The New Christy Minstrels...buh

Alongside Dylan, the Byrds, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Simon & Garfunkel, Billy Joe Royal, The Cyrkle, The Pozo-Seco Singers (wha?), John Davidson (?!) and I forget who else, the Minstrels appeared on the old Columbia Records "Best of '66" comp I owned as a child. They did a woozy cover of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" arranged for at least a half-dozen hokey voices, including one guy whose entire contribution was croaking "B-b-b-boots" over and over, like he was George Thorogood or somebody. Strange stuff.

Or maybe not. I can't come up with any connection between these guys and anything remotely Latin. Maybe they just liked those names?

Haha, a Google group search turns this up: The group was called "Pozo Seco Singers." Spanish "Pozo Seco" means "dry
well" in English.

What a name for a band. I think maybe I will pass on the possibility that they are lost geniuses.

Ok, honest question--when did xian music go from this self contained overly earnest oddness to the slick, postmodern, simalcura of really culture that it is today.

what happened to let that occur

Uhm, I'm no expert, but isn't it basically a case of x-ian teens getting into regular Rock/Pop music and the ensuing realization that they weren't gonna go back to x-ian music if it's the New Christy Minstrels? A simple case of moving on with the times in order to not lose contact with the kids?

I saw a little clip on some cable documentary the other night of Barry McGuire talking about how he had to leave the NCMs so he could sing about, like, how things were changing and all.

(cable documentaries are where all these people go to not die)