Mary Travers 1936-2009

Posted by Laura McCulloch on September 16th, 2009 at 09:24 PM | | Tweet

One of the most beautiful voices of our generation was silenced today. Mary Travers, along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, was a powerful force for justice and art. Since the early 1960s, Peter Paul and Mary sang about “love between our brothers and our sisters,” and Mary teamed up with icons Joni Mitchell and Mama Cass in harmonious renditions, including the popular “I Shall be Released.” 

I had the privilege of meeting and listening to Ms.Travers when PPM would come to Portland, through our friendship with Christopher Yarrow and his dad. Mary was one in a million, beautiful inside and out and will not be forgotten.