Peter, Paul and Mary - Tell It On The Mountain

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Peter, Paul and Mary was a folk singing group brought together by manager Albert Grossman, who was looking to form a "folk-pop supergroup" made up of a tall blonde gal, a good-looking guy, and a jokester.

Their first gig was in 1961 at New York's Bitter End coffeehouse, which was very well-received. Within a year, Peter, Paul and Mary had released their debut (self-titled) album, featuring Pete Seeger tunes like "If I Had a Hammer" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"

By 1963, the group had made three records, including one of their biggest hits, "Puff the Magic Dragon." They performed at the 1963 March on Washington (where Martin Luther King, Jr., made his famous I Have a Dream speech. Their recording of Bob Dylan's "Blowin In the Wind" was the fastest selling record ever released by Warner Brothers Records, landing the trio at the forefront of the civil rights and peace movement.

By 1970, however, the group had broken up so that the members could pursue their own solo careers. They have reunited several times since then for select concert dates.

Mary Travers was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2005, and received a bone marrow transplant in the autumn of the same year. Peter, Paul and Mary continued their reunion tour in late 2005, and continue to tour now.




http://folkmusic.about.com/od/artistskr/p/PeterPaulMary.htm

UPDATE: Mary Travers died in 2010. RIP Mary.

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• folk
• pop

[theotherredhead]

I wish this stuff was on a cd somewhere.

[John1948Ten]

@theotherredhead There are a couple available on amazon dot com

[weedouthate]

The mountains that we are talking about are mountains of extracted symbolic weeds.The moral dilemmas that peace activists of the 60s faced, begin to resolve themselves once you begin to implode the desire to hate others into the noble intention of symbolically rooting out hatred itself. Weed Out Hate is a grass roots inititative that can give peace a chance by asking each of us to take responsibiliity to symbolically remove our inner weeds.,

[John1948Ten]

@weedouthate Well that may be what you take from the song. It may even be what PP&M took from the song but it is originally an African-American spiritual song, compiled by John Wesley Work, Jr., dating back to at least 1865. It's considered a Christmas carol because its original lyric celebrates the Nativity of Jesus: 'Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born.'

[musicfanBRA]

@ John1948, many thanks for posting, but I suggest you upload the info. since Mary unfortunately is not touring anymore.

But what enthusiasm and soul PP&M show here! Some singers today scream and yell and wriggle or try to be seductive or whatever, but somehow they come across as fake. PP&M were genuine in their music and their feelings.

[John1948Ten]

@musicfanBRA Thanks for the suggestion. I updated the info regarding Mary's passing.

[TheCrimsonSkull]

God bless you Mary. see you in Heaven dear one.

[creome17]

around 2:00, mary looks so beautiful and powerful. her intensity is staggering. she is greatly missed.

[Licmycat]

AMEN! What a blessing song!

[josette4231]

I met them when i was 14yrsl old in New Orleans, la. My sister's father in law ran the gift shop in their hotel. So, he go me a pass to go to their room Mary is no longer with us. She had beauitful long silky real blonde hair. But, she looked very pale.And i saw Peter in Bogoda,Calif. In a restuarant with a young lady. I think it was his niece. They are beautiful people.I can play most of their songs on my trusty ovation guitar.

[heikosunfire]

fantastic! Like the way she moves!

[miyukin28]

映画の「十戒」（セシル・Ｂ・デミルでチャールトン・ヘストン主­演の方ね）を連想するなぁ～。「Let's my people go」ってさ。

[lonsktube]

@weedouthate

Are you from Monsanto?

[sherrb1158]

I believe that what we get from this is that Christians and Jews hold the same values.... and that we will stand with Israel FOREVER. Thank you Peter, Paul and Mary for reminding us of this ..... We will forever stand with Israel and her people! God loves his people. Christians recognize your God given country.