Hi Lonesome Gillette.

This thread illustrates why I love the mudcat.

1. a warm welcome for a newcomer.

2.A guy says that his musical progression went from Captain Beefheart to Bluegrass and nobody bats an eye.

3. A well-informed discussion on the music and instruments of Jesse Fuller.

I had the great pleasure of meeting Jesse Fuller in the later years of his life, and the Electric Rag Band of Tulsa OK, has an anecdote I sent to them about this meeting on their website at

http://www.netmagic.net/~snake/people/fuller.htm

in response to their story about a club owner ripping them off because they didn't play enough Blues.