Luc Sante, Christmas 1965. (Check out the New Christy Minstrels album at his feet!)

In our latest installment of Song and Memory, we hear from acclaimed non-fiction writer Luc Sante. He was born in post-war Belgium, but his parents soon emigrated to New Jersey. It was while living in the suburbs of the Garden State that Luc Sante first discovered folk music. At the time, folk was so big that it had its own television program, “Hootenanny.” The show made quite an impression on a boy from a strict Catholic family in post-war Europe.