Damn, this gettin' old shit definitely has its downside. But I can tell you one thing...... that old bullshit about memory being the second thing to go ain't true. I still jump into it at every opportunity, but at times I can't remmember why.......LOL. All's I know is I remember when folks got here.

But Spaw, I wasn't saying you guys got here after that thread. I was just using that thread as an example of how it was in the early days, and how cool it was to arrange a song real time with someone on the other side of the world.

Besides that, what difference does it make. The facts are that the place has a fascinating history, fascinating characters, some wonderful writing and moments..... It is just a helluva place.

Amos, the WHY WE SING thread has always been a favorite of mine as well. I was not happy that new threads were started, and at some point I am going to combine them all into one. In those days, most folks were on dial up and it took too long to load on some machines. That isn't an issue anymore, and I will be combining them at some point.

The post of mine that got me the most PM's was THIS ONE FROM THE "SONGS OF THE VIETNAM WAR" thread.

HERE IS THE THREAD I STARTED WHEN CATSPAW GOT SICK in April of 1999. If you want a picture of the players early on, this one has them all. And about the third post down from bseed shows how important Spaw had become to the place in the few short months he was here by then. We had started to coalesce into a community before this event, in fact long before I even arrived there was a thriving community. But I think it was this event, plus the appearance of a group of us at The Getaway, that really firmed us up into a very unique place.

This thread is really digging up the memories for me.

Mick