Folk trio formed by students at Parkville Senior High School, the group named after a street in Parkville. Members Rick Walsh (vocals), Nancy Tribull (Peabody trained vocalist), and Doug Long (guitar and vocals). They performed covers of popular folk songs as well as older songs that they adapted to their own arrangements.
From CD liner notes: “The Hillcrest Trio formed in October 1963 and performed together until the early part of 1965.”
“They appeared all over Baltimore City and County schools with the WCAO Larry Monroe Hootenanny Show and Ralph Elsmo Productions. In February 1964, and again in June 1964, the Trio were guests of Elaine Stein on the WCBM Performing Arts radio show. They also made frequent appearances at Patches 15 Below Coffee House in Timonium, Maryland, and won numerous talent contests held in the Baltimore area.”
They participated in a Parkville talent show where the winners were The Aces, The Hillcrest Trio, The Gillgara Trio (Neal Felber, Pat O’Brennan and Tim Strain), Linda Brewer, and Barbara Gehring.
A CD release of the original WCBM radio shows was issued in 2003. Again, from the liner notes: “The performances on [the] CD were recorded live in 1964 at the WCBM Studios in Baltimore, Maryland, and first played for the public in February (1st show) and June (2nd show). A recording was made from the off-the-air broadcast as received on a 1940s Philco AM radio and recorded with a reel-to-reel monaural home tape recorder and microphone of the day. The tape sat for 40 years and was recently rediscovered and converted to digital format (by Znemeth Productions, Laurel, MD.)”
