I sure hope Mary merits more than a few column inches in your next print edition…this woman was an integral part of the sixties, in both the realm of music and the politics of the day. Unassuming yet strong in conviction, she stood up for what was right and should be treated as one of the leaders of music and the movement from the sixties.

I’m an atheist, but if there is a heaven it just got another angel. Rest in peace, Mary. Such an amazing impact on the world through music. You will be missed.

Regards,
Mike

Rest in peace Mary.

So long Mary, and thanks for everything. PP&M introduced me to questioning authority. All these years later I still actively practice all you taught me.

What an impact she made. She will be sorely missed. Rest in peace, which is what you created for us.

An icon, forever in my heart and thanks, Mary, for raising my consciousness.

I learned to play guitar listening to PP&M records, and sang Mary’s part in many a coffee house in the 60’s in college. She will be missed and the causes the group and the individuals supported will go on. We will miss you, Mary.

We all did what we could to make this a better world. Mary’s contribution was over the top- she showed an entire generation that they had the power to fight an opressive ruling class. we’ve lost Mary…I hope we haven’t lost the movement.

I just loved her, for her music, and also for her devotion to peace and justice. She was a wonderful example for us all.

I saw PP&M three years ago In Lowell, Mass. I am clergy, but I have never felt more at worship and spiritual than at that concert. My heart soared. Tears flowed. I was inspired and continue to be inspired by this brave woman. May we always remember her, better yet, may we become people of justice, peace, love and kindness. So much for church. I’ll take a PP&M experience any day.

Mary’s Greenwich Village has long ago been sold to the highest bidder..but Mary’s authenticity, voicer and spirit never did..

Mary Travers was indeed the center-piece of Peter, Paul and Mary. Three separate personalities, each one unique yet in the most amazing harmonies that created a single voice that we who loved them and Mary, all knew as the “P, P and M Sound.”

Mary’s artistry was the combination of her voice and the unifying choreography that blended together with the artistic guitar styles of Peter and Noel Paul, created the onstage “presence” that moved people to understand their equally powerful lyrics.

An Amnerican treasure has now passed into history while leaving us all a richer, more socially aware and committed people. There should be a national memorial to that commitment with Mary’s mame on it.

I was never a big folk music fan, but my respect for Mary T as a songwriter, vocalist & social activist is enormous. Her music will be with us forever.

The angels have joined to harmonize with MARY for eternity. Her convictions and her view of the world as it should be must remain in our thoughts, and , hopefully, soon will be a reality. I think this music has so much effect because we could sing these songs and join the movement but not really in our own voice. She led us, we trusted her, and we will miss her. She has brought more to this world than just her marvelous music, and may her family be comforted by her eternal place in our hearts. SING WITH no more pain, or tribulations Mary, RAISE UP YOUR VOICE, and may Peter an Noel Paul be comforted by your years together, and the memories.

When my partner and I saw Peter and Noel at Wolf Trap last month, I could still hear Mary’s voice. Her body may be gone, but that voice and her spirit of love and compassion will be with us forever.

It just does not get any better. God Bless.

I know that “mame is really spelled “n-a-m-e.” I won’t repeat the correct spelling 100 times on the blackboard. There was a tear in my eye when I printed it. I hope the reader will understand.

I was lonely in 1968 at a concert of the Trio’s at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, went down after it, stood in the backgroud as others went up to her, had their album covers signed by Mary. They left, and she motioned for me to come over to her. She saw the look in my eyes, gave me a kiss on the cheek, and signed my album cover.

I’ve never forgotten that kiss, or the sense of compassion that she showed that evening. I went away a new guy with a new outlook that never left me. God bless the memory of Mary Travers.

How Mary will be missed. Their’s is a strong lesson that an entire body of work can be about a set of positive ideals and ideas. This is so true in our time when young people are continually taught by the likes of Bravo, MTV, NBC and the rest that music, design, and art is about competition, winning “stardom”, and getting awards.

Puff just slipped sadly back into his cave.

Beloved Mary, forever you will live in our hearts. Rest in peace.

Wendy Maura Kaplan

I loved the PP&M sound, from the very first time I heard it. They had such a terrific blend, and the joy with which they performed was contagious to the listener. It was inspirational to hear their messages of peace, appreciation for the environment, and dedication to making the world a better place. I can picture Mary singing with the angels, swaying to the music, in her long, flowing gowns, and adding the nicest harmony Heaven has ever heard.

