R.I.P. Mary Travers

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Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement, died Wednesday night in Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. She was 72 and had lived in Redding, Conn.

The cause was cancer, said her spokeswoman, Heather Lylis.

Ms. Travers brought a powerful voice and an unfeigned urgency to music that resonated with mainstream listeners. With her straight blond hair and willowy figure and two bearded guitar players by her side, she looked exactly like what she was, a Greenwich Villager straight from the clubs and the coffee houses that nourished the folk-music revival.

Ah, hell....

R.I.P. Mary
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[Austin8]

Yeah, me too 3...

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[Belegon]

 

[DeeZire]

Later on tonight, I will confer with Puff the Magic Dragon, and together we will mourn our fallen siren.

 

[jomar]

Really!

 

[Safe_Bet]

We had tickets to go see PP&M in Escondido last year, but they canceled because of Mary's poor health.

R.I.P. Chickie. You sang me to sleep many a night...

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Sigh! An era is passing. We will not see its like again.

 

[R. Richard]

Puff The magic Dragon was a #2 chart hit. Leaving On A Jet Plane was a #1 chart hit in 1969.

 

[TE999]

Vaya Con Dios Mary. You'll always be an icon of the 60's and folk music.

 

[sr71plt]

Damn. Taking in PP&M at the Carter Baron in D.C. was a summer ritual for me and mine. Whenever I was asked my favorite vocal group, this was it--and Mary was the heart of it. I must get those records transferred to DVDs.

 

[Xelebes]

Puff The magic Dragon was a #2 chart hit. Leaving On A Jet Plane was a #1 chart hit in 1969.

Where Have All the Flowers Gone is what the younger generations will know her for.

 

[Handley_Page]

I liked all those records (esp. "Little Boxes"), but the one that did it for me was "the Rising of the Moon". (an IRA song, but the "Devil has all the best tunes").

 

[rgraham666]