Peter, Paul and Mary: Around the Campfire [Paperback]

Paul &. Mary Peter (Author), Peter Paul & Mary (Recorder)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

New arrangements of 25 classic hits as performed by this folk-rock trio. Titles include: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? * Puff (The Magic Dragon) * Michael Row the Boat Ashore * Leaving on a Jet Plane * If I Had a Hammer * Day Is Done * Blowin' in the Wind * Kumbaya and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: Warner Bros Pubns (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0769259634
• ISBN-13: 978-0769259635
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Around The Campfire, April 17, 2001

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Michael V. R. (Fort Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This is a great songbook for PPM fans who play beginner/intermediate guitar. The arrangements are easy to follow (not a lot of barre chords) and not a lot of Eb--Bb7 stuff. There's even some tablature to songs like Blowin' In the Wind. The book has the same songs as the CD set with the same name. I really enjoy this book. Mike

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PPM - The best book I have seen, yet., October 14, 2009

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John L. Wright (Ramstein AFB, Germany) - See all my reviews
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I have been a PPM fan since the early 60s. I have played the guitar since I was 14 and I am now 64.

For a long time, the only way to really understand how this group played their music was to go to their concerts, get a front row seat, and really watch them closely. There were no good books.

Nowadays, getting factual information on how to play PPM's stuff is still really tough. As a previous reviewer has commented, there is some material but it seems the authors did not really know what amateur fans wanted ( Keys of Eb and F# - gag). This book is not like that. It's the best I have seen, so far.

All the material in this book passes the sanity test. It makes sense. It tells you how to chord the songs in "normal people" keys, and then goes on to tell you where to put your capo if you want to do it in the same key as PPM.

The only criticism I might offer is that it still does not go as thoroughly as I wish. I would like to see lots more notation and/or tablature for exact picking patterns and strums that they used. I would like to see who sang what and how. I would like to see the different guitar parts.

I feel PPM are an important part of American History. In the Viet Nam war, you could take your precious few moments of quietness and listen to them on the radio and you would be temporarily removed from the atrocities and miseries.

We need to remember this group.

Hey - Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow, why not get with Happy Traum and the Homespun tape people and make a DVD like George Grove did for the Kingston Trio. DVD-Banjo Arrangements of The Kingston Trio

A lot of people ( me included) would be grateful.

John L. Wright
Kindsbach Germany

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great PPM chord and song book, January 3, 2007

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Mrs. Alice S. Franceschini (Petaluma, CA) - See all my reviews
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I love Peter Paul and Mary music and song style. This book is such a great reflection on their music and it's has guitar chords too. If you want a good collection of PPM songs, this book is well worth your purchase price.