During the 1970s, I was part of a folk trio called Poem. Pete Brown liked our songs and signed us to his publishing company. He asked me to play on his album The Not Forgotten Association. For one of the tracks I sat next to Viv Stanshall, who had been up since 5am blowing into his tuba so it would be in tune for the recording. I think Pete had included me on the session so I could earn a little money.
He was a master of the one-liner. My favourite was: “If you’re late, remember to be early next time.”