Leonard Cohen, Belgravia, London (1974)

“This was the first time I had met Leonard Cohen. I’d heard his album Songs From A Room when it came out and found it totally depressing, although it was a fave of lonely people on dark, rainy Sunday afternoons in bedsits everywhere. I went along with Melody Maker writer Roy Hollingsworth to do an interview and we found Lenny relaxing by a window with his bare feet up on his manager’s desk. To my great surprise, rather than sad, he turned out to be one of the funniest and witty characters I’d met. Since that day I’ve loved his music and can even enjoy Songs From A Room. He’s still one of the finest songwriter/poets on the planet!”
Photographer Barrie Wentzell