Our dear friend and fellow performer, Paul Prestopino, has passed. “An extraordinary talent, and what a sweetheart he was!”, says Peter. “He toured and recorded with us for over thirty years, On my solo recordings, he was my go-to buddy, playing guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica and more – any, or all, of them on a given song. He always found the most tasteful, moving, way to “layer” them in so that together, they told the song’s soul, and its story. For so many, Presto was a “musician’s musician”, a real mench-and-a-half and, in the trio’s eyes, his politics and his unrepentant, ethical, heart were absolutely the best!

May his name be a blessing in our lives. “Presto was a jewel”, says Noel “I loved his directness and his always appropriate reminder that the shortest distance between two points was a straight line (must have been the carpenter in him). Whether in the context of Peter, Paul and Mary, my solo work or our personal friendship, I am forever thankful for his generous and uniquely supportive presence in my life. He will be deeply missed.”

P.S. He loved to laugh and, as a matter of principle, he always wore overalls and different colored socks — on stage and off.)