Another little oddity that I happen to have on vinyl (I doubt it exists anywhere else) is a record by The Halifax Three. The interesting thing about the group is that they featured a young Denny Doherty, who would go on to greater fame with The Mamas and the Papas.
The “Three” recorded a couple of albums in 1963, including the one I have, which is called The Halifax Three. The other is the San Francisco Bay Blues.
Some people remember that there was such a thing called the folk music revival that took place through the ’40s and early ’60s before it was killed by the Beatles, et. al. The Halifax Three were not an insignificant part of that revival. Originally called The Colonials, and from Canada, the members of the trio were Doherty, Pat LaCroix and Richard Byrne. After adding Toronto born Zal Yanovsky, they toured with The Journeymen and played Carnegie Hall.
Upon the demise of The Halifax Three, Doherty and Yanovsky formed The Mugwumps with Cass Elliot and John Sebastian. When that ended, Sebastien and Yanovsky formed The Lovin’ Spoonful. Doherty and Elliot joined Journeyman John Phillips and wife Michelle to form The Mamas & the Papas.
Got it? Little known to many, folk music gave rise to some pretty righteous music we all know as part of that 1960s thing.
Before all of that, there was The Halifax Three, just in case you thought Inside Llewyn Davis was based on something that never happened.