Yes, Joe...that page with literature & philosophy etc. at the top was what I remember of the Delta Blues site. I remember looking up songs one minute and browsing thru odd links on Robert Johnson & Nietzsche the next. It changed pretty rapidly once the database was attached and even faster when the Forum was added in Oct. '06. I had browsed the database, but lost track of the beginnings of the forum and didn't post for 'about' 3 weeks.

I CAN confirm, however, (because I sat around and watched a few of the discussions) that Susan of DT began the process of trading files of songs after comparing fat notebooks with a friend..(Dennis Cook, husband of Judy Cook)...Dennis, Judy, Susan & Dick Greenhaus were all familar with computers, and the logic of putting songs onto disc to make updates & trading faster was a logical step. (You'll have to quiz some of them as to exactly who made the 1st disc...etc..)(I had 3-4 iterations of the floppies before the online version)

But it was not long before Dick was appearing at events with copies of the floppies and making more and asking people for their input. As the Internet/WWW [I hope some of you still appreciate the difference] appeared to 'common folk' about that time, the next step was obvious...only the 'how & where' were tricky.

Eventually, Dick found that temporary home at Xerox and as they say, "it all took off". There's a dozen stories about the problems, music software, 'philosophy' of what to PUT in the database...etc....many of those stories are buried in various threads if someone wants to do enough research.

It's because Mudcat Central was located in Pennsylvania and that Max played music and because Dick & Susan have attended the FSGW Getaway for years that the East Coast of the US became a major gathering place for those who wanted to meet folks they had corresponded with....and here we all are...

Now there are 'Mudcat' centered meeting in The British Isles, Europe, Australia..etc...and long time members all over the world. I have been privileged to meet many thru the Getaway and Mystic and a couple other events.

Ya' know what? Mudcat has become important!

"Good, though"