I had parents with (like me) eclectic tastes in music, and my dad had this thing about Joan Baez! Around the same time country dancing was still being taught in English schools by teachers who were themselves products of the "folk revival". It seemed natural to do it. This planted the seed. I suppose the seed was germinated for me when I was 17, after joining a Scottish dance class on a mad impulse. This started me off on the mainstream popular Scots stuff. My flatmates when I was at college liked James Taylor and Fairport Convention. Then just after I was married a few years later I found a good folk programme on local radio, and it blossomed from there, especially when we decided to emigrate and I suddenly realised what I was going to miss! (Luckily we found a couple of Morris sides in S. Africa).

mouldy