NO! Mudcat has NO influence on my life whatsoever!! Of course, I would have driven to Aurora during rush hour to see Seamus anyway. The fact that I had never heard of him Before Mudcat is totally irrelevant. I KNOW I would have set up a meet in Cheyenne among people I had never met, even if Mudcat was not in my life!
And, I would still spend hours searching for obscure lyrics for total strangers, I just wouldn't have anyplace to post them, LOL!