Many memories of this man singing at our folk club in Lewes and staying in our flat in Brighton so that must have been before 1974 when we left that flat.
The Pecker was a huge man whose head grew out his body with apparently no neck. We went for an Indian meal after the club. The Pecker was wearing a huge button badge with the words FREE IRELAND on it and nobody was going to challenge him. At the end of the meal, the waiter came and and pointed to Pecker and his badge saying, "This man's meal is free! He is fighting for the independence of his country and the staff here are fighting for the freedom of Bangladesh - so we must support one another." The Pecker ended up giving him more than his bill telling them to put the money towards their fighting fund. (This must put the date before December 1971).

The last time I saw him was playing at a pub, Mitchells, in Miltown Malbay. I approached him and reminded him of that visit. He looked puzzled and asked when it was and I gave him the rough date. "Ah!" he said. "That would explain it! I was drunk throughout the 1960s and 1970s."