My first time posting to Mudcat as a member was on September 5, 2004.* Since I'll be preparing for a weekend trip and then traveling later that day, I probably won't have time to mark my "annivesary date" by posting to this forum. And so I've decided to do so today by adding additional song titles/YouTube links to this thread.


* Fwiw, between 7/25/2004 and that 9/4/2004 date, I posted four other comments on Mudcat. For anyone who might be interested, here's my {rather feisty for me} comment about the song "Kumbaya" that was written on September 4, 2004:

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That comment led to several posters on that thread inviting me to join Mudcat. I'm glad that I did. I have "met" a number of interesting, talented, a good hearted people as a result of my participation in Mudcat. And, although sometimes "the road has been rocky", I'm grateful for the opportunities that Mudcat has provided to learn about genres of music and other cultures that I wasn't familiar with.

I'm also grateful that Mudcat has provided me with opportunities to share examples of my culture as well as to share, information and learn more about my culture. And I do so with the full recognition that-in point of fact-my culture belongs to all Americans as well as to other people who embrace it throughout the world.