The Kingston Trio's Bob Shane took the folk revival to the masses with "Tom Dooley." ... "And I think by the time he retired, at 80, his body was ready to not be traveling as much.

Bob Shane, left, with other members of the Kingston Trio — John Stewart, center, and Nick Reynolds — in Hollywood in 1967. The group spearheaded a folk revival in the late 1950s.

Bob Shane, who helped bring folk music to the forefront of the American cultural scene in the 1950 and 1960s as a founding member of the Kingston Trio, a group best remembered for such hits as ...