Wednesday, September 16, 2009
OH BABE, SHE HATES TO GO: I'm only mildly ashamed to admit that my first concert was shortly after my family moved to Dallas in the seventh grade, when my whole family went to see Peter, Paul and Mary perform at the then Starplex Amphitheatre in Fair Park, and that The Best of Peter Paul and Mary: Ten Years Together was a staple cassette on long toad trips of my youth. Mary Travers passed away today after a 5 year fight with leukemia. She sang lead on the group's only U.S. #1--a wistful version of John Denver's "Leaving On A Jet Plane," and their version of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind." Her songs leave a ringing cultural legacy of the 60s and 70s, as well as reminding us that not every problem of that era has been resolved.
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