My older brother started listening to the first Peter Paul and Mary LP's in the mid 60's. I always - and still do - prefer them to the Brothers Four and Kingston Trio albums he bought later. Jack Linkletters "Hootenany" show was a big influence also. Then he got this huge cannon of a 12 string. A Gibson B-45-12. It has a bass like an echo rolling down a canyon. The sound seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere all at the same time. I loved it even though I could barely get my fingers around the neck. We still have it over 30 years later. It's in my temporary custody until he gets some stuff figured out on his boat. When I combined that 12 string and the songs of Fred Neil I was in heaven. My Louden 12 string is excellent but it pales in comparison to my first discoveries on that old Gibson.