Where are the striped shirts and weejuns?
Acoutrement not withstanding, the instrumentation is ULTRA cool on this one...John Stewart is playing a BLONDE Vega PS-5, Bob Shane plays his 3/4 Martin dreadnought, and Nick Reynolds works out on a SUPER RARE Martin 8-string Tenor!
This officer couldn't have illustrated his instructions better if he had planned it. Scary! Thankfully nobody was hurt. I am certain a change of underwear was needed though...
A FINE performance from the January 29, 1965 episode of "The Jack Benny Program." The Appearance is almost a "throwback" as the trio performs Tijuana Jail -- which at that time had been around 6 years.
I am not certain of the date this was recorded, but the founding leader of the Kingston Trio was clearly ill at the time.
A true icon who left us too early and too young. Thankfully Dave and Bob Shane patched their differences up before Guard passed.
This was the first of the celebrity "don't smoke" appeals. Bill Talman played the DA on "Perry Mason" and was under very heavy medication at the time this was filmed (six weeks before his death), The ad didn't even start running until after his death, so the effect was even more profound.
One of the final TV performances of the original trio lineup: Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane. Also seen is bassist David "Buck" Wheat, and the boys are joined by Pat Boone.
Recorded April 13, 1961, broadcast one week later April 20, 1961
The other video is an abreviated version...poor picture and sound. So I edited together a MUCH better live version of the song with some different videos and stills that work pretty well. Enjoy!