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KINGSTON TRIO: The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set)
TheKingston Trio was not just a folk group - it was a phenomenon. Witty, clean-cut and charismatic, the trio captured the public's imagination in the fall of 1958 with their chart-topping Tom Dooley, and continued with a series of million-selling Capitol albums. They played timeless acoustic music that was simple, appealing and surprisingly diverse.
Their repertoire embraced folk songs, calypso and gospel numbers, world music, Broadway show tunes, old-time music and contemporary country songs--even modern R&B. Although the trio inspired hundreds of popular folk groups, none could ever duplicate their distinctive sound.This 10-CD collection assembles all of the original Kingston Trio's Capitol recordings. It includes such classic hits as Tom Dooley, M.T.A., Raspberries, Strawberries, The Tijuana Jail, A Worried Man and Scotch And Soda, along with many previously unheard demos and alternative versions.
It also includes their 1959 Newport Folk Festival concert, their 7-Up commercials, an essay on the history of the song Tom Dooley as well as the first recording by Grayson & Whitter. The accompanying 108-page hardcover book contains rare photos from the Kingston Trio's personal collection, along with a history of the original group by Bill Bush and song by-song-notes by Ben Blake and a complete discography.
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Album titlle: The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set)
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Label Bear Family Records
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- weight in Kg 2.7
Kingston Trio, The - The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set) Box set 1 | ||||
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01 | Hard, Ain't It Hard | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Three Jolly Coachmen | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Scotch And Soda | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Tom Dooley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Sloop John B | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Coplas | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Santo Anno | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Fast Freight | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Bay Of Mexico | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Banua | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Saro Jane | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Wimoweh | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Little Maggie | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Dodi Lii | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Medley: Tanga Tika/Toerau | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Sally (Don't You Grieve) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Blue Tattoo | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | When The Saints Go Marching In | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Gue Gue | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | New York Girls | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Como Se Viene, Se Va | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Ruby Red | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | Sally (Don't You Grieve) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | Raspberries Strawberries | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set) Box set 2 | ||||
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01 | Blow Ye Winds | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | M.T.A. | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Getaway John | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Remember The Alamo | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | I Bawled | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Corey, Corey | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | All My Sorrows | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | The Long Black Rifle | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | The Seine | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Early In The Morning | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | The Tijuana Jail | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Good News | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Oh Cindy | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Sail Away Ladies | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Goober Peas | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Haul Away | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Across The Wide Missouri | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | 'round About The Mountain | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | The Unfortunate Miss Bailey | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | A Worried Man | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | The Unfortunate Miss Bailey (remake) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | A Worried Man (remake) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | The Wanderer | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | San Miguel | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
26 | Rollin' Stone | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
27 | Oleanna | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set) Box set 3 | ||||
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01 | Molly Dee | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | E Inu Tatou E | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | The Hunter | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Green Grasses | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Green Grasses | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | The Hunter | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Coo Coo U | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | The Worlds Last Authentic Playboys | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Bimini | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Medley: Tanga Tika/Toerau | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Don't Cry Katie | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Just Once Around The Clock | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | El Matador | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Raspberries, Strawberries | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Farewell Adelita | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | With You My Johnny | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | The Mountains O'Mourne | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | The Tattooed Lady | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Home From The Hill | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Mangwani M'Pulele | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Carrier Pigeon | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Everglades | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | The Escape Of Old John Webb | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | Leave My Woman Alone | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set) Box set 4 | ||||
