Basic Information
Label: Fiery Gizzard Records
Management: Jerre R Haskew
Members: Jerre Haskew- Guitar, Banjo/Vocals, Andy Garverick- Banjo, Guitar/Vocals, Tom Kilpatrick- Guitar, Autoharp, Mandolin/Vocals
The Cumberland Trio
Chattanooga, TN
Folk / Bluegrass / Gospel
Bio
The Cumberland Trio originated in the folk era of the early 1960's at the University of Tennessee. Founded in May, 1963, in less than a year the Trio had won the Nat'l Collegiate Folk Festival, appeared on ABC-TV's Hootenany 3 times & recorded an album at RCA Nashville produced by Chet Atkins and played many colleges & famed folk club's including The Bitter End in NY City where their opening act was athen unknown comedian named Bill Cosby! Just after the LP release the Beatles hit in 1964 and...
Comments
JackInTheBlack:
Look forward to that big Radio Special on June 25! I'll be listening and will spread the good word!
JackInTheBlack
Jun 12
JackInTheBlack:
Where have YOU guys been all these years? I remember you from my days in Knoxville, TN in the early 1960's when you were celebrities on the University of Tennessee Campus and saw you perform on ABC-TV's Hootenanny pr...
Jun 12
Press
“The Cumberland Trio is THE best of the folk groups from "then & now," reuniting in 2001 with two fabulous reunion concerts, which rank with the best. Their original 1964 RCA LP was sensational but swept away by the Beatles, so it had little exposure. BUT it has been brilliantly remastered to CD! ”
Artist Stats
Fans: 431
Song Plays: 657
Visits: 957
Video Plays: 110
Widget Hits: 10
Status
Status:
Over 250,000 people listened to our 4 hour radio special on Folk Revival on June 25 on WICN-FM 90.5 in Worcester, MA!! Amazing
