Showing posts with label Towne Crier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Towne Crier. Show all posts

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Bones they got the marrow

Motion Suggests (Itself) on YouTube was recorded and published the day after a boyish fling at the Open Mic at The Towne Crier in Beacon. That night on October 12th I sang Galaxie by Blind Melon and Fell on Black Days by Soundgarden. I needed more practice on that instead of this latest Pavement song I've committed to. Even learned another solo. The other ten takes you'll never hear. Here is take eleven.



[Verse 1]
I traced my family lines

It ends up with a
Wave of passing grainy days

Forgetting she's away

Here's the straight and narrow:
Brought my wheelbarrow
And it's filled with the lies
And the dirt and the hurt


[Chorus]
But I won't need someone to let me be
I won't need someone to let me be


[Verse 2]
I bought the cotton threads

And the voice could soothe you
Captivate your senses
Like a ginger ale rain

Bones they got the marrow

Curse the tainted pharaohs

Take off! Expect fun
You might learn how it runs


[Chorus]
But I won't need someone to let me be
No, I won't need someone to let me be
No, I won't need someone to let me be

No, I won't need someone to let me go

Let me be


What could these items say about a guy?

Here's a companion video with the actual rendition of Fell on Black Days recorded at Phil Ciganer's place the other night. A little flat but OKay for Open Mic.

Boxing and a Soundgarden cover:

https://youtu.be/azZuP9pvGR0





Tuesday, May 16, 2017

DESKTOP DIARY

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May 16, 2017

I’m gonna hook you up.

I’m able to scan and post HERE high resolution pictures that come and go in and out of storage via my desk top.

Below, I will be posting bits of the past few months as they pertain to the continuing story of Mike Porco and his good name. 

Personal photos with a diary entry describing.

The more Mike Porco's name is brought into the modern day by his well-known friends, the closer we get to seeing Gerde’s Folk City receiving proper and like kind accolades from new generations of music fans around the world. Mike Porco can claim that we was ‘big in Japan.’ Not many bar owners in New York can say that his their name was printed in magazines around the world always referenced as Bob Dylan’s legal guardian.

Oops! Did I say that online? Have we actually seen Mike Porco referred to that way? Sometimes yes. Sometimes no.

Only the accurate tales spoken about Bobby Dylan include my grandfather as being his sponsor having legal guardianship of young Mr. Zimmerman until he was 21.

Many-a bird with downy wings
Has Mike nursed over the years.

So here now are some recently found or afforded to us publicly on the networks, pictures that tell ya more. Some captions, some description.


MENTION of POSITIVELY PORCO:
The film on Gerde's is taking longer than expected to fully incubate. Be patient.


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Tony Pastor's, 130 W. 3rd St. NYC
Folk City 1969-1986


Penn Station





Madison Square Garden

Recently released photo proving that
Joan Baez can, yes indeed, Rock and Roll
Here's a good one with my other
Grandfather with Bob Sr. on the right. Yes, I'm
half Puerto Rican. iClaro!
I couldn't find a sizable shot of the
Folk City 25th Anniversary program. This may be the best online version.
The whole program hangs on my wall at home.  
Bob Porco, Izzy Young
April 2013
 (courtesy Jack Hirschorn)

Bob Porco, Vince Martin, Dominic Chianese
June 7, 2013

Carolyn Hester, John Winn (courtesy John Winn)



Tony Pastor's on 130 W.3rd St. Later, the bar at Folk City

(courtesy David Peller)

Jean Richie at Gerde's
11 W. 4th St, 

Almost worked with @l K00p3r Last year
2016

Bob Sr. and Bob Jr. 2010

David Amram 2010

Sylvia Tyson, Jack Hardy 2010

Where we sit and wait as of this blog post


Bruce Langhorne
1934-2017

Jack Frost

I value my goodies


Joan Baez





outside Bowie's on Lafayette a week after... 




Sarah Lee Guthrie at the Winter Hoot

Sonic Youth at Folk City
130 W.3rd St

David Amram
Cornelia Street Stadium
May 2017

Proteges of I. G. Young

Barry Kornfeld on 12-string


She worked at Gerde's

Good luck making a better 'last' album. His difficulty breathing was recorded.
But David Bowie gave everything he had left to make
BLACKSTAR. Listen. Ultimate confidence
and swagger was also recorded.

Cindy Cashdollar, Amy Helm at Rockwood, NYC

Tony Garnier at The Town Crier, Beacon, NY


Eric Andersen, Joni Mitchell
(courtesy Eric Andersen)

Seeds were planted to make this backyard
home to a future itty-bitty house concert and Porcofest