DAVE GUARD
Dave Guard (October 19, 1934 – March 22, 1991) was an American folk singer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist. Along with Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane, he was one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio. (More from Wikipedia)
Another great song by Linda Pierre King with an interesting history is “Scotch and Soda”. The song has all of the earmarks of a very good 1930’s standard; however, the first known recording of “Scotch and Soda” is by the Kingston Trio on their 1958 debut album, also called The Kingston Trio. One of the members of the Kingston Trio, Dave Guard was dating Tom Seaver’s older sister Katie Seaver for a time and heard the song while visiting at her parents’ home. The bandmembers searched for years to try to find the real songwriter, but they never figured out who it was; Dave Guard is the placeholder songwriter in the album credits.
(April 2012)