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01 | Bad Man's Blunder | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | When I Was Young | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | This Land Is Your Land | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Who's Gonna Hold Her Hand | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | The Tattooed Lady | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Coast Of California | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | This Mornin', This Evenin', So Soon | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | South Wind | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Buddy Better Get On Down The Line | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Colorado Trail | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Tomorrow | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Goodnight My Baby | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Mary Mild | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Bye Bye Thou Little Tiny Child | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | A Round About Christmas | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | All Through The Night | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | We Wish You A Merry Christmas | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Follow Now, Oh Shepherds | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | The Last Month Of The Year | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Go Where I Send Thee | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | The White Snows Of Winter | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Sing We Noel | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set) Box set 5 | ||||
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01 | Utawena | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | The River Is Wide | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Speckled Roan | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Hard Travelin' | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Sea Fever | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Hangman | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Don't You Weep Mary | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Blow The Candle Out | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Blue Eyed Gal | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | En El Agua (Maria Christina) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Jug Of Punch | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Bonny Hielan' Laddie | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Oh, Yes, Oh! | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Billy Goat Hill | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Pastures Of Plenty | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Guardo El Lobo | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Mary Was Pretty | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Run Molly Run | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | You Don't Knock | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Leomon Tree | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | The Wines Of Madeira | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Adieu To My Island | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | You're Gonna Miss Me | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
25 | Senora | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
26 | The Golden Spike | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
27 | Razors In The Air | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
28 | It Was A Very Good Year | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set) Box set 6 | ||||
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01 | Introduction - 1st Set/Saro Jane | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Santo Anno | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Three Jolly Coachmen | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | I Bawled | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | South Coast | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Gue Gue | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Dodi Lii | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Zombie Jamboree | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Go Where I Send Thee | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Ruby Red | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Scotch And Soda | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Watsha | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Sloop John B | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Hard, Ain't It Hard | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Introduction - 2nd Set/Banua | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Bay Of Mexico | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | New York Girls | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set) Box set 7 | ||||
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01 | Shady Grove/Lonesome Traveler | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Coplas | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Fast Freight | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Tic Tic Tic (The Lost Watch) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Lei Pakalana | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Pay Me My Money Down | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Across The Wide Missouri | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Little Maggie | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Tom Dooley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Wimoweh | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | When The Saints Go Marching In | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Tic Tic Tic (The Lost Watch) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Gue Gue | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Dorie | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | South Coast | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Zombie Jamboree | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Wimoweh | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | New York Girls | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | They Called The Wind Maria | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | The Merry Minuet | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Medley: Shady Grove/Lonesome Traveler | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | When The Saints Go Marching In | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set) Box set 8 | ||||
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01 | Banua | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Three Jolly Coachmen | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | South Coast | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Coplas | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | They Called The Wind Maria | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Zombie Jamboree | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Tom Dooley | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | The Merry Minuet | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Raspberries, Strawberries | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | When The Saints Go Marching In | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Introduction By George Wein | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Saro Jane | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Coplas | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | M.T.A. | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | All My Sorrows | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Remember The Alamo | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | E Inu Tatou E | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Hard, Ain't It Hard | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | The Merry Minuet | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | When The Saints Go Marching In | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Three Jolly Coachmen | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | South Coast | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Scotch And Soda | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | Zombie Jamboree | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set) Box set 9 | ||||
