Long ago in the late 1960s in a bar in Sausalito, California, someone started playing a guitar and singing. Most people didn't pay much attention and just drifted in and out as people do in a bar. But my friend and I recognized him as Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio, who was performing anonymously for the fun of it. What a treat it was.
I think you mean the late 50s. I remember them from before I went in the service. Then came the Brothers Four. But Burl Ives and Woody Guthrie came long before. Great stuff.
I was fortunate to be in the Army and station near San Fransico when my young wife and I would go to the Hungry Eye ... and listen to the Kingston Trio. WOW ... just too good. And now at 91 years old, I still remember what the good times and what nice guys they were. Play a little while and then come over and sit with you and visit ... and drink. Good times. Thanks for the memories ... Ken Jones
Watching on my Dads (10-16-24) 88th birthday. He loved singing this song. He passed on 12-12-12, but he and this song will forever be close to my heart
That nightclub in S.F.’s North Beach neighborhood styled itself ‘The Hungry i,’ which I always thought was beatnik-influenced. The hungry intellectual? The Kingston Trio album of that name has the small ‘i’. S.F. columnist Herb Caen would have known the origin and meaning of that lower-case i. Do any old-timers remember?
I was being taken to jail and the police had some hard rock on the radio. I said "Do I have to listen to that?" He switched to a radio station I requested and Tom Dooley was playing. . Never forget as I hung down my head
They're making music like this right now as we speak it's just not publicized by America's media so no radio player television play they opted for the dirty rap
I saw them ~1998? in Burlington Vermont. The Shaw Brothers opened. The Shaw Brothers were fantastic. About the third song from the Kingston Trio the people in the crowd started leaving and actually a few songs later we did too. Not every group stands the test of time gracefully and they just sounded loud. The Shaw Brothers were worth it though.
When I was 11 years old, living in a small Oregon coastal logging town, my parents owned a grocery store there. One day this little toe-head boy about 8 or 9 came into the backroom where I was and started talking a mile a minute. His dad started looking for him and came into the back room this tanned, well-dressed mustachioed short man. The young boy told me"this is my dad, Nick Reynolds". I didn't know him from adam. Well, Nick and family moved to my little town and lived there for the next 15-20 years. Once we realized who that was, we learned all their songs and can sing them verbatim to this day.
Connie Crawford: when I googled it, it showed Tom Dula 1866 -68 Supreme court case Tom Dula and Ann Melton were accused of the murder of Laura Foster. Dula, a Confederate veteran, was defended by the former North Carolina Governor, Zebulon B. Vance.
ridgview Yeah? I forgot the spelling was Dula which, in the mountains of NC, is pronounced closer to “ Dooley”.The story was known in NC history for years before the Kingston Trio made the story famous!
When I was 4 years old in 1960 Mom said I sang this sad song in the hospital bed I was in and was very ill at the time with a very high fever but do not know what illness I had at the time !
The real deal, Dave, Nick, and Bob, and we couldn't get enough of these guys and their sound. To this day, nothing has touched this solid American music.
...and when ! was 12 I was listening to them in Italy. then Elvis arrived, then Jerry LL, then Tony Cash.and then and then.... now I think the music is tired!😀👋
After being introduced to The Kingston Trio in 1959 at the age of 10 by my college student sister, I was hooked. Sixty years later, I still sing [and remember the words to] Scotch and Soda, The MTA and Merry Minuet. The original Kingston Trio, gone, but never forgotten.
here's a funny one, i live in the boston area and we had friends from california visiting so we took them into boston on the subway system. well i like to sing and i sang outloud for them the whole mta song while danced about the car. i sort of created a bit of a scene there because the other passengers were like wtf is with this guy but we had a good laugh over it.
Even as a tender 12-year old, I could appreciate the ironic humor of the Merry Minuet. I've always had a soft spot for Raspberries, Strawberries. Scotch and Soda is a gem. MTA is plain silly. Live at the Hungry I is my favorite KT album.
This is where it all began for me, at the tender age of eight in 1958, after seeing them on Ed Sullivan. Yes, love the hungry i. College Concert from '65 is great too.
Back in the early 80 my dad would take my brother and I camping in the Adirondacks every summer to a place called Lake Wakonda located in Pottersville, NY. Driving in his old station wagon, he played the Kingston Trio's greatest hits in the cassette deck front and back multiple times. I had my Sony Walkman to "drown them out" but at the age of 53, I feel like Tom Dooley at times wanting to just smile.
I haven’t heard of the Kingston Trio since my cousins played The “M.T.A” song In their van, Then heard them from my mom and grandparents. Me and My stuff Buffalos wrote “Zero” from Tom Dooley cause it was about our dog. I would like to thank my grandparents to listen to The Kingston Trio songs RIP, I love you
I live in Coronado, CA, the "hometown" of the KT. Blessed to have seen them perform live for the citizens of that beautiful place over numerous years in Spreckel's Park. But, no more. A shame. Iconic.
This was the first american folk song that I heard when a was 7 or 8 years old in Spain. This song and this Trio marked my life since. That was the music that was going to surround me until now; Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul & Mary, and so many others. Not only listening to them, but also performing and enjoying singing with friends.
Dear Connor Jones - thank you for posting this. I was fourteen when I first heard Tom Dooley by The Kingston Trio (and bought the 45 rpm) in Eltham, South London UK. I had never seen this performance. Their stage presence is outstanding as is their presentation - the changes of position whilst they are singing are really effective. Just wow!
What's interesting is that in the uk this is pretty much all they're known for, it was a big hit across the world at the time. In the USA they were the most successful group of the 1950s and one of the most successful groups of all time. Yet only known in the uk for this one gem
@@jonah8332 Stewart wrote songs for the Trio for a few years prior to Guards leaving in '60. Stewart was hired to replace him but there were legal actions between Guard and Shane as to who owned the name. It was finally settled and Stewart became the 4th "original" member of the Trio until the group disbanded in '67. There have been iterations of the group ever since and the group continues to this day. Sadly Guard, Stewart, Reynolds, and Shane have passed - in that order.
@@tomsampson8084 John Stewart never became a full financial member, certainly a performing and writing member but was only paid a salary and not ownership as far as I know.
They got me started playing guitar in 1963. We got to open for them in the early 90’s. Still two originals, Nick and Bob. Very gracious. When I asked Bob if they ever got tired of singing Tom Dooley he said “that song has been very good to us “.
I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
This was one of my fathers favorite groups but I had never heard any of their songs until now. Now I can't get this song out of my head. What a hauntingly great song. Wish I had grown up back then. The music these days is just nothing but garbage.
No, that is not true. I'll admit this is beautifull music. But still today there is some beautifull music being made also. But you have to search for it. Search for White Buffalo and Wish it was true. You probably will like it. Greetings.from the Nerherlands,
I’ll never forget when I got to see them live in Batavia, IL when I was 9 years old, in 1995, with my dad and Grandma. It was my first concert and I’m grateful for that moment.
I grew up listening to groups like this. I saw this trio live in an area high school. I remember how excited my dad was to see them. Of course, at five, I was clueless.
Came across this folk song again after many years. Remember seeing this segment w/The Kingston Trio on our old black & white tv alongside with my grandmother when I was just 5 or 6 yrs of age. I cried and cried. This song about Tom Dooley has always remained in a special place in my heart. ♥️ Tom Dula survived The Civil War only to come home to his hometown to renew a disastrous love affair that ended in the unfortunate demise of this beautiful young mother-to-be. He may have not plunged the knife into his lover's heart though I believe he was there. Very sad true life event. Needless violence goes back way too long in the history of human lives involving matters of love and the heart. Back to The Kingston Trio...I loved all of their songs and they were a big influence in my life since they introduced me to Folk Music. 🎶
My Dad gave my sister and I an album of the Kingston Trio and the Smothers Brothers back in the mid 70's and we played them over and over again! Thanks Dad!!
This takes me back to 1958 during my medical posting to a new RAF Hospital near Wegberg in Germany, we formed a skiffle group, tea chest bass, washboard, guitars and banjo, and this was one of the many songs we played at Xmas concerts, parties, hospital dances etc. Back in the day when we made our own entertainment. Great memories of those times. Thank you for sharing this. 👍😁🎼🇬🇧🇦🇺🔭
@@honestj820 Thanks for your reply, in my mid 80's now and still doing many varied hobbies and some serious science in climate research at the local university. Bought a Yamaha Arranger SX900 keyboard a couple of years ago and spend an hour or so most nights relearning much I had forgotten. Always played wind instruments-clarinet & flute mainly after my guitar days when skiffle and trad jazz became a thing of the past. They were fun days, an era we will never see the likes of again. The world has changed so much and in many ways, not for the better. Honest John, I wish you well from my location 'down under', formally from Leeds, Yorkshire, UK, left there in '68 for a better climate and a safer place to live. Take care.
