Product Details

• Actors: William J. Bush, Henry Diltz, Roger Gambill, George Grove, Dave Guard
• Producers: Daniel M. Schaarschmidt, Ian Marshall, Jim Scalem, JoAnn Young, Paul Surratt
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Shout Factory
• DVD Release Date: August 29, 2006
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GRTRA6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,423 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Kingston Trio Story - Wherever We May Go" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

In 1958 three young men known as The Kingston Trio recorded a simple folk tune called "Tom Dooley." In less than a year, they were major stars with the best-selling album in the country. The Kingston Trio Story: Wherever We May Go celebrates the group’s musical hits and sheds light on their fascinating and largely unknown 50-year history through rare performance footage and revealing interviews with band members and friends.

From singing for beer in student bars 50 years ago to sold-out concerts around the world today, The Kingston Trio Story is an exciting and emotional testimony to the group’s undeniable impact, taking us through all the shakeups, breakups, changing faces and reunions of the group responsible for the revival of folk music in America.

PROGRAM LISTING

The Dave Guard Years
• Tom Dooley
• The Early Years
• Tijuana Jail
• M.T.A.
• A Worried Man
• Oh Cindy
• Raspberries, Strawberries

The John Stewart Years
• Little Light
• Rovin’ Gambler/This Train
• Dave’s Place
• Scotch And Soda
• Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
• Wherever We May Go

The Bob ShaneYears
• The Trio Goes On
• The Dutchman

1981 Reunion
• Hard, Ain’t It Hard
• Greenback Dollar
• Sloop John B
• The New Kingston Trio
• All Of The Hard Days Are Gone
• A Worried Man

Special Features:
• "Stories Behind The Songs" and five other featurettes
• Bonus Song Performances: "Little Light," "Tom Dooley," and "Three Jolly Coachmen"
• Vintage 7-Up commercials

Customer Reviews

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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Musical History of the Trio, September 2, 2006

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H. Silver (Park Forest, IL) - See all my reviews
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I first saw this on PBS (interrupted by all their pledge drives). With this DVD, you can watch it straight through, start to finish. It transported me back 45+ years when I first heard the Trio as a young man. It has brief interviews with Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds (who, sadly, seems to have had a stroke), John Stewart, and others, interspersed between many vintage clips of their classic songs (and a few 7-Up commercials). There many songs with the Guard Trio, some discussion of the break-up, songs with the Stewart Trio, plus some songs with Shane's latter-day Trios, plus songs from the 1981 Reunion. Most of the clips seem to be from old TV shows (e.g., Andy Williams) of the day.

The songs sound great, and the brief interviews gave very interesting insights into what they were going through behind the scenes. The DVD also contains some extra interviews, comments/history on some of the songs (e.g., Bob Shane joking about how Hollywood had made a bad film version of "Tom Dooley" with Michael Landon -- the hokey movie trailer is included), and much more. A must for every Trio diehard.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Documentary!, December 16, 2006

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Georgia Pat (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

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I was devastated to have missed this on my local PBS station. I promptly ordered it and have watched it twice since it arrived yesterday. This music is woven through so many of my memories of the 50's, 60's and 70's (when I was fortunate enough to see Bob Shane and the New Kingston Trio a couple of times). We were big fans of the Smothers Brothers' music, and I can only imagine how exciting it must have been to live and work in San Francisco in those days.

It's absolutely worth it to own the DVD. I'm a little disappointed that it didn't include "The Merry Minuet," but it's full and rich and a "must have" for Kingston Trio fans.

Bob Shane is still hot.

33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First rate documentary on an underated musical giant, November 9, 2006

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Robert G. Daugherty (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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It's about time "The Kingston Trio" got the attention and respect that they deserve. Not only were they aruguably the most influential act in musical history, they were also one of the most successful. At one point, the group had 4 albums in the Top Ten simultaneously, a feat that even The Beatles failed to accomplish. In addition to being a great album band, they were a great singles band as well. "Tom Dooley", "MTA", "Greenback Dollar", "Tijuana Jail", "A Worried Man" and countless others were MONSTER sellers.

I feel that their place in musical history has been ill-served by their record company, Capitol Records, a company that was arguably built on the success of the Kingston Trio. The company is as "corporate" as they come. They have no sense of music history. They are only interested in what can make them a ton of money in the here and now.

The Beatles catalogue is a case in point. They have refused to remaster the UK catalogue and give Beatles fans their first four albums in Stereo. I guess that project would not be "commercial" enough for their tastes.

Similarly, they have only released the first two Trio albums as a "TwoFer", further denigrating this band's status as the world-beating ground-breakers that they were. The only reason we have the Trio's albums are on CD is that Collector's Choice and Bear Familiy licensed them from Capitol!

The label that made so much money on The Kingston Trio in the late 50's and early 60's won't even release their albums on CD! The company clearly has no understanding of musical history and pays no respect to its stellar roster of artists. If they can't treat The Beatles with respect, how can we expect them to treat the Kingston Trio with respect?

At any rate, the whole British Invasion folk/rock thing was caused by the folk boom started by the Kingston Trio in the late fifties. After all, the Beatles were originally a "skiffle" band--skiffle bands turned up all over England in the wake of the American folk boom.

When the Americans responded to the "British Invasion", the first responders were all folk artists influenced by the Kingston Trio. The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Mamas and the Papas, Lovin' Spoonful, Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane were all transplanted "folkies", born and bred in the musical millieu created by the Kingston Trio.

And, of course, Bob Dylan. He, too, followed in the Trio's footsteps. He cites them directly in his autobiography. Groups popped up all over the place emulating the Kingston Trio, much as British bands popped up to in England to capitalize on the Beatles success. Peter, Paul and Mary, Ian and Sylvia, The New Christy Minstrels (with Barry McGuire and Gene Clark), the Chad Mitchell Trio (with John Denver and Roger McGuinn), the Journeymen (with John Phillips) all owe their careers to the Kingston Trio.

Even folkies Joni Mitchell and Neil Young were influenced by the Trio. They are even cited on the "Buffalo Springfield Again" as musical influences and prime movers.

And, as the documentary points out, even the Beach Boys were heavily influenced by the Kingstons.

The Kingston Trio also introduced a ton of classics that have now become part of our musical vernacular. Songs such as "Wimoweh" (better known as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), "The First Time" (made famous by Roberta Flack), "It Was a Very Good Year" (Frank Sinatra), "Sloop John B" (the Beach Boys) "Shady Grove ("Quicksilver Messenger Service") and many others were introduced to the American public by the Trio.

So, the legacy of the Kingston Trio has sadly been grossly neglected by the music industry that owes them so much. This documentary is a welcome addition to any music lovers collection but it will do little to change this perception.

In my view, the Trio is the "missing link" between the musical progression from Elvis to the Beatles. If Capitol Records had not been their label, I believe the Kingston Trio would be regarded as highly as those other two musical giants, as they surely deserve to be.