THE KINGSTON TRIO
É um grupo formado em 1957 e ainda atuante. Cantam principalmente "folk songs" e se acompanham com banjos e violão tenor. Ao longo dos anos o grupo teve várias formações, como se constata na biografia abaixo transcrita.
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THE KINGSTON TRIO
The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group formed in 1957 in the Palo Alto, California, by who were just out of college. Greatly influenced by The Weavers, the calypso sounds Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds, of Harry Belafonte and other folk artists such as the Gateway Singers. The group's music was simple and accessible, with much use of tight vocal harmony, signature riffs (often played on the banjo), and repetitive choruses. Capitol producer Voyle Gilmore enhanced their vocal sound with reverb and the relatively new process of doubletracking, in which the performers sang along with their own prerecorded part to produce a stronger sound than with a single voice, in part due to a natural gap of a fraction of a second between the original recording and the overdubbed part. The Trio disbanded on June 17, 1967. Shane, the lone member to resist the breakup, started a new group,
The New Kingston Trio, in 1969 with Jim Connor and Pat Horine. By 1973 the trio was Shane, Roger Gambill, and Bill Zorn. Zorn left in 1976, and was replaced by George Grove. Bob Haworth, a member of The Brothers Four from 1970 to 1985, sang with the Trio from 1985 until 1988, filling in for Gambill, who was hospitalized, and eventually replaced him when Gambill died that year. In 1988, Nick Reynolds, one of the original three members, returned, replacing Bob Haworth. Reynolds retired in 1999, and Haworth returned to the Trio through 2005. In 2005, Shane retired from the group due to health problems. He was replaced by the returning Bill Zorn, leaving The Limeliters, who he'd been a member of in the 1990s. Also coming from the Limeliters was Rick Dougherty, who replaced Haworth, who'd also left the group. As of 2006, The Kingston Trio consists of George Grove, Zorn, and Dougherty. Through the years, the most requested song for The Kingston Trio was "Scotch and Soda"
(Source: wikipedia, edited by CB)
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MINHA OPINIÃO - este álbum, um vinyl dos anos 60, nos traz o KT intepretando "folk songs", a sua especialidade. Seu estilo de vocalização - blocos fechados de três vozes - difere bastante das vocalizações dos grupos que cultivam este gênero de música , que usualmente utilizam polifonia e contracanto. Em alguns momentos sua
sonoridade lembra a do fantástico "Page Cavanaugh Trio": discreta e sem os arroubos virtuosísticos e "dós-de-peito" tão comuns nos grupos do gênero. Apesar de não ser admirador de grupos de "folk song" o "Kingston Trio", de todos os que já ouvi, é o melhor e o que mais me agrada.
(*)Como se constata na biografia do grupo, em suas gravações mais recentes eles passaram a dublar as vozes, criando um som mais encorpado. Neste álbum, todavia, ainda não utilizam o recurso do "overdubbing".
(**)Agradeço ao nosso amigo JEAN TROMBONE, que nos ofertou mais esta preciosidade.
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THE KINGSTON TRIO: String Along
THE KINGSTON TRIO
Dave Guard
Bob Shane
Nick Reynolds
TRACKS/FAIXAS:
Bad Man's Blunder
The Escape Of Old John Webb
When I Was Young
Leave My Woman Alone
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon
Everglades
Buddy Better Get On Down The Line
South Wind
Who's Gonna Hold Her Hand
To Morrow
Colorado Trail
The Tatooed Lady
