The BBC "Broadcast for Schools" Singing Together.

The BBC regularly commissioning Ewan McColl songs for their "docu-history" shows.

The BBC giving The Spinners a weekly radio show.

The BBC televised shows including regular appearances by Tom Lehrer, Julie Felix, Jake Thakeray, Robin Hall & Jimmy McGregor, Cy Grant, Lance Percival

My parents for ensuring I had enough cash to get to three or four concerts every year. (just enough to make you selective about who you go to see)

The British Government allowed me into Pubs (and clubs) at the age of eighteen.

Friends who introduced me to Joan Baez,Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen,Tom Paxton,The Incredible String Band,Martin Carthy Fairport Convention,Recreational Pharmecuticals

I can blame the English Civil War society for letting me "make my own entertainment" on campsites (and in pubs) throughout Britain for 10 years.

In the end however, I enjoyed what I heard and what I did.
So:
I got me started.

AndyG