I don't know why I keep coming back to watch this video, because I cry EVERY time. I know it's a celebration of a simply marvelous performer's life, but I still cry. I guess it's because I feel sorry for myself that this wonderful singer is no longer with us. I was lucky enough to see PP&M in concert a few years ago and Mary's voice, even at her then advanced age, was still as clear as a bell. I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to see these three in my lifetime. RIP dear Mary.
If you close your eyes and listen closely you can still hear Mary’s voice during this great performance of outstanding folk singers !! They said that Mary loved this song !! What a celebration of life !! Rest in eternal peace Mary 🙏🏼🙏🏼
God... what a wonderful tribute to a beautiful lady. Thank God we have her recordings so we can hear her amazing voice forever and videos to see the way she moved when she sang.
I remember Peter,Paul and Mary well.They sung great tunes.Very inspirational group.They really believed in what they sang.Young people today should listen to their music and experience their heartfelt music.They were good people and people who knew them will always remember Mary Travers.Their music moved me then and still does today.A great tribute to her.
What a wonderful experience that must have been. I feel blessed to have lived in the time of their music and able to hear them in person several times. Their music literally touched the hearts and minds of millions. No one like Peter Paul & Mary will ever pass this way again.
Peter, Paul and Mary were my introduction to folk music in the summer of 1964, and are first loves for me, especially Mary. While working hard through three full recessions to raise a family, and paying more attention to classical and choral music, I lost touch with so many great artists of the early '60's. Besides the beauty of the music, there was a social consciousness in folk music of that time that placed the emphasis and the responsibility for responding to the needs of those less fortunate than ourselves squarely where it belongs - on us, on the individual. That is the sentiment that asks us to maintain in whatever flawed way we can, a love of liberty, and respect of all mankind, so that we may hopefully inspire those still in chains to break their yokes, and the oppressor to free the oppressed under his fist. Which brings me to the question, where HAVE all the flowers gone?........Where is our concern for the content of character, and the virtue of the soul seeking truth and beauty, and to sow love in this increasingly violent world? We need to remember that so much of this beautiful legacy, while often lamenting human frailty, also inspires us to work to serve one another in love. Something we've forgotten in our belief that perfecting the human condition is someone else's responsibility - or government's. While we have them, let's revisit the music of Peter & Paul, the Seekers, and other performers of that time who are still with us, and see if we can regain a little of the civilization that has been lost to us since those years. Thank you Mary, (and Peter and Paul,) God bless and keep you, 'til we meet again.
Saw Peter,Paul and Mary in 1970's at Baltimore Civic Center. Awesome then,Awesome now! Mary Travers singing in Heaven's Choir now. R.I.P. Beautiful Lady.😢
I was at a PP and M concert in the 60’s. I waited outside afterwards in hopes of seeing them and to my surprise, Mary came out. I ran to her and. begged for her autograph. She declined saying she had a bad cold and just wanted to get to her hotel and rest. I didn’t protest but she must have seen how disappointed I was. She bent down and kissed my cheek. I was so excited. For an impressionable 13 year old, it was an experience I treasure and will never forget.
Mary had good friends, I am one of them. Beautiful memorial, very good band friends and other folk singers. I really miss Mary, her work and voice. Something is over!
A great memorial tribute to a great lady. Peter, Paul, and Mary were the singers of my youth in the 1960s . RIP Mary. Thanks for making our lives a little happier. God Bless you , Mary.
So many thought provoking comments here. I was born in 1972 and grew up on this music. So sad to hear of Mary’s passing. Excellent group, excellent people, excellent music! Jesus is the Prince of peace. If His Spirit dwells in you then you will be an ambassador of heaven, the only Kingdom that brings true peace on earth, no matter what country, or government you dwell under. The Spirit of love and truth abiding in the soul of an individual is the essential key. Thank you for sharing this. ❤️🥰🤗
Listening to this Woodie Guthrie song for the millionth time, it still moves me, and it is a remarkable tribute and affirmation of what Mary stood for. It would make an incredible national anthem in America, speaking to the true spirit of what the United States can be within their hearts.
