Mary Travers- Dead

[Rockvillejoe]

Puff that magic dragon can now drop her in the sea near a place called honnorly ( or whatever she was singing). Now it's just peter and Paul.

[Hottub]

Here's a link. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090917/ap_on_en_mu/us_obit_mary_travers)

She fought until The Bitter End.

[Rockvillejoe]

they were the first "counter culture" group I came across. On tv, She was striking as a lean, tall blonde singing between 2 beatnicks.

I forgot how many hit songs PPM had. The last time I saw her she had blown up due to the steroids she was taking. You could tell she was ill.

[DarkHippie]

My article on mary for suite101 magazine http://folkmusic.suite101.com/article.cfm/folk_singer_mary_travers_dies

40 something years later, people have forgotten just how important pp and m were to music. they helped launch bob dylan's career, they were the most popular band on earth up until the time of the beatles, they were a leading voice in the civil rights movement, i could go on and on.

one of my earliest memories is of my aunt (also a folksinger) singing me puff the magic dragon and playing on guitar.

[Dude!]

they were the first "counter culture" group I came across. On tv, She was striking as a lean, tall blonde singing between 2 beatnicks.

I forgot how many hit songs PPM had. The last time I saw her she had blown up due to the steroids she was taking. You could tell she was ill.

man i saw her on PBS
a couple of years ago
and she looked like freakin shamu

i like this PPM song best:

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[KatPw]

Well that just sucks. I met her a few years ago at a Bat Mitzvah. She was going to town on a bag of lays potato chips. She must have brought them with her because no chips were served. Who brings food to a Long Island thrown Bat Mitzvah?

[DarkHippie]

Well that just sucks. I met her a few years ago at a Bat Mitzvah. She was going to town on a bag of lays potato chips. She must have brought them with her because no chips were served. Who brings food to a Long Island thrown Bat Mitzvah?

no one can eat just one

[DarkHippie]

She fought until The Bitter End.

Someone turned out her Gaslight

[KC2OSO]

singing me puff the magic dragon and playing on guitar.
funny, my dad would play puff on ukulele and sing that to me as well when i was a lil kid. good memories.

RIP Mary.

[WampusCrandle]

now i just need to kill the rest and my plan is complete.

[Sleeves]

My friend Lonnie's father was a state cop back in the 80's and got us front row seats at the Hatch Shell, which is an open performance space along the Charles River in Boston. There were a bunch of bands that night, but we arrived right before Mary went on.

Before taking the stage, she wandered along with five or six little kids in tow. She stopped right in front of us, yanked a thumb over her shoulder and said "Beat it..."in an old lady smoker voice.

I think the seats were specially reserved for these kids - and maybe they were sick.

But at the time Mary Travers scared me silly.

[DarkHippie]

funny, my dad would play puff on ukulele and sing that to me as well when i was a lil kid. good memories.

RIP Mary.

I work with special children, and sometimes i play guitar for them. Puff is always on the set list