Pawel
Well, I'm sorry to say I never heard of him... But maybe I know his song or songs and I just don't know they're his? What would you say was his most popular song?
Pawel, he's well worth looking into if you're a music fan. An inventive and perceptive observer of the human condition...but always with a wry and often painfully honest sense of humor. His most well-known songs are probably "Hello In There" and "Sam Stone," both of which give a pretty good feel for his work.
However, my personal favorite has always been a bouncy, tongue-in-cheek number called "Fish and Whistle":
Father forgive us for what we must do
You forgive us and we'll forgive you
We'll forgive each other 'til we both turn blue
And we'll whistle and go fishing in heaven....
He's also a writer that's been covered by scads of other more famous artists...always an indication of how his amazing talent was valued and admired by his peers.
Not bad for an ex-mailman from Maywood Illinois.
Cheers