New Bee Question

Subject: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,Mike Mandaville
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 04:15 AM

Hello, folks. This is my first post. This is a very active forum, with a lot of great posts. Now here is my question. I have noticed that the forum only goes back about twenty-four hours, before a search becomes necessary. Am I doing something wromg? This is a great forum, regardless. Thank you.

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: Melissa
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 04:26 AM

Hi, Mike.
There's a drop-down box thingy above the list of active threads..it says 'Age: 1 Day'. If you poke the arrow, it will give you options for seeing a longer list.
Nope, you're not doing anything wrong. The threads that are currently active are the ones that show on the 24hour list.


Welcome to Mudcat!
(somebody that can give you better/more information will surely be along soon)

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: Will Fly
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 04:33 AM

Hi Mike - just as Melissa says. Good to see a New Bee - hope you get a buzz from being here...

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: melodeonboy
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 04:36 AM

Sting if you like but don't sting me! :)

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: Melissa
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 04:42 AM

Mike,
If you register, you'll see a few nifty gadgets..like private messages and a chat (free and no junk/spam at all, which is one of my favorite features!)

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,Mike Mandaville
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 04:44 AM

Thanks for the warm welcome, folks. Melissa, yes, I can get the longer list now. Thanks.

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: Melissa
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 04:50 AM

Did you find the FAQ up in the banner at the top of the page?
I bet there are more answers/info there than anybody needs!

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,Mike Mandaville
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 05:05 AM

Melissa, I will check out the FAQ's. I have often found answers to some very esoteric folk-song questions by being referred from Google to the Mudcat archives, so I already know that the quality of information here can be very high, as far as folklore goes.

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 05:31 AM

Welcome Mike.
If you're thinking of signing up for membership I don't think anyone's using the name 'New Bee', although it might become dated.

Cheers

Nigel

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: John J
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 05:34 AM

Mudcat's a bit like Royston Vasey.....you'll never leave!

Welcome.

JJ

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: Leadfingers
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 05:41 AM

Welcome to the Hotel California !

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,Mike Mandaville
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 06:49 AM

That's an offer that I can't refuse!

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,999
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 08:52 AM

Hey, Mike, you a plumber by any chance?

Oh, hello btw.

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,Mike Mandaville
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 02:33 PM

Hello, 999. I'm not a plumber, but I remember Joe The Plumber, and I also remember Willie Sutton, who robbed banks because "that's where the money is". Now there was a fellow with some common sense, unlike the boys who on Wall Street.

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,999
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 02:56 PM

Well, welcome to Mudcat. So here we go: About Mr Sutton:

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/sutton.asp

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,Mike Mandaville
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 03:17 PM

It looks like "The Ballad Of Willie Sutton" has already been written. I guess I'll have to check that one out.

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,999
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 03:18 PM

LOL

Pleasure to meet you, Mike. You'll like this place. GTG.

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,Mike Mandaville
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 03:49 PM

Thanks, 999. Recently I started researching the song "Jesse James", and I have run into three differnt versions just so far. Of course, Jesse James and Willie Sutton are kind-hearted men. You'd think that those boys on Wall Street would begin to catch on sooner or later.

I guess that GTG probably means "Got To Git"

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,999
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 05:12 PM

Ya know, I cannot seem to access the digitrad. However, let me know if you need help looking for songs about JJ. Don't overlook Youtube as a resource. As a btw, which versions do you have so far?

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST,Mike Mandaville
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 06:26 PM

Hello again, 999. I started out with the version which Marty Robbins sang, then I acquired the Woodie Guthrie version, and I finally ended up with the one which Alan Lomax collected. If I remember correctly, these are three entirely different sons about that kind-hearted soul.

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: maeve
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 06:35 PM

Mike, If you go back to the Filter on the Mudcat Home Page where you refreshed the visible posts, you can type in "Jesse James" and select a time span. I chose "all" and got this result, searching both this Forum and the affectionately intertwined DT(Digital Tradition):
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Messages
        
Origins: Jesse James I
Chords Req: Jesus Christ/Jesse James (W Guthrie)PM         
Happy! - Sept 5 (Jesse James)         
Lyr Add: Jesse James II         
Lyr Add: Jesse James IV         
Lyr Add: Jesse James III         
Robin Hood/Jesse James         
Related tune: Jesse James

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: Melissa
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 06:42 PM

Bob Dyer also had a Jesse James song.

JJ is good for tourism in my home area and some of the local (and semi-local) stories are neat to hear. One of the oddest-seeming books I accidentally read was written by a guy in Denmark about JJ..it was strangely fascinating to see local story through an outsider's eyes.

Subject: RE: New Bee Question
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Feb 12 - 07:36 PM

Maeve, I gave it a try, and got the same results. I will research those links. Thanks.

Melissa, I recently dicovered a song about the outlaw Sam Bass in John Lomax's book about Cowboy Songs. This one caught my attention because Sam Bass was killed here locally.