US folk group formed in 1957. Disbanded in 1967.
Bob Shane revived the group in 1969 (the only original member at the time). Nick Reynolds, another of the originals, re-joined from 1988 to 1999.
Having gone through many iterations the group is still performing, though none of the original members are in the line-up as they have all passed on.
Following a relicensing of the name in 2017, the continuity members of the band (George Grove, Bill Zorn and Rick Dougherty) were replaced by a new lineup including Josh Reynolds (son of original member Nick Reynolds) and his cousin Mike Marvin, along with Tim Gorelangton. In 2018 Reynolds was replaced by Bob Haworth and later Don Marovich.
Name Vars
- El Trio Kingston
- Fiddler Beers
- Kingston Trio (Bob Shane)
- Kingston Trio, The
- Kington Trio
- Kringston Trio
- Original Kingston Trio
- The King Ston Trio
- The Kingston Trio
- The Kingston trio
- The Kingstone Trio
- The Kinston Trio
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Members
- John Stewart
- David Wheat
- Dean Reilly
- Bob Shane
- Nick Reynolds
- Dave Guard
- George Grove
- Bill Zorn
- Stan Kaess
- Ben Schubert
- Tom Green
- Bob Haworth
- Pat Horine
- Roger Gambill
Kingston’s trio
Naturally I stayed around until my trial
hahahaha
I love this song.
In 1999, a psychologist presented these lyrics to two different groups -- one of 'em was told it was a "folk song."
The other was told they were lyrics from a "rap song."
I'm sure it will come as a total shock that the group that thought they were "rap lyrics" had a much more negative reaction.
But hey -- we got a Black President (half-Black, anyway), so obviously, there's no racism left. We're all "post-racial" now -- if you think somebody's being racist, well that's just you going all PC, and being a divisive "race hustler." You're the REAL racist, see.
Must be some other explanation for those results.