Sunday, December 10, 2023

THE HIT PARADE OF SUPERSTARS

 



@FIFTIETHANNIVERSARYCONCERT


Step back in TIME

Recorded June 7, 2010


Unearthed for the first time 

And uploaded into the internet of things


@FIFTIETHANNIVERSARYCONCERT was filmed in the old downstairs of 

MIKE PORCO’s Folk City where it sat between 1969 to 1987. 



I can almost hear the late JACK HARDY's voice saying...

"NEXT up on THE HIT PARADE OF SUPERSTARS

the lovely and talented..."


@FIFTIETHANNIVERSARYCONCERT


Step back in TIME

Recorded June 7, 2010


Unearthed and uploaded into the internet of things

For the FIRST TIME

NOW


HERE


THE @FIFTIETHANNIVERSARYCONCERT was filmed in the old downstairs of 

MIKE PORCO’s Folk City where it sat between 1969 to 1987.


The subheading of the 

@FIFTIETHANNIVERSARYCONCERT 

Might be:


THE

ONCE IN A BLOODY

LIFETIME 

Event where you can 

ENJOY

LATE CAREER PERFORMANCES

FROM 

PRACTICALLY 

EVERYBODY

From the Folk City crowd

Of the 60s and 70s!!!


The day has come for EVERYONE to see it. 


Some of my friends have run out of time to see it themselves. 


Eric Weissberg, Bob Fass, Frank Christian, Jack Hardy, Vince Martin, Roger Sprung…heartbreak


It’s about time.


FOLKS may have wondered why Bob Porco

Was holding on to this footage for so long.


It’s time to give it all up.


I’ve found this cool platform

Koji 

That houses THE ENTIRE EVENT

Behind this easy to use paywall.


There is SO MUCH footage that Koji forced me

Into a dual release


I’m cool with it.

$5 for the FIRST HALF (Nine videos)

And/or 

$5 for the SECOND HALF  (Eight videos)


THE COOLEST ARCHIVE of the day!!!


The list will follow here now

In order of main appearance

(EVERYBODY sat in with many others)


BOB PORCO

ROLAND MOUSAA

DAVID AMRAM

JOHN MCEUEN

DAVID BROMBERG

JUDY GORMAN

ROGER SPRUNG

HALL WYLIE

BEV GRANT

POEZ

SYLVIA TYSON

VINCENT VOK

WILLIE NILE

WILLIE NININGER

RANDY BURNS

PEGGY ATWOOD

RICHARD CHANEL

SUZZY ROCHE

TERRE ROCHE

BIFF ROSE

BOB HORAN

LYDIA ADAMS DAVIS

HAPPY TRAUM

ERIC WEISSBERG

GUY DAVIS

STEVE BEN ISRAEL

THE DIRDIE BIRDIE JUG BAND

JOE VIRGA

VINCE MARTIN

JONATHAN KALB

SALLY SPRING

JACK HARDY

BOB FASS

DOMINICK CHIANESE

SU POLO

DAVID GOODMAN

PETER STAMPFEL

NICK HOLMES

HEATHER WOOD

DAVID MASSENGILL

ROD MACDONALD

THE VILLAGE DUDES

FRANK CHRISTIAN

ERIK FRANDSEN


Do you think we over-did it?


We 

NOT ONLY

Over did it

But we virtually hijacked 

The Gracious Village Underground

And stayed around

For NINE more numbers

After closing


BRIBERY of the house manager gets you everywhere


THIS

Is THE

LOST Footage that most Folkies thought was LOST

Forever. Yet here it is.


ALL THE LIVE ACTION 

(And I mean ALL)

Can only be seen here

@FIFTIETHANNIVERSARYCONCERT 


For Folk City at 50 content

This Koji LINK is the only portal to unlock it all. 


VIA THIS LINK : 

I’m handing off 7 hours of the 

MOST VISUALLY ARRESTING

Music concert footage

ANYWHERE


…and this is

JUST ONE CAMERA ANGLE


THIS CONCERT IS SOMETHING TO SEE


FOR NOW

This paywall is the portal into the past

To a time

When over 

FORTY MUSICIANS

and their entourage 

Shared the stage 

TOGETHER

one last time at Folk City

TO HONOR

MIKE PORCO

THE DEAN OF FOLK CITY


ALL THE VIDEO

has been on ice for over a decade


Thirteen and a half years!!!


Since it’s the giving season

I’m making it ALL available to you. Buy @FIFTIETHANNIVERSARYCONCERT for your friend before buying @FIFTIETHANNIVERSARYCONCERT for yourself. It’s gift giving season!


All told,

You’ll find 

16 different movie clips

With

Two or more performances per clip


Your Koji PORTAL

Payment

Includes:

17 different clips

51 performances


For the very last number

I shared a mic with Rod MacDonald 

For a rendition of 

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door


This all happened

Sometime in the 7th hour 

On a Monday in 2010

When the main establishment was already closed


MY FIRST PRODUCTION


I eventually went on to produce two dozen more shows (including the 60th Anniversary Concert posted on my YouTube channel @BobPorco).


THIS FIRST ONE

Was like coming through with a hit late in the game to score a run


If this were baseball,

I felt like I hit a clean single

Up the middle. 

It could have been a home run if I helped keep it quick 

And didn’t upset the oncoming comedy show

(Cancelled because we wouldn’t go away)


But

A clean single up the alley. 

Fair as rain,

And because I recorded 

@FIFTIETHANNIVERSARYCONCERT,

For all of us AND for “them”

NO ONE will forget

The single up the middle that scored 50 runs!!!


After the cameras were put away

Some of us went back to Frandsen’s for a

Wee dram of whiskey

And we all went home. 


The end. 


I have other home movies taken at many concerts, backstages and off- hours. Please help make this Koji a success so I may share much of what I have in the future. 


Here’s FOLK in your eye,

Bob





PS- I could rattle on about the story behind @FIFTIETHANNIVERSARYCONCERT and the stories I’ve had ever since

BUT 

You’ll already be here all day watching 7 hours of 51 performances. Get started with YOUR Folk-tinged binge-watch 13 years in the MAKING!!!