Friday, August 17, 2012

THE KINGSTON TRIO

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

YES...

A LOVELY THREE NIGHT RUN AT THE SOUTH POINTE HOTEL AND CASION EXTREME SOUTH LAS VEGAS STRIP....

RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD.

NO NEGATIVES....JUST RIGHT....702 797 8055

NOT TO LOUD...NOT TOO DARK....NO TO LATE....JUST RIGHT

A 55 YEAR HISTORY FOR THIS GROUP NOW IN ITS SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION AND THE SOUND STILL CLEAR AND PURE.....GEORGE GROVE....BOB ZORN AND RICK DAUGHERTY....3 GUITARS (BANJO) AND A BASS...WOW A MUSIC CONCERT WITH NO DRUMS !

TONIGHT A TAD DIFFERENT AS THE GROUP PLAYED 3 SONGS FROM THEIR NEW CD...THE FIRST NEW RECORDINGS IN 40 YEARS...WHAT THE HELL THEY HAVE TO MAKE A BUCK TOO....I HAD RATHER HEARD THE TIJUANA JAIL AND THE EDMOND FITZGERALD AND CALIFORNIA.

JUST NICE STUFF....A LITTLE TOO MUCH FRILL IN THIS 85 MINUTE SET BUT IT IS ALWAYS SWEET TO HEAR PETE SEEGERS...WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE AND TOM DOOLEY AND THE MTA.

THE GROUP IN FINE HARMONY TONIGHT AND JOINED BY TRIO GODFATHER BOB SHANE FOR SCOTCH AND SODA AND SOME BAD JOKES....BOB CAN STILL SING AND AFTER RETIREMENT IN1996 ....HE POPS UP FROM PHOENIX FOR THESE LAS VEGAS SETS.

LOTS OF FOLKS MY AGE IN THE CROWD...USUALLY I AM THE OLDEST ONE WHERE EVER I GO....NOT TONIGHT...LOTS US LOVE THE HISTORY AND THE LYRICS.

NICE THEATRE...NICE SOUND....NICE STAFF....GREAT THEATRE EXPERIENCE.
PETE SEEGERS ....WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERE GONE....ONE OF THE CLASSICS.

IN APRIL OF 1960 WE LEFT VERDIGRE, NEBRASKA TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA SCIENCE FAIR....WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT THIS TRIP WAS THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS LISTENING TO TOM DOOLEY ON THE CAMPUS  PATIO...WHY WOULD I REMEMBER THAT ?   I MAY NOT BE SENILE YET !

THIS THREE NIGHTER RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD !

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