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Peter, Paul & Mary is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and The Weavers. Those roots explain a lot about how Peter, Paul & Mary arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Seekers, Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Petula Clark, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Peter, Paul & Mary, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Petula Clark. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival. The trio consisted of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers. The group's repertoire included traditional songs, songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, early songs by Bob Dylan, and songs of other "folk-revival" musicians such as Pete Seeger.
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Peter, Paul & Mary connections
Peter, Paul & Mary grew out of Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and The Weavers, shares an orbit with The Seekers, Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio and Judy Collins, went on to shape Petula Clark. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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