THE definition of 'family' may vary person to person. Friends can be referred to as being 'like family.' Cats and dogs get included in family photos. So it should be no big stretch to learn that nearly all the musicians who were hired by Mike Porco were treated like family at Folk City.
👨👨👧👧In turn, many of the folks that Mike encountered during his lifetime also considered him as part of their extended family.
My grandfather has been described in several books as 'Bob Dylan's surrogate father' and even His Bobness himself called Mike 'the Sicilian father (he) never had.' Porco was from Calabria, not Sicily, but Dylan got his point across. All is forgiven.
I've undertaken the exciting task to tell the wonderful tale of this Italian immigrant's unlikely inclusion into the annals of Folk music history. He owned New York City's first Folk music cabaret and was the father to a thousand musicians and wayfaring strangers who sought refuge in the friendly confines of Gerde’s Folk City.
🍻🍻🍻🍺🍺His good karma has made its way into the modern day over two decades after his death. Because of his selfless effort, my task of making the definitive documentary film on Gerde's and Mike has been made a lot easier. Several fabulous personalities from the past have been gracious with their time and memories for my film.
🤞🏼It will astound even the most staunch Revival historian. Folk City was, after all, New York’s Center of Folk Music.
✅What I need is YOU to make your closest friends and family aware of my project. There's more to it than that. It's about one family and their commitment to the 'scene' and the advancement of their art.
It was always the ‘plan’ to get my final product the GerdesFolkCityDoc out to everyone through the Internet of things.
In my dreams I had visions of selling individual digital views of the GerdesFolkCityDoc.
BUT HOW???
‼️Eleven years later, I discovered a way. 🤞🏼
I need to share it for a very affordable price since everything is digital these days. The COSTS, really, are only for Substack to incur. My 15 years of sweat equity was from a labor of love❤️
NOW
All I need for the documentary to FINALLY get out is for everyone to have-a
✅Clean signal
✅Electricity and
✅Substack subscribed to The GerdesFolkCityDoc
It’s only been eleven years!! What’s the rush??? I’ve been planning this release for several weeks now and I’d love to see-a wha-comes out of it, as Mike would say.
This is folk music. The GerdesFolkCityDoc needs to be accessible to all People.
Acoustic music is supposed to be automatic for the People. EVERY musician hustles for their own benefit, but no one really over-charges, as a rule. The Show must be accessible to entire families.
I’m relying on Substack to work smoothly so people all around the world can watch 24/7/365 worldwide.💫
Countless hours have been spent on the material and I finally want to share it.
😆The big studios will be kicking themselves!
Back in 2013, I dreamed of calling the shots with someone else’s production money. Upon my command, THE MYSTERIOUS OTHER PRODUCERS would rebuild my directors cuts sparing NO expense to give Gerde’s her due.
The endless pool of THEIR money would create studio sessions with A-listers and music producers doing a soundtrack of the music from the era. (1960 to 1980 is a BIG ERA)
After the success of the Oscar and 🎼🎼Grammy Award winning film and soundtrack,
THEY WOULD SIMPLY give me a blank check to spread the word and travel the world spreading the GerdesFolkCityDoc all over the place.
🍿Small theaters.
🍿Large arenas.
🍿Money was no object in DREAM WORLD🌛🌓💫🌎
POSITIVELY PORCO would be translated into all languages by Ai⚡️
We were saving the world after all.
I’m a big believer in the main message:
✅Music heals
✅Music unites
It’s high time I unleashed the story of Mike Porco’s good deeds.
Other branches of the tree need to flourish and bear fruit🍒
Every little hole in the wall ‘Round the world could start a community around instruments📣
🗽🏰Gerde’s deserves HISTORICAL RECOGNITION. (Are ya listening, Mr. Mayor?) The Figaro has a plaque and a special sidewalk. Filmore East- historical landmark. Gerde’s?????
Bubkis 💁🏼♀️
Mike Porco received the Key To The City from Mayor Koch in 1985.
ANYWAYS…
➡️For now,
HELP out by sharing!🔑🔥🎥🔑🍾
I have hopes that the GerdesFolkCityDoc will be seen by 600 people the first month.
I want you all to help by either being one of the 600 new subscribers,
or puff, puff and pass it along to the next 600- Lord willing- IT will grow from there.
Eventually it will get around the world 🌎🎼🎼