✅ YES, friends, My grandfather's world renown Folk Music stadium - Gerde's Folk City - opened for business under the name Folk City for the first time exactly 64 years ago. For just 5 months prior to that opening, it was called THE FIFTH PEG. It was the brain child of three complete strangers: Mike Porco, Tom Prendergast and Israel Goodman Young. Actually, Mike had nothing to do with making his restaurant into a Folk cabaret, but we're glad he kept it open when Izzy handed the idea to Mike Porco in late May 1960.
🎥 It's just one topic in the upcoming documentary about Gerde's Folk City and its illustrious owner, Mike Porco.
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.
All music lovers should know. Your mother should know. And somewhere in Cincinnati, there's a kid waiting for the school bus, listening to ''his parents music'' on his headphones, and he hears the 60s in his head. HE SHOULD KNOW.
Back when I began documenting, the goal was wide theatrical release and world-wide unit distribution. INSTEAD it landed on Substack here
https://bobporco86.substack.com/p/documentary-on-mike-porcos-folk-music
🎬 It's not your ordinary documentary. Yes, it will educate the world in the ways of the Porco clan, and yes it will educate Folk enthusiasts all about Gerde's, but the inspiring message will make you cheer. Musicians have a place in this world. Always have. Always will. The 'less' famous are all part of the whole. Someone watching this will one day change the world with a song.
For years I kept telling people this film is coming, It’s coming, IT’S COMING‼️ Now IT’S HERE🚨
I hope the musicians will say bravo and thank you.🎼🎼
I’m a dreamer and still dreaming- still thinking that it’ll get discovered and that it will enlighten 1 billion people on earth.
🪐I know you think I should start a smaller number so how about 600 music fans to begin with?
One million can’t be far behind. The impact that Mike Porco had would justify millions of happy views.
Feel-good stories like this should manifest feel-good communities and unity all because of the Music.
🙏🏼 Lord willing, you’ll see it and you’ll see what I mean.
So help the GerdesFolkCityDoc reach 1 billion MUSIC LOVERS!!! Include yourself, pay ‘what-you-want’ and enjoy the show!
🤞🏼 Reminder: It is what it is. Some parts have ‘director’s notes’ still visible while other parts are naked. Oh well🤞🏼
Look for the important parts like where the musicians confess and tell the audience the secret to being successful in everything including life itself.
❤️ I owe them all such GRATITUDE for writing the screenplay for me to discover.
I hope Folk City’s old customers, the musicians and Friends of Mike and John Porco love it.
Get folked,
Bob
PS-
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✅Subscribe for paid to watch the GerdesFolkCityDoc!!!