She touched so many lifes, l was only 10 when l first herd them l wanted to be Mary by 11 l sang all there songs they left a footprint on Me‼️Somewhere between life and other things on my mind l lost track of them l feel guilty ‼️But last night l saw them on PBS and what a thrill and those little kids all new there songs it was truly amazing and seeing her Grandaughter up on stage with Her and Her 2 Daughters was Wonderful, l had no idea She had past away and to Her Family l am so sorry for Your lose truly♥️God Bless You Mary and Heavens just more Magical knowing Your there singing♥️
Since my wife died 9 months ago I have watched this video most nights... outstanding, we were both huge fans of PPM what a tribute to a Golden era a wonderful event Pete
I have never seen a video on TH-cam with as many likes as this video without any dislikes. A true testament to what PPM has meant to all music for the last 50+ years.
PEACE, LOVE AND BUBBLE POWER.....This is the 1st I have seen this.....personally, she was a very nice and discreet person..... with love to her family and closest friends....Peace be with you...
she did have a good voice...i do Like PPM and I miss mary alot...one doesnt have to listen for political purposes i dont anyway..i listen cause they are a talented group of people..love this rendtion of this land is your land...RIP Mary
Just how Mary would have liked it! A wake in her honor! Take a bow Mary you were an inspiration to me and countless other baby boomers! We ended the Vietnam War and our work is not over. We'll have peace again in our lifetime. I can feel it!
Just love PPM. Great to finally see a video with such a view count that has no dislikes. Peter, Paul and Mary have literally made this world a better place. Mary, RIP.
I sat in a beaten up old station wagon with Mary as she tuned the radio to a station that was scheduled to play their recording of Blowing in the Wind. I was maybe 15. She was maybe 22. When it came on she started rocking and swaying. Afterwards they all came to my home and Peter sang my sister to sleep with a song he had just written the week before. Puff the Magic Dragon. I treasure that day.
@Ariverflowing Wow!!!! Beautifully put, even though I was born in the late 60's and didn't discover Mary and the boys till the early 80's I love their music, harmonies and spirit...... God bless you my friend!!!!
I met her once after a concert near Chicago. She not only had a great voice, she was beautiful, classy, and elegant all at once! I wish there were more people in this world like her.
They started singing, and it struck me that they are no longer ... that there will never again be Mary Travers voice with them again. This tribute, beautiful though it may be, proves that no one can ever fill those shoes, that spot in the mix... Rest in peace, Mary. Thank you for SO much, so many ways, for so much of what's good in all of us who were moved by your voice and music.
This is a beautiful video. What a beautiful tribute to a wonderful lady... a lady who cared about our world and the people living in it. Woodie's song is perfect also. I know Odetta is gone, but at one point I felt I heard her voice for a brief second. That gave me chills. So many great singers and activists have come together to show they care also. Thank you for uploading this video!
Puff the Magic Dragon my friend Dave Griffin used to sing when we were kids in uk in 1970s we emigrated to Nz in 1974 but i always remembered that song and Dave
What a wonderful tribute to a truly wonderful life. It is great to see such a great celebration of her wonderful life. Much has been written about Mary's "battle with cancer." In her case especially, the "battle" metaphor strikes a dissonate note for one who did so much for peace in her lifetime. I prefer to think she endured her ordeal with cancer showing the same grace and spirit she showed throughout her life. As with war, cancer has no winners or losers. An appreciative Viet Nam Vet.
