Summary: One outcome of the folk music boom of the 1950s and ‘60s was an increased interest in the music from which much pop and folk had sprung: old-time and bluegrass. While The Weavers, The Kingston Trio and other groups developed a slick, commercialized sound for largely elite northern urban audiences of the time, The New Lost City Ramblers dug into 78 RPM recordings and paid visits to old time musicians. Dressing the part of early country musicians in white shirts and vests, they interpreted the music they’d encountered when they performed on the college and urban folk club circuits, spreadin