@@ShevillMathers Sounds good 👌. I’ve been to Yorkshire before it’s a very beautiful place to stay…..I’m originally from Norway 🇳🇴 but live in Houston Texas. Have you been to Texas before..?
I grew up with the Kingston Trio, Brothers Four, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul and Mary and Judy Collins. I would listen to Nick, Bob and John over and over again. My brother Tim and his best friend Tommy sang folk songs in Cleveland and down at Kent State bars during that time of life. Those were the good old days of sing -a-longs and simpler times. RIP all of you who have given us some of the best real music of our lives.
Brings back a lot of memories. First time I had ever heard this and Peter, Paul and Mary doing Puff the Magic Dragon. I was somewhere under the Atlantic ocean on a submarine listening on the (unauthorized) juke box in the mess area. Great times for sure.
My dad had this album. I would listen to it all day long if I could. And I began singing all the songs along with the Kingston Trio. I loved listening to them.
i was not yet born in 1958.. great singers of yesteryear with great songs.....hard to believed years is passing so fast...but the great music of yesteryear giving us the joy of feeling younger again while listening to it...those were the great old days of great music and great singers...great music will outlive the past generation and the great music remain forever..
They started it all! The whole bang shoot of 60s music, musical transformation, popular music, new themes, new lyrics, the guitar! Everything else is after them! That was true for my life at least.
I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
Thanks for sharing this. It brings me straight to my childhood, driving in the Buick with my father humming the bass. Man, the images this song created in my young mind were vivid.
Almost the beginning of greatness (this was actually their second 45, Three Jolly Coachmen / Scarlet Ribbons was first). One of the most impeccable legacies in all of music. Humbled and grateful that I got to know Bob Shane, Dave Guard and Nick Reynolds a bit in their final years. Job well done, gentlemen. Thank you for your service.
Honoring Bob Shane b. 2/1/34 - d. 1/26/20 It was with great pleasure and a great honor to have known and worked with the original Kingston Trio and their legacy today is firmly intact. As the exclusive agency for the heirs we at Producers, Inc. enjoy seeing the original energy and sound kept alive and well for sold-out audiences across the country. I enjoyed many hours of fun and adventure with BOB SHANE. He ran the organization and kept the TRIO and legacy active these many years. Thank you, Bob for your loyalty, perseverance and love of folk music and its impact world-wide. We will continue our responsibility to keep your music alive. You will be missed. Craig Hankenson, President, Producers, Inc.
My dad introduced me to folk about 60 yrs ago, it always spoke the truth, made us think of others, and made us think of how we can make the world a better place for all. We knew then that the world was not just us within our borders. I wish people would listen to its true meaning of the lyrics, put it all together and realized the world has to change, or some day there is going to be nothing left to enjoy. Be safe all.
I was blessed to have this on a '45 record in my personal possession in 1973 when I was 8...it made an impact. I still love the song, a really sad song...a ballad of sorts...
College boys they said, isn't it strange that if you look at college boys these days they still look like kids. These were men. Amazing song still, used to be one of my daddy's favorites. He passed four years ago and I still cry when I hear this. He had a lovely timbre voice too.
I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
I loved the Kingston Trio over 50 years, and still play them on my MP3 , my friends still love them too. They should bring their songs back. They kick started Folk Music before "Peter Paul, and Mary. Anyone who has a string instrument can sing along. It would make people feel better in today's world.
Long ago in the late 1960s in a bar in Sausalito, California, someone started playing a guitar and singing. Most people didn't pay much attention and just drifted in and out as people do in a bar. But my friend and I recognized him as Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio, who was performing anonymously for the fun of it. What a treat it was.
Oh, my. I cannot begin to imagine how amazing that would have been. You are so fortunate.
Very Cool Malcolm!
I think you mean the late 50s. I remember them from before I went in the service. Then came the Brothers Four. But Burl Ives and Woody Guthrie came long before. Great stuff.
no name bar or smittys?
@@masonritchie1712 No, on Bridgeway south of Princess St. Possibly where Angelino restaurant is now.
I was fortunate to be in the Army and station near San Fransico when my young wife and I would go to the Hungry Eye ... and listen to the Kingston Trio. WOW ... just too good. And now at 91 years old, I still remember what the good times and what nice guys they were. Play a little while and then come over and sit with you and visit ... and drink. Good times. Thanks for the memories ... Ken Jones
I sincerely wish you more life in good health, more music and everything that makes life truly meaningful.
