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How big an act was the Kingston Trio? Big enough that the their
first 19 albums not only reached Billboard's Top 100, but 14 of
them entered the top 10, with five albums alone hitting the no. 1
spot! At the height of their popularity, the Kingston Trio was
arguably the most popular vocal group in the world, having
single-handedly ushered in the folk music boom of the late '50s and
early '60s. Their meteoric rise quite literally paved the way for
Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Peter, Paul & Mary; and the many acts
that followed in their wake. With the release of their version of
"Tom Dooley" in fall 1958, the Kingston Trio changed American
popular music forever, inspiring legions of young listeners to pick
up guitars and banjoes and join together in hootenannies and
sing-alongs. In Greenback Dollar: The Incredible Rise of The
Kingston Trio, the first in-depth biography of America's first
recording super-group, William J. Bush retraces the band members'
personal and professional lives, from their rapid rise to stardom
to their early retirement in 1967. Through interviews with Trio
members, their families, and associates, Bush paints a detailed
portrait of the Trio's formative early years and sudden popular
success, their innovations in recording technology, pioneering of
the college concert and intensive tour schedule, their impact on
and response to the '60s protest movement, the first break-up of
the Trio with Dave Guard's departure, and its re-formation with
John Stewart. Lovers of folk music and students and scholars of the
history of popular music and the music business, the counterculture
movement, and the American folk tradition will find in Greenback
Dollar a remarkably detailed view of the musical and cultural
legacy that resulted in the Kingston Trio receiving a 2011 Lifetime
Achievement Award at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
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