Dave Guard: God Moves on the Water - Titanic

[Catlover777ful]

To answer Jaybierd1103, The Kingston Triio very first recording with a 12-string was "Buddy Better Get on Down the Line", but you can hardly hear it. Now then, Dave played 12-string on quite a few songs, including "Pastures Of Plenty" and "Yes Oh Yes". On a live album "Back at the Hungry i" you hear 12-er for many of the selections. BUT! the opening riffs and leads on 12-string were done by a young and rising studio artist named Glen Campbell. How 'bout that?!

[seebeaux]

When Dave first got the guitar, Gibson had put all 12 strings equidistant from each other. Try playing that. They finally got it right, and that is the best 12 string I ever heard in my life, like a grand piano. I did ok for a 19-yr old mail clerk from Melbourne. Great learning experience. - Chris Bonett

[JayBBluejay]

@seebeaux I bet that guitar was as heavy as a tank and very difficult to play.

[CaspianHawke]

Kerrilee Male left Australia for England to become the lead songstress for the British Electric Folk/Psych band "Eclection" where they recorded an Album and non-album singles for Electra records. Her vocals on that album were magnficent. She left Eclection and disappeared from the public.

[UandMeKid]

Guard was so talented (good-lookin' too)!

[Baldramuk]

BAD BAD BAD

Hear the Original by blind willie johnson

[bluesbassdad]

I'd bet BWJ would be gratified to know that people are still singing his song.

As Pete Seeger famously said, "Don't interfere with the folk process."

; ^ )

I can't count the songs I've heard for the first time by other than the original artist. My hat is off to The Weavers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, The Yardbirds and others for introducing me to songs by black artists of the early and middle 20th century.

[Jaybird1103]

The guitar that Dave Guard is playing was one of the first 12-string guitars that Gibson made. They were modeled after the Gibson J-200 guitars. The one in the clip has a sunburst finish, and in the 1981 Kingston Trio reunion special (and in some late 1950s/early 1960s pictures) it had a black finish. Although the 12-string was used in blues music, I don't believe the 12-string came to the forefront in the modern era until Guard used it in his Kingston Trio and solo work.

[seansvoice]

@Jaybird1103 Actually, Bob Gibson began playing a 12 string Vega guitar in the late 50s...Dave was most likely influenced by either Bob or Pete Seeger. To my knowledge the only Trio cut on which Dave played 12 string was "You Don't Knock" on "Goin' Places," Guard's last album with the Trio (released in June 1961). Dave DID play the 12 string on his last KT tour...and was recorded playing it on the recently released "The Kingston Trio Live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium" recorded in 4/61.

[cdadave83814]

Interesting. So Guard was headed in this direction when he left the Trio. Kinda bluesy.

[EverlyLove]

It is great to see a fellow Kingston Trio lover , especially Dave Guard. I adore the Trio but was really never a great fan of John Stewarts's voice(good songwriter and banjo player though). It is amazing that Bob Shane was still in great voice until he left the goup a few years ago. Nick was a sweetheart and added so much to the Trio; was so sorry to hear od his passing.

[polishbroadcast]

Thanks for posting this. Just found about about this show after doing some Dave Guard digging.

[voxpopulai]

I just found this and it really is great. Their harmonies remind me of early Jefferson Airplane.

[seonfox]

@voxpopulai Agreed, reminds me of jefferson airplane also

[Psychelmer]

This is great-- I'm glad to see some Dave Guard video, although I wish it could be the Whiskey Hill Singers! The Kingston Trio was still among my favorites after he left, but they never topped anything done with him, IMHO. And Capitol really made me mad when they replaced recordings of songs done with Guard with later versions on their greatest hits album!

[PRR5406]

Rare to see the Whiskey Hill singers at all! This gives a good idea of what direction Dave wanted to pull the Kingston Trio.

[CompVid101]

Boy, I wish this were the WHS, whom I've never seen. But it's not. The WHS broke up after 1 album and part of a second. Guard went to Australia and this Dave's Place show. This group is Dave, Kerilee Male (looks a bit and sounds a lot like WHS' Judy Henske) and Chris Bonnett.

[PRR5406]

Aha! My mistake, and thank you for the correction. It was the Judy Henske look-alike that threw me.

[LittleNim]

WOW!!!!!

Thanks for posting this!

[HaulAwayJoe]

Nice! I love Dave Guard!

[corgistarr]

This is real cool.