By the way, if the John Timmons on one of the big, sort of all-inclusive lists wa-a-a-a-a-ay up above is the same John Timmons I know, he wasn't a singer. He was the owner and operator of "Pamir House," a coffeehouse on University Way in Seattle, one door up from the northwest corner of University Way N. E. and N. E. 41st Street.

He employed a lot of folk singers, and it was a good place to sing. He usually had two or three, sometimes four singers up front at any given time. There was hardly any point in planning sets. We just sort of "winged it," swapping songs, comments, jokes, and more songs. It was like a party, and the audiences loved it. A fun place to sing. And John paid us!

Lot's of fledgeling singers got their start there.

Don Firth