Dave Guard (8 results)

Sheet music. Condition: Good. A good piece of sheet music. Text is clean. Softcovers are lightly scuffed and front cover has previous owner's name written (person) and stamped (music store) on it. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. THREE REVELATIONS OF GOD The General Revelation of God The Progressive Revelation of God The Special Revelation of God. Book.

Non-Book. Condition: Fine. CD. Dave Guard, Co-founder of the Kingston Trio, in one of his few post-Trio recordings. On the Silverwolf label.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Glossy Pictorial covers. Gift inscribed and Signed by the Kingston Trio on title page, each individual signature. Lots of pictures. This is a souvenir fan book, no music. Minor shelf wear, clean and tight.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition Thus. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: Three Jolly Coachmen, Bay of Mexico; Banua; Tom Dooley; Fast Freight; Hard, Ain't It Hard; Saro Jane; The Wreck of the "John B."; Santy Anno; Scotch and Soda; Coplas; Little Maggie. 50 pages. Above-average wear and soiling. Few markings. Binding intact. A worthy reference example. ; 4to. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 32 pages of sheet music for piano with lyrics and chords. Songs include: Tom Dooley, Hard Ain't It Hard, Banua, Santy Anno, Three Jolly Coachmen, Fast Freight, "John B.", Coplas, Bay of Mexico, Little Maggie, Saro Jane. Faint store stamp on front cover. Prior owner's name upon title page, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A well-preserved copy of this classic compilation.; 4to.…

Original recording session working manuscript, 2pp, rectos only, handwritten on 12" x 16" sheets of yellow 12-staff manuscript paper by Dave Guard, founding member and leader of The Kingston Trio. Titled at top, with chord symbols, full musical notation in treble and bass clefs, structural performance markings (numbered sections, "IN," "OUT," chorus designations), and complete lyrics written in phonetic spelling for singing pronunciation, executed in dark pencil and pen with corrections in white-out, pencil, and erasures throughout. Fine condition. The Kingston Trio first recorded their arrangement of "Zombie Jamboree" (originally a Calypso song by Lord Invader) on a stereo concert album in 1958, followed by its appearance on their From The Hungry i album in 1959. The group achieved immediate commercial breakthrough in 1958 with "Tom Dooley," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, sold six million copies, and received the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording (1959). The single's extraordinary success catalyzed the folk revival that dominated American popular music through the early 1960s, establishing commercial viability for performers including Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan. This folk boom subsequently enabled the development of folk rock when groups like The Byrds and The Animals electrified traditional arrangements during the mid-1960s, but the genre's mainstream acceptance originated with The Kingston Trio. Guard, the sole member possessing musical literacy and notation skills, functioned as the group's principal arranger and architect of their distinctive sound until his departure in 1961.…

Condition: Very good. Original working manuscript of "Getaway John" from the album At Large, handwritten by Dave Guard, founding member and leader of The Kingston Trio. Titled at top, with chord symbols, full musical notation in treble and bass clefs, and complete lyrics written in phonetic spelling for singing pronunciation, in dark pencil with several neat revisions and corrections, and erasures throughout; on recto of a 12" x 16" sheet of yellow 12-staff manuscript paper. Measure numbers and structural notations appear at bottom. Guard's complete arrangement of the traditional folk ballad previously recorded by the Carter Family in 1929. John Hardy was an actual historical figure executed by hanging in West Virginia in 1894 for the murder of a man following a card game, though the killing apparently stemmed from a love triangle. The ballad's final verse references Hardy's religious conversion during his imprisonment, when authorities permitted him to undergo baptism in a river on the morning of his execution. The Kingston Trio achieved immediate commercial breakthrough in 1958 with "Tom Dooley," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, sold six million copies, received the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording (1959), and earned induction into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. The single's extraordinary success catalyzed the folk revival that dominated American popular music through the early 1960s, establishing commercial viability for performers including Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan. This folk boom subsequently enabled the development of folk rock when groups like The Byrds and The Animals electrified traditional arrangements during the mid-1960s, but the genre's mainstream acceptance originated with The Kingston Trio. Guard, the sole member possessing musical literacy and notation skills, functioned as the group's principal arranger and architect of their distinctive sound until his departure in 1961.…