scene. CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ Dave Guard, founder of the Kingston Trio, which brought folk music from the coffee houses to mainstream America with songs such as the haunting ''Tom Dooley'' and the rollicking ''MTA,'' has died at 56. On October 1, 1866, the trial of Tom Dula began. Have you heard about the huge dust cloud we had here in Phoenix? he asks. When did Bill Zorn leave the Kingston Trio? Over the years, the more politically oriented part of the folk music community would use this decision as one of their main complaints about the group. The details of Kingston Trios early days are fascinating, but sadly only one man is left to tell the tale: Bob Shane, the groups lead singer and rhythm guitarist. After that show aired, Shane and Guard reconciled enough to begin talking about a reunion, but Guard tragically contracted lymphoma and died before the plans could come to fruition. Donald David Guard (October 19, 1934 March 22, 1991) was an American folk singer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist. Area publisher, Celestial Arts of Millbrae, accepted it. Werber's offer, however, was contingent upon replacing Gannon and Bogue, and shortly thereafter both left the group. They were not only successful, however, they changed the. - Dave Guard, Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds Dave Guard formed Dave Guard & The Whiskeyhill Singers immediately after his departure from The Kingston Trio. The occasions when it attempted serious renditions of folk ballads ("Tom Dooley," for instance) it fell short. Truly Fair, a song Shane learned in 1951 and sang during his Hawaiian Elvis days, was tried out, but it was found wanting and dropped from the act. He was married to Gretchen Walling Ballard. As the group grew more popular on the Bay Areas campuses, it began to sing in such legendary San Francisco musical meccas of the era as The Purple Onion and The Hungry i.. The crowd was pounding their feet on the bleachers and making this weird rumbling sound. Bob Shane, the last surviving original member of the Kingston Trio, whose smooth close harmonies helped transform folk music from a dusty niche genre into a dominant brand of pop music in the 1950s and 60s, died on Sunday in Phoenix. Dave Guard formed Dave Guard & The Whiskeyhill Singers immediately after his departure We seemed to be the only tourists in Northern Ireland Dave Guard, founder of the Kingston Trio, which brought folk music from the coffee houses to mainstream America with songs like the haunting "Tom Dooley" and the rollicking "MTA," died. This song's imagery, rhythmic drive, tasteful fills and trademark Kingston When I called him for this story, I was pleased to discover that he had been thinking quite a bit about that period himself. design for it. for Folk Era Records. "That's when our career took off," Reynolds said. We were both big fans of the Weavers and just loved the way they harmonized. of rock 'n' roll, upsetting and tearing apart. Warner recorded his version in 1952; it was later covered by the Folksay Trio and the Tarriers. In 1962, the Kingston Trio reached an out-of-court settlement, and to this day Tom Dooley, a song that dates back to the 1860s and was first recorded by Grayson and Whitter in 1929, 18 years before Folk Song U.S.A. was printed, bears the copyright notice Frank Warner-John A. Lomax-Alan Lomax. MJS, Wire and Hinges: How Pedal Steel Guitar Legend Bud Isaacs Changed the Course of Country Music, 2221 NW 56th St. #101, Seattle, WA 98107 | (877) 373-8273, 2016-23 Fretboard Journal. Buddy's parents met in 1959 when the senior Mr. Woodward auditioned for his mother's folk group, The Mark III Trio. The roots of the Kingston Trio go back to the early 1950s, to the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where fellow students Bob Shane and Dave Guard first met. of the Kingston Trio and today's singer. After their run at the Purple Onion ended in December 1957, the group prepared to record their first LP. Hawaiian culture and music played an important part in his school's educational program. site to listen to your song choices. Run Joe, which Guard used to sing with the Calypsonions, was in the act for a while, but was never recorded. In the early 1970s, Shane formed a group called the New Kingston Trio to perform different material. Upon completion of his final year of high school in 1952 at Menlo School, a private prep school in Menlo Park, California, he matriculated at nearby Stanford University, graduating in 1957 with a degree in economics. While Tom was awaiting the second trial, a now-unknown composer wrote the second song about the murder, which opened with the Hang your head Tom Dula line. The Grammy people wanted to call us folk singers, to give us a Grammy for folk music, but they didnt have a folk singing category, Shane recalls. It completely blacked out the airport to the point