Looking for one thing on YouTube, you always find another. I have posted other close harmony groups in the past, Orpheus, The Kingston Trio - but always chuckling at them a bit. Chuckling at myself, perhaps. Yes, these two similar videos have guys with funny clothes and haircuts, but it goes with the territory. They were in the crossover period from fresh-faced folksingers to hippie exuberance. And I loved them. Still do. Without a trace of irony, this is good music.
Also, I looked a lot like that rhythm guitarist, so I'm a little defensive.
3 comments:
Amazing how they were able to get noticed.
Had talent.
Knew how to play their instruments.
Didn't use sound systems to distort what they did in to pain-rendering noise that really does make water-boarding look like a tickle in the ribs.
Women looked like women.
No apparent bodily mutilation.
And the list goes on.
Amazing.
Somewhere, in a closet in my home, back behind, perhaps, an old peajacket or maybe a Nehru Jacket and a pair of baby blue with gold window pane squares bellbottoms, I have both those records providing they haven't gotten lost in the many moves since the 60's.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Judith Durham - what a voice! Thanks for the YouTube.
I love the old harmonizers: I'm a big fan of Doo Wop.
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