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Ten Questions with Jana Jae: Hee-Haw’s “Girl With the Magic Blue Fiddle”

Posted on September 7, 2021

Jana Jae – “The girl with the magic blue fiddle”

Living (and loving) Life

Do you happen to enjoy classic country music?

If so, you’re surely familiar with Jana Jae, the award-winning musician whose superb mastery of the fiddle prompted country music icon Buck Owens to invite her to join his band as the very first female Buckaroo.

Jana performed with Buck and many other top-tier singers and musicians over the years, most notably as a member of the cast of the ultra-popular Country music variety show Hee-Haw.

Never one to sit idle while the world passes her by, Jana is still hard at work playing her iconic blue fiddle in concerts both here in the U.S. and all around the world.

And when time permits she also loves teaching and mentoring aspiring musicians of all ages.

I recently had the opportunity to talk with Jana about her long and successful career and her abounding love of music.

Here are ten questions and answers with Jana Jae…

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If you know someone who lives in Monowi, Nebraska, it has to be Elsie Eiler.

Posted on September 5, 2021

Living (and loving) Life

There are literally thousands of small towns in America, but not one of them is smaller than Monowi, Nebraska.

Just how small is Monowi, you ask?

Well, it currently has a population of one:  Elsie Eiler.

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How to get the lowest rate possible on a hotel room

Posted on September 4, 2021

If you watch any TV at all you’ve surely seen all those cheesy commercials for hotel booking sites.

It seems like every other ad these days is for Trivago, Hotels.com, TripAdvisor or one of the dozens of other booking sites that are ferociously competing for your business.

Well, there’s a simple truth that all those booking sites don’t want you to know…

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Marty Stuart covers the Johnny Rivers classic “Poor Side of Town”

Posted on September 3, 2021

It’s common for artists to “cover” songs that were huge hits for other performers, but only rarely does the cover version do justice to the original.

Well I’m about to share one of those rare instances with you right now…

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Reminder: Not every item at the Dollar Tree is really a bargain

Posted on August 29, 2021

Living (and loving) Life

If you’re a frugal shopper you’re probably familiar with the stores that charge $1.25 (or less) for every item they sell.

The appeal of these “Everything’s a Dollar” type stores is obvious: No matter what you buy the most you’ll pay for it is a buck!

But are the items you buy in those stores always a true bargain?

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