R.I.P. Mary Travers

Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died yesterday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. She was 72 and had battled leukemia for several years.
Ms. Travers, who lived in Redding, Conn., joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s. The trio mingled their music with liberal politics, both onstage and off. Their version of “If I Had a Hammer’’ became an anthem for racial equality.
They were early champions of Bob Dylan and performed his “Blowin’ in the Wind’’ at the August 1963 March on Washington.
And they were vehement in their opposition to the Vietnam War, managing to stay true to their liberal beliefs while creating music that resonated in the American mainstream.
The group collected five Grammy Awards for their three-part harmony on such enduring songs as “Leaving on a Jet Plane’’; “Puff (The Magic Dragon)’’; and “Blowin’ in the Wind.’’

from the Boston Globe. This article reminded me of how much I loved music and singing as a youngster, and how much I look forward to still singing with kids.