I liked pretty much all of the releases of the KT 1958-67, but I'd add this. When I first heard California Bloodlines in the summer of 1969, I thought immediately that Stewart had found his real niche, and the next 40 years bore this out, IMO. I'll guess that you'd remember as I do that while John never disparaged his KT years at the Trio Fantasy Camp, on more than one occasion he said from the stage about those years - "All I did was keep a good thing going."
If you want to know what the Kingston Trio lost when Dave Guard quit, and this is in no way a slug against John Stewart, who did a fine job as Dave's replacement, all you gotta do is watch "The Kingston Trio & Friends Reunion" (1981).
Pay close attention to Dave Guard.
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