where they had to cancel all of the flights. This is the lyric that evolved into the hit song of the Kingston Trio. It could evoke in a listener vivid images and emotions song after February 19, 1978. It was like a mile high and a hundred miles wide. His backing group on this album was The Modern Folk Quartet, which included former Whiskeyhill Singer Cyrus Faryar. The Weavers, who were a major influence on Shane and Guard, had their careers ended because of the entertainment blacklist during the McCarthy Era. We were all pretty natural performers. [13], On March 22, 1991, aged 56, he succumbed to the cancer. Then the Bay It all started back at Stanford, where Gretchen Ballard and In late June, Tom panicked and ran for the border. He did four tracks on a 12-track cassette recorded to accompany the "All Along the Merrimac" tour of New Hampshire and a final solo album, Up & In (1988), which received mixed reviews. haven in an Australian beach town" and then back to the Bay Area "to We werent folksingers, Shane stresses. The nonmusical stuff, some of it was rehearsed, but a lot of it was off-the-cuff, or started off the cuff and then became part of the act, Shane says. Dave Guard/Up & In, Folk Era Records 1988 - courtesy of Peter Overly. repertoire. ", The couple's children are Catherine, now 19 and a pre-opera After the second trial, Tom Dula was hanged on May 1, 1868. The rest of 1959 was a blur of recording sessions, television appearances and concerts. In 1959, they continued to thrivebut things began to get a little weird. Along with Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane, he was one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio. The success of the album and the single earned the Kingston Trio a Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Performance for Tom Dooley at the awards inaugural ceremony in 1959. Tom appealed the verdict and a new trial was held, which also reached a guilty verdict. Other deejays across the country followed their lead, forcing Capitol to release the song as a single. THE MARY ELLEN CARTER - Dave Guard - from Up And In Their voices can be heard on "The Erie Canal," "900 miles," "The Ox Driver," and "Raise A Ruckus Tonight". Ivy Leaguers, talked about their life together, from "the little green Reynolds was in the hospital's ICU for several weeks before his family . Place. The original members were Dave Guard (b. October 19, 1934, San Francisco, California, U.S.d. THE BONNIE SHIP THE DIAMOND - from Dave Guard & The Whiskeyhill Singers - 1962 - Capitol Records. "My daughter Catherine's ambition to be in show business launched me on At the time, none of us could read music, and this was the best way of doing that. The Kingston Trio then had three remarkably fruitful years until they fell out with Guard, who was later replaced by John Stewart. Until his return to the United States in 1968, Guard gave guitar lessons and, with the help of his wife, Gretchen, wrote a book, Colour Guitar, describing a unique guitar teaching method relating music theory to a 12-valued chain of chords with color. In the summer of 1961 fans were shocked when learning of Dave's departure "Now, after 20 years, I know much more about When Tom heard that deputies from Wilkes County were coming to arrest him, he ran away, only to be hunted down and arrested by Grayson. act and the desire to perform and be heard." the Kingston Trio, American folk group that helped spark the folk music revival of the 1960s. The Kingston Trio were one such group, transforming folk music into a hot commodity and creating a demand where none had existed before for young men (sometimes with women) strumming acoustic guitars and banjos and singing folk songs and folk-like novelty songs in harmony. Quit partying after hours: stop being a corny ham; dont be a clown, read one of Werbers many notes to Shane from the early days. program. In 1959, before the folk category was established, the group won a Grammy for the best country-Western recording for Tom Dooley, the groups best-selling single. Im very upset, said Nick Reynolds, a member of the trio since its founding in 1957. on successfully pursuing their separate endeavors. The Kingston Trio Collectors ' Series, 1990. John Stewart, who replaced Dave Guard in 1961, died in 2008; Frank Werber, the Trios manager, died in 2007; and Voyle Gilmore, their producer at Capitol Records, died in 1979. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. "We were lucky to be able to do it early." The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. years on her book illustrations at the same time she was running the home, being On May 4, at the inaugural Grammy Awards ceremony, they won the award for Best Country and Western Performance for Tom Dooley, a fact that didnt, and still doesnt, sit well with the Nashville establishment. After leaving the group, Mr. Guard started the Whiskyhill Singers and moved to Australia, where he lived until 1968 and where he was host of a television show. That, combined with some dissatisfaction with the way their publishing earnings were handled, caused Guard to leave the band, to be replaced by the highly capable singer-songwriter John Stewart. Initially, they were booked into nightclubs like Chicagos Mr. Kellys and New Yorks Blue Angel and the Village Vanguard, venues where they shared stages with jazz artists and cabaret performers. 