The evening ended with the audience singing once again-this time, standing with hands interlocked for “We Shall Overcome.

As the second set began, Yarrow rolled off roughly twenty songs that had been requested, including a host of Bob Dylan covers that Peter, Paul and Mary helped make famous. Most audience members acted surprised, and most actually stayed.

Roughly two hours after starting, Yarrow filled the stage with audience members for a sing-along of “Puff the Magic Dragon.” It seemed as though this was the end of the concert, but Yarrow mentioned he would be out in the lobby signing his children’s books before starting a second set. He also took time to discuss the late Pete Seeger and being at his bedside just before he passed. His song “Don’t Laugh at Me” discusses acceptance of all people regardless of race, color, creed, body type, sexual orientation, or economic status. Yarrow also spent time discussing his latest advocacy effort, Operation Respect. The audience obliged by the evening’s second song, Yarrow had the entire crowd singing along. He asked the crowd to join him in singing, to lighten the tone by mirroring her voice. An early highlight came through a tribute to fallen Peter, Paul, and Mary bandmate, Mary Travers. Sterling, 16.95 (24pp) ISBN 978-1-4027-4782-3 This handsome volume offers a charming interpretation of the. Yarrow has been everywhere, it seems, so he has many interesting stories to share from his fifty-year career. Puff the Magic Dragon Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton,, illus. It stretched well beyond three hours, as it should have. Last month, seventy-seven-year-old folk singer Peter Yarrow hosted a career-spanning concert at Raleigh’s Fletcher Opera Theater.

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