"He Has a Hammer." Born-again Christian Noel Paul Stookey was "Paul" – the tall one – in the sensationally popular folk group Peter, Paul and Mary – just back in the public eye after the recent death of Mary Travers. Church pastors will remember many brides walking up the aisle to the tune of Paul Stookey's 1980s hit "There is Love." His wife is chaplain at a university.
Of course for those who were there in the early 1960s, there was always something more than a little spiritual about the trio's best work. Their signature hit with the words "I'd hammer out justice...I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters all over this land" was a pop anthem at the August 1963 March on Washington where the trio shared the stage with Dr. Martin Luther King.