The Travelers 3

The Great Folk Revival of the late '50s and early '60s may have given birth to more trios than any musical movement in American history. Thanks to the success of the Kingston Trio with "Tom Dooley" in 1958, record labels were more than willing to take a chance on outfits like the Travelers Three. The group was born when singer-songwriter Pete Apo and twelve-string guitarist Charles Oyama recruited bassist Dick Shirley--a collegiate friend--to form a trio. The three University of Oregon students quickly garnered a strong local following and both Apo and Oyama abandoned their st...