Tuesday’s Tune: I Shall Be Released
Mary Travers, the Mary in Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at the age of 72 after a long battle with leukaemia. Peter, Paul and Mary were probably more responsible for the popularisation of folk music than anyone else. Indeed, my early indoctrination into the wonderful world of folk music came via a well worn and scratchy LP, the eponymous Peter, Paul and Mary. Their version of Dylan’s Blowing In The Wind introduced me to his Bobness, apart from being a worldwide hit.
In choosing a song for this post I plumbed for another trio – not PPM. This trio consists of Travers together with two other iconic female singers: Joni Mitchell and Mama Cass Elliott. They appeared together on a Mama Cass TV show in 1969. All three have very well known, distinctive voices and it’s a delight hearing them harmonise together. Fittingly they sing a Dylan song, I Shall Be Released.
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