'You'll be more peaceful,' them with counterpoint and chord and vocal phrasing. Wir freuen uns, Ihnen das brandneue Lego 41027 einfhren zu drfen! Judy Henske featured solo on "Careless Love". The sound was accessible and instantly comfortable. The original Kingston Trio: from left, Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane. Throughout the early years, Dave Guard's sharp wit, excellent musicianship, and quirky but Time passes. show, "Dave's Place," and Gretchen, who always painted, gave him the Their hits included Tom Dooley, The M.T.A., The Tijuana Jail, Where Have All The Flowers Gone, A Worried Man, plus many others. How do I create a SharePoint List template? In addition to writing and recording, Guard also found time to produce the video Workout for Equestrians with Ingrid Gsottschneider for Golden Arrow Enterprises.[12]. Dave Guard Folksinger #136570. Two of the bands most famous songs showed up under fairly mysterious circumstances. Dave Guard, founder of the Kingston Trio, which brought folk music from the coffee houses to mainstream America with songs such as the haunting ``Tom Dooley' and the rollicking ``MTA,' Dave Guard remained active as a musician until his death from cancer in March of 1991, writing several music instruction books and becoming deeply involved with what had become known as world music.Bob Shane had opposed the breakup, however, and in 1972 re-formed the Kingston Trio (initially as the New Kingston Trio), amid the same '50s . . 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His memorial service in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was attended by Bob Shane, Glen Yarbrough, the Limeliters and many other figures from the folk world. March 22, 1991 Dave Guard/Date of death CONCORD, N.H. Dave Guard, 56, a founder of the immensely popular Kingston Trio, which brought folk music from the coffee houses to mainstream America with songs such as the haunting "Tom Dooley" and the rollicking "MTA," died of lymphoma March 22 at his home in Rollinsford, N.H. Four episodes of Dave's Place featured Judy Henske as a guest performer. We also liked Tahitian music because it was more up-tempo than Hawaiian music. Dave Guard remarried during this time, and lived with his wife in Los Altos, California. "There 'Deirdre,' it has a happy ending," Dave said. In 1861 Tom went off to fight in the Civil War. This Bay Area representative of a Trinity County summer camp and studying design. ", Their hotel in Armagh, the Ulster Arms, had its sign blasted I cant say it enough. [10], After the breakup of the Singers in 1961, Guard had returned to Hawaii. Dave Guard was born on October 19, 1934 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Under contract with Capitol Records, the Trio became a huge commercial and influential success.[1]. Guard's daughter Sally died in 2001, also from cancer. Warner himself then created a shorter version of the song based on Proffitts that was included in the anthology Folk Song U.S.A., compiled by John and Alan Lomax in 1947. Most of the people in the area assumed that Laura had run away, but about a month later rumors started to spread that Tom had murdered her. to the Stanford library, then, during the summer of 1972 in the British Isles I remember the model number because it was the same as the Martin guitar. In 1961, they recorded It Was a Very Good Year, a song composed for Bob Shane by Ervin Drake, only to have it become a massive hit for Frank Sinatra. Law360 (June 27, 2019, 8:26 PM EDT) -- Members of the latest iteration of legendary 1950s folk and pop group The Kingston Trio have again come to blows both literally and figuratively over. With material gathered from a variety of sources, under Guard's musical arrangements and direction, the Kingston Trio quickly became a success. In 1957, back again as a trio as in their previous college days, they changed its name to The Kingston Trio.[4]. He also made occasional concert appearances with John Stewart, his replacement in the Trio who was by then a respected and successful solo performer. 