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The Vivid Air: Peter Yarrow: My Last Visit With Pete Seeger

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Reflections On "What Is Past, Or Passing, Or To Come". Friday, January 31, 2014. Peter Yarrow: My Last Visit With Pete Seeger. My Last Visit With Pete. One can always hope - might play a small part in, at last, bringing about a successful peace process. Lots of history, I know, but when we sang the song for Pete, having shared the above, I felt I was telling Pete, “See? We are all carrying it on in your footsteps, dear and beloved Pete, our mentor, our father (figure) to some like me (though he didn&#821...

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The Vivid Air: Auld Lang Syne

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Reflections On "What Is Past, Or Passing, Or To Come". Saturday, December 31, 2011. Which is Scots dialect for "old(auld) long(lang) since(syne)," or the times that have faded and the days that are no more. So in sum - addressing a very dear longtime friend in the first verse, our speaker asks rhetorically, "Should we ever forget about the long-gone friends and times? Should we let 'the dead past bury its past'? In answer to his or her own question, the speaker answers emphatically "No! May we all ne'er ...

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The Vivid Air: Another Nick Reynolds Tribute

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Reflections On "What Is Past, Or Passing, Or To Come". Friday, October 01, 2010. Another Nick Reynolds Tribute. By Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone Magazine. Kingston Trio Founding Member Nick Reynolds Dead at 75. October 2, 2008. 8221; and “Tom Dooley,” which was a Number One song in 1958 and won them a Grammy. The trio won their second Grammy the following year for their album The Kingston Trio At Large. Earlier this year from a brain aneurysm. Reynolds is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.

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The Vivid Air: A Primary Source: Review Of The 1959 Newport Folk Festival

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Reflections On "What Is Past, Or Passing, Or To Come". Friday, January 28, 2011. A Primary Source: Review Of The 1959 Newport Folk Festival. I believe) of the triumphant KT appearance at the Newport Folk Festival of 1959. The writer garbles some song names and facts, but this is first-hand account with a picture I've never seen before of of that seminal event. The Moran Family Coat Of Arms. The Nick Reynolds Memorial Page. The John Stewart Memorial Page. The Chilly Winds Home Page.

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The Vivid Air: It Was Five - Not Four, Not One

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Reflections On "What Is Past, Or Passing, Or To Come". Monday, August 16, 2010. It Was Five - Not Four, Not One. This post is being uploaded here by request; it appears now on a website that does not archive its posts.). The Kingston Trio On Record. In 1986, many if not most Trio fans became aware (if they had not been before) that our favorite group established a milestone in entertainment history in 1959 when they had four albums simultaneously in the Top Ten of. The note about this in. Well, pride goe...

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The Vivid Air: Place And Privilege

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Reflections On "What Is Past, Or Passing, Or To Come". Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Alissa Costello, J.K. Moran). On Sunday June 8, 2008, I attended my thirty-fifth high school graduation ceremony as a teacher. These are always poignant late afternoons, suffused as they are with the joys of youth and the moment and the melancholy of goodbyes that only age can comprehend. Term, be it "Boomer" or "Gen X" or "Greatest Generation" or any other such nonsense. Good Evening, and Welcome. Is profound uncertainty,.

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The Vivid Air: Just For Fun

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Reflections On "What Is Past, Or Passing, Or To Come". Sunday, July 13, 2008. I've spun off two new blog pages in the last week or so to accommodate my more specifically musical interests and (to a smaller degree) in response to several requests for pages on these specific topics. The John Stewart Memorial Page. I was also asked to insure that some posts I'd written to one of the music discussion groups to which I contribute wouldn't disappear after they "fell off" the pages, as this board - Kingston Cro...

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The Vivid Air: In Memoriam, Bo Wennstam - 1939-2011

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Reflections On "What Is Past, Or Passing, Or To Come". Saturday, February 19, 2011. In Memoriam, Bo Wennstam - 1939-2011. Tributes to Bo from his friends are coming in already, and I'd like to share some of them here, as well as direct people to some of Bo's remarkable legacy. But first, taking my cue from Rick Daly's FolkUSA Rogue's Gallery - here is the man himself. Bo With Good Friends Josh Reynolds (L) and Bert Williams(R). Bo At FC10 With Fellow Rogue Mick Coates. As a tribute to Bo (who is mentione...

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The Vivid Air: More Historical Fun Facts And Charts: And These Guys Are NOT In The Grammy Hall of Fame?

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Reflections On "What Is Past, Or Passing, Or To Come". Wednesday, August 18, 2010. More Historical Fun Facts And Charts: And These Guys Are NOT In The Grammy Hall of Fame? Editor's note: Happy to report that the post title is no longer true. On December 22, 2010, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS - the Grammy people) announced that the Kingston Trio was to be given the Lifetime Achievement award on 2/13/11 - and this is essentially the Grammy HOF. The Moran Family Coat Of Arms.