Wonderful rendition of America's "2nd National Anthem" (at least in my book)!!! Not even realizing it, until my teens or early twenties, I grew up on their music. Though my parents grew up in the 50s and 60s, I didn't know who Peter, Paul & Mary were, until much later in life, though being born in 1979, I had always lietened to their music. I saw a PBS special on tv and was like who are Peter, Paul & Mary. Once they sang Puff the Magic Dragon, I was like, I grew up with them. Of course, I thought they wrote Puff. Lol. (Due to physical and developmental disabilities, I'm a bit naive.) I figured it out several years later, when I found another version of the song, by the original folk artists of the song. :-)
"Puff, the Magic Dragon" (although the original Warner Brothers single is titled simply "Puff") IS an original Peter, Paul & Mary composition, sort of. The lyrics of the song were adapted from an Ogden Nash poem (titled "Custard the Dragon") by a Cornell University roommate of Peter Yarrow's named Leonard Lipton, the melody composed by Yarrow. To this day Lipton receives shared royalties (with Yarrow) for the tune. In fact, Yarrow went out of his way to find Lipton (with whom he had then been long out of touch) when he decided to record the tune with Peter, Paul & Mary. Of course, Lipton could have retroactively sued Yarrow had he failed to credit him (Lipton) with the lyrics of "Puff." But it appears Yarrow was genuinely motivated by honesty in having made that loyal gesture to an old friend. One may also wonder if a credit was ever given (by Lipton and/or Yarrow) to poet Nash, still alive at the time "Puff" was recorded and released, for the inspiration of the song's lyrics. That other version of "Puff" you stated you heard was simply a cover (another person's rendition) of the Peter, Paul & Mary original. I am sure many other musical artists have covered "Puff," live and in recordings. But an original artist(s) of a song only usually receives royalties from her/his/their original composition when the song is broadcast or recorded, not generally from performances at live venues, which would be more difficult to monitor. I mean, any group or singer in East Westville or North Southport could cover the song of another in a Friday night gig at a small nightclub and the publisher of the tune would never know about such a performance unless, perhaps coincidentally, the covered performance was reviewed by broadcast or print media and the publisher heard or read about such. From such simple live covers, the payment to the song's composer(s) is usually considered the flattery of having covered the tune in and of itself. Covering tunes of others is rather standard practice in popular and folk music. In fact, many musicians and singers make a practice of covering tunes composed by others. As Pete Seeger once said (and even he probably didn't say so originally), "Plagiarism is basic to all culture."The tradition of "handing down" and often slightly modifying the lyrics and melodies of older tunes is so common in the genres of blues and folk music there are many tunes for which the authorship is listed as "unknown" or "traditional." One such song is "House of the Rising Sun," performed for decades by blues and folk musicians but majorly popularized by the Newcastle, England rock group The Animals in 1964.
PP&M were performing at a little club in Cinti O. I happened to be standing next to them as they were waiting to go on. Watched them perform and then become very popular. Had a crush on Mary......She had such great presence with the trio......Loved those times and music. Oak....
I know this was a celebration of a wonderful lady’s wonderful and long eventful life but you can’t help but feel the void and sadness that she is gone and we will never see her again.
The funny thing is that when PP&M first started, they discouraged the audience from singing along. When they finally saw that it was no good to try & stop them, they just started telling people to jump in & sing with them. To me, this gave PP&M such a human side to their music. How in the world can you ignore THOUSANDS of voices all singing the same songs & not a bit of trouble started by anyone during those concerts! We all were having too much fun singing!
I reflect looking back 80 years. I grew up listening to Woody Guthrie, and later Pete Segar, PP@M Etc. My family grew up in the depression, My dad put his life on the line to form Unions. What is different today, ? it seems to me my people only wanted an opportunity to EARN a living. today the protests seem to want to be GIVEN A LIVING
Really great. It's wonderful to see Theodore Bikel there...he was at the forefront of so much and even had the courage to challenge some of Israel's worst policies toward the end of his life...
Back in the mid or late 80s I was a waiter in a local Tulsa Mexican restaurant. Miss Travers came in with one or two other people. I want to say it was a Saturday afternoon between lunch and dinner time. Not a lot of customers at the time. I don't know why she may have been in town. I don't even remember if I was her server. But I recognized her.
On this day in 1963 {March 24th} Peter, Paul & Mary's second studio album, 'Moving', peaked at #2* {for 1 week} on Billboard's Top LP Albums chart; the week it was at #2, the #1 album for that week was 'Songs I Sing On The Jackie Gleason Show' by Frank Fontaine... Track six of side one on the album was the trio's covered version of "This Land Is Your Land"... * After 'Moving' spent its one week at #2, it stayed at #3 for the next four weeks...
Part of the legacy of my political awakening in 1968, shepherded by PPM songs, is that I have dedicated my professional life as a family physician to serving the disenfranchised in the greatest country on the face of the planet. America is great because of the diverse contributions of all her citizens. The loonie lefties, like me, and the wrong hearted righties all have a place here.
Bikel ( Captain Von Trapp) is coming to Toronto on August 21st at Beth Emeth synagogue! It's Ashkenaz Foundation's greatest Yiddish concert of the year. See you there!
