I can speak from the standpoint of having had Dick at my house many times, heard him introduced countless times at Edin U Folk Soc (that's in Scotland)(& now, I hear, tragically defunct) having heard him refer to himself in person on occasion. And his own explanation a few years back on r.m.f - look there if you're Deja'ing.

All of the above are wrong. Maybe you have to be Scottish or Jewish - it's the soft gutteral, not the hard one. It's 'gh' not 'ch.'

But even then you'd be wrong. The question of how HE pronounces it is fairly moot since he rarely does and is quite liberal about it if someone else is calling anything similar and holding out a paycheck.

But I can tell you for sure and certain that he was nearly always introduced - formal or informal - drunk or sober - gig or party - as Dick Ga-HOON'.

Well, maybe things have changed since the late 60's but to me he'll always be Ga-HOON'.