In the 50's there were girl scouts and summer camp singing. My family was not musical - I took piano lessons but no one else did anything.

In the sixties, there were Baez and Belafonte records and then Sing Along with Mitch (not quite folk, but borderline) and then Hootnanny on TV. To college in '64 where I went to one Folksong Club meeting and left, but then found a group of people vaguely related to the Outing Club who sang together most Friday nites. By the time I graduated, I was definately a folky, but not very sophisticated about it.

My first folk festival was Fox Hollow in 1970. Between that and the cheap record bin I found Ewan MacColl, Jean Redpath, Jean Ritchie, John and Tony, Young Tradition, Coppers, Watersons, Jeanne Robertson... and definately turned toward British/Scottish.