Time flew as we talked, and soon the procedure was over. Meanwhile, however, I learned a few interesting things. The nurse who had been assisting me is a relative to a member in the American folk group, The Kingston Trio. When I came home, I looked The Kingston Trio up on the internet, and learned that they were a folk group popular during the late 1950's and 1960's. Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds formed The Kingston Trio in 1957, however, they had been friends since their youth. Many of their songs included arrangements of public domain folk music. Some of their songs were created using a 5-string, Pete Seeger, long-neck, open-back banjo, a Martin acoustic guitar, and occasionally, even a ukulele. These pioneers in folk music opened a new genre of music that would be further popularized by Peter,Paul,and Mary, Fleetwood Mac, and The Letterman. During The Kingston Trio's peak years, they recorded the song, Tom Dooley, which would sell over three-million copies. The Kingston Trio also reached Billboard's Top 100, fourteen of which ranked in the top 10, and five of which took the number 1 spot. Since the band's creation, they have also won a Grammy Award. While their initial fame may have ebbed by the mid-1960's, the group has continued to progress, and today has new members playing the original music of The Kingston Trio. I guess operating rooms aren't all that bad.
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Below are two of The Kingston Trio's more famous songs; Tom Dooley, and Greenback Dollar.
Tom Dooley
Greenback Dollar
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