Tom Paxton Tribute Concert

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey

accompanied by Paul Prestopino and Dick Kniss, began the second half of the show by commenting on the power of the ending of the first half of the concert and singing Music Speaks Louder than Words, a song he wrote about the value of songwriters such as Tom. He then had the audience laughing with his own variation of Tom's The Last Thing on My Mind. Recalling the early days of their careers, when Noel and Tom were roommates, when the three of them spent hours singing and working on new material, long before the fame and fortune, Peter concluded his solo portion of the set with Bob Dylan's Dream. a song about early friendships.

then joined him on stage for a hilarious and highly animated rendition of Tom's Going To the Zoo.

Peter then left the stage and Noel sang two more songs solo, Tom's And If It's Not True and his own In These Times.