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 Joined: August 2003 Posts: 4619
Location: SoCal | Nick died late Wednesday (complications of surgery) in Chula Vista at 75. One of the three founders of the Kingston Trio and owner of the name for all of these years.
Not an Ovation player (that I know of) except for a couple of minutes on my Custom Legend 1658 years ago.
A nice guy... |
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 Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394
Location: East Tennessee | Another good one gone. RIP. |
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 Joined: April 2004 Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Unfortunately most of the ones that us "old guys" grew up with are 20-30 years older than we are. In the next 5-10 years I think the majority of our early music heroes will be leaving us. |
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Joined: June 2006 Posts: 7307
Location: South of most, North of few | I can remember listening to them on vinyl back in the mid 50's when my brother and sister played the album on our new Voice of Music Hi Fi. Tom Dooley comes to mind. RIP. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15676
Location: SoCal | Damn. At the jam tonight I've been planning on doing Scotch & Soda. Now I'll have to dedicate it.... |
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6268
Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | "Well, did he ever return? No, he never returned..." (MTA)
Yes, many of my 'influences' have moved on!
RIP Nick... |
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 Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394
Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Damn. At the jam tonight I've been planning on doing Scotch & Soda. Now I'll have to dedicate it.... One of the best songs they did. |
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 166
Location: Veedersburg, Indiana | So sorry to hear this. Before I moved back to Indiana, I lived in Portland, Oregon and I got to see the Kingston Trio about 4 times in one of the local pubs. That was the George Grove, Bob Shane and Nick trio. Great shows, great playing and great harmonies. This is the music that first got me hooked on music and I still love to listen to them today. He will be missed. I was fortunate enough to get Bob & Nick's autographs and have them proudly displayed in my music area. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15676
Location: SoCal | Last night, along with Scotch & Soda, we did MTA and Early Morning Rain. All great songs...... |
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