▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube 9. The Chambers Brothers: “I Got It” Before the Chambers Brothers found psychedelic soul glory with “Time Has Come Today,” they flaunted their gospel upbringing with full-throated, raspy-voiced, call-and-response harmonies directly from the Baptist church. “I Got It” is a rocking affirmation …
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Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary Bridged Folk-Pop Eras
Near the end of “A Complete Unknown,” the Bob Dylan biopic that centers on his move into rock in 1965, an earnest, slim, bearded, clearly nervous M.C. struggles to pacify a wildly divided crowd that has just heard Dylan sing three plugged-in songs at the Newport Folk Festival. Boomers will …
Read More »Peter Yarrow, the Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86
Peter Yarrow, whose caring and righteous vocals for the trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped establish them as one of the most popular folk acts of the 1960s, died on Tuesday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 86. His death was confirmed by Ken …
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