Members Terry Allan Hall Posted February 2, 2005 Members Posted February 2, 2005 FBI Recovers Folk Singer Yarrow's Missing Guitar Tue Feb 1, 5:43 PM ET By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - When folk singer Peter Yarrow's hand-built Larrivee acoustic guitar turned up for sale on eBay last week, no one was more surprised than Peter Yarrow. He had been looking for it since it vanished during a flight from Washington to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2000 while he traveled with bandmates Noel "Paul" Stookey and Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary on their 40th anniversary tour. The loss was widely publicized at the time and Yarrow had offered a $500 reward for its return. When the ad went up on Friday, a friend alerted Yarrow, who had a deputy sheriff friend contact the FBI (news - web sites). Knowledgeable bidders tipped the on-line auction company that the guitar may have been stolen, and it pulled the ad the same day, with bidding at $2,600, FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said on Tuesday. The FBI traced the ad to a Sunrise, Florida, musician who surrendered it to the agency. The unidentified man told the FBI he was selling it as a favor for a friend and had no idea it may have been stolen, even though it was advertised as Yarrow's and was still in the original case with Yarrow's name on it. "It was so blatant, it's obviously naivete," said Yarrow, who is not pursuing charges. "My only interest was to get the guitar back ... I don't want anybody in handcuffs." Yarrow said he was never sure if the airline lost the guitar or if somebody stole it off a baggage carousel. He had played it in every concert and on all 11 albums the group released between the guitar's creation in 1973 and the day it vanished. "It's an extraordinary guitar and I love it a lot," Yarrow told Reuters. "A musical instrument becomes so much a part of your body when you're very involved with it over a period of years." Peter, Paul & Mary, best known for performances such as "If I Had a Hammer," "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" and "Leaving On A Jet Plane," hope to resume touring soon, when Travers is fully recovered from treatment for leukemia, Yarrow said. "Mary is in remission," he said
Members JasmineTea Posted February 2, 2005 Members Posted February 2, 2005 ..every concert and all 11 albums..
Members guitarcapo Posted February 2, 2005 Members Posted February 2, 2005 Pretty cool of the guy not to press charges...But I have to believe the Ebay seller's story. It's too stupid not to be true.
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