Is that another bit of MacColl Folklore SOP?

I recall that one quite vividly actually, spoken with some vitriol by one of the organisers, who no doubt had his own axe to grind. As I say, it struck me as odd when PB was reduced to begging a bed from strangers who weren't even at his gig!

That bit about the people redecorating their room especially shows the sort of respect they were held in though, doesn't it? A touching detail.