The first coffee house I went to was the Back Door. I saw Doc & Merle Watson, David Bromberg, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Paul Siebel, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and Jerry Jeff Walker there.

At the Yellow Door, I saw Bill Staines, Paul Geremia, Keith Sykes, Doug McArthur and a lot of the local Montreal folks.

At the Karma, I saw Fraser & DeBolt, Steve Goodman and Dave Van Ronk.

The Golem was my main stomping grounds. I was there a lot in the 1970s and often in the 1980s on my frequent visits to Montreal. The first person I saw there was Bruce (Peace) Murdoch. Many others come quickly to mind. Jesse Winchester, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Murray McLauchlan, Valdy, Utah Phillips, Rosalie Sorrels, Kate Wolf, Priscilla Herdman, Bill Staines, Stan Rogers, Garnet Rogers, Mimi Farina, Tom Paxton, Odetta, Erik Frandsen, Jack Hardy, Dave Essug, Friends of Fiddler's Green, Connie Kaldor, John Hartford, Roger McGuinn, Peter Tork, Allan Nichols, Nanci Griffith, Bill Staines, Humphrey & His Dumptrucks, Willie P. Bennett, Ronney Abramson, Christopher Kearney, David Rea, Nancy White...