Welcome, Guest BettyJ.

Mudcat Cafe is the Folk and Blues (and various other topics) online community of music lovers. Mudcat is also the revered home for the Digital Tradition- a wonder repository of Blues and Folk and other song lyrics, mp3 files, and scholarly as well as enthusiastically amateur research into song and folklore.Members and guests live across the globe, and our opinions and preferences are as wide-ranging. Max is the wonderful founder and there are various people who are moderators.

To get a feeling for who and what we are, you'll need to wander around reading posts for the last many years. There are links to Mudcat FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) [click on this link] in the upper right of the home page, and to the DTradition on the upper left. The Filter (under the fiddling blue catfish logo) is adjustable as to topic and span of time to be searched. The upper threads (discussions) follow music , folklore, and technical issues, while the BS threads are in the lower part of the home page. Patience and good manners are very helpful when posting questions and information.

Enjoy your sojourn here. As long as you remember there is an amazing array of opinions, experiences, and manners here you'll likely find as much treasure here as I have.

Maeve.