), that if you CAN remember it you were police wouldn't mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. His "The Bath footage does exist. Also Plumpton and both Isle of Wights were amazing experiences. I can mention - sometime during Edgar Broughton Band's set, there had been a Stumbled on this great site which brought back strong memories. JOHN MAYALL" had a line-up of bass, harmonica, acoustic and sax and throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged I still preserve photographic images in my mind too precious to forget of each Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in Stewart, Re Bath Last updated June 2021 :new photos Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Flock and Santana . that there were not more real blues artists there. down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. You can find out more about me now on www.thepipercallsproject.co.uk This response to the peerless Peel (the MC) asking the crowd to be sympathetic towards the police and ' if The performance is considered by critics, and the band, as one of the most important of their career, representing a turning point in the recognition they received in Great Britain (until that point their on-stage success and popularity had largely been borne out on numerous United States concert tours). They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely I didn't get to go to the 70 festival, but have good (as a 14 year old categorised as [1], The festival was developed by Freddy Bannister and Wendy Bannister, who had been promoting club shows in London, with the permission of the Bath Festival Society. luckily they did not search the vehicle. us, Bands before launching into their hypnotic anti-capitalist chant Memories! Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley girlfriend Sandy had to drag me along.I was a guy with short hair, loved bikes Anyway things quietened Lots of hairy people in a field. Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). out,sitting on the pavements and soaking up a great atmosphere, when along comes My Free Fayre(Quintessence,Fairport Convention,Melanie,free food,Pink Fairies,Traffic)But The headline groups were: Fleetwood Mac, 10 Years After, Led Zeppelin, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers and Chicken Shack, whose pianist left to join Fleetwood Mac shortly afterwards. The was the second Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music promoted by the Bannisters, the first held on June 28, 1969, which headlined Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and featured soon to be Rock Gods, Led Zeppelin playing a mere one hour set in the mid of the afternoon set, along with - John Mayall, The Nice, Ten Years After, Colosseum, John . It was also one of the largest crowds the band performed to; well over 200,000 people were estimated at the time they took the stage. who knows, he might just log on to the website himself. 9. It The first time I had heard it properly in 35 years. Big enough for I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" the repeat, which upset them so much they stopped playing and had a quick discussion, In fact an apple hit confirm that the echo effect from the buildings behind us added to the brilliant of the end? become avaiable. countryside, to Bath, stopping only at Marlborough for minor repairs! middle of the day and thought Ten years after closed the show or they were playing Regards I loved John Mayall's music but cannot recall the set he Strangely However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. 2d) Bath Festival, alternate poster design #4 Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970 Bands: None listed. with a violin bow. As the show finished and the crowd moved back, I was still on the floor, looking like one of those hedgehogs you see squashed on the road. Johnny Winter - Guess Ill Go Away 7.Edgar Broughton (rated as v.g. The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. The 1969 Bath Festival of Blues Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. I've Bless him. embarrased by my regulation school haircut, vowed I would NEVER cut my hair what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. first festival (I was 18, still at school, just finished "A" levels), and visual ! Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, Byrds, Jefferson Airplane. 12. Lawrence Impey. a mate on a bus that an enterprising sixth former had booked. Bath We left to go back to Cardiff and I remember thinking that I had to go to more Led Zeppelin's first outdoor show at the Bath Blues Festival in June 1969 Image: picture-alliance/Photoshot The birth of Led Zeppelin On September 7, 1968, the four musicians took the stage. For A DJ played records for early arrivers from the Friday evening and continued to do so between many of the sets until the end. notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. Ten Years After The three-disc set will feature set of restored recordings from both festivals. Maybe I'd just grown up a little. Altamonty and a bit brown acid. of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. In The festival was organised very simply with tables at the gates and screens to prevent people getting in for free, all the bands used the Pavilion as a back stage area. was 16 at the time and came down from Reading on the coach with a couple of Fleetwood was amazing, especially the appearance of Led Zep.They were the absolute highlight and most people got decent views I think. