| Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul and Mary) |
Presented by Live Nation at Montalvo Arts Center
September 12, 2010
This concert features Peter and Paul of the legendary folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, in a tribute to the late Mary Travers and their fifty years of music and friendship.
“Peter, Paul and Mary are folk singers.” So stated the liner notes to the group’s self-titled 1962 debut album. Today, this declaration seems redundant, because the term “folk music” came to be virtually interchangeable with the group's name. In the decades prior to the ‘60s, folk music had become identified with sociopolitical commentary, but the idiom had been forced underground in the Senator Joe McCarthy witch-hunting era of the late ‘50s.
At this critical historic juncture, with the nation still recovering from the McCarthy era, the Civil Rights Movement taking shape, the Cold War heating up and a nascent spirit of activism in the air, Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers came together to juxtapose these cross currents and thus to reclaim folk’s potency as a social, cultural and political force.
Few at the time could have realized how fervently and pervasively the group’s message of humanity, hope and activism would be embraced. The three communicated personal, political and social issues through their impeccably chosen songs, personally crafted harmonies and unmitigated passion. Peter and Paul continue this tradition with such songs as Blowin’ in the Wind, If I Had a Hammer, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Where Have All the Flowers Gone and 500 Miles.
Admission Info
Tickets:
$49.50-$95
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Dates & Times
Dates: September 12, 2010
Times:
7pm
Venue Info
15400 Montalvo Road
Saratoga, CA 95070
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