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When he was four years old, his parents split up and he continued to live with his mother. He claimed that as a child he was taught to play the guitar by [[K. C. Douglas]], who worked at his grandfather's garage, and later realised that he had been taught the blues.<ref name=OGrady>{{YouTube|tmgfVPXI2Zc|Interview on The Paul O'Grady Show}} 15 Oct 2008</ref> Douglas wrote the song "[[Mercury Blues]]" and had played with [[Tommy Johnson (blues musician)|Tommy Johnson]] in the early 1940s.<ref name="Harris">Harris, S (1989). Blues Who's Who, 5th paperback edition. New York, Da Capo Press, pp. 160-161</ref> His mother remarried, to a [[Korean War]] veteran who Wold characterized as abusive, and, at the age of about 13, Wold claimed that he left home following a violent confrontation with his stepfather.<ref>Wright, 2016, p.59</ref>
Wold claimed to have lived rough and on the road in Tennessee, Mississippi and elsewhere, until at least the late 1960s.<ref name=allmusic>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/seasick-steve-mn0001939829/biography Kenyon Hopkin, "Seasick Steve"], ''[[AllMusic]]''. Retrieved 14 August 2019</ref><ref name=ObserverSept08/> However, Wright's biography claims that Wold lived in [[Haight-Ashbury]], San Francisco, for some time from 1965.<ref>Wright, 2016, pp.15-16</ref> He attended the [[Monterey International Pop Festival|Monterey Pop Festival]], regularly saw bands such as [[The Grateful Dead]] perform in the area, and became acquainted with [[Janis Joplin]] and [[Jimi Hendrix]].<ref>Wright, 2016, p.72</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telen.no/kultur/ikke-skremt-av-novembervaret/s/2-2.3402-1.4640555|title=Ikke skremt av novemberværet|website=Telen.no|date=13 November 2000}}</ref>
===Early musical activities===
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