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Greenback Dollar
The Incredible Rise of The Kingston Trio
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2012
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How big an act was the Kingston Trio? Big enough that the their first 19 albums not only reached Billboard's Top 100, but 14 of them entered the top 10, with five albums alone hitting the no. 1 spot! At the height of their popularity, the Kingston Trio was arguably the most popular vocal group in the world, having single-handedly ushered in the folk music boom of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. Their meteoric rise quite literally paved the way for Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Peter, Paul & Mary; and the many acts that followed in their wake. With the release of their version of “Tom Dooley” in fall 1958, the Kingston Trio changed American popular music forever, inspiring legions of young listeners to pick up guitars and banjoes and join together in hootenannies and sing-alongs.
In Greenback Dollar: The Incredible Rise of The Kingston Trio, the first in-depth biography of America’s first recording super-group, William J. Bush retraces the band members’ personal and professional lives, from their rapid rise to stardom to their early retirement in 1967. Through interviews with Trio members, their families, and associates, Bush paints a detailed portrait of the Trio's formative early years and sudden popular success, their innovations in recording technology, pioneering of the college concert and intensive tour schedule, their impact on and response to the ‘60s protest movement, the first break-up of the Trio with Dave Guard’s departure, and its re-formation with John Stewart.
Lovers of folk music and students and scholars of the history of popular music and the music business, the counterculture movement, and the American folk tradition will find in Greenback Dollar a remarkably detailed view of the musical and cultural legacy that resulted in the Kingston Trio receiving a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8192-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8285-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
284
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Introduction: The Boom Heard Round the World No access
Chapter 01. Coronado, 1951 No access Pages 1 - 16
Chapter 02. Hilo, 1934 No access Pages 17 - 34
Chapter 03. Menlo, 1956 No access Pages 35 - 48
Chapter 04. Frank No access Pages 49 - 62
Chapter 05. The Purple Onion . . . and Chuckles No access Pages 63 - 74
Chapter 06. The Road to Success No access Pages 75 - 94
Chapter 07. Tom Dooley Goes to College No access Pages 95 - P
Chapter 08. “Do I Look Like I’m Breaking Up?” No access Pages 119 - 140
Chapter 09. The New Boy No access Pages 141 - 168
Chapter 10. Folkier Than Thou No access Pages 169 - 186
Chapter 11. 1750 North Vine Street No access Pages 187 - 198
Chapter 12. Make Way, Baby! No access Pages 199 - 254
Chapter 13. Still at Large No access Pages 255 - 260
Bibliography No access Pages 261 - 262
Index No access Pages 263 - 282
About the Author No access Pages 283 - 284
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