Mary Travers: Goodbye To A Sweet Voice of Reason

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As you probably know by now, Mary Travers (of Peter, Paul and Mary fame) passed away earlier this week.

How I loved this trio, and the kind of music they stood for - simple songs with a great deal of depth and meaning, played and sung simply before they were soon to be drowned out by technology, and multi-track rock and roll.

Thank you, Mary. And may you finally learn the answers to the questions originally posed by Bob Dylan.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t4g_1VoGw4"]YouTube - Peter Paul & Mary - Blowin in the wind[/ame]

And here's the song that used to make me cry, about dragons and things like the lost innocence of childhood.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wik2uc6"][/ame][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV_7PqoxtVM"]YouTube - Mary Travers Peter, Paul & Mary Puff The Magic Dragon,he ceased his fearless roar[/ame]

And I also loved their less than subtle poking of fun at at the Mamas and the Papas, the Beatles and others that came after...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrXXx9706tc"]YouTube - I dig rock n roll music[/ame]

Anyway, thank you Mary. You gave so much!

[SnorkletsMom]

Re: Mary Travers: Goodbye To A Sweet Voice of Reason

I've never been able to listen to Puff the Magic Dragon without crying.

[Radiobarry]

Re: Mary Travers: Goodbye To A Sweet Voice of Reason

I've never been able to listen to Puff the Magic Dragon without crying.

Okay, so it still makes me cry too.

[Radiobarry]

Re: Mary Travers: Goodbye To A Sweet Voice of Reason

She (Mary) and they left us with such a wonderful kind of music.

I hear "coffeehouse" music today that is somewhat reminiscent of the "folk" music form. I guess they'd be considered something of a cross between "folk" and the "beatnik" movement of the time.

I still enjoy listening to the Kingston Trio, and Pete Seeger, among others - both the "political" and "non-political".

Will we ever again have music like classic Dylan, or P, P and M?

By the way, I loved the disclaimer at the beginning of "Puff" at the start of the YouTube version above. I had never even heard of the "other" explanation til about 20 years ago.