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01 | The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up/The Hunter | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Oh, Cindy | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up/Goober Peas | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | Blow Ye Winds | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | The Hunter/Oleanna | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up/Corey, Corey | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | A Worried Man | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up/Molly Dee | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Oh, Cindy | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Goober Peas | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | The Trio Sings For 7-Up/Three Jolly Coachman | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Scarlet Ribbons | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | M.T.A. | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | The Trio Sings For 7-Up/A Worried Man | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | With You My Johnny | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | The Kingston Trio Sings For 7-Up/The Hunter | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Blow Ye Winds | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | A Worried Man | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | M.T.A. (60 seconds version) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | M.T.A. (20 seconds version) | KINGSTON TRIO |
Kingston Trio, The - The Guard Years (10-CD Box Set) Box set 10 | ||||
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01 | Tom Dooley (with german intro) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
02 | Medley: Tanga Tika/Toerau | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
03 | Don't Cry Katie | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
04 | The Mountains O'Mourne | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
05 | Home From The Hill | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
06 | Mangwani M'Pulele | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
07 | Carrier Pigeon | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
08 | Run Joe (TV) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
09 | Cha Cha Boom (DAVE GUARD TRIO) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
10 | Come Back Liza (DAVE GUARD TRIO) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
11 | Jamaica Farewell (DAVE GUARD TRIO) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
12 | Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (DAVE GUARD TRIO) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
13 | Lolly Tu Dum (DAVE GUARD TRIO) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
14 | Without My Lover (DAVE GUARD TRIO) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
15 | Fast Freight (DAVE GUARD TRIO) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
16 | Without My Lover | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
17 | Run Joe | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
18 | Tom Dooley (GRAYSON & WHITTER) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
19 | Tom Dooley (LONNIE DONEGAN) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
20 | Tom Dooley, Jr. (MERLE KILGORE) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
21 | Tom Duley Rock (CLINTON BROOKS) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
22 | Tom Dooley Rock And Roll (CURTIS HOBACK) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
23 | Tom Dooley (german)(NILSEN BROS) | KINGSTON TRIO | ||
24 | Tom Dooley II (german) (NILSEN BROS) | KINGSTON TRIO |
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THE GUARD YEARS
DAVE GUARD
Donald David Guard was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 19, 1934. He attended Honolulu's Punahou School, where he met Bob Shane; they both graduated in 1952. Dave's father, a civil engineer and U.S. Army Reserve colonel, encouraged Dave to pursue a career in business. Subsequently, he enrolled in Stanford University where he graduated with a B.A. in Economics in 1956. While attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business, he formed the Kingston Trio with Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds, and performed with the group until 1961. Guard then formed The Whiskeyhill Singers with former Trio bassist David 'Buck' Wheat, Cyrus Faryar and Judy Henske. In 1962, he moved his family to Australia where he taught guitar and hosted his own 'Dave's Place' television program. He would continue to write and teach music, authoring several books including, 'Coulour Guitar' (a method of teaching utilizing color in place of musical notation), and 'Deirdre' and 'Hale-Mano' (books on Celtic and Hawaiian mythology). He was also active in recording Gabby Pahinui, the legendary Hawaiian slack guitarist, producing 'Pure Gabby' in 1979. He passed away on March 22, 1991 in Rollinsford, New Hampshire of lymphatic cancer. He was 57.
BOB SHANE
Robert Castle Shane (Schoen) was born in Hilo, Hawaii on February 1, 1934. He attended the Punahou School in Honolulu with fellow Trio member, Dave Guard. After graduation in 1952, he came to the mainland to study at Menlo Park (California) Junior College, and later at Menlo School of Business Administration. It was there that he met Nick Reynolds, and formed what would later become the Kingston Trio with Nick and Dave (who was attending nearby Stanford University). Bob returned to the islands in 1956 to work in his father's wholesale toy and sporting goods business. He began working in his off-hours at several Honolulu night spots, including the Pearl City Tavern, doing vocal impersonations (he was billed as 'Hawaii's Elvis Presley'). Bob soon returned to the San Francisco area, joining Reynolds and Guard full time as the Kingston Trio. Over the Trio's 40-year history, Bob Shane has remained the Trio's lead singer and constant guiding member. He resides in Phoenix, Arizona and tours extensively with the Kingston Trio.
NICK REYNOLDS
Nicholas Wells Reynolds was born in San Diego, California on July 27, 1933. The son of a U.S. Navy Captain, Nick grew up in nearby Coronado, California where he graduated from high school in 1951. Planning a career in hotel management, he attended San Diego State College and the University of Arizona. He transferred to Menlo Business College where he met Bob Shane and Dave Guard (from Stanford). He graduated 1957 with a B.S. in Business Administration. Nick would remain with the Kingston Trio until 1967. After a short period of designing race cars, he moved to Southern, Oregon where he was a rancher, theater owner and antique owner for 17 years. He would occasionally perform as a duo with John Stewart with whom he recorded an album, 'Revenge Of The Budgie', in the early 80s. Nick rejoined the Kingston Trio in 1986, and today again plays to sold out audiences worldwide with Bob Shane and George Grove. Nick and his wife Leslie live in Coronado, California.
KINGSTON TRIO : THE GUARD YEARS
Seemingly overnight, The Kingston Trio became a national obsession racking up million-sellers such as MTA, Tijuana Jail, and Worried Man, and placing five albums concurrentlyon the 'Billboard' Top Ten chart. They were on the cover of 'Life' magazine, guests on every major TV variety show, and the inspiration for hundreds of folk groups forming in college dorms all over the country.
This was the start of the 'folk boom,' a musical and merchandising mania that totally revitalized a sagging record and acoustic guitar manufacturing industry. Among the biggest beneficiaries of the craze was the C. F. Martin Company, whose guitars were closely associated with The Kingston Trio (the Trio played no other brand, and were always pictured with Martins on their album covers). At one time, Martin found itself three years behind in back orders, unable to keep up with the overwhelming demand. Dick Boak, Martin's Artist Relations Manager, comments:
"The Kingston Trio started it all -- they were ones who really built the acoustic guitar industry and initiated the folk music revival. Today there are legions of acoustic players all over the world who know about Martin guitars just because of The Kingston Trio. To commemorate their 40th Anniversary, we’re finally returning the favor -- we’ve just issued a limited edition of 40 sets of Kingston Trio instruments with special inlays and signed labels. They more than deserve the recognition.”
