Hello Mudcat-new member Memphis Slimfast

Subject: Hello Mudcat
From: Memphis Slimfast
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 09:55 PM

I've lurked for a while and now I've joined up. I'm an amateur blues and folk musician and historian with about 35 years of experience. I'm looking forward to contributing when I can.

Slim

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Devilmaster
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 09:59 PM

Welcome aboard, slim

steve

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Memphis Slimfast
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 10:03 PM

Thanks Steve.

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Sorcha
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 10:09 PM

Well, cool, MemSlim! Glad to have you here! Hope you enjoy yourself. Don't mind us, mostly, we are only dangerous close to feeding tim at the zoo! Don't forget to check out the Newcomers FAQ and the Quick links menu. Photos of a lot of us under the Member Info pull down.

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: 53
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 10:15 PM

welcome slim from bob and 53 hope youenjoy catting around. BOB

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Robin2
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 10:18 PM

Welcome!

35 years of experience? I think you have a lot to add here!

Glad to see you! Robin

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: DougR
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 10:35 PM

Welcome Slim, if you're from Memphis, maybe you'll share a good smoked rib recipe with us! I assume you like bbq'd pork ribs?

DougR

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: 53
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 10:37 PM

if he really liked ribs, his name would not be slim. BOB

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Sorcha
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 10:50 PM

Right on, Bob! LOL!

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: 53
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 10:51 PM

thanks sorcha BOB

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Gypsy
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 10:56 PM

Hey Slim, you share moniker with an honored ancestor of mine. Welcome to ye!

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Memphis Slimfast
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 10:56 PM

Well I do like ribs. I've been to Memphis a few times, but I'm not really from there. My Mudcat name is kind of a tribute to one of my favorite blues singers.

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Chip2447
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 11:26 PM

Welcome aboard Slim.

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Amos
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 11:34 PM

Howdy!!! Welcome to the Mudhouse. May you log on often and prosper!!

A

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From:
Date: 06 Dec 01 - 11:57 PM

Welcome Slim to the insane world of the Mudcat. It's lots of fun, as I'm sure you discovered while lurking. However. That being said, we do enjoy visiting with our friends from everywhere else.

Welcome

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 12:10 AM

Howdy-doo, Slim! Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Mudcat Cafe, as our dear founder, Max, is wont to say! Glad you've joined us. Who knows what lurks in the shadows? Lurk no more! **BG** (Big Grin)

katlaughing aka kat

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Ralphie
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 04:17 AM

Slim.....Old Bean...
A message and a bit of advice from London Town
If you glance at the Cat photo gallery....Be very afraid !!
Best not to know what these people look like!
Having said that, Welcome to the Dark Side
Ralphie

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Memphis Slimfast
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 08:18 AM

Thanks everybody.

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Morticia
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 08:24 AM

Welcome MS, and Ralphie....I resemble that remark!

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Fortunato
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 08:42 AM

Welcome Mr. Slim. "Every Day I have the Blues"; "Steady Rolling Blues"; great stuff. Are you a piano player like your man, Chatman? I never saw Memphis Slim. Now I did know slightly a relative of his, Sam Chatmon, sometimes of the Mississippi Sheiks, and got to know him a bit at the National Folk Festival back in the mid-seventies. Little bitty man with a long beard. Loud singer, though, for his size. Had a fondness for Jack Daniels and women as I remember. We got along fine. See, until I saw Sam I thought "Sittin' on Top of the World" was a bluegrass, Bill Monroe song! I am occasionally wrong.

ANYway welcome to the 'cat. Theres hundreds of years of accumulated musical knowledge floating around here. You can't spit without hitting a jackleg ethnomusicologist or proctologist (sorry 'spaw).

Regards, Fortunato

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Ralphie
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 09:56 AM

Morticia
Sorry....But I daren't look !!
Stay Well.
Ralphie

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 10:00 AM

BOB....did you think of that yourself? I'm pleasantly surprised....you seem like a real idiot otherwise, but that line was damn good

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Memphis Slimfast
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 10:13 AM

Fortunato,

I hack around a bit on the piano, but I'm really a guitarist.

There is some dispute as to whether Sam Chatman and Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman) were actually related. When asked, Memphis Slim said they were not.

I met Sam a few times at folk festivals in the late-60s or early-70s. I met Memphis Slim a few times too.

Slim

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: mooman
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 10:17 AM

Hi Slim and welcome to the 'Cat! Like all Cats we have the odd Catfight and suffer the odd "stinkpod" thread. But basically, this is a very knowledgeable and friendly group and we look forward to your participation and contributions.

mooman

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: SharonA
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 10:22 AM

Welcome, and greetings from southeastern PA!

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: kendall
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 10:23 AM

welcome slim! For a list of people to avoid here, go to, www.peopletoavoid.com

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Fortunato
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 10:26 AM

Well, Slim, he ought to have known to whom he was related . Of course, I've been tempted to deny my relations to some folks at times. Anyway, I'm glad you're here. See you around. Fortunato

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 10:40 AM

Welcome aboard -

Steve

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: catspaw49
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 10:50 AM

First Slim, avoid Kendall.

Welcome to the 'Cat

Spaw

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: harpgirl
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 11:20 AM

hey MS...do you know Bill Erskine from Memphis? He's an old picker like you...

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: John J
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 12:28 PM

Ey up Slim, and welcome to the Mudcat!

John

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 12:28 PM

Where do you live Slim, if you don't mind my asking?

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Raptor
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 12:38 PM

Welcome Slim!
Raptor

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: GUEST,Gusty
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 01:22 PM

Now you've got GUEST trying to screw up welcome threads for your new members, making them a less positive experience than they would otherwise be. I'm not for utter censorship or exclusion of non-member posts, and I ain't no computer geek (and I don't use that term in a derogatory way), so excuse me if this is a stupid question. Is there any way to prevent non-members from posting to specific threads, such as this one, where the atmosphere should be friendly and pleasant?

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: DougR
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 01:50 PM

Aw Kendall, there you go again. I tried that site and nothing came up. I just had to see if I was on your list. :>)

DougR

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: catspaw49
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 01:59 PM

Hey doug, Kendall has a lot of problems of the "nothing came up" variety.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Mrrzy
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 02:29 PM

Welcome Mr. Slimfast
Not from Memphis, Tennessee
Trying to join the club we've got
Where we like to part-tee
You do not have to tell us who you are or where you've been
Only like the conversation, pick and sing and grin!

With apologies to Jim Kweskin and anybody else affected...

Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: gnu
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 03:01 PM

If he's been lurking, he knows just how friendly it is. And he knows who to avoid... ??? Hey, why'd ya join anyway ?