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Saturday, August 15, 2015

The Kingston Trio



Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley  - Kingston Trio - 1958



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The Kingston Trio

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kingston Trio
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The Kingston Trio's original lineup: Dave Guard, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds (Spring 1957)
Background information
OriginPalo Alto, California
GenresFolk, pop
Years active1957–67 (original lineup; continues to the present with different members)
LabelsCapitol, Decca
Associated actsWhiskeyhill Singers, The New Kingston Trio
Websitewww.kingstontrio.com

MembersBill Zorn
George Grove
Rick Dougherty

Past membersBob Shane
Nick Reynolds
Dave Guard
John Stewart
Jim Connor
Pat Horine
Roger Gambill
Bob Haworth
Notable instruments
Martin Guitars
Martin D28 6-string guitar
Martin 0021 6-string guitar
Martin 018T 4-string tenor guitar
Vega Banjos
Pete Seeger model long-neck 5-string banjo
Vega plectrum 4-string banjo
The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds. It rose to international popularity, fueled by unprecedented sales of 33⅓ rpm long-playing record albums (LPs), and helped to alter the direction of popular music in the U.S.[1]
The Kingston Trio was one of the most prominent groups of the era's pop-folk boom that started in 1958 with the release of their first album and its hit recording of "Tom Dooley", which sold over three million copies as a single.[2] The Trio released nineteen albums that made Billboard's Top 100, fourteen of which ranked in the top 10, and five of which hit the number 1 spot. Four of the group's LPs charted among the 10 top-selling albums for five weeks in November and December 1959,[3] a record unmatched for more than 50 years,[4] and the group still ranks after half a century in the all-time lists of many of Billboard's cumulative charts, including those for most weeks with a number 1 album, most total weeks charting an album, most number 1 albums, most consecutive number 1 albums, and most top ten albums.[5]
In 1961, the Trio was described as "the most envied, the most imitated, and the most successful singing group, folk or otherwise, in all show business" and "the undisputed kings of the folksinging rage by every yardstick."[6] Music historianRichie Unterberger characterized their impact as "phenomenal popularity",[7] and the Kingston Trio's massive record sales in its early days made acoustic folk music commercially viable, paving the way for singer-songwriter, folk rock, andAmericana artists who followed in their wake.[1]