The Kingston Trio News

It didn't "take a worried man to sing a worried song" Saturday night as the Kingston Trio and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra took an enthusiastic audience of 1,784 on a songful trip down memory lane.

The Kingston Trio - Rick Dougherty, George Grove and Bill Zorn- will play the Egyptian Theatre Feb.

There might not be much overlap between the people who will flock to the Bay Area for the America's Cup in 2013 and those who want to immerse themselves in the nostalgia of the sex, drugs and rock and roll era.

"There wouldn't be a 'here' today if there weren't a 'there' yesterday.'" So goes the folksy wisdom of singer/banjo picker George Grove, interviewed by telephone while adjusting to Eastern Standard Time in a Florida hotel room, on the road as a member of the fabled Kingston Trio.

The Kingston Trio, joining the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra for a one-night-only concert Saturday, has a long and checkered history, something we have come to expect from the better folk groups.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. - Terry Little's love of family, folk music and his adopted hometown will all be in the spotlight Saturday when he hosts his annual Coffee House.

Friday, Jan. 27: The Kingston Trio: An American pop and folk music group which has energized audiences for decades makes a stop at the Largo Cultural Center at 8 p.m. Tickets are $48. Saturday, Jan.

Tickets remain for the Kingston Trio, but they won't last. The group's 2007 and 2008 appearances in Mount Dora sold out.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The title of award-winning Appalachian novelist Sharyn McCrumb's newest book seems sure to catch the attention of many older readers who, like yours truly, can remember when the Kingston Trio's 1958 recording of "Tom Dooley" helped rocket that folk-singing group to musical stardom.

My father's nickname was "Dooley," though I have no idea why. I'm not sure if it had anything to do with his nickname, but I can still recall my father playing the 1958 song by The Kingston Trio, "Tom Dooley," and being taken in by the fact that the lyrics were crafted to portray a real-life event.