When the other kids were listening to the Beatles, I was listening to the Limeliters.

You could tell Glen's voice a mile away. It was majestic!

Brings tears to my eyes to hear this wondrous band from my youth -- nothing like them since. And Glenn's remarkable voice pierces the heart, always.

Grew up in a small city in Saskatchewan. An aunt and uncle came up from San Francisco, in a VDub Bug with the first Limelighter's album in hand. My older sisters were listening to Motown. I later worked in a studio that recorded a lot of Powwow music. Music has been a part of my life forever. Now, I go out in the yard with my Ipod on and my earbuds in, and experience another world while I am repairing the chicken coop. Ain't life grand?

Can never believe the voice that comes out of glenn, legend through and through.

Two years after this performance, I was working as secretary for Neely Plumb, the manager of the West Coast Record Division of RCA, and met Alex, Lou and Glenn. Glenn had just recently left the group to go solo and I was able to attend some of his recording dates, sitting with Neely while he produced Glenn's songs (sometimes along with Al Schmitt, an engineer extraordinaire who just recently passed). Memories.............

It's also nice to remember the polite audiences -- as soon as the musicians begin to play, the audience is quiet.

RIP Glen... the world will miss your sweet voice

The music of my college days. Kingston Trio, Limelighters, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Brothers Four.

Have all their 33's, played them constantly, loved Glenn, beautiful voice, saw them in concert, they were funny and they were serious, they could do everything! RIP Glenn

The original Limeliters (l-r, Alex Hassilev, the late Lou Gottlieb, Glenn Yarbrough) were the absolute best. I remember seeing them for the first time at Wolf Trap in Vienne, Va., in the summer of 1976. The place was packed, six encores, NOBODY wanted it to end. But that's the magic the Limeliters had!

I discovered them after watching Breaking Bad, "Take my true love by her hand" and I can't have enough of that song

When my brother was in the Army in the mid-'60's, I "reallocated" his Limeliters albums. I should probably give them back...nah! The songs, the personalities, the musicianship, the humor, can never be matched.

I first discovered these guys in the early '60s. I HAD to have the album. I played the hell out of it during one summer. These guys were, as bblaylk noted, amazing. They have a way to harness the velocity of the song without shouting. And, Glenn Yarbrough's voice was nothing short of angelic. By the way, he just turned 80! Time flies. Dennis

Sang with them in the "Through Children's Eyes" live concert in Chicago at the Lyric Opera House. Still have the record and the memories. Grew up to be a music teacher and taught the songs to my classes. One of my best childhood performance memories.

Being a musician, singer, songwriter and all that, it is quite a pleasure to hear and see such amazing, incredible talent.

My parents bought a Limeliters album, and I listened to it until it was worn out! Love this. Thank you!

Absolutely tremendous-guitar work, harmonies, humor. They could do it all. Only yesterday it seems.

The Limeliters harmony and intonation were excellent. I found them to be very motivating in my own folk group. I just loved them.

Original Limeliter videos are almost impossible to find. This one is a real gem with the young (& clean shaven!) Lou, Alex and Glenn... thanks a lot for posting!!

I also loved the Limeliters in the 60s. Still recall most of the words, especially to the MTA song.

Never has so much music been generated by three guys playing acoustic instruments.

I was probably two years of age when my Dad purchased The Limeliters "Live: In Person". I remember hearing the audience laughing, but also the incredible vocals and musicianship with thos incredible trio. As much as I loved the Kingston Trio, now that I am older (much older! Ha, ha) I realize how extremely talented The Limeliters were. I found a used copy of the Live album five years ago. Just played it again. The memories of my very young youth... Johnny Cash... Marty Robbins... Buck Owens... The Kingston Trio... THE LIMELITERS. They sound incredible today, just as they did 64 years ago. There is a three CD set of their greatest hits. I recommend that. Too bad these types of groups aren't played more today. Just found this video. Whomever posted it, "Thank you". Better watch out... I hear "There's a meeting here tonight!" 😉 🎵🎶🎤

I am transcribing my grandfathers letters to my mum and he references that he liked this band and went to see them in Concert in Regina Canada.

I have loved these guys since 1959, and while I am a sucker for Glenn unsurpassed tenor, I dearly love Lou Gottlieb ....google his name, and there is a great article about him, scholarly, true, but ole Lou was a real character, including founding one of the most notorious of all the 60s communes, up on the coast in Mendicino I think ....his sense of humor still cracks me up .....he had an extensive history with classic music .....and it's been quite a while since I read it, but I came away with a great sense of respect for this talented man ....

