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Peter, Paul and Mary was one of the most successful folk-singing groups
of the 1960s. Almost unique among the folk musicians who emerged from
the Greenwich Village scene in the early 1960s, Travers actually came
from the neighborhood.
"I think there are many
qualities that allow a song to transcend its own time, whether it's a love
song, a lullaby, or a song of protest. They all have to have a certain
elegance to them, and simplicity and authenticity. They can't sound as if
they were only appealing to a narrow group of people... The thing about
really great songs is that they're everybody's music."
Mary
Travers, the female partner in the famed folk trio, Peter, Paul and
Mary, with her singing cohorts Peter Yarrow (l.) and Noel Paul Stookey.
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Mary
Travers, a striking figure of power and glamour in the early-1960s folk
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suffering from leukemia for several years. She was 72.
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Peter
Yarrow, who along with Noel Paul Stookey was the long-time partner of
the late Mary Travers in Peter, Paul and Mary, has sent a note of
reassurance to friends about her final hours.
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