Hi Julie Margaret & I certainly remember Jim ( Woody ) with great affection,I first met him in a John Pearse guitar class which would have probably been in 1960 or 61 and later when we ran the Cellar he and Ollie were regular visitors . We remember him as always immaculately dressed ,blazer grey flannels collar and tie and never without his pork pie hat stood out amongst the load of scruffs that seemed to be the followers of Folk Music in those far off days.I remember him with Ollie and I think Ollie's girl friend Georgie performing at the Cellar.I particularly remember three songs that he used to do regularly the first "Gosport Nancy " which I seem to remember caught the ear of Cyril Tawney then there was the one to the tune of "Abdul abulbul ameer" about a scots lad wno tamed a wild haggis ,Jim always said he got the idea from a poem he read in the Beano and lastly a Music Hall ditty "You dont wnt to keep on showing it Mary" about a girl with a big red nose.I dont remember him jamming with Paul Simon but it was certainly a possibility Paul often dropped into the cellar if he hadn't got a gig.Sad to think of another old "Folker" gone theres not many of us left Jack& Margaret King
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