Yup! I remember him. I even sang "Why don't women like me?" on Mudcat Radio one time.

As for his musical ability HE was the one who confessed on TV that he couldn't play the Banjo and told how he brought a different instrument on stage for different songs. I don't see that it matters, he was still great. And for what it is worth I remember seeing Johnny Cash on TV one time when his guitar was out of tune and he gave it to someone else to tune.

As for racist, there is a world of difference between racism, stereotyping and just plain teasing people because they are different.

The latter was de rigeur in London when I was growing up. If you were foreign you were a wog, If you were from Scotland you were Jock, Wales you were Taffy. If you were from the country you were a swede gnawer or carrot cruncher and if you came from South of The River you needed a passport. One didn't mind being named from ones place of origin, whether you were a Geordie or a Cockney. It was all in good fun. Good Lord, people will be complaining when we sing Cosher Bailey next.