Too many to mention or even remember, but - all from late 60s, early 70s - here's a few:


Albums:
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (the one with young Clapton reading the Beano and, if memory serves, singing for the first time on record: "Rambling on my mind").

Steeleye Span - - Please to see the King" was a revelation after a couple of years of attending a rather purist folk club where most instrumentation was frowned on

Bothy Band: traditional Irish, unamplified but as vibrant and exciting as any rock music I'd heard



Gigs:
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Civic Hall theatre, Darlington on tour in the UK with as the American Folk Blues Festival, a troupe of amazing old men

High Level Ranters: Bishop Auckland folk club changed my views on music from the area of my childhood & youth

Watersons   - at Les Cousins in Soho

Dave & Toni Arthur/ Young Tradition/ Northern Front/ Barbara Dickson/ Therapy at various venues in the North East