The Kingston Trio est un groupe américain de musique folk et de pop originaire de Palo Alto , en Californie [ 1] . Il contribua au renouveau de la musique folk aux États-Unis de la fin des années 1950 à la fin des années 1960.
Le groupe est constitué en 1957 de Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds et Dave Guard[ 2] . Ils relancent des thèmes classiques de la musique folk américaine, dans une approche contemporaine mêlée d'humour qui rencontre un immense succès aux États-Unis à partir de leur titre Tom Dooley qui les rend célèbres en 1958[ 2] .
Dave Guard quitte le groupe quatre ans après, pour être remplacé par John Stewart jusqu'en 1967, date à laquelle le groupe se sépare[ 3] . L'influence du style du Kingston Trio sur le renouveau de la musique folk est considérable, même si la vague du rock 'n' roll éclipse leur succès à partir de la fin de l'année 1963[ 1] .
Bob Shane relance le nom du groupe dès 1968 avec le New Kingston Trio — qui redevient le Kingston Trio en 1972[ 1] — puis le groupe évolue au fil des années avec différents musiciens — dont un retour du co-fondateur Nick Reynolds pendant plusieurs années — ; le groupe est composé depuis 2005 de Bill Zorn, George Grove et Rick Dougherty[ 3] .
Three Jolly Coachmen
Bay of Mexico
Banua
Tom Dooley
Fast Freight
Hard, Ain't It Hard
Saro Jane
Sloop John B
Santo Anno
Scotch and Soda
Coplas
Little Maggie
M.T.A.
All My Sorrows
Blow Ye Winds
Corey, Corey
The Seine
I Bawled
Good News
Getaway John
The Long Black Rifle
Early in the Mornin'
Scarlet Ribbons
Remember the Alamo
Molly Dee
Across the Wide Missouri
Haul Away
The Wanderer
'Round About the Mountain
Oleanna
The Unfortunate Miss Bailey
San Miguel
E Inu Tatou E
A Rollin' Stone
Goober Peas
A Worried Man
El Matador
The Mountains O'Mourne
Don't Cry Katie
Medley: Tanga Tika and Toerau
With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm
Carrier Pigeon
Bimini
Raspberries, Strawberries
Mangwani Mpulele
With You My Johnny
The Hunter
Farewell Adelita
Bad Man Blunder
The Escape of Old John Webb
When I Was Young
Leave My Woman Alone
This Mornin', This Evenin'
Everglades
Buddy Better Get on Down the Line
South Wind
Who's Gonna Hold Her Hand
To Morrow
Colorado Trail
The Tattooed Lady
Bye, Bye, Thou Little Tiny Child
The White Snows of Winter
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
All Through the Night
Goodnight My Baby
Go Where I Send Thee
Follow Now, Oh Shepards
Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail
Mary Mild
A Round About Christmas
Sing We Noel
The Last Month of the Year
En El Agua
Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies
Jug of Punch
Bonny Hielan' Laddie
Utawena
Hard Travelin'
Hangman
Speckled Roan
The River Is Wide
Oh, Yes, Oh!
Blow the Candle Out
Blue-Eyed Gal
You're Gonna Miss Me
Pastures of Plenty
Coast of California
It Was a Very Good Year
Guardo El Lobo
Razors in the Air
Billy Goat Hill
This Land Is Your Land
Run Molly, Run
Senora
Lemon Tree
You Don't Knock
Coming from the Mountains
Oh, Sail Away
Take Her Out of Pity
Don't You Weep, Mary
The Whistling Gypsy
O Ken Karanga
Jesse James
Glorious Kingdom
When My Love Was Here
Karu
Weeping Willow
Reuben James
Brown Mountain Light
One More Town
O Willow Waly
Tell It on the Mountain
Little Boy
Strange Day
Away Rio
Pullin' Away
She Was Too Good to Me
Jane, Jane, Jane
Portland Town
Old Joe Clark
Greenback Dollar
Some Fool Made A Soldier Of Me
To Be Redeemed
Honey, Are You Mad At Your Man?
Adios Farewell
Poor Ellen Smith
My Lord What A Mornin'
Long Black Veil
Genny Glenn
The First Time
Dogie's Lament
The New Frontier
Reverend Mr. Black
Road to Freedom
River Run Down
Big Ball in Town
One More Round
Oh Joe Hannah
Run the Ridges
Try to Remember
Mark Twain
Low Bridge
Ballad of the Quiet Fighter
La Bamba
Desert Pete
Marcelle Vahine
Sing Out
Ballad of the Thresher
Blowin' in the Wind
Goo-Ga-Gee
Jackson
Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen
Those Brown Eyes
Those Who Are Wise
Rider
The Patriot Game
Coal Tattoo
Hobo's Lullaby
Seasons in the Sun
These Seven Men
Ally Ally Oxen Free
Deportee
No One to Talk My Troubles To
If You Don't Look Around
Turn Around
Song for a Friend
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
Midnight Special
Love's Been Good to Me
Poverty Hill
Some Day Soon
Gotta Travel On
Hope You Understand
Little Play Soldiers
Loves Comes a Trickling Down
My Ramblin' Boy
More Poems
Farewell (Fare Thee Well My Own True Love)
I'm Going Home
Hannah Lee
Three Song
Gonna Go Down the River
Rusting in the Rain
Dooley
If I Had a Ship
Yes I Can Feel It
Bottle of Wine
Stories of Old
Where I'm Bound
If You See Me Go
Stay Awhile
Parchment Farm
Early Morning Rain
Where Are You Going Little Boy?
Interchangable Love (We Love Us)
Last Thing on My Mind
Go Tell Roger
Red River Shore
Verandah of Milliam August
They Are Gone
Long Time Blues
Dancing Distance
Runaway Song
Children of the Morning
Hit and Run
When You've Been Away for a Long Time
Lei Pakalana
Gaze on Other Heavens
A Taste of Honey
Norwegian Wood
Put Your Money Away
Lock All the Windows
Less of Me
The Spinnin' of the World
A Little Soul Is Born
Sur les autres projets Wikimedia :
(en) Jack Rubeck , Ben Blake et Allan Shaw , The Kingston Trio On Record , Naperville, Kingston Korner, 1986 , 272 p. (ISBN 978-0-674-95133-4 , OCLC 15279163 , lire en ligne ) .
(en) William J. Bush , Greenback dollar : the incredible rise of the Kingston Trio , Lanham, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013 , 283 p. (ISBN 978-0-8108-8192-1 , OCLC 773671811 , lire en ligne ) .