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John Stewart 1st gained recognition like a songwriter when his tunes were recorded from the Kingston Trio. In 1960, he created the Cumberland Three, which documented three albums for Roulette. The next year, he became a member of the Kingston Trio, changing Dave Safeguard, and remained with them until 1967. …

John Stewart (b. Sep. 5, 1939, NORTH PARK, CA) began playing appropriately in rock and roll & move in the past due ’50s. He shifted toward folk music while in university, however, and installed with John Montgomery. They shaped a banjo/electric guitar duet, John & Monty, and in 1960 added …