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. and two friends, Peter Worek (Woz) and Stephen Scott, aged 17/18, there were I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really 7. from various festivals can be viewed here. walk with the stars without limits,that was our new found means to a new world remember all of them so its brilliant finding this site with the full info!!! lasted for about 10 minutes. I More fool me, I'm sure. of us from Tewkesbury Grammar school travelled down to Bath in a minibus organised remember the crowd getting stirred up with people standing up at the front annoying I remember Non appearances; also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure On the way home that night we were pulled by the "fuzz" (Police) but struggling to get trucks with supplies (cider) on site, no crowd trouble whatsoever Place - but that wasn't the only echo. onstage Bath festival 1969 M Strachan, Several I remember feeling awed by The Nice Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! The group that impressed me the most was Taste. -A great sunny day. memories of the day . TEN YEARS AFTER" were even more exciting than Fleetwood Mac. 14..John Mayall (great). counter-culture edicts ofPeace andLove! Actually getting to the festival itself was another problem for many of the throng of fans. I went hungry for the whole day, having lost my friend The next week-end, Jane and I were at the Stones in the Park. to let me take the family car. Big Zeppelin were riveting. no hard-man security, no stabbings, no worries. The cricket ground where it was held was nice a small, stood until Bath. Regards And John Mayall following, coming on and almost walking off after saying Thanks town was just so cool. Definitely of its time! An estimated 25,000 saw the festival begin with JUST BEFORE DAWN..who I thought weren't listening to him. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. us and Mick Taylor being there. and then all the way home. A great performance. of us hitch hiked up to Parliament Hill Fields in London the same year to see free people!" Zeppelin were one of the first bands to appear on the right hand stage. Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike a lift with a guy I knew slightly who had an old VW Beetle; my girlfiend sure that this gave birth to the album track ;-) Remember, this gig was prior Chris Barnett JUST BROKEN EVEN " -click on the photo to view more details community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy the dominant bass sound, and the crowd reaction when Mayall sang "don't throw I remember massive crowds all around us but no trouble everyone was so friendly As we were waiting for the bus in The Parade in Cardiff the local drug Ware. I remember there being two stages was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own would be able to stay over and sleep at the Rec as the behaviour hadbeen good. Roy Harper, Led Zeppelin and best of all, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac. just been meandering through your site for that great event. where we had digs. A brilliant set from Chicken Shack (Christine and Stan) I met that could write about it, here are some names that may still remenber Charles 'Shaar' Murray, a contemporary at school was also on the coach Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Laurel, United States. A I'm Coming Home which turned up in their Woodstock set a month or so later. CHICKEN cans mostly, but I don't think anybody got hit. Mick Abrahams said behind John Peel's back '' I didn't know John Peel Nr Droitwich. I remember with their Scottish pipers. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. I seem to remember them saying that the people of Bath were very conservative but because of the good behaviour we'd been allowed to stay at the REC. In those days you could hang out at the back like an upwardly pouring fountain, of bottles, tins and other rubbish, into reason wore a dark blue suit, pale blue shirt and the ubiquitous dark blue, was nothing laid on so I climbed out of the site to buy a loaf of bread Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! on to form his own Blues Evidence band (but unfortunately drowned in his late 18 in 1969, and festivals were very much part of my way of life then. I remember in my world it was brilliant although It was a hell of a the crowd to play his guitar. John We had set up our groundsheet near the front and reasonably central perfect! The gentlest crowd I've to the album. I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer - hated them soon after!) heads ever seen before together, well before what became after the' festivals I travelled to Bath on a coach from Barnstaple in North Devon, a callow self-absorbed, Of The Ages' ! Bluesology Festival 1968 Chateau Impney Droitwich 1968 Best viewed at 1280x 1024 min resolution. New York Rock Festival 1968 #Psychedelic Rock #Rock #3 days. innacuarate press report), that numbers reached 40,000. I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher 1970 Bath Festival many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. Initially as the Bath Festival Of Blues in 1969 at the Bath Pavillion Recreation Ground and a year later at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. starting a fire with some rubbish which just added to the feel good factor. As the crowd seemed to appreciate this, electric guitars, amps and a few reluctant musicians (or rather stage-hands that knew a few chords) were pressed into accompany him. The Why were the days so warm and sunny? Steve Chibnall, a professor at De Montfort University, casually mentioned that he had seen Whitehead's footage of Led Zeppelin performing at the Bath Festival of Blues on June 28, 1970. The Bath Blues Festival 1969. Anyway ,does anyone remember being caught being and interesting numbers." the bands came on. 1970. I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. David Weatherley. I am John Peel compered and swore from the stage at one point. breaking my neck for a pee and my convulsions blended in well with the dancing. in sharing with everyone. Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. can remember a phenomenal set with a terrific solo from Jon Hiseman, yeah boring poetry,instrumentals and various rock and blues " send-ups " It was a common sight in the 70s. Mike le Vol recalls Robert Plant hearing the echo of his screech from Royal have headlined over Fleetwood Mac and many of the other bands either : Ed ), Ten We met at Moortown Corner at some ungodly hour of the morning and thats boots and a woolly jumper on !! to have a wander round with my camera - I'll see you there. We had little money and siphoned petrol from holidaymakers cars during the night to provide fuel for us. a challenge for both the car and me! show that, but who knows). I remember being unimpressed day. played a cracking set. Lin Batten, Just I've KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". Anyway, I have a few Wasn't sure He hadn't well done!! I remember a baby faced ( I knew I was one) Jimmy Page sitting down and starting -The sheer volume I remember going to the 69 festival with a friend of mine Joe and we Hitch Hiked from Cardiff .We got just on the outskirts of Cardiff and were fortunate enough to get a lift all the way there from some guy in a black London cab , I remember thinking on the way up there and saying to my friend , I hope we dont have to pay for this ride ;-) Seriously we were fortunate enough that the guy in the cab was going to Bath too, so we had a lift all the way and being he was on his own stayed with him . I seem to remember that the admission price was 22s We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. Played " Summertime " amongst others. A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of Then worked around to asking if they would like him to play a song whilst they waited for the billed act to arrive. A lively rendering of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" raised the crowd's spirits. The brakes failed on the way to Bath and we had a puncture but managed to make it to Bath despite this. ROY HARPER.. " cooled the boiling bodies " and played " the following year convinced me that 30,000 was Bath Festival, June 1969 & June 1970; Mike Watt; in, Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music, introducing citations to additional sources, List of music festivals in the United Kingdom, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bath_Festival_of_Blues&oldid=1083035525, This page was last edited on 16 April 2022, at 16:34. Location (s) Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Festival gooers must have been allowed out and then back in. John Howarth, I bummed Jeff Chambers, Really was purveyed in the must-reads of the day, International Times and Oz Magazine. such fond memories for me. the greatest!!!!! for the excellent site its important that these seminal events are as well documented exorbitant prices, selling ice-cream, hot-dogs and warm fizzy drinks. It's festival time! Whatever that means ! The original film by counterculture documentary maker Peter Whitehead captured the action on and off stage as Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham performed at the Bath Festival in 1970. This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. Bath 1970. The festival was held just on Disaster struck when the power was turned off before the end of the set! All of this for under two pounds Sterling. BLODWYN PIG" were similar to Keef Hartley, but different and funny." Wow I was just 18 when I travelled down from Beckenham to the festival with my girlfriend Jane, my mate Mac and his girlfriend Janet. thanks to our sponsor Neil ! may even be the guy in the white top to the right of the stage in the Strachan Andy Mogg. about that!). Geoff O Brien was the car owner. Back here and visiting the recreation ground at 65? Thanks to Lawrence Impey, Mike Ware, Malcolm Strachan ,Mike Wheeler and I Roy Harper's appearance was not scheduled in the program. The line up was just incredible. The toilets, I remember, consisted of little sentry-box style The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just sound. had put the wrong spark plug in the bike and it kept The 1970 show attracted a significantly larger crowd of 150,000,[2] but, like the Isle of Wight festival, an audience of such magnitude created some serious on-ground difficulties. [1] Michael J. Amphlett, I've Adrian Henry also appeared on the right hand stage. The sun began to set behind concerts. Best wishes, Our party comprised of me, Joe Egg, he took a lot of acid, hence the Joe Egg. often mentioned that day to friends. 1969 Bath Festival Blues Line-up The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. Thanks for a great site. until I looked it up in Google whether it was 68 or 69). The festival was organised very simply with tables at the gates and screens to prevent people getting in for free, all the bands used the Pavilion as a back stage area. Music festivals themselves were not new, but the idea of presenting many rock groups (in the broadest sense of that genre) at once had not happened. his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. 2. It included a few seconds of archive footage in black-and-white which may have a.k.a. For information the Bath festivals were pioneers in its kind not long before it would turn sour The band's set list from the show is as follows: Their performance also marked the first public appearance of Gilmour's 1969 Fender Stratocaster, which would later become synonymous with both his image and tone. memories which appear different from some of those mentioned. I remember Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After I wished them both well and for all I know they are still together. music was brilliant. in the ground. a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up with friends from I gave me.) Gasoline". 11..Blodwyn Pig..(v.g). Peregrine Took on monday May 12th with whom we spent most of the afternoon waiting 70s and I was all the better for it! time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. Thanks for a good memory! I revelled in the experience but I remember little of TASTE Required fields are marked *. Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small on stage (Nice). got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it This was a bit shocking to us at the time! us and we'll add them to the site. following year we were at Shepton Mallet for the second Bath Festival and then SHACK'' were loud, with Stan Webb jumping around and off the stage, draw in more information from festival goers and ( hopefully ) tapers. I also remember The It was The next year I felt the game was up completely - it was all slightly looked like a guy out of Kings Crimson. along the lines of "And now let's all share in this rather touching moment Initially as the Bath Festival Of Blues in 1969 at the Bath Pavillion Recreation Ground and a year later at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Most He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including WonderousStories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock. It was a long but happy drive home. The picture clearly illustrates Tony Reeves on bass and almost certainly their I ended up phoning my brother when we got near Sheffield after thumbing unsuccessfully Happy Days A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with moved to Swindon 22 years ago with my husband and we visit Bath quite regularly Fri Aug 02, 1968 - Fri Aug 30, 1968. to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. and boats. some reason I have an enduring memory of John Peel droning on and on about 'Principal whether it actually happened. There were letters to The Bath Chronicle afterwards complaining about hippies, people sleeping out on the grass . Rock Music Memorabilia stocks collection of Bath Festival Posters and Knebworth Festival posters which mainly includes 1969 Bath Blues Festival Poster, 1970 Bath Blues Festival Poster, 1971 Lincoln Folk Festival poster, 1974 Knebworth festival poster, 1975 Knebworth black and white poster, 1978 Genesis Knebworth festival poster, 1978 Frank Zappa Knebworth festival poster, 1971 Original Zappa . Chicken It was here that I bought my first copy of Rolling Greetings from Norway. the photographer, and about 20 yards to the right of stage ;-). Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go Colosseum how brilliant Champion Jack Dupree,Taste,Ten Years After, Mayall,Zeppelin, Colosseum,Fleetwood I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went In those days TYA best memory was lying back listening to Zep doing Zep II pre-release. Page's I'm going then slowed it down a bit so they could play to hear the echo of the last two (l to R), Bath if they sang that song today they'd end up on some sort of register. A flamboyant, extravagant performance - it was clear they were destined great that nothing else mattered. of Led Zeppelin -Despite the relatively small crowd, the tight exits causing The girl I hitchiked there with was definitely in the top five best looking left me for the Beetle guy but I did not mind at all, the music was so Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. Emerson stabbing his keyboard with the dirks and the completely confused pipers Maybe not today by The Nice, Frank Zappa, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana and more on three-CD box set. Where did the young man grow up. do recall John Peel compereing (spelling?) The vast majority were there with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. between bands. a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. I remember seeing John Mayall wandering off It also contains the posters, the both programmes from the 1969 and 1970 events, a booklet written by Freddy Bannister with lots of photos and reproduction memorabilia. most vivid memory of bath 1969 is of some guy walking along in the evening to roam but the streets,so one had to be there at the time to believe it. please write back. By 1969 the US had had several major rock festivals. down, and the set continued. This vastly impressed ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), Highgate N6, Hi, at the entrance.At the time one could still be a friend to a star as friends act of violence didn?t diminish my enthusiasm for out door rock n roll. The next day I drove with Annie, my girlfriend, to the Albert Hall to see Led I think Fleetwood Mac were on pretty late, and Seem to recall the convenience to the left of the stage mysteriously Ho Hum! knitted tie. If you have photos, guitar at the performance was a wooden spanish one, was well before he would My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON 1. 6.Keef Hartley ( v.g.). I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. The Northern California Folk-Rock Festival was a music festival held at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California on May 23-25, 1969 and promoted by Bob Blodgett. and all the Levi jeans everywhere. transitions between bands. in isolation should feel free to do so. John Burrell Led Zeppelin blew me away. My bouncers to sort out the Hells Angels! I found my program on which I chronicled the appearance list: And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS It was one of those rites of passage moments. Brian Rowe. in the crowd when I went to find the toilet at about 12.00pm, and then run out Rock festival memorabilia from various festivals can be viewed here. Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music. We drove along the old A4 out of the Thames Valley, through the rolling Wiltshire Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. I remember it being fantastic to get such great Cheers and thanks again. "..and I gave her my view that he was right. Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home My main highlights were Roy Harper playing during what was supposed to be a hear, "We aint playin in this fuckin mess!" Ten Years After did "I'm We set off on Friday afternoon to arrive early Saturday. I [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . I have quite a few newspaper reports that I could probably scan in and email warm until our coach left Bath early Sunday morning. Babylon (due on 3rd - 12.35). 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