Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center (1989) [Full documentary]

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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
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[@ArtificialBanana]

This documentary was made in 1989 about being nostalgic for a time 30 years prior, but now the same time span has elapsed, and this video evokes great nostalgia for the New York of 30 years ago, with so many people and places come and gone.

[@blindblake12]

A real cultural revolutionary. The butterfly’s wings spread a message of love across the world. A time when musicians, poets and artists had profound messages to tell. Did he have anything to say? Sure did. A light in the darkness and forever in my heart. RIP Izzy Young.

[@rolandmousaa3110]

Miss ya.. Been thru it all.. Thanks Izzy!

[@clairedelune49]

Tho' gone, Izzy, stay forever Young.

[@jensnimike176]

Rest in peace.

[@cybergal99]

thank you so much for posting this .. I am friends with Art Lugoff's grandson and he had never seen that footage!! And I LOVED Pete Seeger at the end and Allen Ginsburg singing!

[@FreeFlightFilms]

Beautiful! All of it! The filming of it, the living of it. How wonderful was Izzy?!?!

[@stephenhenion8304]

Add my name to the list of Musicians in the Square...only got their once.... it Was one of the best days of my life... September 2010...right under the arch!

[@CatherineSTodd]

Thanks for posting - oh, I was in Greenwhich Village at the Gaslight Cafe. Those were the wonderful golden days!

[@tonisyring9614]

what a great time to live in,and i loved her song haha it is still relevant ,good man,thanx for sharing friend

[@robertargento1854]

Thanks, John, for making this film.

[@chainedriderlmt3796]

This was beautiful! thank you so much!

[@danmadry3563]

Wow this is great

[@ronny178]

sad to read he died....I been to his folklore centret in Stockholm in 1989. before he left to NYC to make this film....

[@jamesdoctor8079]

awesome

[@ryansutter4291]

I F**kin' LOVE Pete Seegar....

[@donnadb5506]

Wow so cool! Sonny is my father in law 😊

[@shakesazure]

Com certeza... Se Teixeirinha tivesse acontecido nos E U A . Seria visto de outra forma !

[@stevenkarras3490]

I miss Izzy. A lovely man I miss talking to. Anyone know the poet in this film who recites "Me, the Blues, and Jones"?

[@mwj5368]

I was in Greenwich Village in June of 2003 looking for a coffeehouse that maybe was since the day. I wasn't having any luck and a guy who worked with some shop was standing in front on the sidewalk. I asked him where the coffeehouses were. He just said, "The Beat Generation is gone man!" I'm wondering why it disappeared. Does anyone know what happened? Thanks for this great video!

[@jamesdoctor8079]

time happened. that would be like one of the beat generation in the 1950s asking “where have all the transcendentalists gone?”. embrace your own time! that isn’t to say there is nothing to be learned from the beats, but this is well into the 21st century now and we have our own unique world.

[@aztiff]

21:20 boy do I miss Allen

[@shakesazure]

Vocês não tiveram os Fagundes ,...Nós aqui ainda temos eles, ditando as regras na província !

[@paulbatlan6584]

Kaddish.