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Newspaper Page TextJuly 11, 1996 18 The original Kingston Trio is back More than three decades after “Tom Dooley” changed Ameri can popular music forever, the original Kingston Trio sound is back with Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds and George Grove. They will be playing locally at the Imperial Theatre on August 9. “With Nick rejoining the group, we now have the nucleus of the original Kingston Trio sound,” says Bob Shane, the Trio’s long time leader and one of the origi nal founding members. “It was always Nick and I that really defined the Kingston Trio vocal sound, with me singing lead and Nick harmonizing. So this Trio, with George, Nick and myself, sounds very much like the origi nal group with one major differ ence — this one sounds better!” The original Kingston Trio was formed in 1957 by Shane, Reynolds and Dave Guard while the three were attending college inthe San Francisco area. Using only acoustic guitars and ban joes, singing simple yet memora ble melodies, they revolutionized popular music, reawakening America to its own rich folk-mu sic heritage. the release of “Tom Dooley” in October of 1958 began the “folk music revival” and set the stage for Dylan, Baez, Peter Paul & Mary and the entire pro test music movement of the 60s. The Kingston Trio was the num ber one vocal group in the world, a musical and cultural phenom enon whose record sales and con cert draws were matched only by the Beatles. In 1961, after two Grammy Awards and numerous gold records, Dave Guard left the group and John Stewart was in troduced, maintaining the Trio for another six years. In 1967, Bob, Nick and John disbanded the Trio to pursue individual careers. “Pop music tastes were changing again,” says Shane; “that whole ‘rock revolution” thing spread from San Francisco across the country, and took a lot of our audience with it. But you know, folk is timeless, and knew it would come around again.” Bob was right, and in 1972 the Kingston Trio reformed with George Grove and Roger Gambill. QUS \EVS COVERCE e YOU CAN CQUNT ON 4, | B 500 10ung,Des G and te e NewsCHANNEL § Team R Cvng you the Ofympis sory fom the Augustaperspectie. | = with LIVE 30 mimute broadcasts fiom g NewsCHANNEL 6 OLYMPICS BROADCAST CENTER in Atlanta JULY 1548, JULY 222629 nd AUGUST 2 LT 00PN ; | AUGUSTA FOCUS Lo A L 1 R L)N 3 L L N W 3 R Bape R SRt R 3 R S R PR N T A b L AN TN w‘%&'*‘ﬂ “‘: R TN ST G . N R SR RSN R SR R 3 S W N S TN NN \ N & S N R X WA A : SR . SN Ry e Eal e Wt Jusing LQN T ol . &N . Y B S T, S §LM i L * R S . . N sl S R X ) = 8 SN R R S Qi . Sl Y 8 . @ e d e ey | T F W N €R R SRR .&R e = 8y AGR R o & SR LW ST TN R B e e b SR R T S R i\ e : . AR TRy L : e T SR e @ SOTRAE. A ol 3 S R ;_\\-;:;-;§. 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A T o & 3 \% k. e f g R 1 ooy o ; S SERNAR OB SES S 5 R R 8 RRaE I R SN R SasEas, - g ot . e BoEneE e S s i L e ,:':'Eiiihi\kt.\:izlj"‘::i ~.:3:;:5*%:5 36‘33‘1\» b R | E]-- b e e e L L . s e . .. @ = B g e o 5 ; . R T U S T ‘x\(; R R S s . L e Y / g P TR E 3 % PR : R Sy : . e . T They discarded the songs they did not like, kept the rest and added some new material. For the next decade, the Trio again traveled the world playing to sold-out audiences, and record ing for the Nautilus and Xeres labels. In 1985, the Kingston Trio line up changed again following the untimely death of Roger Gambill. News| CHANNEL WIBFQTV \ COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON “We were devastated by the loss of Roger,” says George Grove, “butthe Kingston Trio as a group is a musical institution that had to go on, just as it has for 30 years. Having Nick Reynolds back in the Trio brings it back full circle, which just shows you the power and longevity of our kind of music.” Indeed. The Kingston Trio’s trademark three-part harmony and clean, crisp sound keeps them touring 35 weeks a year, and George Grove has arranged and scored their music for the symphony, enabling them to play approximately 20 major sympho ny concerts a year. What’s more, they are attract ing an ever increasing number of new fans, both young and old. AUGUSTA'S HITS AND OLDIES —— ,9’ : TR / o[y Drive honﬁ/ith Weekdays T 4 A -"Ae s g / % GrE RS S ilie ekl g’ i & L 7 o % B g ‘wwo',.m;v_"‘,:’- : Kl oo o Dlazal = R .00 . G 0 Pl o' ¢ : oo oQRSWI oM % Ue, ; t 8 e ¥ tﬂtaz e dee “% g e T ‘ 3 SRR i 3 LR ol s B bobidmen s g B L N : ~’.'.«::::‘”“13 o g - ;. . t\ .: i w = ] ’ s é&@gﬁ j* g e T o S ¥ i gy e Above is a computer-generated rendering of the Coca Cola Refreshment Plaza. The coolest place in Atlanta this summer is at the Coca- Cola Refreshment Plaza ATLANTA The action this summer in At lanta won’t all be at the Olympic Games. In fact, visitors and resi dents in Atlanta this summer won’t even need a ticket to an Olympic event to be right in the midst of all the excitement. Coca-Cola Refreshment Plaza is soon to become the place to be and be seen in downtown Atlanta. In addition to having America’s favorite soft drink at arm’slength, Refreshment Plaza anchors the official headquarters of the Olym pic Pin Trading Center, an Olym pic Salute to Folk Art exhibit, Underground Atlanta and the World of Coca-Cola, an interac tive attraction. Located in the heart of down town Atlanta area, Coca-Cola Re freshment Plaza will be a gather ing place unlike any other. Deco rated with tables and chairs and umbrellas that resemble bottle caps, the center plaza area will provide visitors with a momen tary break from the non-stop ac tion surrounding Atlanta this summer. Also in the plaza area will be a 16' X 27" television mon itor receiving daily satellite tele vision feeds from NBC network and Atlanta’s local NBC affiliate, WXIA, on its Olympic coverage as well as other entertainment pro gramming. From the plaza area access to a number of entertaining activities are available. They include: - Coca-Cola Olympic Pin Trad ing Center. Located inside the Georgia Freight Depot, the Coca- Cola Olympic Pin Trading Center will be the hub of trading activity during the Olympic Games. Pin trading has become known as “the most popular spectator sport” at the Olympics. Forthefirsttimeat a Summer Games, Coca-Cola will offer a highly popular “Pin of the Day” series from July 19 through August 4. Each pin of the day will be limited to 2,000 copies. - Coca-Cola Olympic Salute to Folk Art Exhibit. Also inside the Georgia Freight Depot will be the Coca-Cola Olympic Salute to Folk Art Exhibit, a breathtaking en semble of contour bottles created by folk artists from 60 countries from around the world. Many of these bottles are priceless, having been designed and created by hand from materials that are indige nous to each country. : -World of Coca-Cola. The World of Coca-Cola has been the most popular attraction in metropoli tan Atlanta since it opened its doorsin 1990. Itis the only attrac tion at Coca-Cola Refreshment Plaza with an entrance fee ($4.50 adult; $3.50 seniors 55+; $2.75 children 6 - 12). The World of Coca-Cola is an interactive exhib it that tells the story of how Coca- Cola came to be and where it can be found today.