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Along with Bob Dylan’s emergence came countless additional folk-based “protest singers” in the first to middle-’60s, including Barry McGuire. Created in Oklahoma Town during 1935, McGuire got relocated to NEW YORK and became a member of up with folk revivalists the brand new Christy Minstrels by the first ’60s. He …

Known originally because the Trendsetters, this five part was found out by producer Jonathan Ruler just because they transformed their name to Hedgehoppers, in mention of the actual fact that the complete band contains Royal Air Power pilots (whose reputation for low traveling, or “hedge-hopping,” was infamous). Ruler recommended the …

To numerous casual listeners through the early ’60s, the brand new Christy Minstrels were the embodiment of popular folk music. If they are not kept in mind (or discussed) in an exceedingly serious way, it’s mainly for their picture: ten well-scrubbed, generally smiling teenagers and women performing upbeat tunes about …