Thanks so much. I'm glad I happened upon this, I always would have imagined they were like this.
Watching on my Dads (10-16-24) 88th birthday. He loved singing this song. He passed on 12-12-12, but he and this song will forever be close to my heart
That nightclub in S.F.’s North Beach neighborhood styled itself ‘The Hungry i,’ which I always thought was beatnik-influenced. The hungry intellectual?
The Kingston Trio album of that name has the small ‘i’.
S.F. columnist Herb Caen would have known the origin and meaning of that lower-case i. Do any old-timers remember?
3 guys, 2 guitars, 1 banjo, a big bag of wonderful songs that have stood the test of time.
I just wrote a comment that's the opposite of yours. I do not think the Kingston Trio withstood the test of time. They seem very dated.
@@EPA18 so what.
200 years from now, Kingston Trio will still be enjoyed.
@@EPA18 they are dated, but they are still listened to and still enjoyed.. that means that they have stood the test of time.
@@EPA18 They were not very skillfull and very simple, but they had a very distinctive sound and strenght that many people admired, me among them.
I was being taken to jail and the police had some hard rock on the radio. I said "Do I have to listen to that?" He switched to a radio station I requested and Tom Dooley was playing. . Never forget as I hung down my head
Do the crime....do the time. Don't bitch about it. Definite way to avoid the jail time....don't fucking break the law
@@truthcanhurt4800you have most definitely committed crimes in the past, you were just never caught
@@truthcanhurt4800It's a nice story. Chill out. Judge not lest thee be judged.... Punk..
@@perryolsen1370wer ohne sünde ist werfe den ersten Stein!......keiner ist ohne Sünde!!
@@truthcanhurt4800 And don't run for president if you do
I am 75 and this song still makes me cry.I have had a stroke so can no longer play my guitar or ukulele.
Hold Fast, friend.
God bless you sir
The most important thing is in your heart and your mind, not in your hands.
but ya got memory's
I feel the same. Listened to them since late 50s
Great lyrics great harmony. Music has degraded for so many reasons. The likes of this group will never be witnessed again.
They're making music like this right now as we speak it's just not publicized by America's media so no radio player television play they opted for the dirty rap
Love that so song! It brings back so many memories of a simpler time!
Timeless
I'm 74 and these guys got me playing guitar and being in folk groups for the next 30 years.
I was stunned by these guys from the first notes. Still feel like a college kid hearing them.,,
I was 4 years old. Didn't know English, but feel the story🙈
I’m lucky to have reached 82 - and remember this song very well - Thank you!
May you have many more years.
100 more!
I'm just a couple of years behind you, I remember it well and it's still a great song.
I am 80 now and also remembr 🤗❤️
@@Lovedisillusion I hope you have many more good years to come.
I was born in 85, to me this is what music should be.
correct but how can you destroy the past other than not to have it
Their music are immortalized by singers & fans all over the world,it never gets out of fashion.
A great song and band, I. Remember this song and I'll be 75 my next birthday.
I saw them ~1998? in Burlington Vermont. The Shaw Brothers opened.
The Shaw Brothers were fantastic.
About the third song from the Kingston Trio the people in the crowd started leaving and actually a few songs later we did too.
Not every group stands the test of time gracefully and they just sounded loud.
The Shaw Brothers were worth it though.
When I was 11 years old, living in a small Oregon coastal logging town, my parents owned a grocery store there. One day this little toe-head boy about 8 or 9 came into the backroom where I was and started talking a mile a minute. His dad started looking for him and came into the back room this tanned, well-dressed mustachioed short man. The young boy told me"this is my dad, Nick Reynolds". I didn't know him from adam. Well, Nick and family moved to my little town and lived there for the next 15-20 years. Once we realized who that was, we learned all their songs and can sing them verbatim to this day.
The Kingston Trio were the greatest act of that era, until the Beatles changed the music forever.
Hey how are you doing..?
Bob Shane
February 1, 1934 to January 26, 2020
Rest in Peace
Indeed! And thank you for teaching me English (together with Peter, Paul & Mary and Harry Belafonte)!
I’m from NC and “ Tom Doorley” was a real man who killed his girlfriend in Western NC” The Songwriter changed his name to “Dooley” for the song!
