Peter Yarrow Continues The Legacy Of Peter, Paul And Mary

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,

Andrew Tie

Published January 20, 2016 at 12:03 PM EST

Peter Yarrow (right) of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary will be in Raleigh on Friday for a performance.

Peter, Paul and Marywas one of the leading contemporary folk bands in the1960s, mixing social activism with music.

The trio was best known for the 1963 single, “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” and covers like “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Leaving on a Jet Plane.” Peter, Paul and Mary continued to tour until 2009 with the death of Mary Travers. Peter Yarrow continues to tour, spreading his messages of change. A conversation with singer song-writer Peter Yarrow

Host Frank Stasio talks with folk musician Peter Yarrow. Yarrow performs at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh on Friday at 8 p.m.

Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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