https://youtube/watch?v=q5O6T44CC0M TRAILER: Includes a bit of Bob Dylans Everything Is Broken. Attn: Betsy Siggins Schmidt Rob Stegman Todd Michael Kwait Alan Fraser Published on Jan 20, 2014 POSITIVELY PORCO is the definitive documentary film being made about New York Citys first Folk Music cabaret, GERDES FOLK CITY. Filmed to enlighten even the most staunch Folk Revival enthusiast and historian, POSITIVELY PORCO is the story of Mike Porco and the club a thousand musicians called HOME. MIKE PORCO, was instrumental in, literally, setting the stage for the music revolution of the 60s. During Mike Porcos stewardship (1960-1980) the club hosted early performances by a constellation of Folk and traditional music stars. Many American radio standards and Civil rights anthems were ofttimes heard by the public at Gerdes Folk City for the first time. Folk Citys distinctive fraternity of aspiring young artists and legendary recording stars borders on myth. They were all teenagers and 20-somethings when they got there, and decades later, theyre still doing what they do.... that is- PLAY MUSIC. But not just any kind of music. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mike Porcos legendary claim to fame was that he co-signed 19 year old Bob Dylans first cabaret card as his legal guardian. In her memoir, A Freewheelin Time, former Bob Dylan girlfriend Suze Rotolo said that Gerdes was where the cross-fertilization of different styles and musical eras forged important links in the chain of American musical history. For certain, such a collection of personalities crossing paths under one roof shall never happen again. Bob Porco, Mikes grandson, undertakes an ardent personal odyssey, seeking out and sitting down with those living treasures that launched a global music paradigm shift from a street corner in Greenwich Village. Its an inspiring tale of an Italian immigrant- and the musicians around him- who answered their calling to be a part of the 1960s Folk and Blues Revival together. The stars themselves tell the astounding history of Gerdes and Positively Mike Porco. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Watch it twice. Be astounded twice! Rated E for Every human being on Earth. If you loved Inside Llewyn Davis, youll love POSITIVELY PORCO. If you didnt love Inside Llewyn Davis, youll REALLY love POSITIVELY PORCO. (File under: NON FICTION) Dont like it of Facebook. L-O-V-E IT!!!! POSITIVELY PORCO is on Facebook: https://facebook/positivelypo... POSITIVELY PORCO is on Twitter: https://twitter/PositivelyPorco POSITIVELY PORCO can be found on YouTube: youtube/user/FolkCity50 Details and history on GERDES FOLK CITY can be found at: FolkCityatFifty.blogspot More info on Gerdes Folk City: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerde%27... and: soundcheck.wnyc.org/story/9829... ~~~~~~~~~ Copyright FRIENDS OF MIKE PORCO, LLC film is due out early 2015 INDIEGOGO: https://indiegogo/projects/po... Bob Porco- Writer, Producer, Camera Sarah-Rose Meredith- Film Editor Jonathan Levin- Camera David Peller- Special Assistant Cliff Fagin- Consultant
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