THE ROCHE SISTERS

Folk City products. With Village connections Like Terri Thal, Dave Van Ronk, Jack Hardy and Paul Simon how can ya go wrong?

🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼 Gotta DIG what MIKE PORCO would’a DUG TOO🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

His one-time barmaid and waitress are still lauded in the Times FIFTY YEARS after making their savant artistic recordings🥁🥁🥁🥁🚨🚨🚨🏆🏆🏆

A gift arrived at Maggie and Terre’s door a couple days ago. A THROWBACK NY TIMES ARTICLE was revived and it became a prompt for those who know, and others who didn’t know, to inspect the origins of these FOLK ROCK PIONEERS.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/arts/music/maggie-terre-roche-seductive-reasoning.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B08.EzkD._WyEwZxxR7au&smid=url-share

After patterning their style like Simon and Garfunkel, they eventually caught the eye and worked closely with Paul Simon. What you don’t see are the years working the circuit before that union

Paul Simon saw something in Maggie early. He saw Terre and Maggie Roche have command of their instrument. He saw the commitment to rehearsal.

If you inspect THE ROCHES— which eventually included youngest sister SUZZY bringing up the rear and joining in the late 1970s—-you will discover harmonies and skillful guitar playing that, IMO, has no comparison.

I will be risky in saying that if you want to be A DUO OR TRIO compared to them YOU GATTA BE GIRLS to compare. GATTA have a record deal in your early 20s and tour experience and YA GATTA have ALL (almost all) ORIGINAL LYRICS, MUSIC and MELODIES.

What popular group is similar?

Those melodies!!!!!! The a-game recordings…WHO the hell thought of such intricate and quirky choirs???

I spoke to Maggie twice. Still have her landline (212) number even though she passed in 2017.

I met Terre in 2010 on 2.12 in Manhattan where the dial exchange is (212). Still see her from time to time and she’s performed at a couple of my productions.

WHEN I LIVED IN MANHATTAN and we were younger people, I would call her for a guitar lesson out of the blue. She taught me the song ‘Face Down at Folk City.’ She wanted me to practice. I didn’t study between lessons. Poor student for shit like that then. Yet I’ve practiced since and am a serviceable player. (That means that I can make it through an open mic with a little practice.) Still no where close to a pro. They REALLY put in the work.

Their return on their investment for committing to their craft is… being a hit in the Times fifty years later. Priceless.

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Maggie (212) 9*9-6*1*

The HIGHLIGHTED part points out a tenet that I have touted here is that the RECORDED DOCUMENT OF THE MOMENT matters. As WE approach into the quantum web of things, digital forms of THE ART WILL SURVIVE FOREVER and LIVING artists will RECOUP $

PART ONE of the 50th Anniversary Concert is HERE

THE FULL 2013 ARLO GUTHRIE INTERVIEW is HERE

The outtake of Actor/Folk City Emcee DOMINICK CHIANESE’s story is HERE

The SOUND OUT FOR PETE SEEGER concert in Bearsville from May 2014 is HERE

The TERRI THAL interview on the UNNAMED PODCAST is HERE, also

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PART TWO and PART THREE of the 50th Anniversary Concert, more concerts, more B-Roll from interviews that I’ve done and soon….

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