I was raised in an Italian/Catholic family and the music was basically opera and Ave Maria. My schooling was mostly private/Catholic and folk music wasn't on the menu there either. Schooled in the beach towns from Santa Monica to Palos Verdes in Southern California between the late 40's thru the early 60's. I was ripe for the Folk music revival of the 60's and I loved it all. It was all fresh and new to me and I was enthralled. Barbara Dane was one of the first singers I heard. Odetta and then Baez, New Lost City Ramblers, Rev. Gary Davis, Leadbelly....ad infinitum. Nice memories.