as soon as I recover from my 12 hours in the car yesterday..*groan*, I intend to post some pics of the festival and put some faces to some of the names...and lure more of you to go see this amazing festival!

I was much impressed by the knowlege behind the songs that so many of the performers showed....it makes good music that much more interesting. Hearing the story of how Portugese whalermen were hired in the islands, taken off to other parts to fish, dropped off in places like Mystic and New London, then sometimes catching a ship home and sometimes settling there made a lot of the sources of the songs make more sense.

I was also VERY impressed with Danny Spooner from OZ, and he and his voice and songs were quickly and warmly embraced by both the audience and the seasoned performers, who know quality and appreciate someone who shows he has BEEN to most of the places he sings about. He has a wicked sense of humor, too...if you get a chance to hear him, ask for "6 Million People" *grin*

(funniest line **I** heard during the weekend..someone was introducing a song, and said...."...I learned this from the singing of Don Sinetti....he was in the next county, and I was passing by...." ..yes, the man DOES have that kind of voice!)

I think I met all the Mudcatters except Ron Olesko...not sure how I missed him..."a heavyset guy with a ponytail "...couldn't have been more than 40-50 like that!

...so..off to download images from digital camera...I will see how many I can cram onto my web place...

It was a good place to be....