Song Number 186 in my All-Time Top 200 Songs---I DIG ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
I Dig Rock and Roll Music was one of the most satirical songs of the 60's with spot on impersonations by Peter, Paul and Mary of Donovan, The Mamas and the Papas and The Beatles. Sometimes it is pure genius the way vocals can match each other and that was never truer than with Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers. They are the greatest of all folk groups. Their litany of hit songs is incredible---Leaving on a Jets Plane, Puff, Lemon Tree, Blowin' in the Wind, If I Had A Hammer, and so much more. They were able to combine beautiful music with social activism that made them such leaders in the folk and pop world. On a personal note, my organization, The Mental Health Association in New York State, www.mhanys.org had Peter Yarrow come to one of our events. He stayed for hours, provided us with lots of stories and brought us all out to sing along with several of his classics. He still sounded absolutely incredible. One of my favorite of their songs was I Dig Ro...