I grew up hearing my parents sing Irish/ Scottish and English folk songs. such as "I know Where I'm Going" "Nut Brown Maiden" "Barbara Allen" " I know my Love" etc, so the feel for Folk was there from the beginning. We had a good supply of old 78's by Delia Murphy, John McCormick, Michael O'Duffy and others. The first records I purchased however were of Little Richard - Bill Haley - and Enrico Caruso ?. This feeling for folk music never died and when the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem burst on the scene . followed by The Dubliners and others, all other types of music went on the back burner.

It has been almost exclusively folk music ever since. Irish/Scottish/English/Australian/American/Canadian/Cajun etc)although I still enjoy Little Richard, Creedence Clearwater and Wilie Nelson and others. Not very keen on New Country though.