Debbie Green was a folk singer who had an early influence on Joan Baez, Eric Anderson, Eric Clapton, and others in the 1960s. She was one of the first folk performers at Club 47 Mount Auburn in Cambridge, Massachusetts, before moving to Berkeley, California. She was born in 1940 in New York City and grew up in Staten Island. She attended The Putney School, where she was first exposed to music. In 1958, she began college at Boston University. While a freshman at Boston University, Green taught Joan Baez guitar, and Baez has noted her influence as a teacher.