I was very young in the 1960’s but knew that Peter, Paul and Mary was somethng special. It was great to learn a short time later that they were so much more that just musicians. Mary will be missed, at least here on earth. She is now singing with the many other greats we have lost over the years and decades.

Mary has left us her music of justice and peace. She was a beautiful woman with a beautiful soul. I feel that somehow I have learned something from her. Every blessing, Mary Travers.

I was shocked and saddened when I learned that Mary Travers had passed away Wednesday, unaware she had even been ill.
Her timeless music will be listened to and loved by countless future generations Alas, she, like us, was mortal, a fact that until now I chose not to face. My task has been made easier though after reading the remarkable and moving tributes posted here, so thank you people.

I cannot find words to express the richness that Mary, together with Peter and Paul, have brought to my life.

In the words of a Steeleye Span song:
“The singer may die, but the song will remain.”

Sing on Mary.

Mary was my first “favorite girl singer”. She and Peter & Paul had a big influence on my music and my life. I had the privilege to meet Mary after one of their concerts. I will never forget that meeting or her wonderful music. She was a musical icon that now belongs to the ages. You will be missed Mary but your music will remain with us forever.

Thanks for the beautiful songs,Rest in Peace MARY T…your music will live on forever.

Where have all the flowers gone?
To heaven….rest in peace Mary.

I remember hearing Peter, Paul and Mary sing in an auditorium in Hampton Beach, NH in the early 60s. I think I was still in high school. We sat on the floor. I bet it as one of their very early performances. Mary was gorgeous, my heart throb. The group sang powerful lyrics all through their career. America was blessed have them with us. They cared about those less fortunate, were against war and killing and against the industrial-military-congressio nal complex which has nearly totally destroyed this country. The world has lost a great person with Mary’s passing.

I live in Danbury, CT and work at the hospital she died at. Even while she was admitted the last few days she was so nice! She told the nurses stories about the 60’s her first few days there before things got more serious, but always kept a positive tone. Great soul!

Good bye gentle beautiful Mary. I never knew you, only your music. But somehow I feel smaller now that you have left.

I was lucky enough to attend a number of PPM concerts beginning in 1969 and finally seeing them 2 years ago in Ocean Grove, NJ. Like someone said in an earlier post, their concerts were truly a spiritual event, especially lately when Mary’s health was an issue.

I am sad to hear of Mary’s passing and hope she is at peace, now. She was such a great entertainer and activist. She and Peter and Noel Paul were truly a voice of a generation. I was always disappointed that the Kennedy Center Honors never saw fit to recognize PPM, artists who led the American folk nusic revival in the 1960s and provided music for parents and children for several generations.

God bless you, Mary.

More attention is given to GaGa then Mary – its all about magazine sales no matter how important Mary Travers was to music and its evolution.

You fans will miss you, I will miss your voice

I fell in love with PP&M the first time I saw them at the Newport Folk Festival in the 60`s. Mary`s voice will be missed but live on in her recordings for many more generations to enjoy. RIP

I grew up with PP&M and rediscovered them a few years ago. The depth of my saddness at Mary’s death surprises me. Thank you for your music and thank you for your message.

I happily cut my folk-music teeth on Peter, Paul, and Mary. Now, some 45 years later, I still perform here and there and, every time I pick up that guitar, I hear their harmonies and I feel their conviction. Just a few years ago, my wife, two grown daughters, and I attended one of their concerts in East Lansing and I was brought to tears by the fact that we all loved them to the point of shouting out loud. Please say “Hello” to my sister in heaven, Mary, and thanks for all the joy you brought me.

Farewell Mary. You have been an inspirational part of my life, and is the reason I play and sing. RIP. Life is not a one night stand, and rock and roll heaven’s band is one hell of an angel better

The obituary hits just keep on coming. (If I Had A Hammer was in my jukebox when she passed away.)

Bye Bye Mary..Thanks for being a part of my childhood.

Thankyou Mary….Your Music shaped me as a person. I saw you at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in the early 70’s. I am very sad today.

