{"id":230,"date":"2014-11-11T18:03:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T23:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vinyldialogues.com\/VinylDialoguesBlog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2014-11-11T18:03:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T23:03:41","slug":"completing-a-musical-experience-with-folk-legend-peter-yarrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vinyldialogues.com\/VinylDialoguesBlog\/completing-a-musical-experience-with-folk-legend-peter-yarrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Completing a musical experience with folk legend Peter Yarrow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary was at the Doylestown Bookshop on Nov. 10, 2014, to promote his new book, “Peter Paul and Mary: Fifty Years in Music and Life.”
(Photo by Mike Morsch)<\/p><\/div>\n

As much as I like listening to my favorite artists on vinyl, I\u2019ve got this thing about hearing and seeing them sing their signature songs live. It completes the musical experience for me and oftentimes touches me emotionally.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s part what music is about for me: to elicit that emotion.<\/p>\n

I want to experience Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys singing \u201cSurfer Girl\u201d in person. And I have.<\/p>\n

I want to experience Hall and Oates singing \u201cShe\u2019s Gone.\u201d And I have.<\/p>\n

I want to experience Elton John singing \u201cRocket Man.\u201d And I have.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to witness Bob Dylan singing \u201cBlowin\u2019 In The Wind.\u201d The same goes for Bruce Springsteen singing \u201cBorn To Run.\u201d I hope to experience both of those some day.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a whole list of artists whose songs I enjoy. I\u2019ve got the records. But I haven\u2019t seen them all live.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I was able to cross another off the bucket list this week. I got to see and hear Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, sing \u201cPuff the Magic Dragon\u201d and \u201cLeaving on a Jet Plane.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yarrow was at the Doylestown Bookshop in Doylestown, PA, to promote his new book, \u201cPeter Paul and Mary: Fifty Years in Music and Life.\u201d He told stories, sang a handful of songs, signed books and spent time chatting with those in attendance.<\/p>\n

Yarrow, along with Noel Paul Stookey and the late Mary Travers are folk music legends. They\u2019ve always been about peace, love and social consciousness.<\/p>\n

That hasn\u2019t changed for Peter Yarrow. He\u2019s still about all those things. And about community. That was evident in his Doylestown appearance. Those in attendance knew the words and sang along to \u201cPuff, the Magic Dragon,\u201d \u201cLeaving on a Jet Plane\u201d and \u201cIf I Had A Hammer.\u201d We all shared in the Peter, Paul and Mary experience that has unfolded over the past 50 years.<\/p>\n

Actually, \u201cLeaving on a Jet Plane\u201d – written by John Denver – is my favorite Peter, Paul and Mary song. That song resonates differently for people. For me, it reminds me that my baby girl is away at college in Iowa – 16 hours by car from Philadelphia – and that I only get to see her once a year. Mary Travers sang lead on that Peter, Paul and Mary song and she owned it. The song was the group\u2019s biggest single and only No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.<\/p>\n

I was too young to see a Peter, Paul and Mary concert in the 1960s. But to hear Peter sing \u201cLeaving on a Jet Plane\u201d solo now was just as powerful for me as I sat there and listened to it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s part of the musical experience. It\u2019s personal. And it means a lot.<\/p>\n

So after I got home from Peter\u2019s book store appearance, I picked up the phone and called Iowa. Just to hear my daughter\u2019s voice. And to complete a musical experience with Peter Yarrow.<\/p>\n

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