Right, Art. I don't see what's not to get. Maybe it's because some folks wind up coming directly to the forum and miss the opening (home) page.

I blundered in sometime in 1999 when someone told me about Digital Tradition being an on-line database for all kinds of song lyrics, so I went searching the internet and the search brought me to the Mudcat Café home page. I noted the catfish (mudcat) jumping through the banjo head, saw the links to articles such as the one on Robert Johnson, noted a link to the blues museum, and got the connection right away. It ain't exactly theoretical physics.

Max, who is particularly interested in blues, started this web site, and he chose the name "Mudcat Café" and the mudcat and banjo as the logo. He is graciously and generously allowing us to use the site as a forum for all kinds of folk music. Thank you, Max!

Once I'd located DT and knew how to get back to it, I checked out the forum and spotted a few familiar names, such as Sandy Paton, whom I had known in Seattle and whom I hadn't seen since the Berkeley Folk Festival in 1960. I read through a few threads, started adding my two-bits worth, and have been wasting an incredible amount of time here ever since—in addition to learning a few things and meeting some folks on line that I later met and had a chance to swap songs with in person.

The question has been answered several times in this thread by Azizi and others, particularly Art's point-by-point explanation, so I fail to see why the confusion seems to continue. Anyone who still doesn't get it should take a look at the Mudcat home page. That should give one several clues, in addition to what's been posted here.

Don Firth