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Hello Mudcat-new member Memphis Slimfast

06 Dec 01 - 09:55 PM (#605370)
Subject: Hello Mudcat
From: Memphis Slimfast

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


06 Dec 01 - 09:59 PM (#605371)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Devilmaster

Welcome aboard, slim

steve


06 Dec 01 - 10:03 PM (#605375)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Memphis Slimfast

Thanks Steve.


06 Dec 01 - 10:09 PM (#605378)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Sorcha

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.


06 Dec 01 - 10:15 PM (#605382)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: 53

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


06 Dec 01 - 10:18 PM (#605385)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Robin2

Welcome!

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

Glad to see you! Robin


06 Dec 01 - 10:35 PM (#605406)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: DougR

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


06 Dec 01 - 10:37 PM (#605407)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: 53

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


06 Dec 01 - 10:50 PM (#605420)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Sorcha

Right on, Bob! LOL!


06 Dec 01 - 10:51 PM (#605423)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: 53

thanks sorcha BOB


06 Dec 01 - 10:56 PM (#605429)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Gypsy

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


06 Dec 01 - 10:56 PM (#605430)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Memphis Slimfast

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.


06 Dec 01 - 11:26 PM (#605450)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Chip2447

Welcome aboard Slim.


06 Dec 01 - 11:34 PM (#605457)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Amos

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

A


06 Dec 01 - 11:57 PM (#605467)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca

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


07 Dec 01 - 12:10 AM (#605477)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: katlaughing

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


07 Dec 01 - 04:17 AM (#605534)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Ralphie

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


07 Dec 01 - 08:18 AM (#605612)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Memphis Slimfast

Thanks everybody.


07 Dec 01 - 08:24 AM (#605617)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Morticia

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


07 Dec 01 - 08:42 AM (#605623)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Fortunato

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


07 Dec 01 - 09:56 AM (#605677)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Ralphie

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


07 Dec 01 - 10:00 AM (#605680)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: GUEST

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


07 Dec 01 - 10:13 AM (#605688)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Memphis Slimfast

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


07 Dec 01 - 10:17 AM (#605692)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: mooman

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


07 Dec 01 - 10:22 AM (#605694)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: SharonA

Welcome, and greetings from southeastern PA!


07 Dec 01 - 10:23 AM (#605695)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: kendall

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


07 Dec 01 - 10:26 AM (#605701)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Fortunato

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


07 Dec 01 - 10:40 AM (#605718)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Steve in Idaho

Welcome aboard -

Steve


07 Dec 01 - 10:50 AM (#605723)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: catspaw49

First Slim, avoid Kendall.

Welcome to the 'Cat

Spaw


07 Dec 01 - 11:20 AM (#605743)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: harpgirl

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


07 Dec 01 - 12:28 PM (#605774)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: John J

Ey up Slim, and welcome to the Mudcat!

John


07 Dec 01 - 12:28 PM (#605776)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Lonesome EJ

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


07 Dec 01 - 12:38 PM (#605783)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Raptor

Welcome Slim!
Raptor


07 Dec 01 - 01:22 PM (#605806)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: GUEST,Gusty

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?


07 Dec 01 - 01:50 PM (#605826)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: DougR

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


07 Dec 01 - 01:59 PM (#605834)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: catspaw49

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

Spaw


07 Dec 01 - 02:29 PM (#605850)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: Mrrzy

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...


07 Dec 01 - 03:01 PM (#605874)
Subject: RE: Hello Mudcat
From: gnu

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