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BRISTOL'S LEGENDARY
HOME OF ROCK
1968 to 1988
Welcome to the official Granary Club web site
which commemorates the 20 year history of the
celebrated venue and the musicians, groups
and disc jockeys who appeared there
2008 is GRANARY ANNIVERSARY YEAR
27th AUGUST 2008 is the 20th anniversary of
the club's closure - its last night of rock.
6th October 2008 is the 40th anniversary of
the Granary Club's opening night.
30th December 2008 is the 40th anniversary of
the Granary Club's first rock gig organised by
Plastic Dog
(Al Read, Ed Newsom, Mike Tobin and Terry Brace)
LAST UPDATED - 2nd September 2008
Scroll to the bottom of the page for the GRANARY NOTICEBOARD
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The Granary Club, Welsh Back, Bristol
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Explore the club, its history, the people involved
and the bands that played there including
YES : KING CRIMSON : MOTT THE HOOPLE :
CURVED AIR : ARGENT : SLADE : SUPERTRAMP :
ATOMIC ROOSTER : GARY MOORE : THIN LIZZY :
ROBERT PLANT : DEF LEPPARD : FOCUS :
BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST : STATUS QUO : GENESIS :
URIAH HEEP : ROBERT PALMER : JUDAS PRIEST :
MANFRED MANN : BEBOP DELUXE : SQUEEZE :
AVERAGE WHITE BAND : MUNGO JERRY :
ALEX HARVEY : IAN DURY : DIRE STRAITS :
JOHNNY COUGAR : PAUL YOUNG : GINGER BAKER :
BLUES BAND : BILLY IDOL: CARAVAN :
STRANGLERS : MOTORHEAD : UFO
IRON MAIDEN : GRAHAM BOND
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The Granary is also the subject of a
book by former club disc jockey and
entertainments manager Al Read
Look inside, read the reviews,
even buy it
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You are visitor number
(darn it! That's the second time the numerator has set
itself back to nought. Just add 10,000 to the number below).
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To comment on the Granary book, add your memories of the times you had at the club, to pass on messages to other Gran fans or just to say hello, please visit the Guest Book. You can, of course, browse the book to read what others have written.
Browse Guestbook
Leave a Memory
Please note: Entries are checked before being shown so leaving Spam messages is a waste of your time.
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NOTICEBOARD
Keeping you up to date with Granary related news and information
Granary fans who frequented the top bar at the club back in the glory days
may well remember barmaid Anna. She became close friends with
one-time doorman, then manager and finally club owner Les Pearce.
Anna now lives in Oklahoma USA and says that the Granary and Les were
the best years of her life. She's sent us this picture to remind us of them both.
Recently discovered in the archives of a Weston-Super-Mare newspaper
by David Andrews was this cutting which shows an advertisement in 1971
for Plastic Dog's one and only festival. Despite it being an enourmous failure
(the festival was moved at the last moment and we forgot to tell anyone -
and, of course, it rained) it was noticed by a crazy farmer in Glastonbury
who came to us for advice on how to run one. He did quite well actually!
Granary DJs Ed Newsom, Al Read, Ade Copley and Adrian Coleman
met on one of the few sunny days in the summer of 2008 to drink,
barbecue and discuss the order of rock classics for the
Granareunited11 gig on Sunday 25th August 2008.
The Granary Anniversary year created a lot of interest from the media
with Ed and Al doing many interviews on the local radio stations as well
a number of articles in the local press. The Bristol Evening Post devoted
several pages of their "Past Times" section to the club's rock history
with Ed and Al pictured outside of the Granary building as their front cover.
For features on DJ ANDY FOX on GTFM radio - 70's progressive rock
band SQUIDD on CD - GRANARY stall at Bristol's 2007 jazz festival -
Full listing of 60's and 70's bands at Weston Winter Gardens -
Go to NOTICEBOARD 2
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GRANARY REUNION EVENTS TAKE PLACE REGULARLY.
TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE MAILING LIST FOR FUTURE EVENTS
EMAIL AL al@thegranaryclub.co.uk
WITH THE MESSAGE "I WANNA BE THERE"
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE ON SUNDAY 28th DECEMBER 2008
celebrating 40 years since the first Granary rock gig
TO FIND OUT ALL ABOUT THE GRANAREUNITED GIGS
THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE - CLICK THE GREEN GO
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SPECIAL OFFERS DIRECT FROM 'THE GRANARY CLUB.CO.UK
"THE GRANARY CLUB - THE ROCK YEARS 1969 to 1988"
Al Read's book that charts the rock history of Bristol's legendary club.
BUY DIRECT for the special price of
£10 with FREE postage
GRANARY 'roll of honour'
top quality Tshirts in Black or White.
 
BUY DIRECT for
£10 (with FREE postage).
The design incorporates the Granary logo with a colourful listing of the
major groups that appeared at the club and a graphic of the Granary building.
TO ORDER
1. Send an email to al@thegranaryclub.co.uk with the following details -
Name / address / email address or contact phone number.
State 'book'
(note - the book will be signed by the author so if you would like
a further message or dedication please include the information)
0r 'Tshirt' black' / 'Tshirt white' / size - medium / large / extra large.
2. Go to www.paypal.com, Log in or sign up,
click 'send money', enter 'agread@blueyonder.co.uk' in the 'to' box,
enter £10 (for book or for Tshirt) in the amount box,
click 'goods' and 'confirm'.
Al will confirm your order by email/phone.
Please allow 7 to 10 days for delivery.
Phone contact 0117-9080571 for information.
OR
Send cash or cheque / postal order for the correct amount
made payable to 'Al Read' to
Al Read,
10, Melbourne Road,
Bishopston,
Bristol BS7 8LB
and include the following details -
Name / address / email address or contact phone number.
State 'book' (note - the book will be signed by the author so if you would like
a further message or dedication please include the information)
0r 'Tshirt' black' / 'Tshirt white' / size - medium / large / extra large.
Al will confirm order by email or phone. Please allow 7 to 10 days for delivery.
Phone contact for information 0117-9080571
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To contact Al Read
please leave a
message in the
guest book.
All entries are checked
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Al back then
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When I was four, I told my mother
'I want to be a rock star when I grow up.'
She said, 'You can't do both".
A quote from Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
I'm getting on in years now and when
my wife said to me
"Let's run upstairs and make love"
I said "I can't do both".
A quote from country star Brad Paisley
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