I don't know why I keep coming back to watch this video, because I cry EVERY time. I know it's a celebration of a simply marvelous performer's life, but I still cry. I guess it's because I feel sorry for myself that this wonderful singer is no longer with us. I was lucky enough to see PP&M in concert a few years ago and Mary's voice, even at her then advanced age, was still as clear as a bell. I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to see these three in my lifetime. RIP dear Mary.
Consider yourself lucky to have seen legends like Peter, Paul & Mary in action. I am incredibly envious of you!!
@@nnahler You're right, sir. I am damn lucky.
If you close your eyes and listen closely you can still hear Mary’s voice during this great performance of outstanding folk singers !! They said that Mary loved this song !! What a celebration of life !! Rest in eternal peace Mary 🙏🏼🙏🏼
The beautiful 1960's. No other decade can compare.
For sure! What a great time to be growing up
God... what a wonderful tribute to a beautiful lady. Thank God we have her recordings so we can hear her amazing voice forever and videos to see the way she moved when she sang.
I was soo blessed to be able and see PP&M several times in concert :-)
It was like a religious experience every time.
I remember Peter,Paul and Mary well.They sung great tunes.Very inspirational group.They really believed in what they sang.Young people today should listen to their music and experience their heartfelt music.They were good people and people who knew them will always remember Mary Travers.Their music moved me then and still does today.A great tribute to her.
steve white young peoplecshould not sing today lol
I Loved Peter Paul and Mary, from the first time I heard them, what a sound.
What a wonderful experience that must have been. I feel blessed to have lived in the time of their music and able to hear them in person several times. Their music literally touched the hearts and minds of millions. No one like Peter Paul & Mary will ever pass this way again.
I still cry when I watch her singing...PPM concerts were the most amazing concerts I ever went to!
Amazing people. Where is the people now? We have lost so much. Rest in Peace Mary. Thank you and all the people like her.
Can't stop crying. What a great tribute too Mary's life.
"la tristesse durera toujours."
What a beautiful gift we were given
Love song and people singing, but sadly it is a song of conquest
Peter, Paul and Mary were my introduction to folk music in the summer of 1964, and are first loves for me, especially Mary. While working hard through three full recessions to raise a family, and paying more attention to classical and choral music, I lost touch with so many great artists of the early '60's. Besides the beauty of the music, there was a social consciousness in folk music of that time that placed the emphasis and the responsibility for responding to the needs of those less fortunate than ourselves squarely where it belongs - on us, on the individual. That is the sentiment that asks us to maintain in whatever flawed way we can, a love of liberty, and respect of all mankind, so that we may hopefully inspire those still in chains to break their yokes, and the oppressor to free the oppressed under his fist. Which brings me to the question, where HAVE all the flowers gone?........Where is our concern for the content of character, and the virtue of the soul seeking truth and beauty, and to sow love in this increasingly violent world? We need to remember that so much of this beautiful legacy, while often lamenting human frailty, also inspires us to work to serve one another in love. Something we've forgotten in our belief that perfecting the human condition is someone else's responsibility - or government's. While we have them, let's revisit the music of Peter & Paul, the Seekers, and other performers of that time who are still with us, and see if we can regain a little of the civilization that has been lost to us since those years. Thank you Mary, (and Peter and Paul,) God bless and keep you, 'til we meet again.
I so wish I could have been there. All my heroes.
Saw Peter,Paul and Mary in 1970's at Baltimore Civic Center. Awesome then,Awesome now! Mary Travers singing in Heaven's Choir now. R.I.P. Beautiful Lady.😢
Thank you Mary. Look at all that joy!!!
I was at a PP and M concert in the 60’s. I waited outside afterwards in hopes of seeing them and to my surprise, Mary came out. I ran to her and. begged for her autograph. She declined saying she had a bad cold and just wanted to get to her hotel and rest. I didn’t protest but she must have seen how disappointed I was. She bent down and kissed my cheek. I was so excited. For an impressionable 13 year old, it was an experience I treasure and will never forget.
Great tribute...!!!!!!! Teary eyed now...!
MAY MARY TRAVERS REST IN PEACE
love this tribute to Mary Travers--beautiful and inspiring memorial service
may Mary Travers. rest in peace I sorry miss her and her music
Mary would have loved this; her precious spirit is greatly missed.
I love you Mary, can't wait to meet you in heaven.
