JOSÉ FELICIANO adds insight to POSITIVELY PORCO

Words can hardly explain how familiar my time with José was this week.

Finally, after 5 years since meeting him and getting to know him and his lovely wife, we were able to sit for his moment on film to speak about Mike Porco for the Gerde's Folk City documentary, Positively Porco.

I will give you a quote from my friend. Thank you for the lesson, José. See you soon.

~bob

Talkin' Bob Porco blues

''I would like to say something TO Mike Porco, because as far as I'm concerned, in my memory and in my soul, he still lives and I would like to say 'thank you Mike! A poor kid from the hills of Puerto rico become somebody. Your help and advice was an inspiration to me. His advice was 'keep going.'

He encouraged me and by playing Gerde's, I became somebody.''

~ José Feliciano, 11.3.14

The warmest place on Earth

José digs POSITIVELY PORCO

Two Puerto Ricans from the Bronx

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Some more images from the Gerde's Folk City archive

Lillian Bailey, Mike Porco, Suze Rotolo in 1985

Mike Porco's 'other' restaurant was in the shadow of the Stadium (red neon under the tracks)

Buzzy Linhart spent many-a-New-Years as Folk City's headliner

Brother John Sellers

Pete Seeger

Fred Neil

Richard Tucker and Karen Dalton at Gerde's

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