We planted a lemon tree in the front yard of our brand new house on Ryan avenue in Santa Clara, Cal. sometime about 61 or 62. Lemon tree and This train where the first songs I remember learning how to sing when I was 3 or 4 years old. My sister who now lives in New England says they sold an antique kitchen counter through an antique dealer to either Peter or Paul a couple of years ago.This was in Amenia N.Y. I still have a crush on Mary and there is that delicious scent of a warm summer rain in my soul.

Growing up on the words, that were PP&M, the only thing that can be said is I hope to live the words always. They taught me to care and be a human being.

My husbands Mother was a huge fan! She passed several years ago. I told my husband this morning I feel certain they are both in heaven having an awesome concert! RIP Mother Ruth and Mary!

just about the time i developed a social conscience i discovered the music and i didn’t feel quite so alone thinking things could change for the better….one of my first concert experiences was at the carter barron ampitheatre in d.c. and my love for mary and p,p,&m’s music still abides

I worked for Mary Traver’s mother, Virginia Coigney, at Danbury Hospital in the 1970’s and knew Mary and her two daughters through her Mom. She was truly an inspiration to me of what a beautiful woman is. Thank you Mary

RIP ka

As you boy growing up in Nova Scotia I grew to love singing because of P,P&M. Their music was fun, meaningful, and accessible to us all. Mary’s harmonies were so strong, yet never overwhelming. I hope her passing earns the air time it deserves, because she and the lads have had a huge impact on North American music. Dylan, Lightfoot, J. Denver, MLK, global peace, whales, etc. – they have all benefitted from Mary and the lads. Go rest high, sweetheart.

I have had thousands of listening hours of pure pleasure delivered to my ears by Mary, Peter and Paul. I’m age #66 and I grew into manhood listening to one of the finest trio ever to record. Gone are those wonderous folk singing days but my dozens of recordings will never let me forget. Thank you Mary for giving my youth filled memories, a joyous recollection.

Thank you Mary your voice leaded my youth and I’ll never forget.

Hearing this terrible news, I said, oh no, this is the beginning of the end. As a teenager in 1962, I remember clearly the first time I heard “Lemon Tree” on the car radio; it made such an impression on me, like what was that?! It was so different from anything I had ever heard. I first saw PP&M in late 1963 and was stunned by Mary, tossing her long blond hair in time to the beat, and by their wonderful harmonies and fantastic guitar-work, and, of course, their message. I have been an avid fan for 47 years and am truly saddened that wonderful, beautiful Mary is no longer with us. Thanks for a lifetime of beautiful, enduring music. Mary is singing with the angels. RIP.

I weep. Go in peace.

What a gem, in every way possible. I hope the media give you and PPM the tribute so much deserved.

I like so many others can return to my childhood at the mere listening of PP and M.I was so happy to see a CD for children just as we were having our first son.My kids,now teens know all the words and still remember listening to it when they were little. I will make sure their children will love the music as well,

Class,Beauty,Elegance ,Social Conscience and a hell of a voice,,Gone,,,but never forgotten,

I have passed my hammer, bell and song on to my kids and grandkids.
thank you.

I think spring of 63 , one of the first concerts U of Illinois Assembly Hall. PP&M in this unique facility. It was electric, spiritual and just plain the best of times. I was a fan and took up the guitar. I embraced the music and even with sad parting of Mary , continue the anthem that will not fade.

Mary is now truly “Blowin’ in the Wind.” She has earned her wings many times over. My life has ever-so been inspired by the music of PP&M. Taught me to play the guitar, and helped me through the hard times in the 60’s. Rest well Mary.

I was sad to hear of the passing of Mary. As a young bloke we used to sing the songs of PP&M and would love when the audience just joined in, comfortably knowing the songs we were singing. My sympathy goes to her family, Ethan and her daughters, and to Peter and Noel Paul.
We loved her from afar, but for those close to her it as a hole that is left that cannot be filled.
God Bless.

god bless you mary song will live on forever. from frances your fans and me

hope you rest in peace

I’ve grown up listening to PP&M for years! Their music, their passion, their friendship with the world will never be forgotten.

Peter and Paul, Please continue to perform in her memory!

Mary–rest in Peace and thanks for making this girl a stronger woman!

Mary,

Your music is eternal in our hearts. Thank you beyond words for the spirit you poured into every song through the decades.

