Buryl Ives who hooked me on folk music.
Gordon Bok who talked me into performing in public and being a life long pal.
Pete Seeger whom I admired from way back in the late 40s, and the fact that he was willing to give me my first banjo lesson.
Ralph Hayward, my math teacher, who was a poet and storyteller.

Sandy Paton who thought I should be recorded on the Folk Legacy label.