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An Evening with The Kingston Trio An Evening with The Kingston Trio An Evening with The Kingston Trio is a live album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, recorded in 1962 and released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). At the time of the performance, the group consisted of Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds, and John Stewart. In his Allmusic review, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "the material is sung and played with lots of enthusiasm, which proves fairly infectious. This disc has more excitement than the trio's earlier Newport appearance, and a more interesting array of songs than Folk Era's