Mexicans were regulated to “Enclave Neighborhoods” and mostly tolerated because California which once belonged to Spain, had become a major labor source for Central Valley Farmers almost 100 years - after of course, using up all our local Native American tribe members which had encouraged by Spain to begin with. because of the complicated testing and requirements – to even register to vote. Blacks seldom voted in the Jim Crow world of both the North and the South that they lived in. Blacks in the south were still segregated in schools and even down to drinking fountains. Theraputic Abortions were being employed for rich white college girls and professional women. Women had heard about something called “The Pill” which made them safe from unwanted pregnancy. Tetracycline had been invented to supplant our antibiotic treatments array and save lots of folks from various Venereal Diseases. The Salk Vaccine had all but obliterated Polio. The US was slowly recovering from the tragedy of the Korean War. A phone call at a pay phone was 10 cents. Art Linkletter, Groucho Marx and Texaco Star Theater.Ī loaf of White Wonder Bread was 29 cents. Hugh Hefner had launched Playboy Magazine with cartoonists and poets such as Shel Silverstein while women were entering the workplace in greater numbers: with two incomes becoming required to meet the needs of the White Picket Fence Class: of Ozzie and Harriet, David and Ricky. One quote worth noting: “We just played in Southern California which is certainly a regional cultural center – and we were lucky enough to run into him while we were down there!”Īs you might recall 1959 was the end of the Eisenhower years and Richard Nixon and John Fitzgerald Kennedy were running for the office of President of the United States. The Kingston Trio Album “Live at the Hungry I” was a classic and worth getting, if you don’t have it. Their first hit came in 1958 when the pseudo cowboy song: Hang Down Your Head – “Tom Dooley” became a break-a-way hit. The Folk Singing Trio played in San Francisco to packed rooms. THE KINGSTON TRIO - Tuesday through November 7 at Charlie's (Georgetown).In 1959, the Kingston Trio came out with an album called “Live at the Hungry I”. THE KINGSTON TRIO - 25 Years Non-Stop (Xeres SCH 1-10001). Shane's voice is well-worn, which gives some of the songs a desperately needed edge. Most of the material seems dreadfully dated and isn't helped by lackluster, metronomic renditions and tight-fisted but intrusive arrangements for electric bass, drums and fiddle. "), which gets quite a workout in Washington next week (it's also in Nacha Guevara's show at the Terrace). The value of the record is that it collects many of the Trio's classics, from the silliness of "MTA" and "Zombie Jamboree" ("Back to back and belly to belly / But I don't give a damn 'cause I done dead already?") to the smoky solitude of "Scotch and Soda" to the instant nostalgia of "Tom Dooley," "Wreck of the John B" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone." There's even Sheldon Harnick's "Merry Minuet" ("They're rioting in Africa. George Grove and Roger Gambil are the new faces, but they're not exactly fresh: It's sort of like Sha Na Na doing a folk-music revue. A Kingston Trio, rather than The Kingston Trio, would be a better name for a band that's played "25 Years Non-Stop." This is the trio that has been tramping down Memory Lane in recent years, with Bob Shane the only original member.
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