Peter, Paul and Mary

In the 60's there was a popular singing group called Peter, Paul and Mary.  This trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers. 
Here is a picture of how I remember them....

They were folk singers during the time of the Viet Nam War, as I recall.  They had some very appropriate songs for the times we were in....a war that seemed to go on and on....the fear in everyone's mind about the draft and sons being shipped off to a country to fight a war we all thought was a mistake.  The 'proof is in the pudding' so to speak....of where our focus was during those days...War...there was even a song that became popular called The Ballad of the Green Berets.  That song was written by Robin Moore and Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, a medic that was wounded in the Viet Nam war.  Believe it or not...that song was the #1 hit in 1966. 

But back to Peter, Paul and Mary....here are some of their great hits...

There was a song that they sang that really said it all and was used in many protest marches in Washington, DC....Where Have All the Flowers Gone.  Here is the Kingston Trio (another popular singing group) version:  Oh by the way what you are seeing is a record player with a 33 RPM record....this was before IPods, tape cassettes and MP3 players.

Of course there was also the song called Puff the Magic Dragon that became popular as well.

My favorite was the song called Lemon Tree. 



Now the impact of groups such as these was mind blowing....I can remember going to church (Catholic masses entirely done in Latin) on Sundays for years then all of a sudden, Hootenanny masses started happening....what a shock.

Now you may ask where is the fun in all this?  The fun is in remembering all the changes I've experienced in my lifetime.