Yes. (Noel) Paul Stookey and Nathaniel Stookey's father (novelist Richard Stookey) are first cousins. Paul Stookey's grandfather, Mahonri Moriancumer Stookey, is Nathaniel Stookey's great-grandfather. Mahonri Stookey (1870-1939) was a fiddle player and his instrument now belongs to Nathaniel Stookey, who, before becoming a composer, trained as a violinist.
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The group Peter, Paul and Mary was made up of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers. Mary was married three times, but never to Peter or Paul.
At first I thought the song was about a cat or a dog, but I read in the sheet music that Paul wrote it about an acoustic 12-string guitar he always wanted and received. - Yes Sebastian is about the guitar... years ago a friend gave me a bootleg cassette recording of a show he did in our town hall (Queensland, Australia, approx 1978). He gives a lengthy introduction to the song as being about this guitar, I don't remember all the details but I listened because I'm a guitarist... It was something about finding this guitar, (which was known to him) standing against the wall all dusty, picking it up and playing some notes, he mentioned that it was the most beautiful guitar he'd heard and went 'awwwwww' (yep, that's Paul Stookey language) -- And went on to own it and write this song. The song's hard to find on the internet. Enjoy this wonderful artist.
I'm not familiar with Charlie Hornsby, but I can tell you that Bruce and Paul are not related.
Yes, Paul is Armando's older brother.
No.