LINER
NOTES:
The Kingston Trio presents a
variety of ballads from many times and places . . .
exciting tales of high adventure, humorous tunes, and
tender love songs. Each is delivered with the imagination
and spirit that have brought the group tremendous acclaim.
(notes by Nat Hentoff)
"We Want To Make Each Song
Live," says Dave Guard of the Kingston Trio, and
that they certainly do. For Dave, Bob Shane, and Nick
Reynolds succeed remarkably in bringing to vividly
entertaining life a wide range of material from many
countries -- as can be heard in their previous
albums, "The Kingston Trio" (T 966) and "From the Hungry i" (T 1107).
There is also, of course, their tale of Tom Dooley which has sold over one million records, an indication
of how large an audience exists for living folk songs
if they're presented with conviction, wit and a
skillful sense of drama.
In previous recordings, Dave, Bob
and Nick performed songs they'd known for a long time. In the present set, the material (with the exception
of Scarlet Ribbons) was relatively new to them; and
this is an illuminating opportunity to hear how the
Kingston Trio approaches fresh material and how
imaginatively they adapt it to their own style.
side one:
M.T.A.
(J.
Steiner / B.
Hawes) was written by Bess
Hawes (of the Lomax family) and Jacqueline Steiner. It's
about the man who was riding the Boston M.T.A. when the
fare was changed. He didn't have the price of a transfer,
and may be riding there still.
ALL MY SORROWS (Guard / Shane / Reynolds) was first
heard by Bob Shane in a Los Angeles coffee house. The
Trio then became acquainted with Glenn Yarborough's
version of the tune as a love song, and in their own
adaptation, have kept it as a love story. "It was
originally a lullaby," notes Dave Guard, "and
possibly a spiritual before that."
BLOW YE WINDS (Dave Guard) was first
learned by Dave Guard as a British song, The Eclipse.
This interpretation is a composite from several American
sources. The last three choruses are based, however, on
the British version used by Ewan MacColl and Ed McCurdy.
COREY,
COREY (Guard / Shane / Reynolds) Comes from the Southern Appalachians and is a
favorite of banjo pickers as well as singers. Some of the
lyrics have been rewritten by the Trio. Final lyric
revisions, incidentally, are usually done by Dave Guard.
THE
SEINE (Irving Burgess)
is a misty, romantic ballad by Lord Burgess. It creates a
mood somewhat far afield from the calypsos by which he's
best known.
I
BAWLED (Bob Shane) The Trio first heard this number from Stan
Wilson, a San Francisco folk singer and song writer. It
tells of the misadventures a suitor has with his girl's
mother.
side two:
GOOD NEWS (Louis
Gottlieb) is the first
spiritual the Kingston Trio has recorded -- not counting
When the Saints Go Marching In. The arrangement is by Dr.
Louis Gottlieb, a San Francisco musicologist and comic.
GETAWAY JOHN (Dave Guard) John
Hardy, it appears, was an actual man, a rough one, who
was sentenced to be hanged for murder in 1894. The Trio
has made some harmonic changes from the original.
THE LONG BLACK RIFLE (L. Coleman / N. Gimbel) was suggested to the
Kingston Trio by their vocal coach, in California, Judy
Davis.
EARLY MORNIN' (R. Starr / D. Wolf) is the
familiar What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor? It may
date back, Dave feels, to the time of Sir Francis Drake.
SCARLET RIBBONS (FOR HER HAIR) (E.
Danzig / J. O.
Segal) id thought of as a
traditional folk tune by many, but actually was composed
several years ago by Evelyn Danzig / Jack Segal. It's an
impressive tribute to the composers' ability to catch the
spirit of folk music.
REMEMBER THE ALAMO (Jane Bowers) was
written by Jane Bowers, a proud Texan who knows much of
Texas lore, and has constructed several songs from her
knowledge. The Trio met her when they were performing in
Austin.
| (Nat
Hentoff is well known for his contributions to
Esquire, The New Yorker, The Reporter, and Down
Beat magazines. He is also co-editor of Jazz
Review) |
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