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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Mary Allin Travers (November 9, 1936 – September 16, 2009)
We've lost another good one. Here's a video from 1967. She had soul and power.
I liked all their political songs and the way they brought them into everyone's house. I was surprised to read a couple commentators at the NY Times write that they were put to bed listening to PP&M and they still put their own children to bed at night listening to them. Now that's impact!
Thanks for the video link, which of course lead to more - helped ease the shock. I still have all their old albums, because I like to sing with them! Thanks, Diane, for your cerebral comment - I tend toward the visceral and appreciate the stuff you put in my noodle.
Went to see PP&M at the Valley Music Theater--a theater in the round in Woodland Hills in about 1965. We went backstage after the concert to get their autographs. I remember how friendly and talkative they were and very tolerant of enamored teeny-boppers. Mary was complaining about having a bad cold (you could not hear it in the concert) and I can still see her red eyes and recall her daubing her nose with a Kleenex. I remember thinking wow! I don't even care if I get Mary Travers' cold! I always have her singing "Motherless Child" in my head and I have been singing it the last few days in her honor while I feed the cats. "A long way from home...a long way from home."
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What a voice.
I liked all their political songs and the way they brought them into everyone's house. I was surprised to read a couple commentators at the NY Times write that they were put to bed listening to PP&M and they still put their own children to bed at night listening to them. Now that's impact!
Thanks for the video link, which of course lead to more - helped ease the shock.
I still have all their old albums, because I like to sing with them! Thanks, Diane, for your cerebral comment - I tend toward the visceral and appreciate the stuff you put in my noodle.
Went to see PP&M at the Valley Music Theater--a theater in the round in Woodland Hills in about 1965. We went backstage after the concert to get their autographs. I remember how friendly and talkative they were and very tolerant of enamored teeny-boppers. Mary was complaining about having a bad cold (you could not hear it in the concert) and I can still see her red eyes and recall her daubing her nose with a Kleenex. I remember thinking wow! I don't even care if I get Mary Travers' cold! I always have her singing "Motherless Child" in my head and I have been singing it the last few days in her honor while I feed the cats. "A long way from home...a long way from home."
JAN! How nice to see you here.
I never heard them live, alas. I wish they would have performed at the Paradox!
Heard them on t.v. a lot. Weren't they on Hootenanny?
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