Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel

Subject: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: olddude
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 12:46 PM

What can one say about Max, without him there would be no mudcat. Incredible blues musician, scholar, publisher and a man of technical vision. Truly a treasure in every way. Great chance to put him on the spot

God Bless you Max

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 12:51 PM

I bet he doesn't want to be honored but of course he deserves to be, as a collector, musician, host, and all-around smart guy.

~S~
PS it ain't a blank post

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 01:26 PM

He da man!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: bobad
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 01:35 PM

Pardonnez moi - that was me at 1:26

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: catspaw49
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:18 PM

What can I say about him? I can say he's a man who in the past refused to blow up the possum's ass and always needs a good kick in the balls.............and I could say more!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: gnu
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:22 PM

Spaw.... that was my very first thought. Do we take numbers or what?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: Amos
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:25 PM

Well, let me tell you people 'bout a place I stay
On the WWW line.
There's a gent out there from old P.A.
Built a site that's awful fine.
Now old Maxie Spiegel said, "Ya gotta know,
I'm gonna build me a place for the Folkies to go."
MudCat town is the place to go,
Thanks to Mister Spiegel
He even made it legal!
Maxie Spiegel's Mudcat show!


Baby if its blues that are on your mind
MudCat is the thing for you!
Just browse on over to the Mudcat sign
And find yourself a clicky blue.
You can pull up blues 'til the cows come home
And run down the threads til your blues are gone

MudCat town is the place to go,
Thanks to Mister Spiegel
He even made it legal!
Maxie Spiegel's Mudcat show!

If you wanna know the story of the farmer's wife
Or the chords to "Buddy Have You Got a Dime?"
Just come on down, and you bet your life,
You'll get you an answer in record time.
No use moaning, or feelin' blue,
Baby, you can be a folkie too!

MudCat town is the place to go,
Thanks to Mister Spiegel
He even made it legal!
Maxie Spiegel's Mudcat show!

We got a frozen folkie from the icey North
Mister Skarpi from Reykjavik town
And Andre from the far Argentine
Where the gauchos lay their music down
We've got folkies from Pamplona, and from Bayou Blue,
Wales and Paris, and Dublin too!

Mudcat town is the place to go,
Thanks to Mister Spiegel,
He even keeps it legal!
Maxie Spiegel's Mudcat town!

There's the pride of the beavers, the Canuck Kid,
And his students playing bluegrass trills
We've got cowgirls from Wyoming and from Ozland too,
With knickers that just won't stand still!
We've got whalers and sailors from the coast of Maine,
Even got a Cajun gal from Pont-Chartrain,

Mudcat town is the place to go,
Thanks to Mister Spiegel,
He even keeps it legal!
Maxie Spiegel's Mudcat town!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: meself
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:29 PM

I know nothing about the man - but I hope some day to shake his hand and thank him for this site. Until then, this will have to do - thanx Maks!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: catspaw49
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:29 PM

Gawddamn Amos.....What a suck-up!

I mean nice job and all and you are the KING of the Mudcat lyricists, but shitfire Bub......He still puts on his short pants one leg at a time!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: Amos
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:33 PM

Well, its an oldy but a goody, pal. You would know, if youl'da bought'em, that i was included in an expanded, international version, on the Mudcat CDs.

Actually, I have heard he jumps into his pants simultaneously.



A

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: catspaw49
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:37 PM

Actually Amos, I do have them but somehow I missed that particular gem. You've been a suck-up for quite awhile now haven't you?

Spaw(;<))

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 03:07 PM

Before Max Mudcat wasn't.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: Leadfingers
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 03:13 PM

I am proud to say that I HAVE met the man , and a Damn nice guy he is !!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: gnu
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 03:18 PM

I agree, even if he does have a Beagle.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 03:23 PM

If he didn't exist, we'd have to invent him.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: olddude
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 04:20 PM

I think he is an old folk song actually LOL one of those paul bunyan types

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 04:57 PM

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Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 06:46 PM

yah Max!

(and yah! clever Mudcatters)

sandra

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:20 PM

I've been - and continue to be - so impressed that I've actually looked at the front page here, for the Blues.

The poor guy sets out to build a blues site, then he does a favor for a couple of homeless vagabonds, and the first thing you know he's been invaded by a bunch of worthless vagrants who call themselves "folkies."

So what does the guy do?

He breaks out a round of refreshments for all, and builds them a new house so they can be comfy.

For contributions to international peace and (mostly amicable) communication, a just social order would have given him a Nobel years ago.

