Gazell Videos's video: Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center 1989 Full documentary

The guru of folk music, responsible for discovering Bob Dylan, returns to Greenwich Village to revisit the Folklore Centre days in this 1989 documentary directed by Jim Downing. In this Swedish production, Izzy Young returns to his legendary Folklore Center on MacDougal Street in New York City’s Greenwich Village - The mecca of the American folk music movement during the ‘50s and ‘60s. Izzy chats with old friends and collaborators, including Pete Seeger, Allen Ginsberg, The Fugs, Tuli Kupferberg, Ed Sanders, the Mayor of NYC Ed Koch, and many other. Allen Ginsberg sings “Father Death Blues”, and Pete Seeger performs and demonstrates his playing technique. Norwegian poet Jan Erik Vold reads his poem “A Meeting” to the wonderful music of Chet Baker “Talkin’ Folklore Center Blues”, a tune by Bob Dylan previously never recorded, is performed by Eric Bibb. Enter the lively and creative atmosphere of Greenwich Village's Streets, and witness a studio performance featuring the leading folk musicians of the ‘60s, in a live WBAI (NYC) radio recording. This documentary also included rare footage of the 1961 folk music demonstrations, when Izzy led the protest against the ruling of the Park Department of NYC to prohibit singing in Washington Square. Tracks: 0:00 TALKING FOLKORE CENTER (Bob Dylan) 3:59 Fiddle tune 6:12 A PLEA FOR ORDER 7:21 LITTLE RAIN (J. Reed - E. Abner) Conrad Music - The Seeds of Reed Music(BMI) 15:29 OH MARY DON’T YOU WEEP 16:45 LONELY GIRL 20:27 ME, THE BLUES AND JONES 21:20 FATHER DEATH BLUES - (Allen Ginsberg) - May King Poetry Music (BMI) 28:13 FOUR (Mills Davis) Prestige Music Co. 30:39 WHO CALLS THE TUNE MUST PAY THE PIPER (Tuli kupferberg) 32:40 POEM (Ed Sanders) 34:08 AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY 39:13 Traditional song 41:58 LIVING IN THE COUNTRY (Pete Seeger) Sanga Music, Inc. (BMI) 43:03 HOLE IN THE BUCKET 44:00 CABBAGE HEAD 46:56 GOODNIGHT IRENE (H Ledbetter - J. Lomax) Ludlow Music, Inc, (BMI) 48:55 ETT NYTT MOTE (Jan Erik Vold) Directed by Jim Downing Camera: Tom Molin Sound: Bengt Alsterlund Online Editor: Michael Eklind Ⓟ Gazell Records AB http://www.gazell.net Gazell Videos is created by Gazell Records, one of the oldest still independent music companies in Sweden. Gazell has a reputation for excellent productions of jazz and world music and many of Sweden's major artists have recorded albums for Gazell.