Thanks Connie Crawford for that info. I didn’t know it was a true story. Use to sing as a kid and play the 45 RPM record all the time.
Connie Crawford: when I googled it, it showed Tom Dula 1866 -68 Supreme court case Tom Dula and Ann Melton were accused of the murder of Laura Foster. Dula, a Confederate veteran, was defended by the former North Carolina Governor, Zebulon B. Vance.
ridgview Yeah? I forgot the spelling was Dula which, in the mountains of NC, is pronounced closer to “ Dooley”.The story was known in NC history for years before the Kingston Trio made the story famous!
The Kingston Trio forever!! They were the greatest band of their era. This is a great moment in time. Thanks Milton for having them on your programme.
Milton Berle gave us Elvis, too. He was quite progressive!
A flashback to my brother and I singing with their record on our stereo ... lovely days, so long ago.
One of the greatest musical trios of the fifties!
~Dutch
My father, Stan, introduced me to this trio in 1970 (ish) and I will never be able to thank him enough. RIP Dad.
When I was 4 years old in 1960 Mom said I sang this sad song in the hospital bed I was in and was very ill at the time with a very high fever but do not know what illness I had at the time !
The real deal, Dave, Nick, and Bob, and we couldn't get enough of these guys and their sound. To this day, nothing has touched this solid American music.
Those were the days my friend.
Good old happy days reminiscent of the mandolin the guitar and the trio so.plain and simple with a story of Justice .
Folk singing has always been popular.
Yes! I was 5 but loved this song 🎶
...and when ! was 12 I was listening
to them in Italy.
then Elvis arrived,
then Jerry LL, then Tony Cash.and then and then....
now I think the music is tired!😀👋
After being introduced to The Kingston Trio in 1959 at the age of 10 by my college student sister, I was hooked. Sixty years later, I still sing [and remember the words to] Scotch and Soda, The MTA and Merry Minuet. The original Kingston Trio, gone, but never forgotten.
i was born in 1950 and we grew up with all this music. didn't we have a time.
The shirts appear to be made from a mattress cover.
here's a funny one, i live in the boston area and we had friends from california visiting so we took them into boston on the subway system. well i like to sing and i sang outloud for them the whole mta song while danced about the car. i sort of created a bit of a scene there because the other passengers were like wtf is with this guy but we had a good laugh over it.
Even as a tender 12-year old, I could appreciate the ironic humor of the Merry Minuet. I've always had a soft spot for Raspberries, Strawberries. Scotch and Soda is a gem. MTA is plain silly. Live at the Hungry I is my favorite KT album.
This is where it all began for me, at the tender age of eight in 1958, after seeing them on Ed Sullivan.
Yes, love the hungry i. College Concert from '65 is great too.
My papa would sing this song to me before I started school in Detroit MI.
Back in the early 80 my dad would take my brother and I camping in the Adirondacks every summer to a place called Lake Wakonda located in Pottersville, NY. Driving in his old station wagon, he played the Kingston Trio's greatest hits in the cassette deck front and back multiple times. I had my Sony Walkman to "drown them out" but at the age of 53, I feel like Tom Dooley at times wanting to just smile.
I haven’t heard of the Kingston Trio since my cousins played The “M.T.A” song
In their van, Then heard them from my mom and grandparents. Me and My stuff
Buffalos wrote “Zero” from Tom Dooley cause it was about our dog.
I would like to thank my grandparents to listen to The Kingston Trio songs
RIP, I love you
wow, this must be the earliest live performance by the Kingston Trio ever recorded. Incredible. Thank you for sharing this!
I live in Coronado, CA, the "hometown" of the KT. Blessed to have seen them perform live for the citizens of that beautiful place over numerous years in Spreckel's Park. But, no more. A shame. Iconic.
a historic find. Great!
193 views !!!. Everybody on Earth should watch it straight away.
More to come?
Thanks again.
Fantastic find thanks
I remember this very well.
I was about fourteen when I first heard this song. My introduction to song and the band. I'm 73 and still enjoy both.
i booked them 1997 and 98 never forget it they led me into a life of being a musician miss them still listening
This was one of my grandfathers favorite songs. Hope he gets to listen to it for the rest of eternity. Love you gramps.
One of the greatest folk songs i have enjoyed for many years
The first song I remember as a child.Its so sad..
The first song I ever learned on the piano (age 7) because you could play it on the black keys.
One of my first too.
They're all gone now. Loved their music.
