THE KINGSTON TRIO

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

FOLK  MUSIC EXTRAORDINAIRE !

THIS A THREE NIGHTER AT THE SOUTH POINT HOTLE CASINO THEATRE LAS VEGAS STRIP SOUTH !

WHAT A NIGHT !

THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES (NOT MANY) WHEN SHOWS EXCEEDED THEMSELVES...WHEN EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT....ALL THE ELEMENTS TOGETHER IN THEIR PLACE AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED CAME IN AT THE BEST OF THEIR GAME....THE PEAK OF THEIR POWERS.....9 AUGUST 2013....WAS THIS NIGHT FOR THE KINGSTON TRIO.

WE OF COURSE PREJUDICED....WE WERE WON OVER BEFORE WE GOT THERE....THAT SAID,  THIS WAS ONE OF THE SPECIAL SHOWS OF MY LIFETIME BRINGING BACK MEMORIES OF MY HIGH  SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DAYS...FROM 1957 THROUGH THE SIXTIES.

BILL ZORN   LEAD......GEORGE GROVE ....BANJO......RICK DOUGHTERY GUITAR....... THE CURRENT TRIO WITH BASS DAVE GILLESPIE....THIS WITH EXTENSIVE HISTORY FOR ALL  IN AND AROUND THE GROUP ALL ARRIVED ON TIME FOR 81 MINUTES OF MERRIMENT WITH SOME NICE HISTORY ON THEIR CLASSIC MUSIC AND EVEN SOME NEW SONGS THAT WE LIKED.   BILL ZORN DID A WONDERFUL OLD CREATIVE SONG CALLED "MARO"...THE  SHOWS HIGHLITE  FOR ME.....GEORGE DEDICATED "WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE" TO PETE SEEGER WHO OF COURSE IS STILL WITH US AND WHO WROTE IT 60ISH YEARS AGO BUT THE DEDICATION TO PETES WIFE WHO JUST DIED AFTER 72 YEARS OF MARRIAGE TO PETE !

BOB SHANE THE FATHER OF THE GROUP COMES UP FROM PHONIX FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT AND TELLS SOME BAD JOKES...DOES "SCOTCH AND SODA" AND "TOM DOOLEY" AND MAKES A QUICK EXIT...BOB NOW NEARLY 80 ONLY BRINGS HIS NONSENSE AND PERSONNA TO THE ACT FOR THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF TIME !  BOB MENTIONED THE NAMES OF DAVE GUARD AND NICK REYNOLDS ....ORIGINAL MEMBERS...I AM SO OLD THAT HAVE SEEN THEM PERFORM....THAT TO THE EFFECT OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1967 WHEN I GOT BACK FROM VIET NAM I SAW THEM AT THE HUNGRY I IN SAN FRANCISCO...BUT THAT IS REALLY ANOTHER CHAPTER.

TO BE PERFECT YOU HAVE TO START ON TIME AND IT IS A SOUTH POINT LAW...NEVER LATE...AND THE SOUND....THE STAFF AT THE SMITH CENTER NEEDS TO GO OVER TO THE SOUTH POINT AND FIND OUT HOW TO DO IT RIGHT.....LAST NIGHT WAS OVER PERFECT...SO ENJOYABLE ESPECIALLY FOR LYRICS WE WANTED TO LISTEN TO AND TO HEAR....SO NICE.....4 STRINGS....NO HORNS...NO DRUMS ....NO NOISE.....3 STANDING OVATIONS IN THIS SET AND ALL DESERVED...THIS FOR ONE OF THE LOVELY NIGHTS TO ENTERTAINMENT IN MY LIFETIME.    I HOPE TO SEE THE KINGSTON TRIO AGAIN...I HAVE BEFORE BUT WILL NEVER EVER HEAR THEM  AS GOOD AS THIS NIGHT !

AS ACTIVISTS ...PLAYERS...CONSUMERS...WHEN WE GO TO THE SOUTH POINTE WE OFTEN GAMBLE AND EAT....YOU KNOW THIS IS GOOD STOP FOR EVERYBODY AND EVERY REASON...SOMEHOW I KNOW MANAGEMENT HERE IS THINKING AND DOING SOME MANAGING !

UP NEXT AT THE SOUTH POINT AUG 16-18 RALPHIE MAY AUG 23-25 THE GATLIN BROTHERS.

WE CAN' STAY AWAY !

THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED FOR BRINGING SOME JOY AND FUN TO TWO OLD LAS VEGAS ENTERTAINMENT REPORTERS...

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