Thanks Fred for the KUSSSHmaker! Brought back a few memories.

Bert did a gig at the Merlin's some time in 1973 and told that story. All of us young folkies sat there enthralled and none of us saw the punchline coming! Blimey, I can almost hear his voice now.

For me, it was like sitting at the feet of a (kindly) God. He was a truly great man.

Incidentally isn't it Bert at the back in that famous photo of Dylan doing a floor spot at the Cousins or somewhere?