Mary had good friends, I am one of them. Beautiful memorial, very good band friends and other folk singers. I really miss Mary, her work and voice. Something is over!
She was a wonderful woman and I love her. Im fortunate in having the honor to meet her.
A lovely memorial. I remember when I was a child I would see her picture on our albums and loved her beauty and singing.
A real sincere person.. Never waivered for a moment as to her purpose
A great memorial tribute to a great lady. Peter, Paul, and Mary were the singers of my youth in the 1960s . RIP Mary. Thanks for making our lives a little happier. God Bless you , Mary.
So many thought provoking comments here. I was born in 1972 and grew up on this music. So sad to hear of Mary’s passing. Excellent group, excellent people, excellent music! Jesus is the Prince of peace. If His Spirit dwells in you then you will be an ambassador of heaven, the only Kingdom that brings true peace on earth, no matter what country, or government you dwell under. The Spirit of love and truth abiding in the soul of an individual is the essential key. Thank you for sharing this. ❤️🥰🤗
Listening to this Woodie Guthrie song for the millionth time, it still moves me, and it is a remarkable tribute and affirmation of what Mary stood for. It would make an incredible national anthem in America, speaking to the true spirit of what the United States can be within their hearts.
She touched so many lifes, l was only 10 when l first herd them l wanted to be Mary by 11 l sang all there songs they left a footprint on Me‼️Somewhere between life and other things on my mind l lost track of them l feel guilty ‼️But last night l saw them on PBS and what a thrill and those little kids all new there songs it was truly amazing and seeing her Grandaughter up on stage with Her and Her 2 Daughters was Wonderful, l had no idea She had past away and to Her Family l am so sorry for Your lose truly♥️God Bless You Mary and Heavens just more Magical knowing Your there singing♥️
Since my wife died 9 months ago I have watched this video most nights... outstanding, we were both huge fans of PPM what a tribute to a Golden era a wonderful event
Pete
I have never seen a video on TH-cam with as many likes as this video without any dislikes. A true testament to what PPM has meant to all music for the last 50+ years.
All the old folkies giving it welly! Marvellous!
Mary would have absolutely loved this!!
Bethany Yarrow has the voice of an angel. Also, I am sure that Mary would have loved this occasion, old friends together singing, laughing, loving.
I am poor old Japanese, but I'm very happy thanks of you. I'm wake.
The 60s were epic, there is no comparison💕
you don't even wanna get me started on how much I love mary travers. she was truly an angel that walked the earth.
mary i miss your voice ! but i,ts still in my heart forever !! love and peace !
PEACE, LOVE AND BUBBLE POWER.....This is the 1st I have seen this.....personally, she was a very nice and discreet person..... with love to her family and closest friends....Peace be with you...
Thank you Mary.
she did have a good voice...i do Like PPM and I miss mary alot...one doesnt have to listen for political purposes i dont anyway..i listen cause they are a talented group of people..love this rendtion of this land is your land...RIP Mary
Just how Mary would have liked it! A wake in her honor! Take a bow Mary you were an inspiration to me and countless other baby boomers! We ended the Vietnam War and our work is not over. We'll have peace again in our lifetime. I can feel it!
I was there that glorious night. It lifts me up every time I reflect on it.
3 years today Mary - I miss you so much
Just love PPM. Great to finally see a video with such a view count that has no dislikes.
Peter, Paul and Mary have literally made this world a better place. Mary, RIP.
Music is timeless. I have known that song for a long time. RIP Mary
This is a BEAUTIFUL way to memorialize someone. CELEBRATE their life! Thanks for posting, I needed this and wish I could have been there.
I sat in a beaten up old station wagon with Mary as she tuned the radio to a station that was scheduled to play their recording of Blowing in the Wind. I was maybe 15. She was maybe 22. When it came on she started rocking and swaying. Afterwards they all came to my home and Peter sang my sister to sleep with a song he had just written the week before. Puff the Magic Dragon. I treasure that day.
Mary will live on and on forever never Another Mary,We miss you, we love you!
This is "my Music", I remember that I sang all These songs when I was a young girl over and over again. Love to find them on you tube years later:)
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rest in peace dear, beautiful Mary
@Ariverflowing Wow!!!! Beautifully put, even though I was born in the late 60's and didn't discover Mary and the boys till the early 80's I love their music, harmonies and spirit...... God bless you my friend!!!!
