Ron ... Talk about a time lapse! I not only remember that particular Time magazine with Joan on the cover, but as I read the words you quoted, I remembered them exactly! Well said and well done, on your part.

I wish to make a gentle shift on this thread. To me, speaking ONLY for myself, the Kingston Trio represent something that killed something with their birth. With their birth, and impact, on the American populiar music scene, we suddenly lost what was almost virgin in American folk music.

We lost the innocence of our own music. Before the trio reved up our popular music vibes, I could find great pleasure in the occasional singer enjoying "Barbary Allen." I could loose myself in the feldging banjo player stumbling through "Soldiers Joy." (I still do, of course).

But when the phenomona of the trio really impacted America, it seemed that it became ... "Kingston Trio" or nothing. As a fledgling performer myself, I couldn't compete, and I didn't want to. What I wanted to do was to honestly present my songs (our songs) honestly.

I mean these words in no way to disscredit any of their achievements. They have done much and have worked for and deserve all their rewards. But I still remember the absolute "sillyness" that some of us went through, back in the earlier years, trying to "entertain" folks when the only measurement of entertainment was the Kingston Trio.

Am I making any sense here? CHEERS Bob(deckman)Nelson