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The Sinking Of The Reuben James

The second troupe of the original Kingston Trio consisted of founders Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds with John Stewart added to replace departing founder Dave Guard. In 1981, twenty years after Guard left, both configurations joined the then-touring company of the KT for a reunion concert now legendary among that group's fans. The Shane/Reynolds/Stewart trio opens its set here with "The Sinking Of The Reuben James," a commemoration by the legendary Woody Guthrie of the men who died when the destroyer of that name was sunk by a German U-boat on October 31, 1941, six weeks before Pearl Harbor. Guthrie commandeered the tune from an Appalachian song named "Wildwood Flower" that had been collected originally in the 1920s by A.P. Carter and the Carter Family. Guthrie wrote his own words and added the chorus; in his original version, each man who died was mentioned by name in a line in a verse. The final verse sung here by the Trio and by most others who sing this song to this day was added after World War II by Fred Hellerman of the Weavers. Tenor guitarist and founding Trio member Nick Reynolds died in October of 2008; banjo player and later renowned singer-songwriter John Stewart had passed away earlier that year in January. This video is a tribute to them and to the magic they created as part of the Kingston Trio from 1961 through 1967.