Kingston Trio to play in Spa City
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. » Fans of legendary folk icons The Kingston Trio will soon have an opportunity to re-discover the group’s timeless music at an upcoming Spa City performance, part a national tour to mark the group’s 60th anniversary.
Josh Reynolds, son of original member Nick Reynolds, along with lifelong musical partners Mike Marvin and Tim Gorelangton, are on a national tour as The Kingston Trio, performing many of the trio’s best-loved songs.
That tour is scheduled to stop in Saratoga Springs this weekend with two shows, one at 3 p.m. and one at 7 p.m. on Sunday at famous folk music venue Caffe Lena, located at 47 Phila St. in downtown Saratoga Springs.
All three musicians appearing at the Sunday shows have an intrinsic link to and experience with the original group: Josh, and his adopted brother Mike were both raised by their father Nick Reynolds, and Tim, a close friend since boyhood, is one of the few musicians outside the trio who has recorded with Nick Reynolds. Many of their earliest memories recall the iconic trio’s performances and journey as folk music made its extraordinary ascent to the pinnacle of popular culture – and the top
of the music charts.
Cited as an influence by recording artists as musically and generationally diverse as Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Eagles to comedian and banjo player Steve Martin to contemporary artists such as the multiGrammy nominated Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers, The Kingston Trio occupies a unique, preeminent position in American musical history.
“It was Nick Reynolds’ and my fondest hope that Josh and Mike would carry on the Trio family legacy… rounding it out is Tim, one of the only musicians to record with Nick outside the Trio,” said original Kingston Trio member Bob Shane, who along with the late Dave Guard and the late Nick Reynolds formed the original Trio, in a press release.
“I am proud to continue The Kingston Trio tradition and to share the music my father, Dave, Bob and John performed and getting audiences everywhere up and singing with us,” Josh Reynolds added.
The Kingston Trio was one of the most prominent groups of the era’s pop-folk boom that started in 1958 with the release of their first album and its hit recording of “Tom Dooley,” which sold more than three million copies as a single.
The Trio released 19 albums that made Billboard’s Top 100, 14 of which ranked in the top 10, and five of which hit the number 1 spot. Four of the group’s LPs charted among the 10 top-selling albums for five weeks in November and December 1959, a record unmatched for more than 50 years, and the group still ranks in the all-time lists of many of Billboard’s cumulative charts, including those for most weeks with a number one album, most total weeks charting an album, most number one albums, most consecutive number one albums, and most top 10 albums.
More information on The Kingston Trio, as well as tickets for the Caffe Lena appearance, can be found online at www.kingstontrio.com.