt life lessons is nothing less than precious."
(They're only $8.88 now through Christmas.)
Wayne Taylor is a buddy of mine. He came over to the house and I interviewed him. Here's what happened...
I don’t get to fly this thing, but I do get to ride in it. The Air Force folks are so good to me…
This is Jenn Parker. What a sweetie. She's making a face like mine. If she doesn't watch out she's gonna win a Wichita clock. If you can make a face like mine send it to me. I'll post it on here for all your friends at work to see so they can make fun of you. You might win something too. Look at how precious she looks...
Here’s what happened the other day when I showed up in Washington to talk about my plans for Bluegrass if I win the election.
Me and Sam Bush go way back. I used to coach his baseball team when he was just “pretty good” on the mandolin. Here's what happened when I interviewed him...
These boys used to fuss constantly. Then I got some Jimmy Martin in them and everything turned out just fine…
Dierks Bentley is a full blown country star. He used to hang around with us down at The Station Inn (the Mother church of Bluegrass) all the time down here in Nashville. Now that he’s a big star… well… actually he still hangs out with us down at The Station Inn. You can take the boy out of Bluegrass, but you can’t take the Bluegrass out of the boy… I interviewed him on his tour bus. Here’s what happened…
Have you ever met anybody that's brilliant? I have. Bela Fleck. Bless his little heart, he's such a good boy. He came over and I interviewed him. Here's what happened...
Ricky and them over at Skaggs Family Records wanted me to produce a track on the band Mountain Heart. I went over and did it. Here's what happened...
Look at what this guy did. He put me on his belt buckle. Bless his heart. I'm gonna send him a 5MinutesWithWichita.com mug.
Wear me somewhere on you and send me a picture of it and I might send you one too...
Kyle Wood is known as "The Randy Rhoads of the Mandolin". He sure is good too. He plays all the Randy Rhoads solos on the mandolin instead of guitar. He's in my band, Van Heffer. Here's my interview with him...
That bald headed fella just drew a picture of me and Elisabeth. It was pretty good.
We traded hats after that for the whole afternoon. What a little sweetheart.
I gave her some Quaker Instant Grits. She made me beans on toast. Now THAT'S good stuff.
Looky here. You never know who will pop up where... Thank you Ben.
"Hey Wichita! Thought you'd like this. We saw it in Colorado."
Ben Richards
Boston, Massachusetts
Well its my old pal, Ronnie McCoury. He came over and we had the best little talk. Then it got ugly. Here's what happened...
There was a time when I really thought I wanted to be an actor...
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Everybody has a hobby. Building an under water town is mine...
When they are little it seems they'll be little forever. Oh if it were only true. Here's my little monkey, Mitchell, and his brother when they were babies...
Hi there China. I can see on my stats there's a bunch of you reading this right now. I know you all like a lot of rice. I like brown rice. Put some stir fried tofu in there and sprinkle some nutritional yeast on it about 2 minutes before you finish stir frying it and see if you like that. I love it. You be good.
Your pal,
Wichita
When we go somewhere for an interview, like the time Parade Magazine and Business Week did stories on me, we ALL go.
Here we are at The Country Music Hall of Fame. A wonderful place to learn about your favorite artists and see what they were doing back in the old days and what they're doing now.
Ed Rode took this picture. He's a famous photographer.
Dan Tyminksi is a good fella. He's a great golfer too. He may be the funniest Bluegrass musician I know. Except for Ricky Skaggs.
I'd have to flip for it. Oh yeah, and I forgot about Rob Ickes. His humor is so dry it reminds you of the Mojave desert. Then there's Billy and Terry Smith. They've got Bill Monroe stories they tell that are so funny, because of the way they tell them, that they'll make you laugh so hard you'll vomit. I did.
Dan is plain old, old school, quick as a whip, funny. And sure, we fight a lot, but he usually starts it. I interviewed him over at his house. Here's what happened...
Gillian Welch is a great singer and songwriter and stuff, but she doesn't get credit for being what I think is her most wonderful asset... being a sweet little sweetheart sweetie pie. I got to interview her in Los Angeles before a show. Here's what happened...
Over there in Knoxville its looking like the Vols are doing pretty good. I love me some college football. I don't care if its the mother's of the college players I'm going to see it or watch in on TV. Here's what I found on iTunes. Its got Mac Wiseman, The GrooveGrass Boyz, Sonny and Bobby and some other nice Bluegrass surprises...
Tim O'Brien is a man of the world and a musician's musician. He let me come over to his house and talk to him a while back. Here's what happened...
Oh my goodness. They're talking about me and this dog over there at Jerry's...
For some reason I've been getting a bunch of email lately asking me about my "10th Anniversary Special" video podcast. It told the history of these last 10 years I've been podcasting. Here it is again... if you want to see it.
Wichita Rutherford's 10th Anniversary Special