No they're not Join us
This was the first american folk song that I heard when a was 7 or 8 years old in Spain. This song and this Trio marked my life since. That was the music that was going to surround me until now; Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul & Mary, and so many others. Not only listening to them, but also performing and enjoying singing with friends.
I wonder if they had any idea of how iconic this song would become, they do such a nice job with it.
It helped start a folk revolution that moved a generation.
Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio is OK, but I like a lot better Johnny Rivers' version.
Neil Young really kicks a great version of Tom “Dula” in his Americana album.
This is super cool. This displays the amazing chemistry these guys had from the starting gate.
When I was a kid that was one of my favorite songs.
Hello Joann, How are you doing?
Me 2
My late mother sang thos to me when i was little. I still miss her. I love you mother
sorry for your loss god bless.
Finest HOURS ever SPENT....tks for being a friend for an Evening...Ramada Reno, class act bar...
Dear Connor Jones - thank you for posting this. I was fourteen when I first heard Tom Dooley by The Kingston Trio (and bought the 45 rpm) in Eltham, South London UK. I had never seen this performance. Their stage presence is outstanding as is their presentation - the changes of position whilst they are singing are really effective. Just wow!
What's interesting is that in the uk this is pretty much all they're known for, it was a big hit across the world at the time.
In the USA they were the most successful group of the 1950s and one of the most successful groups of all time.
Yet only known in the uk for this one gem
This was one of the first 78's I ever bought, so good to hear it again.
The day we lost storytelling music, was the day we lost real music.
We still have steve Martin and his story telling music so it’s not totally dead
It's still around but you'll never hear it on the radio. While you're on TH-cam, check out Mean Mary; songs like Rose Tattoo.
@@odiltm259 nah. Music is dead. Do you know what guys in 1958 and 1558 said? 'The day we lost storytelling music was the day music died.
@@michaelrauch4866 go listen to Colter Wall or Tyler Childers and tell me music is dead
I was born in 1957, and I remember hearing this song when i was 4 years old.
Hello friend, how're you doing today?
Nick Reynolds, Dave Guard and Bob Shane . These 3 guys are the originals and there was no one better.
When was John Stewart, the guy who sang "gold" a member of this group?
Dave Guard went to play to "The Weavers".
@@gregorymcgee100 Dave guard left in the early 60s and John Stewart replaced him
@@jonah8332 Stewart wrote songs for the Trio for a few years prior to Guards leaving in '60. Stewart was hired to replace him but there were legal actions between Guard and Shane as to who owned the name. It was finally settled and Stewart became the 4th "original" member of the Trio until the group disbanded in '67. There have been iterations of the group ever since and the group continues to this day. Sadly Guard, Stewart, Reynolds, and Shane have passed - in that order.
@@tomsampson8084 John Stewart never became a full financial member, certainly a performing and writing member but was only paid a salary and not ownership as far as I know.
They got me started playing guitar in 1963.
We got to open for them in the early 90’s. Still two originals, Nick and Bob. Very gracious. When I asked Bob if they ever got tired of singing Tom Dooley he said “that song has been very good to us “.
Hey how are you doing..?
Once upon a time when I was young....
Einfach ein OHRWURM für die EWIGKEIT ein ganz tolles Lied!!!
I loved these guys in the 1950s when I was a kid. Great songs! It's good to hear them again!!
I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
Great to hear that lovely sad song again after decades😢😅❤
Hard to imagine a time when a singing group actually had talent. Well, it was 66 years ago...
I‘be been listening to them for years. I love them. I actually just bought a CD of them. 😊
Nonsense. Find today's artists in lounges, bars, clubs, parks and underground places. Same venues today's big shots began at.
@@doreekaplan2589 Screaming, muttering obscenities, grabbing their genitals. Yeah, whatever.
This was one of my fathers favorite groups but I had never heard any of their songs until now. Now I can't get this song out of my head. What a hauntingly great song. Wish I had grown up back then. The music these days is just nothing but garbage.
No, that is not true. I'll admit this is beautifull music. But still today there is some beautifull music being made also. But you have to search for it. Search for White Buffalo and Wish it was true. You probably will like it.
Greetings.from the Nerherlands,
Not heard that for years. I remember my dad having the single.
I have the album...
Your Dad had great taste in Music ! Great way to grow up ! Goodness Grace Happiness and good Music ! ol man way down in TX...JD...
Saw them in person every chance I got in the 60s. Best folk music group ever.
