THE KINGSTON TRIO PT.4 FINAL

[Mike Pell]

Our final chapter on the Kingston Trio.
In 1961, Dave Guard left the group, and among those considered as a replacement for him was Roger McGuinn of the Byrds,
They agreed on John Stewart, a terrific songwriter who wrote Daydream Believer, a smash for the Monkees.
I have some more fun songs to hear, including a hit in 1963 when the word “Damn” was still frowned upon.
A mere gnat to the way I curse, lol!
The group members disbanded in 1967 to pursue individual carreers.
(Yeah, that always works!!)
Bob Shane in particular seemed to make some blunders in that regard- I’ll tell you about it.
I’ll play a song that after all these years can still bring a smile, about that Man Who Never Returned.
And a darkly humorous rumination on nuclear war that may not seem so comical today, but was always a concert favorite. Even back then it mentions “strife in Iran”. Ah, those happy-go-lucky Iranians!
Taking it all out is the strange story of a song we all know written by Dino Valente of Quicksilver Messenger Service.
I have heard versions of it by the Jefferson Airplane and Spanky & Our Gang, to name a few, before the Youngbloods had their hit with it in 1967.
But did you know the Kingston Trio sang it in 1964?
As always, I hope you enjoyed the high academic presentation and lowbrow-humor I call Rockollections, lol!

Here's the final link to the Kingstons, making it one more than a Trio, at WLSO.FM:

http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/2133

 

Mike

[RJhog (Admin)]

Mike,

I'll start this off with the Golden Pell.  Let's give it to the first song. The one with the d word in it.  I'm not sure of the title, but it's the first one you played with John Stewart.  Hey, is that the same John Stewart that later had a hit with the song "Gold"?  You know, people out there turn the music into gold.  I think you've played it before on a show. 

 

I do like the Youngbloods version of Get Together much better.

 

Finally, hearing the song "Bad Man's Blunder" is a little eerie right now.  We just had a local deputy shot and killed last weekend.  He had been on duty down at the Fair and stopped to offer help to a vehicle on the side of the road.  The driver, a military reservist from Tennessee, pulled out an assault rifle and fired at least 25 rounds, killing the officer before turning the gun on himself.  Just a bit eerie to hear this.

 

See you (or should I say hear you) next week bro.

[Jon]

Damn! I was shocked! Almost had to turn it off because of my sensitive ears!

 

OK, the 500 miles song...I could swear I heard that before, and I know The Hooters had a song titled "500 Miles" that kinda sounds like this one. But they songwriting credit goes to themselves, not someone else. Hmm....

 

And that nuclear war song was downright funny!