This type of folk music and stuff by the Kingston Trio, Chad Mitchell Trio, Limeliters, etc. can best be described in one word: FUN!

The "folk scare" thing is what put folk music on the map for the masses to discover and enjoy. Many, many people could care less if a song is not recorded by someone authentic or so-called traditional.

The Cumberland Trio is a different group than the Cumberland Three which had the very young John Stewart in his pre-Kingston Trio days as Dave Guard's eventual replacement.