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Noel Paul Stookey is best known as one-third of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Stookey balanced his involvement with the trio with myriad activities as a solo singer/songwriter, record producer, and political and spiritual activist, and he has remained active with such endeavors following the death of PP&M's Mary Travers in September 2009. Stookey's earliest inspiration came from the rock & roll of the '50s, and he played electric guitar with several teenage rock bands. His witty personality made him popular as a standup comic and he worked as an MC in nightclubs while attending Michigan State University. Although he temporarily moved to Pennsylvania following his graduation, he soon continued on to New York in hopes of becoming an entertainer. Supporting his family by working during the day at a chemical factory, Stookey continued to MC shows in Greenwich Village clubs. On Sundays, he spent hours playing guitar and singing during informal folk music jam sessions in Washington S...