I've got fairly recent - (like 160 years back) roots in the UK, an American husband, had a Kiwi mother, and I'm an Aussie. So I find I've got things to learn and things to contribute on many music threads. I also have a passionate interest in British and American folklore.
Mudcat for me is the coffee-shop I always wanted to go to to talk deep talk and learn to play the wise and witty fool. I never knew how you got in. Here I suspect there are others who never got behind the green door either.
Off the track a bit but it seemed relevant there for a while until I got to rambling again.