Back in the late 1950s, there as a guy who came to the hoots (informal song fests) in Seattle who had a whole head full of raunchy songs, including most of the ones Oscar Brand had recorded. But this guy sang the words that even Oscar Brand backed away from and "prettied up."

At one of these song fests, there was a girl there who kept asking for "fast songs." So we did all kinds of up-tempo stuff, but she still kept asking for "fast songs." Then, Bob Brock walked in. His first song that evening, as I recall, was "John, the Bastard King of England," unbowdlerized version. The girl squealed with glee and said, "That's what I mean! Fast songs!!"

Don Firth