Posted on 08/26/2017 11:42:57 AM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
http://www.blumenthalarts.org/events/detail/the-kingston-trio
It’s a gorgeous venue, a converted circa 1930 church space. My husband and I saw Mac MacAnally there a few weeks ago: just Mac, ten guitars, and a drummer. Fantastic.
It looks, from the photo, like one of the Trio may be original. When we saw the Gypsy Kings last year, the lead singer was from the original group, and an ancient guy who seemed to have dementia was standing blankly in the middle of the stage, playing guitar that made us gasp. The rest of the group was sons, nephews, grandsons ... young men playing rhythm nonstop for two hours and singing backup.
What???? That channel is the primary reason why I subscribe...........LOL!
Mine was the Kingston Trio at the Carter Barron Amphitheater in DC.Small World
Amen Brother.
try listening to old jose jimenez cuts if you want to hear something that is really out of date, and frankly, should be in my view.
Something as fundamental as the underlying musical culture doesn't die overnight. People alive in the 1920's did not realize they were at the top of a long slippery slope. They continued to have deep roots in the traditional music world, and they passed this along to their kids, who were at least learning the old songs even if they spent most of their time listening to records or the radio. Those of us born in the 1950's were probably at the tail end of the decline curve. We still learned a fair sampling of American classics -- mostly drawn from the traditional and folk music tradition -- in school. Today's kids get almost none of this.
If you doubt this, take a look at the songs schoolchildren are taught today. I'll bet almost none of them come from the old time Americana list. A lot of them will be internationalist and third world in origin. And none of it will be tunes that kids actually remember, will want to remember, or will ever sing again once their school musical show is over. The kids will all have extensive favorites lists, of course, and these tunes will be almost entirely pop hits of the last ten years. A very few sophisticates might have warmed to classic rock. None will have a musical orientation that extends back beyond that, unless their parents are traditional music fans.
A group like the Kingston Trio represented the last afterglow of a dying tradition. One can still find traditional music, of course, but it is just one more exotic genre among many, and it is no longer taken for granted or taught. Middle and high school kids today don't even know the Battle Hymn of the Republic and Dixie, or Shenandoah, Yankee Doodle, Home on the Range, any Stephen Foster songs, any Civil War songs, etc. We have suppressed our own musical heritage.
It's really pretty simple. The great old songs reflected a tradition in which people made their own music. The tunes are accessible. They don't require professional voices or elaborate instrumentation or studio effects. You can sing along with them and, with a little practice, actually do a pretty good job.
I hope one of the ones you found was “Down and Out”, a Judy Hensky solo.
Dottie West... I loved Dottie West. I saw her in Vegas as the opening act before either Kenny Rogers or Glenn Campbell. (Obviously I recall the opening act more than the main event.) So sad when she died.
My husband likes Big Band. I think it sounds like white noise.
I do not credit the change the Beatles at all.
I credit it to Payola and to openly sponsored shows pushing rock exclusively.
We never eat cookies because they have yeast
And one little bite turns a man to a beast
Can you imagine a sadder disgrace
Than a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face?
Yes - I liked her so much with the Whiskey Hill Singer I had to get some of her albums - she can really belt it out. But I like her best with the blues.
String of Pearls
Chattanooga Choo-choo
Pennsylvania 6-5000
And many more.
I could tell that Dottie West was a vivacious and sweet woman when I stood behind her and overheard her conversation with the cashier at Nashville’s old Green Hills Pharmacy.
Her tragic death was such a strange chain of events.
I don't think I have 20 songs that were made after 1990.
But you're right about the Kingston Trio and about music in general.At least 99.98% of the "hits" released since 1990 have been absolute swill.
Never heard of the Whiskey Hill Singers but many years ago I heard a song that stuck in my mind since I first heard it.Didn't know the title or who did it.Then,only a few years ago,I stumbled upon it again...this time with title and artist.
It was "High Flying Bird" by Judy Henske and to this day it's one of my *50* favorites.
IIRC it was released in the early/mid 60's.
Excellent points.
I had the hungry i album, damn hear wore it out. I don’t remember that.
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