Folk1234 - Of course, those thoughts you express are along the lines I am thinking! I have noticed posts among some threads that appear to be the same person with different names (not that I was particularly bothered by it) but it does make me realize 'trickery' is quite possible here. But I judge a tree by its fruits, so I am not worried by trickery. When I played park league basketball or when I competed in business, if I recognized someone was cheating, I didn;t worry about it; I set my mind to win anyway (and not cheat myself).
So there is a surreal cloud around this Phoenix thing, that amounts to intrigue! I am curious as hell, but find it a bit amusing as well! I hope to return there soon and in fact will probably go up the week after next (Jan 25 - 27). I also hope to book some dates in Phoenix later on in the Spring with my music partners from Dallas ... so I may get a chance to say hello to the 'other' Mudcatter even if there's really only two of us!