From the 1960’s into this New Millenium, Peter Paul and Mary used music to entertain, educate, inspire, and energize Americans to work for a better world. Sunday June 14, four veteran Columbus musicians will pay tribute to PP & M’s legacy with songs, memories, and quips.
Bill Cohen, Joanne Blum, and Joe Lambert will sing and strum the most beloved songs that PP & M seared into the hearts and minds of so many people for decades. Among them: If I Had a Hammer, Blowin’ in the Wind, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Jet Plane, and Day is Done. Plus, the audience will be invited to sing along on tunes like Puff the Magic Dragon and the Times They Are a Changin’. Some lesser-known PP & M songs will also be in the spotlight because of their powerful meaning: Music Speaks Louder than Words, The Wedding Song, and When the Ship Comes In.
Heidi White will enhance the music with her stand-up bass, the kind that PP & M often used in the background of their songs in concerts and on albums.
The concert will also recall key parts of PP & M’s history and their linking of music and activism. Plus, we’ll test the audience’s memories with fun trivia questions about the endearing trio.
About the Performers:
The trio behind this Peter Paul and Mary tribute concert have spread musical joy for more than a century, if you add up all the years they’ve been singing, as individuals and together.
As a trio, Joanne Blum, Joe Lambert, and Bill Cohen have performed concerts with unique and meaningful themes. Examples: the turbulent 1960’s, the joys and oys of growing older, our hopes and prayers for the New Year, a tribute to John Denver, the miracles of time and memory, and Thanksgiving gratitude. Most of their concerts raise money to help non-profit groups and causes. These concerts are full of 3-part vocal harmonies and a feeling of community.
Joe and Joanne help lead Unity Church of Delaware. There, Joanne’s thoughtful and inspiring sermons, plus the duo’s joyful singing, combine to lift people’s spirits. Joe and Joanne have also produced many house concerts and church concerts, starring nationally-touring musicians who specialize in songs of positive joy. The duo has produced several CD’s, including ones where the duo has been part of The Bead People, a band reprising 1960’s folk rock songs.
Bill has been singing for 65 years. The past 40, he’s performed in public sometimes solo, sometimes with other musicians. Those concerts involve themes like romantic love, oldies but goodies, a salute to workers, and tributes to Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Bill’s shows often tie history and music together and include fun stories and trivia questions to get audiences involved. Bill also regularly brings memory-filled songs to residents of senior centers, nursing homes, and memory units.
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