John Hatford used to write a BUNCH of his songs, while working for a real estate company, as a night watchman, in Malibu, California, named Prentiss, (and associates, I think). I met him there doing just that in the early to mid '60's. He had a lot of material, in spiral notebooks, and at the time, was like a lot of hopefuls..but more dedicated and serious than most. He was a cool guy, from what I remember.

GfS