Fricke was born in South Whitley , Indiana , in 1947 to parents Phyllis ( née Kyler ) and Waldemar Fricke and learned piano and guitar as a child ; her first vocal influences were folk artists such as Joan Baez and Judy Collins .
Fricke was born in South Whitley , Indiana , in 1947 to parents Phyllis ( née Kyler ) and Waldemar Fricke . 
 She learned piano and guitar as a child ; her first vocal influences were folk artists such as Joan Baez and Judy Collins .