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According to Guard, his own first serious exposure to stringed instruments came from Shane, who taught him the rudiments of playing the six-string guitar. when I had appendicitis. hotel rooms" during the trio touring days to a retreat "for a family Over the years, the former friends rarely spoke to each other. Territory of Hawaii. They demonstrated the commercial viability of acoustic guitar-driven music, and the folk boom they inspired paved the way for musicians like Bob Dylan and Joan Baez among countless others. Guard And The Calypsonians - acetate demo The group continued to perform for six years as the Kingston Trio before disbanding in 1967, with John Stewart taking Guards place. DAVE GUARD. student; Tom, 17, who wants to be a filmmaker, and Sally, 15, and a soccer champion. Nick Reynolds became like a foster father to me . [9], Following his return from Australia in 1968 and his wife's 1970 graduation from Stanford with a degree in art, Guard and his wife collaborated in researching, writing, and publishing a book on the ancient Irish folk tale, Deirdre of the Sorrows, followed by a second book about a 400-year-old Hawaiian folk tale. During the next several years in Australia, Dave had a musical-variety television show called Dave's Purple Onion and into the national big time as the Kingston Trio. (As the history shows, the story was really about Tom Dooley and three women, making the situation more of an Eternal Trapezoidand Mr. Grayson was just an important but minor character. Around that time, Reynolds recalled, he and Shane were attending Menlo College, in Palo Alto, Calif., and they used to get together to sing for fun. the laws of physics. After Toms death, the three songs remained popular in North Carolina, but over time, the Hang your head Tom Dula version won out. Thirteen of the group's albums, which included such hit songs as "A Worried Man" and "Tijuana Jail," reached the Top Ten. I did a few different things like singing Harry Belafonte and Hank Williams songs, but what most people dont know is I was the first Elvis Presley impersonator in the world, Shane says. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Guard died of lymphatic cancer in 1991. Tom Dula was sent back to North Carolina, where he and Ann Foster Melton were charged with the murder of Laura Foster. "I wanted to illustrate children's books, and while Over the next several years, Dave Guard put out a couple of eclectic but fine solo albums He played exquisite, heartbreaking country Whole Lotta Shakin' and he starts was forced to leave his mansion . CONCORD, N.H. Dave Guard, 56, a founder of the immensely popular Kingston Trio, which brought folk music from the coffee houses to mainstream America with songs such as the haunting Tom Dooley and the rollicking MTA, died of lymphoma March 22 at his home in Rollinsford, N.H. Deceased (19362009) ", "Three Jolly Coachmen", and "Raspberries, Strawberries". They moved to a dream world in Australia. Thats when our career took off, Reynolds said. In the summer of 1957, comedian Phyllis Diller was forced at the last minute to cancel a weeklong booking at San Franciscos Purple Onion nightclub. configurations of The Kingston Trio at Six Flags Magic Mountain Park, in California, on November 7, 1981. IMPORTANT! If we had the time, we really liked to go to Reno or Vegas and see the lounge acts. In 1940, a folklorist named Frank Warner made a field recording of Wilkes County native Frank Proffitt singing a version of the song that had the same melody but somewhat different lyrics as the Grayson and Whitter version. Bob Shane, the last original member of the Kingston Trio, who kept the famed San Francisco band's harmonies and folk legend alive by touring with younger sidemen as the Kingston Trio long. Dave Guard died in March 1991, at 51, of lymphatic cancer. The Kingston Trio may have debuted on the folk music scene in the 1950s, but an iteration of the band is still touring and a dispute over who exactly should be in that group has sparked a. He and Bogue eventually married.). Maybe it was a bit of all these with a lot of verve thrown into a wonderfully, eclectic Dave also is busy We flew in that thing all the hell over. The sound was professional. The 'Kingston Trio' recorded on such labels as, Capitol, Folk Era, Silverwolf, Pair, Collector's Choice Music, CEMA, and MCA, and had many hit songs in their 11 year history. I wanted to talk to Bob Shane about the early days of the Kingston Trio. Guard was aware that among the Kingston Trio, he was the only one who could read music and who had some understanding of music theory; his partners basically played by rote, and the three of them sang in simple three-part harmony. The original trio had nine gold albums, with "The Kingston Trio at the Hungry i" its most succesful. "In the old days we had an energy Shane and Gambill replaced him with George Grove, a professionally trained singer and instrumentalist from North Carolina who had been working in Nashville as a studio musician. Oh, yes, and he played a Vega Pete Seeger too, as you can see. He quickly discovered that people really wanted to hear all the old songs. 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