As far as Pete BEING the Weavers, I have to agree that they were a "group" in the strongest sense. I really think that all of them added a great deal to the mix and created a vert timely folk music that is somehow timeless. If the Weavers were playing today, I'm convinced that they would have enjoyed an equal response. I think this is so because, where Pete's solo work sometimes opened up his left flank to the cannon balls of cynicism, the Weavers phrased things in such as way that they did, in fact, surround hatred and kill it. In short, they had a ton of heart. Like Dylan in his early years, it is hard to take a stance against them and that is why they endure so well in my opinion. The Kingston Trio were fun to listen to, but today, they only serve to show why the Weavers were as important to american music as Louise Armstrong, Duke Elington and Elvis.