Tuesday, June 7, 2016

GERDE'S FOLK CITY 50th Anniversary- six year old pix

Time flies, dude.

Gerde's became ''FOLK CITY'' exactly 56 years ago.

For 5 months in early 1960, Izzy Young ran 'The Fifth Peg at Gerde's' with Mike Porco and a fella named Tom Prendergast. By Memorial Day of that year, Izzy and Tom were out, and Mike Porco…well you can guess the rest.

The first star to perform under the newly minted club called 'Folk City' was Carolyn Hester. Charlie Rothschild came up with the name and assumed Izzy's booking duties.

Kudos!!!!!!!!

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In 2010, I invited a ton of Folk City's past performers to play 'one last time' at the old Folk City on West 3rd. Everybody agreed to come. We commandeered the joint for 6 hours on a Monday night. Even I took the stage with Frank Christian and Rod MacDonald to play 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door.'

Here now are 50-some-odd never before released frames from the footage of the event. You're' welcome. Come again.

Bev Grant 
Bob Sr. and Bob Jr. passing out fliers















Bob and Bob at the original corner
W4th and Mercer





Jack Hardy recognizes old drinking buddy


Bob Fass got up on stage, too









David Amram

Dominic Chianese, Bob Batch



Eric Weissberg



Jack Hardy

John McKuen

Judy Gorman

Bob and Rod MacDonald




Peggy Atwood

Randy Burns

Steve Ben Israel

Sylvia Tyson


Vincent Vok



Willie Nile, Frank Christian


Willie Nininger

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