In the past couple of months, we've had occasions to meet various out-of-town Mudcatters who've come to the Washington, D.C. area and have popped up at singing occasions--a song circle following Rick Fielding's concert, and a weekend in the woods at Prince William Forest National Park. Each time, we asked ourselves, "shall we talk or shall we sing?" And we always figured we could chat here on Mudcat, but being able to sing and play and harmonize was something we could only do live and in person. So we sang while we were together in person, and saved the chatter for here.

--Charlie Baum