The Drive-Thru With Rog

07/21/2025

Sad to hear about John. A tremendous influence on the Richmond Bluegrass Jam.

Spoke with John Santa’s good friend Greg Eldred tonight who shared this sad news …

“It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you that John Santa was discovered to be deceased in his home today. Arrangements are pending. Please pray for his family and friends.

Please join together as a Marathon Jam community in mourning the loss of our founder and friend - John Santa ❤️🙏🙏🎶:-(

05/03/2025

Richmond Bluegrass Jam is rollin’ along with Flat Branch, Rockfalls Express, and the Little Birdies, just to name a few.

At American Legion Post 354.

Benifits Richmond Fisher House Foundation and Liberation Veteran Services.

04/27/2025

Love the butterfly.

Always have to swing-by “The Wall” at MerleFest on Wilkes Community College



The Drive-Thru With Rog

04/27/2025

Hey Southwest Airlines… WTF?

is changing a lot of policies. Unfortunately they have also decided to charge $200 per direction for a bass that is under 50lbs (while golf clubs and skis are free), but today something CRAZY happened. They said their new policy is that “oversized” carry-on luggage must be checked on a full flight no matter your status or boarding position. This is directly targeting musical instruments - guitars in particular. They called us up to the front desk as we were waiting to board, wouldn’t listen to our kind appeals or the TSA rules, and even had someone follow us to the plane to make sure we complied and didn’t try to appeal to the flight attendant or pilot while boarding. Meanwhile, our fiddler made it on with a sports equipment bag hiding her instruments (still a bit oversized), and all of the passengers here have their socks and underwear in suitcases safely stowed overhead… as well as backpacks and briefcases so they can have a bit more legroom. WE NEED YOU RIGHT NOW.

04/26/2025

Ok, so… THIS is one of Maggie Rainwater-Budd’s famous chocolate espresso bean cookies and they have become one of those things I hope to receive whenever I meet Maggie at MerleFest and/or IBMA.

The fact the you are seeing this one example of Maggie’s baking prowess is nothing short of miraculous! She usually gives me three and they’re almost always gone before the next act takes the stage! 😋 🤤

My newfound culinary discipline now holds me back from acting like a certain fuzzy, blue puppet and just shoving it all into my face, including the bag, so that there just happened to be one left to photograph.

(Update: The final cookie depicted in this photo is no longer in a state to be photographed)

But I digress…

The main purpose of this post is to ask each and every one of you to take a good, solid look at this oh, so delicious cookie and tell me, honestly…

IS IT ANY WONDER I TRIED TO EAT THE FIRE BISCUIT?!?

p.s. A true renaissance spirit, Maggie is a many-talented dynamo of a human being and if you need just about ANYTHING done, short of diffusing a nuclear bomb (and she could probably figure It out), ask Maggie, first.

If she can’t do it, she probably knows someone who can. 💜

04/26/2025

Just a reminder: The free pick romo at ends at 2:00pm, today.
Nabbed a bunch for Richmond friends.
Thanks, Jonathan Byrd!
Susan Greenbaum: What color do you want?

04/26/2025

MerleFest The Drive-Thru With Rog Wilkes Community College Town of Wilkesboro - Government Wilkesboro, North Carolina

04/26/2025

If you know Richmond music, you know the The Camel.

It’s one of the places to go in the RVA.

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