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Jesse Winchester at Yellow Door

Black and white photos of two performer's faces, one smaller and one larger, on a fading yellow background accompanied by text of various fonts, sizes and angles. The smaller photo at the top is of Karll Gilbert, and the larger photo at the bottom left is Jesse Winchester.

Date: 1968
Credit: unknown
Erik Slutsky collection. Courtesy of Erik Slutsky

Here’s a poster advertising a Jesse Winchester show at the Yellow Door. A photograph from that concert is also included in this exhibit.

This concert dates from the very beginning of Jesse Winchester’s career, when he had just found a fertile haven in Montreal as an American draft-dodger and folk musician. The Yellow Door, like The New Penelope, was part of the coffeehouse circuit where Jesse played before his meteoric rise to fame, which eventually included performing at Montreal’s prestigious Place des Arts concert hall.

Transcription:

The Yellow Door
Coffee House
3625 Aylmer – Montreal
8:30 nightly
August 5-6-7 Karll Gilbert
August 8-9-10 Jesse Winchester
Hoot every Sunday