R.I.P. Glenn Yarbrough

Oh, yes. Those were great times, musically. Older brother, now deceased, and his friends would listen to folk music records of the late 50's and early 60's, learn the chords on their guitars, then sing the songs. Occasionally they let me join in. That was honest American music. I treasure it. Brother and friends are all deceased now. Let's keep this music alive, somehow.

God, I love these guys. Had honor to meet them in cleveland many years ago. And have met Glen Yarbrough thru a friend several times in Texas a few years ago. What a voice. What a great folk group they were. Lou G. died way too young. Thanks for posting. Hope you have more. Chuck

Every single voice and instrument such a treasure-- saw them at Carnegie Hall, 1962? The Civil War medley (The First Batallion) still gives me chills.

Takes me way back. I bought every album they put out. It is great to see a video of them singing. Thanks a lot

My dad had their album and I remember many of their songs back in the 60's ❤️

Limeliters were better live not only seasoned musicians but their sense of humor was priceless Read somewhere that lou G wrote comic material for Kingston trio in between songs thanks for this video

Thanks for this! I saw them so many times in the mid-60's and this just takes me back to happy , innocent times! I was fortunate enough to met them on several occasions and they were warm and welcoming! More of this please!!!

Wonderful memories! Loved these guys as a kid.. my dad would record on reel to reel watching goodies like Hootenanny! with microphones (before he figured out how to hook up thru his stereo), we would have to be ohso quiet! My all time favorite being 'Have some Madeira, M'dear'

I listened to these songs when I was little boy. My father ran the Paquarra Boy Scout Camp on the Delaware River in the early 1960's and he was apart of a 4person band called the "Delaware River Bottom Boys" They played a lot of these songs at resorts along the Delaware..

Fond memories of these guys. Great entertainers and singers. One of the great memories of my youth.

Am I the only one that was wishing this video included their classic hit, "Love in the country?" (It was the song that played over the opening credits of John Wayne's 1963 movie McClintock!)

I have all of their records and still listen to them.

The Kingston Trio were always my favorite by far but these were great too, especially Glen Yarborough

Great group and post - thank you! I just learned that Louis G was a PhD in music, studied with Arnold Schoenberg. He bought land which he turned into the Diggers Farm. Tried to leave the farm to God, but the court ruled God would have to appear in person to sign the papers!

Thank you very much for posting. Like everyone else I think these guys were the greatest. Listened to by the whole family in the early 60's.

The best of folk music. Their humor harmony and Glenn Yarbrough's soaring tenor. They had an edge and an intelligence not found in other groups.

What great memories. Thanks for this version of Wabash Cannonball. My favorite.

Glenn has the most distinctive and beautiful voice. I was introduced to him by my boyfriend in late '60's and liked his voice/songs immediately. I was on vacation with a group of airline personnel and low and behold Glenn was there, no one asked him to sing because he was there to relax on this tiny South Pacific Island (Moorea). Wish I had though.

Absolutely the Limelighters! My dad had all of their albums on vinyl the only media available. These are a lot of great memories Thanks a bunch!

Remembering Glenn Yarbrough born on January 12, 1930. He was an American folk singer and guitarist. He was the lead singer (tenor) with the Limeliters from 1959 to 1963 and also had a prolific solo career. Yarbrough had a restlessness and dissatisfaction with the music industry which led him to question his priorities, later focusing on sailing and the setting up of a school for orphans. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Yarbrough

Wonderful, simple unpretentious enjoyable music---now why can't we have some of that today?

guy with the guitar, Glenn Yarborough, had an extremely powerful delivery, and had a fairly large following after the Limelighters broke up. I saw him in concert, he was amazing.

I too am here via BB. I love music of this era, but I don't think I'd ever heard of them before! Amazing!

I was 5 years old when this came out. My first records that I ever listened to were The LImeliters. I still have those records that were once my moms. They were, in my opinion, the greatest folk band ever. Great musicians, vocalists and humorists. Not a lot of visual live footage of them. Thanks for posting.

Nice to have these old pieces available on KZfaq.

Brings back the memories!!

It's no wonder at all that they reached the heights they did; nobody was tighter or more polished than these boys! First class. Thanks very much for posting this! And please, folks, post anything from the original Limeliters that you find...it gets no better!

