He played gigs at the Holden experiment with Bonnie Raitt and other Worcester folkies. I first heard the song by 50s folkies The Weavers. His early influences were the English "folkies" Davy Graham and Bert Jansch. In 2007 the BBC website described her as "The first lady of young folkies". He covers songs from fellow folkies Jackson Browne, Murray McLauchlan, James Taylor and David Wiffen. The folkies did not take to him; [they] wanted songs with choruses.