Mary

Listening to Peter, Paul, and Mary now---it's so hard to believe that Mary is gone now. Reading today, writer said that record company had Peter and Paul and then waited for two months to find the best woman so the overall group would have sex appeal. So they "settled" on Mary. What irony, the executives in their effort did find a beautiful blonde with a unique voice--but she would keep both her beauty and her voice until she was past 70. They also blundered through putting together a group whose harmonies can never be matched. And their songs--well, they helped Dylan get started by singing his songs and later did the same for John Denver, even though he was fairly well known for his part in the Chad Mitchell trio--a folk group of the sixties. Of course, P,P,and M should be remembered for their social conscience throughout their long careers, in the beginning they were one of the first white groups to march with Martin Luther King.
to borrow a couple of lines from John Prine-
"I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am"


Mary will be missed, i will miss her, but she has so many songs where she will be remembered.

The world is getting older and darker.
peace
-will-