We
had two very strong folkie influences (all right, three actually): The Weavers,
Peter, Paul & Mary and the Kingston Trio. We loved their music, their
politics, and their very broad, mainstream appeal. So, when PP&M played a
local gig on Long Island in 1983, all of us piled into a train or a car (don’t
remember which) and caught their show.
We
came all dressed in our new wave/beatnik regalia, ready to meet and greet the
popular, beloved entertainers after the show. Knowing that they’re seasoned
pros and would never pass up a meet and greet backstage after a concert, we
positioned ourselves with a small but eager crowd at the stage door.
Sure
enough, they came out to say hello after the show. We burst right into an early
PP&M song, “The Cruel War,” which the guys sang harmonies to as I crooned
my best Mary Travers. But -- once Mary heard us singing her song -- she joined
in and came over, stroking my cheek and singing lovingly along with us Squares.
Nice!
(photo by Jill Goodkind)
Little
did any of us know that within 5 years we’d be sharing a label: Gold
Mountain/Gold Castle Records. . . (whatever the heck it was!)
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