Icons we mourn: Mary Travers

Without irony, "Puff the Magic Dragon" was one of my favourite songs from childhood, and from camp, and so it is with genuine sadness that the FGB notes the passing of Ms. Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary. And that's even before we get into "Blowin' in the Wind", "If I Had a Hammer", and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone."

But it's not about me, or camp - although it was wonderful to visit recently.

Ms. Travers brought a powerful voice and an unfeigned urgency to music that resonated with mainstream listeners. With her straight blond hair and willowy figure and two bearded guitar players by her side, she looked exactly like what she was, a Greenwich Villager directly from the clubs and the coffeehouses that nourished the folk-music revival.

NYT