Like most of the folk community, I am heart sad to hear of Mary Travers' passing.
I saw her in the late 1970's at Bogart's in Cincinnati. She was on a solo tour but she included songs we knew from PP&M. She was just a bit heavier and older than my vision of her but the voice remained the same. She did not need Peter & Paul to book end her vocals, she carried them well on her own. No one in the crowd was disappointed to hear her band doing a wide variety of songs, not just the folk classics to which she added her perfect harmony.
I loved her sultry voice, her long, flowing, blond hair, her comfortable stage presence and her flirty smile. Of my musical heroes and inspirations, I have seen most of them in concert over the years .... and I am glad that Mary was among them.
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