This could take up a lot of space! The 1st folk music I remember hearing was the Vanguard album, THE WEAVERS AT CARNEGIE HALL, we also had Robeson doing BALLAD FOR AMERICANS, Sinatra singing THE INK IS BLACK & THE HOUSE I LIVE IN, Louis Armastrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Broadway SHow tunes, lots of classical LP's(& 45's). The 1st folk concert I went to was Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Sister Rosetta Tharp, & Brownie & Sonny. I was 14 and it scarred me for life(that & reading Woodys' BOUND FOR GLORY). The 1st guitar guitar player I really tried to emulate was Dave Van Ronk(the late, great & muych lamented). Let's see; Woody, Cisco, Leadbelly, Ramblin' Jack, Utah Phillips, Jesse Colin Young,John Hammond, Tom Ghent, Bruce Murdoch, Odetta, Fred Neill, Pete Seeger, Blind Kenny Hall, Larry Hanks, Jim Ringer, Rosalie sorrels, David Bromberg, Ian Tyson, Patrick Sky, Tom Paxton, David Blue, Django Rheinhart, Lonnie Johnson, Doc Watson, Flatt & Scruggs, Roscoe Holcomb, the New Lost City Ramblers, The Greenbriar Boys,it would probably take a couple of hours to list every one. Let me just say Thank You to them all.