Spirits of the Hoey [non-booktrade customers only]
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Author: Liz Guiffre, Gregory Ferris and Bryan Cook
The Hopetoun Hotel, affectionally referred to as the Hoey, wasbuilt in the 1830s and was a performance venue frequented bymany Australian music legends before they became legends –Archie Roach, Hoodoo Gurus, Paul Kelly, Sarah Blasko, X withCathy Green, Mental as Anything, Front End Loader, iOTA, BigHeavy Stuff, You Am I, Beasts of Bourbon and lots more.This stunning visual compilation records the stories of a now-closed live performance venue that lives on in the hearts andminds of many Sydneysiders, and Australians around thecountry. Fully illustrated and filled with never-before-seen imagesand accounts, Spirits of the Hoey is a nostalgic journey into aunique and intimate space of music, art, and community.Spirits of The Hoey honours the community of artists, punters,managers, journos, bar staff, bar flies, roadies, and fans who builtversions of themselves via this little pub in Surry Hills. ‘Think ofthis as less of a time capsule,’ Giuffre and Ferris write, ‘and morefrozen dessert waiting to be thawed; there really is so much to(re)discover about the scene that was.
ISBN 9781922779601. Melbourne Books. pb. .
not yet published
The Hopetoun Hotel, affectionally referred to as the Hoey, wasbuilt in the 1830s and was a performance venue frequented bymany Australian music legends before they became legends –Archie Roach, Hoodoo Gurus, Paul Kelly, Sarah Blasko, X withCathy Green, Mental as Anything, Front End Loader, iOTA, BigHeavy Stuff, You Am I, Beasts of Bourbon and lots more.This stunning visual compilation records the stories of a now-closed live performance venue that lives on in the hearts andminds of many Sydneysiders, and Australians around thecountry. Fully illustrated and filled with never-before-seen imagesand accounts, Spirits of the Hoey is a nostalgic journey into aunique and intimate space of music, art, and community.Spirits of The Hoey honours the community of artists, punters,managers, journos, bar staff, bar flies, roadies, and fans who builtversions of themselves via this little pub in Surry Hills. ‘Think ofthis as less of a time capsule,’ Giuffre and Ferris write, ‘and morefrozen dessert waiting to be thawed; there really is so much to(re)discover about the scene that was.
ISBN 9781922779601. Melbourne Books. pb. .
not yet published