Hello friend, how're you doing today?
You witnessed history in each of those performances
Where have all the flowers gone
I’ll never forget when I got to see them live in Batavia, IL when I was 9 years old, in 1995, with my dad and Grandma. It was my first concert and I’m grateful for that moment.
Hello friend, how're you doing today?
Emagine living in the village in the 1960s this wonderful folk music emitting from every coffee shop.
I have been a fan of The Kingston Trio since I was young. I was 5 years old in 1958.
Wonderful Debra
I was born December 1958 the week it was no. 1 I heard it when I was about 18 I've loved this song ever since from uk
I was eight years old when this came out and for whatever reason this was my favorite song. It still affects me after all these years.
Great stuff, great memories. They made so many fabulous songs that will never be forgotten!
I grew up listening to groups like this. I saw this trio live in an area high school. I remember how excited my dad was to see them. Of course, at five, I was clueless.
Came across this folk song again after many years. Remember seeing this segment w/The Kingston Trio on our old black & white tv alongside with my grandmother when I was just 5 or 6 yrs of age. I cried and cried. This song about Tom Dooley has always remained in a special place in my heart. ♥️ Tom Dula survived The Civil War only to come home to his hometown to renew a disastrous love affair that ended in the unfortunate demise of this beautiful young mother-to-be. He may have not plunged the knife into his lover's heart though I believe he was there. Very sad true life event. Needless violence goes back way too long in the history of human lives involving matters of love and the heart. Back to The Kingston Trio...I loved all of their songs and they were a big influence in my life since they introduced me to Folk Music. 🎶
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The Trio produced some great music. I have all their albums. And had the pleasure of meeting Bob and Nick. Fabulous!
I love this song it was no. 1 in UK the week I was born
My Dad gave my sister and I an album of the Kingston Trio and the Smothers Brothers back in the mid 70's and we played them over and over again! Thanks Dad!!
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This takes me back to 1958 during my medical posting to a new RAF Hospital near Wegberg in Germany, we formed a skiffle group, tea chest bass, washboard, guitars and banjo, and this was one of the many songs we played at Xmas concerts, parties, hospital dances etc. Back in the day when we made our own entertainment. Great memories of those times. Thank you for sharing this. 👍😁🎼🇬🇧🇦🇺🔭
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@@honestj820 Thanks for your reply, in my mid 80's now and still doing many varied hobbies and some serious science in climate research at the local university. Bought a Yamaha Arranger SX900 keyboard a couple of years ago and spend an hour or so most nights relearning much I had forgotten. Always played wind instruments-clarinet & flute mainly after my guitar days when skiffle and trad jazz became a thing of the past. They were fun days, an era we will never see the likes of again. The world has changed so much and in many ways, not for the better. Honest John, I wish you well from my location 'down under', formally from Leeds, Yorkshire, UK, left there in '68 for a better climate and a safer place to live. Take care.
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I’ve been to Yorkshire before it’s a very beautiful place to stay…..I’m originally from Norway 🇳🇴 but live in Houston Texas.
Have you been to Texas before..?
@@honestj820 Got to say that I have never had the opportunity to visit the USA.
@@ShevillMathers Texas it’s a very beautiful place to stay i bet you gonna have fun 🤩…
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I still remember hearing this on the radio when it first came out. Had to be one of their biggest hits.
I grew up with the Kingston Trio, Brothers Four, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul and Mary and Judy Collins. I would listen to Nick, Bob and John over and over again. My brother Tim and his best friend Tommy sang folk songs in Cleveland and down at Kent State bars during that time of life. Those were the good old days of sing -a-longs and simpler times. RIP all of you who have given us some of the best real music of our lives.
Incredible ! Great folk song...can't help but to sing along ...
Brings back memories!!! My two younger sisters and I used to sing this song together when we were kids!!! We loved the Kingston Trio!!! 😁❤️
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Brings back a lot of memories. First time I had ever heard this and Peter, Paul and Mary doing Puff the Magic Dragon. I was somewhere under the Atlantic ocean on a submarine listening on the (unauthorized) juke box in the mess area. Great times for sure.
I grew up listening to them, Marty Robbins, Lynn Anderson etc.little unknowns now, but comforted me during horrible years ❤
When this song came out it made me cry, I was only five...
Awesome! My mother loved listening to the Kingston Trio. She has that record. So nice to see a young and dapper Milton Berle.
