COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame isn't the only place for rock history in Ohio.

 

What You Need To Know

  • The Newport Music Hall claims the title of *America's Longest Continually Running Rock Club*

  • In celebration of the club's 50th anniversary, a documentary titled "If These Walls Could Talk* was produced

  • Spectrum News 1 spoke with Watershed guitarist Colin Gawel about what it's like to perform at the Newport Music Hall

 

The Newport Music Hall in Columbus is celebrating a major milestone.

For the last 50 years some of the world's most popular rock bands have performed inside the venue.

Colin Gawel of Ohio's own Watershed has performed at the venue more than a dozen times.

"Growing up in Columbus, Ohio the Newport was always the number one venue. I'd grow up seeing all of my favorite bands there like the Kinks and Cheap Trick and so many, so when Watershed, the band I was in, got to play the Newport for the first time it was a huge thrill,* Gawel said.

The band even recorded two live albums inside the venue including “Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust II”.

"This album right here is probably our most famous album at the Newport. This is the night we opened for the Dead Schembechlers. It was sold out and it was the day Bo Shembechler died. It was unbelievable. And what I love about the Newport. It's a big place, but it feels small, so it doesn't feel like a huge room, but you can get a lot of people in there, so that was a special night and I'm glad we recorded that show because it was something that will never happen again,” he said.

In celebration of the venue's anniversary, a documentary was produced highlighting it's illustrious history.

Jason Corron is the documentary's executive producer.

“There's stuff that we shot that no one's ever seen before,” Corron said.

 

 

 

“If These Walls Could Talk” will be shown on the PromoWest Productions Facebook page and the PromoWest TV YouTube page on September 30.