Mary Travers

Those were turbulent times, the 60s and 70s…Dylan, Buffalo Springfield, Hendrix, the festivals, the scenes, but the music was powerful and I felt we were channeling a nation of young people full of anger and confusion (“stop children, what’s that sound”). With Peter and Paul, our trio tried to do justice to traditional folk songs, and we had a perfect blend of harmony. We shared a need to speak out, to shout out, through the music. Civil Right and the Vietnam were catalysts for an endless stream of songs that had been written both before and during the 60s in which we vocalized the mantra of “peace” and love.