Gerde's West 4th Street physical description
Just a Bar, Kind of a dive, Positively the KING OF CLUBS
🎬 As Suze Rotolo put it: Gerde’s was where "the cross-fertilization of different styles and musical eras forged important links in the chain of American musical history."
How did the SINGER/SONGWRITER genre form? My grandfather Mike Porco offered up his Italian restaurant to be the headquarters for the 1960s Folk and Blues Revival. It was HOME to traditional artists and it became HOME BASE for aspiring Singer-Songwriters from all over the country.
Back then, talented musicians REALLY COULD take a bus to Washington Square to show their wares and actually find work at one of the THIRTY clubs that welcomed acoustic performers.
Early on, there was only ONE venue that was a LEGIT room that paid a professional wage.
Traveling Troubadours and Blues originators included Gerde’s Folk City on their Eastern circuit.
THEY CREATED A NEW SOUND!
They developed a whole new genre.
Country Blues and American Folk mated to create what we now call FOLK ROCK.
But wait!! THERE’S MORE!!!
🪡🧵I’ve sewn together a solid story for any viewer to watch and catch the drift.
THIS DOC is the FULL untold story as told from multiple people directly connected to Mike Porco and the Greenwich Village SCENE. A complete stranger and the most staunch Folk Revival student will be wowed.🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
TWENTY THREE INTERVIEWEES made it happen.
🎥So many greats went on camera with their memories. The documentary is about two main characters, if you will. That would be MIKE PORCO and the MOTHERSHIP, GERDE’S FOLK CITY.
For reasons that you’ll learn in the movie, TWO other main figures were spoken about.
The two OTHER main characters on everyone’s lips were Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs.
Please help spread Mike Porco’s story to music lovers far and wide🌎🌎🌎
In case you missed it
https://bobporco86.substack.com/p/documentary-on-mike-porcos-folk-music
The Gerde’s Folk City documentary is called POSITIVELY PORCO.
If you have any interest in the music spawned in the restaurant, you will want to see it. Basically, the American singer/songwriter genre has its roots planted at Gerde's.
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✅Subscribe for paid to watch the GerdesFolkCityDoc!!!
The documentary landed on Substack here
https://bobporco86.substack.com/p/documentary-on-mike-porcos-folk-music
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