The Kingston Trio

The Kingston Trio is an American folk group that was probably the most popular such group ever to record. They helped launch the folk revival of the 1960s and continued to thrive despite the emergence of rock and roll.

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The Kingston Trio is an American folk group that was probably the most popular such group ever to record. They helped launch the folk revival of the 1960s and continued to thrive despite the emergence of rock and roll.

The Kingston Trio was formed in 1957 in the Palo Alto, California area by Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds, and Dave Guard, who were just out of college. Greatly influenced by the sound of The Weavers and other semi-popular folk artists, the were discovered playing at a college club called the Cracked Pot by Frank Werber, a local publicist who became their manager.