Mary Travers (singer)
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Mary Travers (born Mary Allin Travers, 9 November 1936, Louisville, Kentucky) is a member of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Noel "Paul" Stookey. Together, they formed one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s.
Travers is a graduate of the Little Red School House. She lived in Greenwich Village, New York, as a high school student.
The group Peter, Paul and Mary launched in 1961 and broke up in 1970, after which Travers pursued a solo career, recording five albums on her own. The group reformed in 1978 and have since toured extensively and issued many new albums. Travers was married to Barry Feinstein. They are divorced and have two grown daughters.
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.
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[edit] Health problems
On 7 December 2004 Travers disclosed that she was receiving chemotherapy for a rare form of leukemia, but expected to make a full recovery. In April 2005 she underwent a bone marrow transplant. On 26 May 2005 the Peter, Paul and Mary site announced that the bone marrow transplant was a success and she had been discharged from the hospital. By 28 August 2005, it was reported that she was continuing to improve.
On 9 December 2005, Peter, Paul and Mary performed live with the New York Choral Society at Carnegie Hall, the first performance since Travers' illness.
In July 2006 she received criticism on the internet when, a year after her life-saving bone marrow transplant, she expressed in the New York Post surprise the donor was a Republican, 'Well, hell, I guess it's about time the Republicans did something nice for me.'[1]
Recently the trio had to cancel several dates of their summer 2007 tour, as Mary took longer than expected to recover from back surgery and later had to undergo a second surgery, further postponing the tour. [2] They will make up at least one of the dates, at the Northfork Theatre (formerly Westbury Music Fair) in June 2008. The postponements continue, with a Morristown, NJ, date rescheduled from May 2 to Nov 2 2008.
[edit] Solo discography
- Mary, Warner Bros., 1971
- Morning Glory, Warner Bros., 1972
- All My Choices,Warner Bros., 1973
- Circles, Warner Bros., 1974
- It's In Everyone of Us, Chrysalis, 1978
[edit] References
- ^ "Peter, Paul & The New Mary", The New York Post, 2006-06-19.
- ^ tour schedule
