2527624, that's not sidetracking at all - in fact I kind of wanted to
Posted by lonesome_d, Mon Mar-21-11 08:44 AM
>Not to sidetrack things, but when I clicked the link to that
>Kingston Trio "Worried Man" clip all I could think of was
>this:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_vn48ZiO4k
bring up that movie, since all the acts in it are based on real performers, and they all poke fun at exactly the kinds of issues AF has with this era/style of folk.
The Folksmen are really pretty clearly the Kingston Trio, though they could just as easily be the Brothers four or a host of other sweater-clad frat-folk bands.
The New Main Street Singers are basically the New Christy Minstrels:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KLWNecE6L8
a band that included at various tmes, Barry McGuire (on the intro here), Kenny Rogers and, umm... Kim Carnes. They had a few big hits,most notably 'green green.'
There was plenty more where that came from, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrThyvv4sko
etc. etc. It's almost hard to believe that 'don't let the rain come down' song ISN'T taking the piss, it's so corny.
And while I love that stuff, I can't contest AFKAP's main points wrt any of the material or acts - it's corny, sophomoric and completely unsexy... it's like the folk version of the Lawrence Welk show.
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