Let it Rock: Pop music at Bristol Colston Hall 1958-1980
Simon Hurford
Softcover | 14.9 x 1.3 x 21 cm | 204 pp
Simor Hurford | 2018
Colston Hall (renamed Bristol Beacon in 2020) is a Bristol institution. The artists who have performed there since it opened in 1867 are too numerous to list. This gem of a book looks at the the period 1958-1980, from Rock 'n' Roll to the start of the electronic music era.
One measure of a city's greatness lays in its provisions for the arts and in particular, for music. Bristol's population is around 450,000 and it is interesting to consider the provisions that the city makes for music, the encouragement it gives musicians, budding musicians and the venues where they are able to perform. Traditionally, there have been no shortage of places to hold concerts - the Anson Rooms, Victoria Rooms, Fleece and Firkin, St Georges, the Thekla, Bristol Hippodrome, and the Colston Hall - and that's just the city centre.
The Bristol Beacon has a wonderful history of encouraging and celebrating music of all types. It was always a place of entertainment and education, had its roots in the Bristol Temperance Progressionist Society, who encouraged the working class of the city to avoid the demon drink and focus more on arts, music and culture.
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Simon Hurford
Softcover | 14.9 x 1.3 x 21 cm | 204 pp
Simor Hurford | 2018
Colston Hall (renamed Bristol Beacon in 2020) is a Bristol institution. The artists who have performed there since it opened in 1867 are too numerous to list. This gem of a book looks at the the period 1958-1980, from Rock 'n' Roll to the start of the electronic music era.
One measure of a city's greatness lays in its provisions for the arts and in particular, for music. Bristol's population is around 450,000 and it is interesting to consider the provisions that the city makes for music, the encouragement it gives musicians, budding musicians and the venues where they are able to perform. Traditionally, there have been no shortage of places to hold concerts - the Anson Rooms, Victoria Rooms, Fleece and Firkin, St Georges, the Thekla, Bristol Hippodrome, and the Colston Hall - and that's just the city centre.
The Bristol Beacon has a wonderful history of encouraging and celebrating music of all types. It was always a place of entertainment and education, had its roots in the Bristol Temperance Progressionist Society, who encouraged the working class of the city to avoid the demon drink and focus more on arts, music and culture.
