Peter, Paul, and ...

Mary Travers (aka Mary of Peter, Paul and Mary) died today. I hate to make this blog seem like an obituary page, but this merits mention. The New York Times has a pretty good obit which doesn't shy from noting that Peter, Paul and Mary was a manufactured band, not unlike 'NSync as imagined by Lou Pearlman, but, um... they performed at the March on Washington!

Anyway, I have my own particular association with the group, as my little sister when she was 4-years-old had their kids' album "Peter, Paul & Mommy Too" and listened to it non-stop for over a year (I think it helped her go to sleep). At the time, I hated that tape, but today I get really excited when I hear "Pastures of Plenty" and "Somagwaza" - the former more entertainingly rendered than the Woody Guthrie original. Mary really comes through on that song, singing lead. May she rest in peace.