The Kingston Trio Credit: Photo via kingston.trio/Facebook
Bob Shane—the last surviving member of the original Kingston Trio which inspired Brian Wilson and Al Jardine to put “Sloop John B” on Pet Sounds—passed away in January 2020.

But even before Shane’s retirement in the early-2000s, his folk trio’s lineup shifted immensely, even having gone out as “The New Kingston Trio” in the 1970s. In recent years, cousins, family friends, and former members’ children have performed in the group, but no matter how strongly you feel about it being a personnel-based affair, Buddy Woodward of The Dixie Bee-Liners will be present at the Kingston Trio’s seemingly annual visit to Florida.

Tickets to see The Kingston Trio play Largo’s Central Park Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Jan. 8 are still available and start at $29.50.

This article appears in Jan 5-11, 2023.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...