I listen to Peter Paul and Mary songs since I was young, even now. Thanks to them.
A Beautiful tribute by wonderful people to a beautiful LADY
WOW....I am so sad to hear that Mary is gone....
"la tristesse durera toujours."
RIP..Beautiful Mary Travers
Couldn't be a better tribute!!! thanks for posting.
I met her once after a concert near Chicago. She not only had a great voice, she was beautiful, classy, and elegant all at once! I wish there were more people in this world like her.
May y💋u rest in peace Mary Travers.🕊⚘🌹❤💞🎼🎵🎶🎙
They started singing, and it struck me that they are no longer ... that there will never again be Mary Travers voice with them again. This tribute, beautiful though it may be, proves that no one can ever fill those shoes, that spot in the mix... Rest in peace, Mary. Thank you for SO much, so many ways, for so much of what's good in all of us who were moved by your voice and music.
How we boys loved Mary. RIP, dear Mary. You just did it for the 20th Century, didn't you? 1000 years from now people will speak of Mary Travers.
Lets take it back. They led the way.
Fantastic beautiful singing.
This is a beautiful video. What a beautiful tribute to a wonderful lady... a lady who cared about our world and the people living in it. Woodie's song is perfect also. I know Odetta is gone, but at one point I felt I heard her voice for a brief second. That gave me chills. So many great singers and activists have come together to show they care also. Thank you for uploading this video!
Man , where have I been last 30 yrs?? Love the PPM.
Puff the Magic Dragon my friend Dave Griffin used to sing when we were kids in uk in 1970s we emigrated to Nz in 1974 but i always remembered that song and Dave
This is very touching. Mary touched so many souls.
What a wonderful tribute to a truly wonderful life. It is great to see such a great celebration of her wonderful life. Much has been written about Mary's "battle with cancer." In her case especially, the "battle" metaphor strikes a dissonate note for one who did so much for peace in her lifetime. I prefer to think she endured her ordeal with cancer showing the same grace and spirit she showed throughout her life. As with war, cancer has no winners or losers.
An appreciative Viet Nam Vet.
Folk singers captured the soul of America and put it into song.
Wonderful rendition of America's "2nd National Anthem" (at least in my book)!!! Not even realizing it, until my teens or early twenties, I grew up on their music. Though my parents grew up in the 50s and 60s, I didn't know who Peter, Paul & Mary were, until much later in life, though being born in 1979, I had always lietened to their music. I saw a PBS special on tv and was like who are Peter, Paul & Mary. Once they sang Puff the Magic Dragon, I was like, I grew up with them. Of course, I thought they wrote Puff. Lol. (Due to physical and developmental disabilities, I'm a bit naive.) I figured it out several years later, when I found another version of the song, by the original folk artists of the song. :-)
"Puff, the Magic Dragon" (although the original Warner Brothers single is titled simply "Puff") IS an original Peter, Paul & Mary composition, sort of.
The lyrics of the song were adapted from an Ogden Nash poem (titled "Custard the Dragon") by a Cornell University roommate of Peter Yarrow's named Leonard Lipton, the melody composed by Yarrow. To this day Lipton receives shared royalties (with Yarrow) for the tune. In fact, Yarrow went out of his way to find Lipton (with whom he had then been long out of touch) when he decided to record the tune with Peter, Paul & Mary. Of course, Lipton could have retroactively sued Yarrow had he failed to credit him (Lipton) with the lyrics of "Puff." But it appears Yarrow was genuinely motivated by honesty in having made that loyal gesture to an old friend.
One may also wonder if a credit was ever given (by Lipton and/or Yarrow) to poet Nash, still alive at the time "Puff" was recorded and released, for the inspiration of the song's lyrics.
That other version of "Puff" you stated you heard was simply a cover (another person's rendition) of the Peter, Paul & Mary original.
I am sure many other musical artists have covered "Puff," live and in recordings. But an original artist(s) of a song only usually receives royalties from her/his/their original composition when the song is broadcast or recorded, not generally from performances at live venues, which would be more difficult to monitor. I mean, any group or singer in East Westville or North Southport could cover the song of another in a Friday night gig at a small nightclub and the publisher of the tune would never know about such a performance unless, perhaps coincidentally, the covered performance was reviewed by broadcast or print media and the publisher heard or read about such. From such simple live covers, the payment to the song's composer(s) is usually considered the flattery of having covered the tune in and of itself. Covering tunes of others is rather standard practice in popular and folk music.
