Editing Peter, Paul and Mary (section)

===Breakup (1970–1978)===
The trio broke up in 1970 to pursue solo careers. Also that year, Yarrow was convicted of sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl. Years later, he received a [[presidential pardon]] from [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Kiernan |first=Laura A. |date=February 7, 1981 |title=Folk Singer Peter Yarrow Pardoned by Carter |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/02/07/folk-singer-peter-yarrow-pardoned-by-carter/0216a782-817c-4091-a0c9-e4e82624ed95/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 15, 1970 |title=Peter Yarrow, Folk Singer, Gets 3-Month Jail Sentence |work=The New York Times |page=53 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/15/archives/peter-yarrow-folk-singer-gets-3month-jail-sentence.html}} {{small |([[Associated Press]], September 14, 1970)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hasson |first=Judi |date=February 6, 1981 |title=Yarrow pardoned for morals offense |work=United Press International |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/02/06/Yarrow-pardoned-for-morals-offense/2858350283600/}}</ref>

During 1971 and 1972 Warner released a debut solo album, with the same style cover, by each member of the group. Travers did concerts and lectures across the United States. She also produced, wrote, and starred in a BBC-TV series. Stookey formed a Christian music group, the Body Works Band, and wrote "[[The Wedding Song (There Is Love)]]" for Yarrow's marriage to Marybeth McCarthy, the niece of [[Eugene McCarthy]]. Britain's [[Petula Clark]] also recorded a version of the song, which in 1973 charted strongly in the UK, Australia and elsewhere. Yarrow co-wrote and produced Mary MacGregor's ''[[Torn Between Two Lovers (song)|Torn Between Two Lovers]]'' (No. 1, 1977) and earned an Emmy for three animated TV specials based on "Puff the Magic Dragon".<ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame Foundation|url=http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/peter_paul_mary.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311032921/http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/peter_paul_mary.html|archive-date=March 11, 2007}}</ref>

While the group was de facto broken up and touring separately, it still managed to come together for a series of reunions before officially coming back together again. In 1972, the trio reunited for [[Together for McGovern]], a concert at [[Madison Square Garden]] to support [[George McGovern]]'s presidential campaign, and again in 1978 for a concert to protest [[nuclear power|nuclear energy]]. This concert was followed by a 1978 summer reunion tour, including a September 3 evening performance at [[Red Rocks Amphitheatre]].   An album, ''Reunion'', was released by Warner in 1978.<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: P|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=P&bk=70|access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref>