About forty years ago I was in Invercargill in New Zealand with a trio I was a member of to play a concert. Opening for us was a group called ‘The Hobbit’. At the ‘after match function’ one of them approached me and told me he was thinking of moving up to Dunedin in search of bigger and better things. A week or so later there was a knock on my door, “ I’ve come to accept your offer of a place to stay”. Simon has been a very good friend and part of the sound track of my life ever since. Over the years Simon has written some very funny parodies of popular songs. Here at last that talent has taken a more serious turn. Of the dozen songs here Simon has written or co-written eight. I’m not going to give a running commentary on them, like all good songs they speak for themselves. If it is allowable to be proud of another persons work, I feel rather proud of my good friend. Peter Madill. Musician and Luthier P.S. Play this to your friends, but don’t let them copy it, tell them to buy it for themselves or better still buy one for them!