Thanks Max.

John

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: catspaw49
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:22 PM

I still think a swift kick in the nads would serve as well..............

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:55 PM

Well, he's still got a sexy voice and can play the blues like nobody, but it's hard to tell these days without Mudcat Radio...but, oh heck, he's still a doll and wunderkid and extremely tolerant.

Love ya, Max

kat

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: olddude
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 12:23 AM

I vote we give him a title
how about grand potentate or something like that
Spaw can come up with a better one I just know it !

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Siegel
From: olddude
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 12:28 AM

Then again I am the same guy that suggested we have a below below line called "Cat Litter" LOL

still potentate maybe be a good one or swami

I know Amos could come up with a hot tune in place of "hail to the chief" kinda bluezzy one

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 12:36 AM

I believe he has commonly been referred to as God.

~S~

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 05:43 AM

Amen to that brother, Max is THE man.

Dave H

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: skarpi
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 06:02 AM

oh dear , dont let him know that he´s like god ??

úffff ,,,, now you have to bend over everytime you meet him :>))
hahahahaha

Max you are a good man .

All the best Skarpi Iceland

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: skarpi
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 06:04 AM

Amos what Tune are you gonna use with this ???

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 09:33 AM

Iffn I am not mistooken, Max once replied to a comment by posting, "Why yes, I AM God".

If God defines a being who causes things to happen, but you only hear from directly every couple of thousand years...maybe so...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 10:03 AM

Mr. Spiegel has created a website that is informative and easy to use. It's been many a year since I first logged on, yet when it goes down, I do miss it. I check Mudcat more frequently than I check my e-mail.

In creating the site, Max has exceeded his own expectations. The diversity here is wonderful, though I agree with Azzizi that it does not seem to draw many African Americans. There now seems to be two universes that overlap; the USA and the British Isles.

It is still my first source for information about Folk Music. It even draws a number of professionals.

So my hats off to you, Max. Best of success in your new job. Give my best to the Missus and the kids.

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: topical tom
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 10:51 AM

I do not know and have never met Max Spiegel but Mudcat is his baby and that's good enough for me! Great work, Max! Thanks so much!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Amos
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 11:31 AM

Speaking of "when it goes down", Max, how have things been going lately? The site vanished for a stretch there, after slowing down significantly, but as usual you pulled it back from oblivion and restored it to glory...


A

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 11:53 AM

Thank you Max

Subject: welcome back mudcat..we missed you.
From: open mike
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 12:35 PM

i have not been aboe to get on for many hours...a couple of days. but i see other posts that were added during that time...perhaps it was just me? anyway there is a facebook group to go to as back up.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10793388576

Subject: RE: welcome back mudcat..we missed you.
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 01:06 PM

Mike--It wasn't just you.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: gnu
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 01:43 PM

It was the beagle!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Fergie
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 08:32 PM

Mighty Max

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: gnu
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 09:42 PM

What? He picks up the beagle shit. Mighty is the dog.

And, where is Spaw? Off on some exotic cruise including ports with liecetious dens of iniquity?

Sorry if my spelling was off. It's Bobert's fault.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Andrez
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 10:00 PM

Mighty is the dog? For all you illiterates out there dog is god spelt backwards :-)

Thank you Max,

from the church of latter day 'catters

Andrez

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Max
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 11:01 PM

Wow, I almost missed this thread altogether. Thanks all. Yes, we had a bit of a hiccup yesterday, sorry about that. I am told it was not a human error, but a system error, so who can I be mad at? These companies aren't getting better, they're getting better at deflecting responsibility.

New job is going well, as far as I know. No one yells at me at least, and I enjoy the work very much.

I'm also really digging being on the Folk Show and The Blues on WPSU FM (where I am typing from now actually). Tune in wpsu.org/radio now. Anyway, it seems opportunity abounds around here.

The beagle and I have a new home on 65 acres of perfect Pennsylvania wood, so we couldn't be happier. Fish and game, bullets and bait.

BTW, the auction is offline, something went very wrong there, and it might take me some time to untangle.

Bill D. I took note of your comment about showing up every 1000 years a bit personal. I'm hurt.

more soon... (and I LOVE you all more than you can know)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: open mike
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 11:24 PM

how about the title...benevolent dictator?
that is what we used to call the
leader of our folk society..

any way, MR. is a good title too..
thank you Mr. Max

you rock!
(and folk, and blue)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 26 Jul 09 - 09:05 AM

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Well, sometimes....

