Vanished Venues: Gerde's Folk City

Soundcheck | Oct 19, 2010

Gerde's Folk City may have closed decades ago, but the legend of this club looms large in folk circles. Today we continue our week-long series Vanished Venues with a look at this West Village club. Also: Lucy Wainwright Roche continues the singer-songwriter legacy of her father Loudon Wainwright III and her mother Suzzy Roche. She plays live in the studio.

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