Originally written by Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick, who also wrote Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello!, She Loves Me with composer Jerry Bock. Raspberries, Strawberries Reuben James The Reverend Mr. (Bear Family's 'The Guard Years' box set has the entire concert.By the Kingston Trio in a live performance recorded for their first in-concert album From the Hungry i LP 1959 The song 'Coplas' was originally the second song in the set, but Vanguard deemed it too politically incorrect to issue here. Mary Katherine Aldin – producer, liner notes.Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar, bongos, conga." Zombie Jamboree" ( Conrad Eugene Mauge Jr.) – 2:46.
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Reception Professional ratings Review scoresĪllmusic music critic Richie Unterberger wrote of the release "it's a good-sounding and well-executed performance, but only necessary for major fans." Track listing Three LPs by Vanguard and a two-volume set by Folkways of the festival performance were released, though none included The Kingston Trio, most likely due to contractual arrangements. įollowing the Trio's performance at the 1959 festival, folk music critic Mark Morris wrote "What connection these frenetically tinselly showmen have with a folk festival eludes me.except that it is mainly folk songs that they choose to vulgarize." English folk revivalist Shirley Collins was critical of many of the acts, including Odetta and Bob Gibson, but especially the Trio, stating "I despised them.
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Peter Dreier of Occidental College observed that "Purists often derided the Kingston Trio for watering down folk songs in order to make them commercially popular and for remaining on the political sidelines during the protest movements of the 1960s." A series of scathing articles had previously appeared over several years in Sing Out! magazine, a publication that combined articles on traditional folk music with political activism. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds. I lost a lot of friends in the folk world for that slipup." Merry Minuet Listen online The Kingston Trio FAVORITE (1 fan) The Kingston Trio The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to late 1960s. And we will all be blown away There's strife in Iran. an insult to Scruggs, one of the most revered figures of bluegrass. And I don't like anybody very much With a mushroom-shaped cloud.
The crowd was so enthusiastic about the Trio that they came on to do another encore after Scruggs' performance, a move organizer George Wein recalled as ". The Kingston Trio, having recently played a folk music program at the Newport Jazz Festival were originally slated to be the final act on Sunday night, but were later moved up one slot to allow Earl Scruggs to close the show. The Newport Folk Festival of 1959 comprised a large and diverse list of performers.
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