When I started playing when I was 16, I was listening to a lot of different music other then what my peers were listening to. So as a result, my acoustic guitar playing influences came from musicians like Maybelle Carter, Joan Baez, Elizabeth Cotten, and Odetta. In fact, a funny story was that I had learned Joan Baez's version of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, and played it one day at school. Someone was shocked I knew a Led Zep song.
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