That's some serious talent right there! Great delivery of a classic early American folk song based on a true story.
Based on a true story? Didn’t know!
My dad had this album. I would listen to it all day long if I could. And I began singing all the songs along with the Kingston Trio. I loved listening to them.
I have sung this song to all my grandchildren sitting on my knee and they all loved it [ had to change the words!! a little!!]
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This song came on a commercial for other 1950s 60s folk CD collection in the 90s and always stuck with me. Happy to hear the whole song.
I loved this song as a little kid in the sixties. I miss the sixties, I miss my mom. She loved these boys.
i was not yet born in 1958.. great singers of yesteryear with great songs.....hard to believed years is passing so fast...but the great music of yesteryear giving us the joy of feeling younger again while listening to it...those were the great old days of great music and great singers...great music will outlive the past generation and the great music remain forever..
They started it all! The whole bang shoot of 60s music, musical transformation, popular music, new themes, new lyrics, the guitar! Everything else is after them! That was true for my life at least.
Totally agree. Without these guys and this song, there’d be no Folk Boom, no Bob Dylan, and no return to Americana.
I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
This is the zodiac speaking from Netflix brought me here
Lmao same, if my teacher played this I'd probably think they were a killer.
@@seanflynn9628 ya this is some legit weird shit to play for school kids. Did you know there is even a movie about Tom Dooley
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Still. Listening. In. 23. And. In. My. 70.s. Great. Band.
Memories from the 60's. A fan fm Ontario, now a long time BCer. Canada Sing on...😊
Das Lied erinnert mich an meine Jugend. Wunderschön.❤
Kingston Trio were great I love listening to them
My dad introduced them to me 2 years ago and I'm so grateful
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Thanks for sharing this. It brings me straight to my childhood, driving in the Buick with my father humming the bass. Man, the images this song created in my young mind were vivid.
guy I remember listening to this song with my father driving in his car when I was seven.
This was the first record I ever bought in 1958 after listening to it on Radio Luxembourg I'm 77 now and still listening to them!
Almost the beginning of greatness (this was actually their second 45, Three Jolly Coachmen / Scarlet Ribbons was first). One of the most impeccable legacies in all of music. Humbled and grateful that I got to know Bob Shane, Dave Guard and Nick Reynolds a bit in their final years. Job well done, gentlemen. Thank you for your service.
Tom Dooley what a song unbelievable they started the folk revival a little corny but wonderful songs
Found this song in my parents record collection in the mid 1970,s never forgot it!
Been looking for this version, remember hearing as a child.
Superbe tube de la fin des « fifties » du « Kingston Trio,j’adore !!!
Honoring Bob Shane b. 2/1/34 - d. 1/26/20
It was with great pleasure and a great honor to have known and worked with the original Kingston Trio and their legacy today is firmly intact. As the exclusive agency for the heirs we at Producers, Inc. enjoy seeing the original energy and sound kept alive and well for sold-out audiences across the country.
I enjoyed many hours of fun and adventure with BOB SHANE. He ran the organization and kept the TRIO and legacy active these many years. Thank you, Bob for your loyalty, perseverance and love of folk music and its impact world-wide. We will continue our responsibility to keep your music alive. You will be missed.
Craig Hankenson, President, Producers, Inc.
The Trio has been my all time favorite since I first heard them. Still listen to them every day.
I have all their vinyl albums from Capitol and Decca, about 30! Listen to them forever...
My dad introduced me to folk about 60 yrs ago, it always spoke the truth, made us think of others, and made us think of how we can make the world a better place for all. We knew then that the world was not just us within our borders. I wish people would listen to its true meaning of the lyrics, put it all together and realized the world has to change, or some day there is going to be nothing left to enjoy. Be safe all.
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I was blessed to have this on a '45 record in my personal possession in 1973 when I was 8...it made an impact. I still love the song, a really sad song...a ballad of sorts...
College boys they said, isn't it strange that if you look at college boys these days they still look like kids. These were men. Amazing song still, used to be one of my daddy's favorites. He passed four years ago and I still cry when I hear this. He had a lovely timbre voice too.
I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
They are two years out of college here.
I loved the Kingston Trio over 50 years, and still play them on my MP3 , my friends still love them too. They should bring their songs back. They kick started Folk Music before "Peter Paul, and Mary. Anyone who has a string instrument can sing along. It would make people feel better in today's world.
A beautiful touching song!
Brought back some fine memories of my formative years. Thanks.