I don't have any special murray stories. We never PM'd each other. But comments like this one

In case all the information in this thread makes you feel smug about knowing the blues, let me introduce a word of caution. Son House says, "I went into my room and I sat down and cried. I didn't have the blues, I was just not satisfied." Make sure you know the difference before you pick up that guitar!

were commonplace from him, and I had come to accept murray as a Mudcat regular who could be counted on for an incisive comment. His passing, and some of the others such as LR Mole and Fin, bring home again how this is so much more than a chatroom.

We'll miss you murray. Thanks for all that you gave us.