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This isn’t exactly a Folk Legacy Trio post, but it involves such an important part of my personal musical journey. Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the PBS show filmed at Six Flags north of L.A. that we called the “Reunion Show.” Besides the then current Kingston Trio (Bob Shane, Roger Gambill and myself), the principals included, Dave Guard, John Stewart, Mary Travers, Tommy Smothers and Lindsay Buckingham.
Prior to the filming, we rehearsed for the show during The Kingston Trio's appearance at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. I remember being in Nick Reynolds suite at the hotel when something encouraged me to look out the window. As I looked down, I had my first sighting ever of Dave Guard as he walked towards the hotel. A few moments later he walked into the room. It was the first time they had been in the same room together for twenty-one years. I sat cross-legged on the floor at the feet of Dave, Nick & Bob (just try getting in that position now!) and listened to the first song they rehearsed for the show, “Zombie Jamboree.” They fell into it as though 21 years had not passed.
There are so many memories of the rehearsals and of the actual show that it would take a book or at least a thick pamphlet to write them all down. But the most loving memory I have is that of Mary Travers taking me aside backstage and telling me in her careful and wise way why she knew that I belonged and how grateful she was that the KT had more music to continue offering with the talents that the group (Bob, Roger and I) now possessed.