Last member of Peter, Paul and Mary pens book on spiritual journey to Maine

Peter, Paul and Mary perform at the Cumberland County Civic Center in 1985 to mark 25 years since the trio formed.

Noel Paul Stookey was still a long way from Maine when he and his Peter, Paul and Mary bandmates heard one of their songs, “Lemon Tree,” on the radio for the first time.

It was 1962, and the trio were riding across San Francisco Bay, heading to their first on-air appearance with the DJ who helped the track take off. They asked the record company representative driving the car to pull over so they could listen.

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