European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday april 12,1986 up photo Folk singing Trio Paul Stookey left Mary rovers and Peter Yarrow. Peter Paul and Mary singing on Broadway by Mark Perkiss United press International Peter Paul and Mary the Folk singing Trio that helped popularize protest songs Are celebrating their 25th anniversary of fighting for human rights by taking their politics and harmonies to Broadway. The three who first performed together on Bleecker Street in new York City s Greenwich Village in 1961, opened at the Minskoff theater in a series of concerts called from Bleecker to Broadway. Peter Yarrow 47, Paul Stookey 48, and Mary travers 49, became famous in the 1960s for their hit recordings of if i had a Hammer written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays Bob Dylan s Blowin in the wind Woody Guthrie s this land is your land and Yarrow s puff the magic dragon. The idea of doing Broadway concerts is a change for the group which usually performs in Small clubs College concerts and political rallies. We wanted to do something special and different to Mark our 25th anniversary said travers who recently became a grandmother. But we did t want to forget our  Yarrow agreed. You can go from Bleecker to Broadway but you should t lose Bleecker along the Way he said. As a result Peter Paul and Mary decided to use their Silver anniversary concerts to speak out on the plight of homeless people. The opening concert was a Benefit for the coalition for the homeless a new York group dedicated to solving the problem of homeless people. This is a Basic human rights question and it is the Center of what we be been involved in for 25 years travers said. During the week before their Broadway debut the three Folk singers toured homeless shelters and City sponsored hotels for homeless people to learn about the problem. We be heard and read about what is happening Yarrow a native new yorker said on a tour of a men s shelter. Now we want to touch  our involvement in the plight of the homeless is part of an ongoing belief in the rights and dignity of people and their right to a fair shake said travers. Who has spent most of her life in new York. The Trio said their 25-year involvement with the civil rights anti War and anti nuclear movements came from the Folk music tradition they inherited. We grew up with Folk music and when one grows up with Folk music in new York it necessitates really growing up with the weavers with Pete Seeger with Woody Guthrie with the tradition of songs that discuss the social issues of their Day travers said. For us it was quite organic to hear the words to if i had a Hammer and understand what the song was about she said. Peter Paul and Mary broke up in 1971 after Stookey became a born again Christian and wanted to perform Only spiritual music. They reunited in 1978. Since then they have played about 50 concerts a year. Throughout their career Peter Paul and Mary have chosen their causes based on individual passions. One of us becomes passionate about an Issue and brings that to the other members of the group Yarrow said. Sometimes we find out it s simultaneous. For instance the Issue that brought us Back together in 1978 was at the top of All our agendas. It was the anti nuclear Power  the group became involved in the Issue of human rights violations in Al Salvador when Stookey wrote the song Al Salvador m 1983, Yarrow said. Since then they have travelled to that country and Are planning a tour of Al Salvador and Nicaragua in june. The specifics change but the enemy is the same Stookey said. Now we know we be always been involved in human rights issues. We would t have thought like that 25 years ago. We would have said we re involved in the civil rights movement or the anti War movement or the anti nuke  the seemingly endless fight for human rights causes has not dampened the spirits or enthusiasm of Peter Paul and Mary. If the Central Core of these problems was simple they would have been solved already travers said. If you had a time machine and took the words to Blowin in the wind translated them into ancient greek and arrived at Aristotle s front door and said a what do you think of this song he d probably say those Are Good questions " said Stookey we re never  does t Wor Forus. Houabovt4zona 15 & wasting Val Counselor. Time 6ivzitashot. . Wpui5. Mycli5nt Wal pub total to Wop son. Dupuis Harris Here this in t an Ara Zaar. 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