Back in the days when I had a "garage" band, I found that I quickly tired of having to work so very hard at trying to sound JUST LIKE THE RECORD. Like Link Wray, like the Torquays, like Duane Eddy, like whoever. PP&M taught me that it was okay to play it the way I heard it; that it was okay to make a change or two to make it sound like I wanted it to. That folkmusic was all about change, while also being about keeping things basically the same as they were. This was a hard line to walk, but PP&M did it as well as any and far better than some.