If I Had A Hammer

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Run time: 01:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY2JEGLD0-k   Posted on YouTube: March 15, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 17, 2009 By DU Member: Amerigo Vespucci Views on DU: 676

 

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72

http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/entertainment/2009/09/16/D9AOOT3O0_us_obit_mary_travers/index.html

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died.

The band's publicist, Heather Lylis, says Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday. She was 62 and had battled leukemia for several years.

Travers joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s.

The trio mingled their music with liberal politics, both onstage and off. Their version of "If I Had a Hammer" became an anthem for racial equality. Other hits included "Lemon Tree," "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "Puff (The Magic Dragon.)"

[Crabby Appleton]

1. R.I.P. Mary

[K8-EEE]

2. She had a song to sing all over this land

LOVED her.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. One of the purest voices in music

I grew up with all of their hits.

[K8-EEE]

4. Yes! Me too I remember when Leaving On A Jet Plane was on the radio.

She was a great singer -- and a proud liberal too!

:patriot:

[gopiscrap]

5. RIP Mary