With the demand for guitars (and banjos) came an insatiable demand for folk performers. Every major record label had its own version of The Kingston Trio, plus or minus a few members: Peter, Paul & Mary, The Brothers Four, The Chad Mitchell Trio, The Limelighters, The Journeymen, Bud & Travis, The Serendipity Singers, The New Christy Minstrels, the list goes on forever.
While the early Trio consciously steered clear of social commentary, their repertoire was always highly intelligent, filled with thought-provoking lyrics and memorable melodies. Theirs was never background music; you had to listen to it and be moved by it, which at that time in American popular music was no small accomplish-ment. As the folk movement gathered momentum, folk performers used their music as a forum for social change, ushering in the folk protest era of the early '60s. None of it would've happened without The Kingston Trio. It can be legitimately argued that without a Bob Shane there never would have been a Bob Dylan. But the controversy started early.
"There was always that ‘folkier than thou’ attitude to deal with,"says Nick Reynolds, “and it was pure hypocritical nonsense. No matter what musical genre you work in, you deal with subjectivity -- other people’s perceptions of what’s valid and what’s not. If we had been comedians or pop crooners, we would’ve been judged on a purely entertainment basis, which is really all we ever wanted. What made us novel at first, and controversial later, was that we chose to be entertainers in an idiom that people grew to regard as serious. I say 'grew' because before The Kingston Trio popularized folk music, I don’t think most Americans really gave a damn about their musical heritage. Sure, the Weavers had a lot to do with popularizing folk music; they were 'our' biggest influence. But nobody turned America on to folk music like we did. The Kingston Trio made folk music a do-it-yourself situation; it brought people together, got them singing together and playing guitars together. We gave them a medium to communicate with each other; a very simple, basic and beautiful way to share ideas that anybody could master with three chords. That 'medium' is what really set the stage for the 60’s 'protest movement,' and I think the Trio deserves the credit for at least that much. The problem is that people started confusing the medium with the message.”
The original Kingston Trio was formed in and around Palo Alto, California, by Dave Guard, a Stanford University graduate student and his two friends, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds, from nearby Menlo College. Guard and Shane both were born in Hawaii, and had been singing and playing together since their high school days at the Punahou School in Honolulu. Reynolds, from Coronado, California, was the son of a Navy career officer and had attended San Diego State and the University of Arizona.
"I showed up at Menlo not knowing a soul," recalls Reynolds, "and the first day I walk into this accounting class and there's this guy sleeping in the back of the room during the lecture. So I said to myself, anybody that's got the guts to do that I've got to get to know. It turned out to be Bobby Shane, and we immediately went out and became really tight pals; I don't think we showed up for school for about two weeks afterward."
This mutual attraction of kindred spirits, which included drinking, carousing, and other forms of hilarity, was further strengthened by an interest in singing, more as a way of improving their social life than furthering any professional aspirations. "Bobby had this tenor guitar and I had some bongos," Reynolds recalls. "We'd show up at these local spots and fraternity parties and get right in there. I was sort of his driver, you know, just hanging out, fascinated by this magnetic person. Bobby's a charmer; he could play three chords on a tenor guitar and attract more people than the London Symphony. Later on, he said 'I've got to introduce you to this guy I know over at Stanford,' which was Dave, and we just sort of fell together. I kinda mooched my way into that thing. Bobby and Dave had been playing together a long time in Hawaii, and people would want to hire us to play Hawaiian music at their luaus. They taught me some real Hawaiian songs, the third part, which was real easy considering I'd never been to Hawaii. After a while, we started working like two nights a week at these little beer gardens, one of which had hired me as a bartender."
While this grouping of Guard, Shane, and Reynolds was indeed to become The Kingston Trio, the group went through several personnel and name changes in the process. Shortly after introducing Reynolds to Guard, Bob Shane returned to Hawaii to work in his father's wholesale sporting goods and toy firm while pursuing a solo singing career as 'Hawaii's Elvis Presley.' Reynolds and Guard kept at it, adding Joe Gannon (on bass) and Barbara Bogue, billing themselves as 'Dave Guard And The Calypsonians.'
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