Posted on 01/20/2008 8:53:06 AM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK
John Stewart, Musician, Dead at 68 6 hours ago
SAN DIEGO (AP) — John Stewart, who wrote the Monkees hit "Daydream Believer" and became a well-known figure in the 1960s folk music revival as a member of The Kingston Trio, has died, according to the band's Web site. He was 68.
Stewart suffered a massive stroke or brain aneurysm and died early Saturday at a San Diego hospital, the band announced on its official Web site.
"The world has lost one of its best men, but a man who lived well and made many people happy with his love, his wit and his music," the announcement said.
Stewart joined The Kingston Trio in 1961, three years after the band released its version of an old folk song, "Tom Dooley," that went on to become a hit. Stewart replaced the band's founder Dave Guard, who had left to pursue a new musical direction.
Stewart spent six years leading the group, during which time the band recorded 13 albums, according to its Web site.
After the trio disbanded in 1967, Stewart went on to an acclaimed solo career that included recording more than 40 albums.
Stewart's wife Buffy and children were at his side when he died, the Web site said. Plans had not been announced for memorial services.
On the Net: Kingston Trio,: http://www.kingstontrio.com
http://members.aol.com/clackclack/discog5.htm
That makes 3
I rode up a chair lift at Heavenly Valley Ski Resort with him in ‘62. Nice guy. Kind of shy.
RIP
Pleshette, Stewart, ??
Who’s number 3?
I was pretty excited for a moment there. j/k
May God bless his soul.
Allan Melvin. He played Sam the butcher on the Brady Bunch
gosh darn it.. wrong John Stewart.
"Nobody else... can walk it for you...
You got to walk it by yourself..."
*************
The Reverend Mr.. Black
(2nd Chorus)
(Recorded by the Kingston Trio circa 1963)
>>>Who’s number 3?
This makes 4 if you want to count CBC sportscaster Don Wittman...
And actually, five, if you count Bobbie Fisher.
John was my uncle. Just damn.
So sorry for you loss. The album that included “Daydream Believer” was one of the first records I ever owned -back when I was in 7th grade in 1967. I remember my sisters and I played it over and over again.
Thank God for that. He is too funny and too young. You should be ashamed for hoping somebody died anyway...that is not conservative! Or at least add a sarc..
sorry forgot /s
Didn’t know that...when? Worked with Don on one of the lottery shows in Winnipeg in the ‘70’s and bumped into him again at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
Good guy.
Don Wittman, sports broadcaster, dies at 71
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP)
— Don Wittman, the CBC announcer who called some of Canada’s most significant sporting events, has died. He was 71.
Wittman died Saturday of cancer, his family said in a statement on CBC’s Web site.
Your uncle was a great singer-songwriter. I grew up on my dad's Kingston Trio records and consider the songs "Lost Her in the Sun" and "Gold" two of the best songs of the late 1970s. Recently I was lucky enough to find some of his later music on iTunes and enjoyed it immensely.
I am sorry for your loss. I loved “Daydream Believer.”
It’s way beyond 3. It’s getting to be every day.
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