I first heard Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter family when I was in my early teens. It got me very interested in old country music, Mac Wiseman, The Louvin Brothers, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper and other Artists of that era. I still listen to them' In my late teens I heard Joan Baez for the first time and frll in love with the old Ballads. My next big influence was Steeleye and Fairport who led me to Martin Carthy, The Watersons, Anne Briggs and so on.
   Like many folks of my generation , rock of the sixties was a great influence, especially Dylan, The Doors and Creedence. Later came many singer songwriters who just blew me away, Cohen, Bruce Cockburn and Joni Mitchell. And finally, I was introduced to Maria Callas and opera became my passion. So much great music in my lifetime and so much more yet to come....I am blessed to have so much access to such a lot of great music.