Well, he was here in my house, today, recording in our modest little Greenhays studio, with engineer my son Jon, some material for his forthcoming recording (to do with wit, wisdom, recitations, and other wondrous recallings, of his childhood home). Jon, coming up to the kitchen for drinks refills (iced tea and water, thank you) couldn't stop chuckling. "What?" I said. "Darned funny man," he replied.

Louie says he now lives in the wilds of Minnesota.