Alfred Stern

In 1940, Alfred Stern joined The Almanac Singers after Lee Hays was dropped for his heavy drinking. He clashed with and was intimidated by Woody and "he refused to indulge in the rural proletarian façade".

He wrote a parody that made me laugh:

My name is Woody Guthrie, the great hysterical bum,

Highly saturated in Whiskey,rye and rum.

I wrote a million pages, but never read a one

And that's about the greatest thing that Guthrie's ever done.

Leadbelly

I read the Bible from Generous to Revolutions.

May Hill

St Ives

This trip was before Pembroke, but ah well.

The Mackerels we bought from a nice guy by the beach at St Agnes were the best things I have ever cooked on a barbecue. We marinated them in a tescos bag with lemon and olive oil.