I have attended 32 PPM concerts and never tired of hearing the music. It renewed my beliefs and gave me hope.During an extended hospital stay in 1988 PPM sent me a get well card through a mutual friend and brightned up a gloomy time. Words fail me to express my emptiness on Mary’ passing. I will try to live up to the meanings of her songs and beliefs. I am a better person because of all three of them. Rest in peace and thank you for your time on earth.

Bot MANY of P,P,&M’S albums since 1963 and have attended SEVERAL of their concerts since 1964. I was always impressed by Mary’s voice; it was SO PURE. Like them (& Superman), I beleive in truth, justice, and the American Way. RIP, Mary

Truely and amazing woman with the care of America in her songs! I was and still touched by the time she gave us!

Mary be at rest for your hard works.

Haven’t had much time for music this week, so spending time today listening to Mary Travers, the sweetest voice for justice ever. Thanks Mary, you helped us all find our hammers.

What a woman! What a life! What a contribution!

I grew up listening to Peter Paul and Mary. She was truly an amazing person, a talented musician, and she touched my heart. She was a part of my childhood and I will always appreciate her.

P,P, & M workfor me at The Nexus Tavern in Goleta (Santa Barbara), CA in 1962. I had first met Mary in Louisville, KY (my hometown) in 1957.

She was the most gracious (and somewhat shy) lady. I weep at her departure. She taught me to be more than I was.

I am somewhat puzzled by our “comrades” who have become “bushies”. How many of you lamenting her passing have forgotten the message?

I first fell in love with P,P, &M in 1968 at the tender age of 7. One of my brothers was just leaving for Vietnam — a place I knew nothing about. At that time, folks songs were being sung, among them the songs of Peter, Paul and Mary. As I continued to grow up, I began to sing and harmonize with others, and the PPM sound became the benchmark of our blends. In 1980 I saw my first concert. I shouted out from the fourth row, “I love you, Mary”. She responded, humorously pointing out that I have a very big mouth. I’ve probably seen her a dozen times in concert. Most importantly, she taught me the value of protesting. She would not allow herself to simply complain about something without figuring out how to be part of the solution. I look at the current state of American politics and rhetoric. I hear people complaining but I see so few willing to jump in, roll up their sleeves, and do the hard work that is required of all of us. Thank You, Mary, for being true to yourself; for being a person of deep conviction. In a concert in 2001, Mary said she was an agnostic. She is probably one of the most spiritual women I will ever know. Peace and Blessings.
Rev. David J. Gaeth

I just finished listening to “Carry it On” PP&M’s box set (which is wonderful) Mary’s rendition of “The Last Thing on My Mind” is beyond beautiful, I listened to it 3 times.

Totally agree that Rolling Stone should dedicate more than this brief obit about Mary. What a lovely soul. RIP

She will be greatly missed, her voice and her music has held a special place for me all my life.
Listen to “There is a ship” and feel a song that is sung from the heart. I was lucky enough to meet her in New York and she was truly a Lady. Thank you Mary for the joy you have given to so many.

When i got my first CD of Peter, Paul and Mary and she was a part of my childhood and decades to pass on to other people would like to hear songs and memories of Mary’s music career in country music. I will be supportive to Peter, Paul and Mary foundation. Rest in Peace, blessings and presence in Country friends.

Mary Travers was the essence of the 1960’s folk [and later pop] music goddess. Though such a title would doubtless find the good lady herself laughing, she was, to many of us, the hippest-and sexiest-woman in the entire scene.
Of course, times change, but the message via the music never did for Peter Paul and Mary, even when introducing new material. They could always be counted on to deliver a lyric that would make the listener THINK and those gorgeous harmonies were icing on the cake.
I am sick beyond words at this tremendous loss. My loss as a fan and the music world’s loss of one of it’s greats.
Blessings to her family and bandmates.

If you were so much as breathing in the 60’s you were touched by PP&M, regardless of your age. Such a beautiful voice, strong and confident in tone and conviction, Mary Travers (and her band mates) gave all of us more than we can ever hope to repay through their music. Peace be with you, Mary, and for all who feel a sadness at your passing. Until we meet again…

I LOVED your voice in the 60’s and I still LOVE it now! P, P & M were my favorite group of all time. I came alive with the folk music. Your spirit will live on forever!!!!

Dear Mary, where ever you are. Thank you for your beautiful, beautiful voice.