Dani

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 26 Jul 09 - 10:03 AM

No, it's abstinence that makes the heart grow fonder.

Dave H

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Guy Wolff
Date: 26 Jul 09 - 10:55 PM

Its been so many great years and so many wonderful people all around the world . Yorkshire all the way to California or Bill Sables all the way to Charles BSEED and Amos.... Let alone Banjo Bonnie's wonderful banjo adventure road trip   . Its all been one great people and music extravaganza . Thanks Max for making it possible !!! If you are ever in Connecticut and you need a room ....<><>> Let me know . Yours Guy

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: KT
Date: 27 Jul 09 - 02:06 AM

Max, you've created bridges all over the globe. thank you.    KT

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Amos
Date: 27 Jul 09 - 12:51 PM

As Hargrove's mother knows full well, it is absinthe makes the heart grow Fonda.


A

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Uncle Phil
Date: 27 Jul 09 - 01:33 PM

Actually, abstinence makes the heart go yonder. Trust me on this one.
- Phil

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Bill D
Date: 27 Jul 09 - 02:39 PM

Oh, Hi there God! ummm.. Max! You're early! *grin*. (glad you're having fun at the new job...)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: gnu
Date: 27 Jul 09 - 04:00 PM

Me too. And to hear that you have 65a of prime Penn land? Wow!

Tight lines and straight shootin sounds goooood... on ya!

Might a been a while comin, but well deserved.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: semi-submersible
Date: 27 Jul 09 - 05:14 PM

Hmm...I'd estimate Our Master's Voice is heard every thousand posts or so.

John MacKenzie, I love that quote you invoked above, but what "we" do you imagine inventing Max? Who could imagine this community before it came to be?

Thanks beyond measure, Max, as ever.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: keberoxu
Date: 07 Jan 17 - 06:24 PM

do you still have the beagle?

My family once adopted a dog that was dumped.
Poor girl was gun-shy, and otherwise beautifully trained...
so well, in fact, that she trained us
more than we trained her.

She was what some people call a Bagel Dog,
meaning that she was mostly beagle and a little something extra.
We thought some kind of foxhound -- different head and eyes.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Jan 17 - 10:43 PM

One way to show gratitude is to contribute. Max runs this off his own nickel.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 08 Jan 17 - 09:48 AM

one way to contribute is with the Amazon dot com links. I have been using these when, for example, I ordered books by Robin Jarvis recently.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 08 Jan 17 - 11:07 AM

His wonderful beagle died after being hit by a car a few years ago. There are some charity links that Amazon itself promotes, but last time I checked, it wouldn't let me automatically add mudcat, so you do have to go through the link each time.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: G-Force
Date: 08 Jan 17 - 11:29 AM

Where is the link to Amazon UK? I used to use it, but I haven't been able to find it for some time now.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: keberoxu
Date: 08 Jan 17 - 11:48 AM

G-Force:
when I click on the catfish cartoon, and scroll down a little bit, I observe a couple of things right up against the left margin onscreen.

I observe this, I don't know the words for these things, this colored up flashy looking box for amazon dot com. You see that as well?

Well, then I look right beneath the flashy looking box.
And I see four blue clicky links, in text, with URLs (I still don't know what URL means):

and in fact THAT is what I use when I link to Amazon dot com through Mudcat. I don't use the flashy looking box, I use the blue clicky link that says US. And right under, see that? I see a blue clicky link that says UK, for Amazon, through mudcat.


Awww, Acme, SO sorry to hear that Max's beagle was hit by a car. That SMARTS. My family has lost pet dogs to road traffic, it happens so quickly and it is so final. How very sad.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: GUEST,DrWord
Date: 08 Jan 17 - 04:58 PM

Yay! Max. the 'cat is [insert several superlative positive adjectives]THE BEST! All the best 2 u, Max.
keep on pickin'
dennis

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Jan 17 - 08:11 PM

Universal Resource Locator. URL. On the other hand, Brother URL live here.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: My guru always said
Date: 09 Jan 17 - 03:52 AM

This should be the UK link to Amazon for Mudcat, hopefully!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: Mr Red
Date: 09 Jan 17 - 04:35 AM

Thanks Mgas
Precise URL now on my system of favourites
I was about to purchase something in red, only available from them.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Master - Max D. Spiegel
From: G-Force
Date: 09 Jan 17 - 05:20 PM

Thanks keberoxu, now I know where it's gone (or did I just forget where it was?)