The Country Gentlemen were contemporaries of both groups, having started one year before the Kingston Trio and three years before the Limeliters. They played the same college circuit at times and had a large following. The Gents musicianship kicked butt on all similar folk groups and their harmony singing was unequalled. So was their choice of material. They are closer in style to the Folk-pop groups than to Bluegrass where they are usually placed.

Pozo Seco Singers were electric Folk-rock. Like We Five and others, they are well past what can realistically be called Folk.