Bob Dylan photos at Gerde's (Part One)

A complete unknown file was uploaded to the web with an odd title and it was full of early Bob pictures at Gerde's

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 During my routine scouring of the interwebbies for ANY pictures frrom Gerde’s Folk City, I came across a peculiar “file” labeled Mike and Helen Porco file.

I don’t know who or why ALL these photos were shared to the internet together. I don’t know who the strange other people are in the photos. SOME of the photos were taken from my OWN BLOG because I know what rare items I have published myself back in the day.

Anyway, here are a slew of photos that someone collected and posted somewhere out there. NOTE: Helen Porco was Mike’s common-law wife and my friend. Pictures of her were not included.

MOSTLY BOB DYLAN AT GERDE’S FOLK CITY

CRISP photo that accompanies the New York Times review from Sept 25, 1961. Look at the microphone details, loose threads

Mark Spoelstra and Dylan downstairs at Gerde’s

Mike, Bob, eric Andersen and Joan Báez

Fred MacDarrah deserves credit for being on the scene taking photos

I don’t know who this guy is, but it was taken outside of Folk City in the1980s AD

April 1961

Bob at Gerde’s 1962

Taken by my cousin Vanessa in 1980. This is a scan of the original kodak paper

Ted Russell took these in 1962. I always thought the lighting made the guitar look covered in felt

Barbara Dane, blues singer. We met before her end

Nice hi rez scan by someone out there

Bob rehearsing at Gerde’s. Piano was his first instrument

PART TWO of this mysterious FILE coming in the next post.

😎 The Mayor of MacDougal Street, Dave Van Ronk, had a few words to share about how THE FIRST HONEST TO GOD FOLK CABARET was formed.

🏆🏆Exactly 65 years ago!!

HERE IS A MINUTE OF THE GERDE'S FOLK CITY DOC featuring a page out of Van Ronk's book. (Narrated by touring mate David Massengill)

Many people do not know that GERDE'S FOLK CITY began in January 1960 and operated for 5 months known as THE FIFTH PEG. Israel G. Young approached my grandfather Mike with the idea.

🤌🏼🤌🏼 The legend is clear and well known. Izzy Young was the first to book acts at Gerde's for Mike Porco. Within 5 months, Izzy was out but not without providing the Village with Blues legends Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry for 5 of the last six weeks under Young.