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Everyone who ever meets him agrees that Chip Taylor is a lovely man. Down to earth, courteous and gracious. Talented too, of course. I carried his guitar case in my capacity as Gerry Anderson's butler on his radio show this morning, where Chip was a guest. It's not his first appearance on the show. He's a bit of a fan of Gerry, to the extent that he wrote and recorded a song called Stroke City Girls. So far, so not related to punk rock. But of course, Chip's most famous composition is Wild Thing, the three chord staple of any budding punk rock band. Its another Louie Louie, easy to play but brutally effective, as The Troggs discovered.Ìý They recordedÌý their version in three quarters of an hour, according to . And that included the time it took to bring the amps into the studio. Of course, Chip wrote more than Wild Thing. Another Troggs single 'Anyway That You Want Me' has his name in the brackets, as does 'I Can't Let Go' and hundreds more.Ìý Never mind the great singers, never mind the great guitar players. Without the great songwriter they may as well be in a prog rock band.Ìý He's around all this week. Go on, make the effort.