In fact, many musicians and singers make a practice of covering tunes composed by others. As Pete Seeger once said (and even he probably didn't say so originally), "Plagiarism is basic to all culture."The tradition of "handing down" and often slightly modifying the lyrics and melodies of older tunes is so common in the genres of blues and folk music there are many tunes for which the authorship is listed as "unknown" or "traditional." One such song is "House of the Rising Sun," performed for decades by blues and folk musicians but majorly popularized by the Newcastle, England rock group The Animals in 1964.
PP&M were performing at a little club in Cinti O. I happened to be standing next to them as they were waiting to go on. Watched them perform and then become very popular. Had a crush on Mary......She had such great presence with the trio......Loved those times and music. Oak....
I know this was a celebration of a wonderful lady’s wonderful and long eventful life but you can’t help but feel the void and sadness that she is gone and we will never see her again.
I wss a teenager in 1960's,barely knew a few words in Englidh, I miss those days, I do.
I got goosebumps!
Can't help but cry ....
I so admire this wonderful woman
Mary would have loved this tribute.
Thank You..Mary... you are Immortal RIP
AMO A PETER, PAUL AND MARY!!! ♥ ♫
The funny thing is that when PP&M first started, they discouraged the audience from singing along. When they finally saw that it was no good to try & stop them, they just started telling people to jump in & sing with them. To me, this gave PP&M such a human side to their music. How in the world can you ignore THOUSANDS of voices all singing the same songs & not a bit of trouble started by anyone during those concerts! We all were having too much fun singing!
I reflect looking back 80 years.
I grew up listening to Woody Guthrie, and later Pete Segar, PP@M Etc.
My family grew up in the depression, My dad put his life on the line to form Unions.
What is different today, ? it seems to me my people only wanted an opportunity to EARN a living. today the protests seem to want to be GIVEN A LIVING
She had the most amazing voice... Politics aside..
Really great. It's wonderful to see Theodore Bikel there...he was at the forefront of so much and even had the courage to challenge some of Israel's worst policies toward the end of his life...
He did not distinguish himself during the McCarthy HUAC hearings.
Back in the mid or late 80s I was a waiter in a local Tulsa Mexican restaurant. Miss Travers came in with one or two other people. I want to say it was a Saturday afternoon between lunch and dinner time. Not a lot of customers at the time. I don't know why she may have been in town. I don't even remember if I was her server. But I recognized her.
I imagine you had llived as this song I love. I pray your hapiness.
Gone but never forgotten, she was the voice of P P and M.
On this day in 1963 {March 24th} Peter, Paul & Mary's second studio album, 'Moving', peaked at #2* {for 1 week} on Billboard's Top LP Albums chart; the week it was at #2, the #1 album for that week was 'Songs I Sing On The Jackie Gleason Show' by Frank Fontaine...
Track six of side one on the album was the trio's covered version of "This Land Is Your Land"...
* After 'Moving' spent its one week at #2, it stayed at #3 for the next four weeks...
Wonderful
Mary was a great influence even if the current young music fans do NOT realize it on wwhat the here and sing
Well said. (thanks)
I love it when Paul realises he's about to play in the wrong key and whips off the capo. 😊
@NKEEFE54 You got that right. I only got to go to one concert, but it WAS A BALL & A HALF! I wish I could have gone to more of them!
My wife of 40 years died a month later. This still grips me
Part of the legacy of my political awakening in 1968, shepherded by PPM songs, is that I have dedicated my professional life as a family physician to serving the disenfranchised in the greatest country on the face of the planet. America is great because of the diverse contributions of all her citizens. The loonie lefties, like me, and the wrong hearted righties all have a place here.
God Bless
I just found out she passed a few days ago. So bummed. PP&M music was the soundtrack of my early childhood.
Very very well done on impromptu
I love Mary
Bikel ( Captain Von Trapp) is coming to Toronto on August 21st at Beth Emeth synagogue! It's Ashkenaz Foundation's greatest Yiddish concert of the year. See you there!