Peter Yarrow RIP

Peter, Paul & Mary were an important group during my youth and were always part of my music experience. I was 10 when I first heard them singing If I Had A Hammer on the radio and 11 when there song Puff The Magic Dragon was everywhere. I remember us kids singing that song at school and playing around with it at choir practice. 

I always loved the way they covered Bob Dylan songs especially Blowing in the Wind and their version was probably the first time I heard of that song. I think my favorite song they did was their cover of Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright. It's an amazing performance and I especially love the way the three vocalist come to the song one at a time.

I saw them in concert several years later when I was a teenager.

Sadly we heard today that Peter Yarrow from the group Peter, Paul & Mary died today at the age of 86. Mary Travers had died from leukemia nearly 20 years ago.

Now I need to have some kitchen listening time with Peter, Paul & Mary. I have a few of their albums in my collection.

Peter, Paul & Mary albums in my collection:

• Peter, Paul & Mary, 1962
• (Moving), 1963
• In The Wind, 1963
• A Song Will Rise, 1965
• See What Tomorrow Brings, 1965
• The Peter, Paul & Mary Album, 1966
• Album 1700, 1967
• Late Again, 1968
• Peter, Paul and Mommy, 1969
• The Best of Peter, Paul & Mary: Ten Years Together, 1970
• The Very Best of Peter, Paul & Mary, 2005
• Live in Japan 1967, 2012
• Discovered Live in Concert, 2014