Talk:Peter, Paul and Mary

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"improper liberties"? Oh God... someone needs to expound. TheCoffee 17:49, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I so agree, even though I don't know what your sayin'. Chill. ,

They used to get their laundry done in Salinas, CA!

Missing hit list

The listing of top-hit songs and albums is confusing. This is an example of the bad effects of the Official Policy Against Lists (OPAL) at WP. What could be organized and accessible turns into just a confusing mush of sentences.-69.87.204.178 22:03, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bad link

The link for "500 Miles" (in the first paragraph of the History section) redirects to a totally different song - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)," written and performed by Scottish pop band The Proclaimers. 12.76.136.92 (talk) 05:34, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why such focus on Australian Concerts ?

I think someone should correct (or erase) such lines about Australian concerts. I don't think this is the point of such page to list every tour of the band in a specific country, unless significant event :

In May 1964 Peter, Paul & Mary made their first tour of Australia playing only one concert in each of Sydney (Stadium) and Melbourne(Festival Hall). Their Australian Impressario was tentative about their potential but this was unfounded.

Their first visit sparked a massive folk music interest which survives today. Folk Clubs were opened in the most unlikely places and folk festivals were founded. Many hitherto ignored Australian Folksingers were able to make modest livings from their careers and recordings.

Both concerts were sell-outs and the group revisited Australia in 1965,1967,1968 and 1970 each time increasing their itinerary and always to capacity business, until their break-up in 1970.
Since their reformation Peter, Paul & Mary have visited Australia three times for concerts. Noel Paul Stookey is the only member of the group to visit Australia as a solo performer.

Why such focus on a lost TV interview ?

Admittedly, the recollection that "the trio chatted amiably" is intriguing. Even so, the attention lavished on this now obscure event, which is not even claimed to have any great significance if we had the tape, seems wildly disproportionate. What it seems to be is padding for a Wiki article that is painfully lacking in significant information. 74.242.247.150 (talk) 21:42, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peter and Paul were interviewed earlier this week (8/19/2009) by radio station WTOP, under the title Audio: Peter, Paul & Mary No More. This interview reveal's Mary's health issues prevent her singing concerts, and they have probably performed as a trio for the last time. http://wtop.com/?sid=1743466&nid=93. Tomligon (talk) 19:23, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Citations & References

See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 06:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Death

The wording of Mary Travers death could be a little misleading. The trio may have lost a member, but the group has been touring without her. Have they announced that the group is done? if not then the wording should be changed from:

The Peter, Paul and Mary trio came to an end on September 16, 2009, when lead singer Mary Travers died of complications from chemotherapy, following treatment for leukemia, at age 72.

72.10.215.230 (talk) 14:43, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't be an idiot. You can't have Peter, Paul and Mary without Mary.

Didn't say you can have a Peter Paul and Mary without Mary. but the current wording makes it appear as though the group will never perform again when in reality they have been touring without Mary for quite a while. While they won't be Peter Paul and Mary, but Peter and Paul, which they have been using as their name without Mary. I think the wording should be changed.