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Three music acts perform this week at Livermore’s Bankhead Theater when The 5 Browns play on Thursday evening and The Kingston Trio and The Limeliters join forces for The Legends of Folk on Sunday afternoon.
The 5 Browns, or the Fab Five as they were dubbed by People magazine in 2002, were the first family of five siblings ever accepted into New York’s Juilliard School simultaneously.
Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra and Desirae Brown have been featured on “Oprah”, “60 Minutes” and in their PBS special, “The 5 Browns in Concert,” as well as released three albums that have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Album Chart.
The 5 Browns show is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday (April 7). Tickets are $20-$78 for general admission; $20 for students and military personnel.
When The Kingston Trio and The Limeliters play on Sunday, two music groups with histories spanning over 60 years will come together for an unforgettable afternoon of folk.
Recipients of the Grammys’ Lifetime Achievement Award, The Kingston Trio formed in the Bay Area in 1955 and launched the folk revival of the late 1950s. Throughout its history, the lineup has changed, but the folk music that landed the group on Billboard’s Top 100 album list 19 times has remained the same.
Likewise, The Limeliters’ original lineup has changed over the years, but the group’s impact on music has remained. The folk group’s biggest claim to fame was serving as Coca-Cola’s musical representative when a rendition of the soda maker’s jingle, “Things Go Better with Coke” became a national hit in 1964.
The paths of The Limeliters and The Kingston Trio have crossed a number of times over the past six decades. Former The Kingston Trio member Bill Zorn played with the band in the 1970s, only to leave and join The Limeliters in 1996. Zorn returned to The Kingston Trio in the early 2000s only to leave again in 2017.
Former The Limeliters member Rick Dougherty left to join The Kingston Trio in the early 2000s, but ultimately left the group in 2017, and current The Kingston Trio member Don Marovich, was previously part of The Limeliters from 2012-2019 before settling into the present day trio lineup.
The Kingston Trio’s current members include: Mike Marvin, Tim Gorelangton and Marovich while Daniel Boling, Steve Brooks and Andy Corwin play in The Limeliters.
The Legends of Folk show is set for 3 p.m. Sunday (April 10). Limited tickets ($20-$98 and $20 students or military personnel) are available online, www.livermorearts.org.
Additionally, the Bankhead Theater recently changed its COVID-19 policy. As of last Friday, proof of vaccination is no longer required to attend events at the downtown Livermore venue.
