VINTAGE VIDEO: “Blowin’ In The Wind” By Peter, Paul, And Mary
The video below is from 1966 and features Peter, Paul, and Mary (pictured above top in a Robert Corwin photo from the 1960s) performing their stirring cover of Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ In The Wind.” To watch the video, click below:
Peter, Paul, and Mary emerged from the folk scene in New York City’s Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. They were early champions of Bob Dylan’s work, and their cover of “Blowin’ In The Wind” helped bring Dylan into prominence. Peter, Paul, and Mary very memorably performed “Blowin’ In The Wind” at the August 1963 March on Washington. Their other hits included “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Puff (The Magic Dragon).” They ended their partnership in 1971 to focus on solo work. They had reunited off and on since then.
Sadly, Mary Travers (pictured above bottom in the 1960s) passed away earlier this week at age 72. She had been battling leukemia for several years. (For more information, see the article from The Times of London.) I always admired Mary Travers and her bandmates for standing up and speaking out against injustice in America. Given today’s poisonous political climate in America, we could use more artists who have the guts to talk about things that are wrong in this country.
Growing up in the 1970s, I was quite familiar with Peter, Paul, and Mary’s music because it still received quite a bit of play on the radio then and we sang some of their songs in music class at my elementary school. Mary Travers had such a beautiful voice. She will be missed.
Mary Travers’ bandmates Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey have issued statements about her death. You can read them on the home page of the official Peter, Paul, and Mary Web site.
For more on Peter, Paul, and Mary, see:
http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/
R.I.P. Mary Travers 1936-2009.
