GErDE's FoLK CiTY at 60: Roland Mousaa

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Saturday, October 25, 2014

MIKE PORCO's Legacy Lives

The Mike Porco Centennial Concert came and went. Last night, the Towne Crier in Beacon, NY hosted a celebration of the music and community cultivated at Gerde's Folk City and Greenwich Village during its Golden Era. Eleven of Mike's past hired hands performed once again in his honor. It truly is my honor, as his grandson, to be able to call them my friends, as well. Thanks to today's version of Mike Porco- Phil Ciganer- for keeping his club alive and thriving with the same spirit once felt in the Village. And THANKS to the musicians for sharing their time and unmatched skill with us.
~Bob Porco

PS- Several minutes of Positively Porco was well received but only because it's awesome.

Mark Cohen

Lydia Adams Davis

Vincent T. Vok

Roland Mousaa

Bob Porco

David Amram

Roland Mousaa, David Amram

David Amram, Tom Chapin

Tom Chapin

Yours truly, Willie Nininger

Willie Nininger

Randy Burns

Bev Grant

Rob Stoner

David Amram, Rob Stoner

David Massengill

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

MIKE PORCO CENTENNIAL CONCERT Artist Lineup

Mike Porco owned Gerde's Restaurant, an Italian eatery situated in Greenwich Village east of Washington Square on West 4th Street. On January 26, 1960, Gerde's turned into a music venue in cooperation with Izzy Young, the director of the Folklore Center. GERDE'S FOLK CITY then became the unlikely epicenter of a global music paradigm shift.

During Mike Porco’s stewardship (1960-1980) the club hosted early performances by a constellation of Folk Music stars – notably, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Phil Ochs, Judy Collins and José Feliciano.

Folk City's distinctive fraternity of such aspiring young artists and legendary recording stars borders on myth. Gerde's was where the cross-fertilization of different styles and musical eras forged important links in the chain of American musical history.

In his autobiography, Bob Dylan called Gerde's "the preeminent Folk club in America." Rolling Stone's Book of Lists called Folk City one of the three top music venues in the world, along with The Cavern and CBGB.

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POSITIVELY PORCO is a star-studded documentary film under production. It chronicles the 1960’s Folk and Blues Revival as it was experienced at a place many musicians called HOME.

Hosted by Porco's grandson, the Mike Porco 100th Birthday Anniversary concert will act as a reunion and celebration of the music that emanated from the Village's golden era.

Live music performances by David Amram, Tom Chapin, Rob Stoner, David Massengill, Bev Grant, Mark Cohen, Lydia Adams Davis, Vince Martin, Vincent Vok, Roland Mousaa, Willie Nininger, Randy Burns and a couple of surprise guests will make Porco's 100th birthday a special evening. Director's cuts of POSITIVELY PORCO will be shown for good measure.

TICKETS:
http://townecc.tunestub.com/event.cfm?id=178288&cart#fbShareLinkTag

Towne Crier
Website:
http://townecrier.com/

PORCO HQ:
http://folkcityatfifty.blogspot.com/

IMPORTANT:
Short clip of
Positively Porco will be shown at 7PM

Doors at 5

Music at 7:30

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

FAREWELL OL' PETE

Pete Seeger

1919-2014

Playing 'Turn, turn, turn' at the Sloop Club, Beacon, NY Feb 2010
It was my first open mic. I lost sight of Pete when it was my turn. I didn't want to embarrass myself.
Turns out he was sitting behind me playing along.