Single, Lonely Mudcatters

Subject: RE: Single, Lonely Mudcatters
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 21 May 99 - 02:01 PM

A few years ago when my 20 + year relationship broke up I considered placing an ad in the personals section but thought

SWM, 37, two children, more athletic than ever as I now play with a 40 lb. handicap. Likes blues, bluegrass, Irish Music and classic rock, likes to stay up into the wee hours playing banjo and singing badly. Likes to get maudlin at about three a.m. on these occassions. WILL NOT TOLERATE CELINE DION and other schlock. Seeks gorgeous, intelligent, Redhead who is thinking of leaving the convent due to an inclination that she may be a Nymphomaniac. Must have a great sense of humour (Laugh at all my jokes). Must like Delta and Chicago Blues, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Ralph Stanley and Johnny Winter. It wouldn't hurt if you are an heiress to a great fortune.

You know, I'm starting to think that it may have worked on Mudcat, but alas, I found someone who matches most of the criteria myself.

Subject: RE: Single, Lonely Mudcatters
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 21 May 99 - 03:52 PM

I'm still laughing at the wit Steve! So, do you give banjo lessons?? I'm determined to learn the 5 string (someday) if it kills me! I decided I can learn the chords myself, but would need lessons for the "plucking" techniques...seems easier to me that way than following book instructions.

Congratulations Matthew, you are the 100th poster to this thread!!! Hurray!

Women Who Love Too Much...hmmm, yet another book to add to my growing list...I still haven't gotten through "Men Who Hate Women, and the Women who Love Them"...but I've read enough of it. LOL

And brace yourself Popcorn Pal (that's got good consonation)...I rented the movie yesterday and watched it late last night after the rest of the household went to sleep.

I liked it alot...very touching story. Don't know why I never rented it when it first came out on video.

So Matthew, I think I noticed someplace that you are from NYC. Do you live right in the city or one of the "burbs"? I used to live in White Plains (about 5 years ago, am from CNY originally, namely Syracuse.)

I am waiting to find someone on Mudcat who I knew previously...ie from hometown, or college, etc.

So everyone, should we create a Part II thread with a "blue clickey thing" link back to this thread to save download time???? Is there a particular URL ya would use ie the one for the first message?...I haven't studied how or if the URL changes...No rush, just a thought...

Mary

Subject: RE: Single, Lonely Mudcatters
From: Terry
Date: 21 May 99 - 05:21 PM

My grandmother asserted that she was never lonely. She used to say being lonely means you're bored by your own company!

Mary Kate, going through a divorce and your father's illness while raising a toddler by yourself is a lot to deal with. I'm so glad you've got the new relationship to keep you excited and energized, as well as your friends at Mudcat for support.

I recently moved into a cottage on my 81-year-old father's property, and found it hard to keep up his health, his dwellings and my spirits, too! So, I took up the fiddle again - good thing that the cottage is isolated and my dad's nearly deaf! - and in looking for some old music, I found the Mudcat.

Glad I did!

Subject: RE: Single, Lonely Mudcatters
From: Matthew B.
Date: 21 May 99 - 06:36 PM

MK, I'm sooo glad you finally rented it. Now we're not only Popcorn Pals, but we can be Hanky Buddies during the mushy parts.

And what a small world. I went to Syracuse University for my freshman and sophomore years (1974-76 ...before you were born, of course).

I now live in (yay!) Brooklyn, and work in Manhattan.

So, what movie should we see next? :)

Subject: RE: Single, Lonely Mudcatters
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 21 May 99 - 08:37 PM

Not too much time for a lengthy post...

Terry, what kind words! Thanks. It is wonderful when people can relate and share experiences of all sorts...I think about all the threads about Catspaw...Having "strangers" come together like this is how the world should work! Not all the crazy stuff that we hear in the news...

And Matthew, I don't know about this! LOL And I had been born! Try around age 9 and 10 respectively. In fact, in 1976 I was singing bicentennial songs with my classmates at a local shopping Mall in DeWitt...I went to SUNY-Binghamton, then College of New Rochelle.

And did you not see me mention a movie title in one of my above threads? Have you seen City of Angels? (I'll tell you something about the library scene in the movie another time.)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mary Kate (for variety)

Subject: RE: Single, Lonely Mudcatters
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 24 May 99 - 04:46 PM

SingIrishSongs,

A great way to learn to play the 5 string is through a series of video tapes by a fine player from Virginia, Murphy Henry. She created a series of audio tapes about fifteen years ago entitled "The Murphy Method". Originally it was six tapes that she would not sell out of sequence as each one built on what you had learned on the previous one. The beauty of her system is that instead of a series of exercises, she starts you playing simple tunes, so you are playing music right away. She keeps it very simple, in explaining forward and backward rolls she says in a wonderful Southern Drawl "A forward roll starts down, now when I say down, I mean down towards the floor. A backward roll starts up, when I say up, I mean up towards your chin". I still have visions of someone somewhere having to hit the rewind button on that.

Her business has flourished as people started to request tapes for Guitar, Bass, Fiddle etc. What I really like about learning this way is that if you are unsure of something, you keep hitting rewind until you get it. She has converted everythin to video tape now and although I haven't seen them, I'm sure it makes learning just that much easier. A word of warning, if you play the guitar now, the fifth string will really mess you up as any guitar player I've let try my banjo finds that it's "In the wrong place".

Check out her site, www.murphymethod.com/.

You said that you want to learn to play the 5 string if it kills you. Don't worry, when you first start there will be several people who will gladly do it for you. I've had a few narrow escapes myself. Good luck, it's a great instrument.

Subject: RE: Single, Lonely Mudcatters
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 24 May 99 - 05:01 PM

Thanks for the great info Steve! I'llmake note of the website, etc. And when I can talk my Dad into parting with the banjo (not that he plays it) I will then start on another of my many goals in life.

I don't play guitar. Dabbled a bit with my Dad's Baritone Uke...but have always wanted to learn the banjo properly (Dad used to cheat and remove the 5th string and tune the banjo like the Uke. So I recall.)

Ah, thanks for the second warning...I'll be sure to wear my armour when playing around anyone in the beginning. LOL

All the best,

Mary

Subject: RE: Single, Lonely Mudcatters
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 24 May 99 - 06:40 PM

Mary,

Just a suggestion, order the video, then ask if you can "borrow" the banjo to see if you like it. Very few people (especially those who blasphemers who remove the fifth string) really miss a banjo.

Good luck, they're a lot of fun.

Steve