Greetings:

NEFFA scheduled me for three events this year. The first one Folk City Interlude, is something I have been proposing for five years, and the program committee finally accepted it. It is a workshop of songs that I learned while hanging out on the fringes of the New York City folk music scene in the 1960s. I will not be doing any originals by Dylan, Ochs, Paxton, etc. Instead I will performing songs like Come Back, Baby; Stealing; Hesitation Blues; Railroad Bill; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Candy Man; and Baby, Let Me Follow You Down.

Folk City, as you likely know, was the famous (infamous?) bar at 11 West 4th Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The Interlude, much less known but still very important, was a coffee house by Station Plaza in Kew Gardens, Queens. I will bring photos of both. Folk City Interlude will take place Friday at 7:00 PM in High School Room 103.

I will also be appearing as part of MacDougal Street Rent Party in two events. They are Songs of Struggle, which takes place Saturday at 9:00 PM in the High School Auditorium, and Kids Sing Freedom!, which takes place Sunday at 10:00 AM in Middle School Room 105/106. Both events are fully participatory, and Kids Sing Freedom! is intended for families with children. Joining us will be Sandy Pliskin of the New England Children's Music Network.

--- Steve