I loved that album...spent countess hours listening to it...my father was a big limeliters fan....didn't think anyone else knew about it! Thx

Wonderful memories. I remember sneaking into a theater to see them in 1963 in Madison.

Glenn Yarbrough died this August! Thanks for all your work, man.

Brilliant group! One of the premiere Folk singers.

Such a shame there are so few live recordings of them that can be found on KZfaq

So blessed to see and hear them here!

By all the goodness! Yes! Yes! Let that good sound ring’em true! Ring’em true! Lords yes, ring’em true, yes! Amen!

Love the Limelighters and their contemporaries, "The Folksmen".

Just great music!

I love this track and these guys. My Dad had their album when I was a kid. Having now trailed youtube I now see just how talented they were.

Thank you for sharing...Stephany Yarbrough

I have grown up on two of their early live records, and it is great to be able to actually see a performance. Many thanks to the poster!

great song sung but a great group. The Limelighters and thre Kingson trio were so entertaining!

Alex was a most talented multi instrumentalist as well as fabulous Baritone

Takes me back to nites in the barracks on Guam 1961.

Great! They were the absolute best. Were not together long enough.

Superb group! Sometimes referred to as "the thinking man's Kingston Trio".

What a wonderful clip! What amazing artists and Glen Yarborough had such an amazing voice. Our favorite album was "Our Men in San Francisco". thanks for posting this.

This is priceless! Thanks for posting. First time I have seen them on video. Been listening to them for a while. My mom told me I should check this trio out. Not only the music but their sense of humor is so addictive. More footage please.

Saw them in Lansing MI. in the early 60s. Bought one of their records in E.Lansing and the cover was signed by all three. One can still see the writing idents but the ink is gone, mostly due to the varnish used to protect the text. I cry ! Bob H.

I have admired the Limelighters for years! One of my most treasured records (yes I said records) is "Sing Out". I enjoy all the songs on that album, but my favorite is "Golden Bell". Does anyone have the lyrics to that song?

Fine Song Glenn & Co. Aloha from Deni Lowe in Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Oh no, this is giving me flashbacks. I remember them and I remember Hootenanny. I remember 1963. I'm not sure if President Kennedy was alive or not. But this is where I began to understand American folk music. Are any of them still alive. I know it was almost 50 years ago.

Saw them at the Hungry I in San Francisco, what an awesome trio

This is Skill from a time with higher standards and lower tech. Think of what life was like in 1963.. My parents had all the Limelighters albums growing up, this is Quality and Talent Kids. But more than that; this dates back to the Analog world, music from this time is otherworldly sounding to me now, because no one now makes it without all the modern shortcuts and I can hear the difference. 1 shared microphone, steady levels, no effects, and all the other factors that equal few one like this anymore.

A week ago they were on one of those PBS musical specials (to raise $ and sell CDs), and were great! "Generic Uptempo Folk Song" (on KZfaq somewhere) is a brilliant concept.

I remember the Shaw Brothers sing this too. But yes, I remember the Limelighters as well.

crisp love it. Very entertaining and educational at the same time.Loads of talent.

The second song was popular in the voice of Dorival Caymmi, in who recorded it on his first album, back in 57.

I don't know how humble my opinion is....LOL ... BUT, I used to hang out back theny in a pizza parlor (which shall remain nameless....( but was called the same thing that happens during an earthquake). And listen to these guys. We all would have a double hander special and our prefered libation and paaaartay down man. Those were the days ....Loved 'em

Ils sont fabuleux!

Amazing footage.....Many thanks from Florida!

Thank you. I've never heard them do Curimao before.

great musicians.

Excellent@!!!

This is just great. Thank you.

RIP Alex Hassilev (July 11, 1932 - April 21, 2024).

I miss folk music.

I must say, my life was really made better by having worn out all of my parents' LPs of the Limeliters. Great concepts in their songs for a four year old to dwell on. Racial tolerance, social harmony, not to mention the damage war brings. I wont ever forget my boys.

Visiting following seeing a news announcement that Glenn Yarbrough died Thursday 8/11/2016 at age 86.

OMG. This is amazing

I remember them well. Love this video.

My favorite version of Lonely Traveler.

I like "14k Gold Hits" album. it's hard to find but I think it's their best work

Oh wow one of them can actually sing in Portuguese

God bless KZfaq for letting us see this…

more of this, please!