PITTSBURGH (AP)– A Tulsa, Okla., resident was the first to respond to a nationwide search for readers of a Pittsburgh-based web site, and will win a “glorious prize,” according to the web site’s owner.

Uncle Crappy, a newspaper journalist based in suburban Pittsburgh, said Brian Byrne, a noted Tulsa blogger, was the first to respond to a request for copies of concert recordings of a show by critically acclaimed rock band Wilco in Pittsburgh on June 6, 2004.

“(Byrne) got right on it,” Crappy said. “I posted the notice on my blog and I got an e-mail from him about 15 minutes later.”

Crappy said Byrne’s quick response was ironic, because Byrne and his wife, Erin, was a big reason why he started his own blog 16 months ago.

“I started cruising blogs as a way to pass some downtime at work, and I came across the blogs that Brian and Erin started,” he said. “Their excellent work was one of the things that prompted me to start my own blog.”

Late Monday, Crappy posted a drunken essay featuring bulletpointed paragraphs, one of which was a brief entry about his most recent musical obsessions — a recording of a concert by Grammy-award winning band Wilco last June in Pittsburgh’s Point State Park.

“That was a great night,” Crappy said. “Wilco, for free, as part of last year’s (Three Rivers Arts Festival), right on the Point.

“After I got over being blown away by the show, I started hitting up tapers for a copy,” he added. “I found a nice guy from Clarion County who said he could hook me up.”

After Crappy received CD copies of the show, he immediately began spreading them around among friends, he said.

“The tapes were so sweet, and I got a lot of great feedback from friends who got copies,” Crappy said. “I’m always happy to pass them on, especially to someone who was so important in my development as a blogger.”

Crappy said Byrne should receive the CD copies of the Wilco concert early next week. Byrne could not be reached for comment late Monday.

“I hope he enjoys them,” Crappy said. “They’ve gone over pretty well with everyone else.”