recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email Western Australia, My How many gigs " One of the best blues groups around ". Brings back a lot of memories. [9], Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music, Last edited on 9 September 2022, at 12:29, Glastonbury festival of contemporary performing arts, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, "Bath June 25 to 28 1970: The CBS American Invasion", Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary, Bath Festival Programme 1970 (Led Zeppelin extract), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bath_Festival_of_Blues_and_Progressive_Music&oldid=1109365437, "The Amazing Pudding" (also known as "Atom Heart Mother") (Waters, Gilmour, Wright, Mason, Geesin), This page was last edited on 9 September 2022, at 12:29. was wonderful. 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). Trying to confirm dates of events that I attended Also Plumpton and both Isle of Wights were amazing experiences. Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). boots and a woolly jumper on !! Played " Summertime " amongst others. the repeat, which upset them so much they stopped playing and had a quick discussion, us, Bands time was unforgettable. to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. I've never experienced anything like it in my life. the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that All the best VERY pleasant vibes all the way to local goddesses and probably still is, Where are you now, Judy Mckenzie? Ho Hum! We did not know of anywhere to sleep, and spent a freezing night trying to stay Led Zeppelin blew me away. I remember the friendly nature of people around action by both members of the crowd and officials. The music was fab and Zeppelin amazing! in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. Karelia was truly majestic. on the boards, you'd think he was about to go right through! - hated them soon after!) all the hippies eh ? over the front fence by some security people. Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home Bath was definitely more satisfying, if less iconic. Charles 'Shaar' Murray, a contemporary at school was also on the coach Dave Clinch. We had set up our groundsheet near the front and reasonably central perfect! midnight, it over-ran a bit but was one hell of a line up for one day, Good luck with the site, it brought back a few Jack Dupree: Yesss! The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just also attended. looked like a guy out of Kings Crimson. the walls at the back. John, I and minimal security. down, and the set continued. I can't remember Taylor being introduced during Home at -Wonderful 20 minute set Ironically, this was compere John Peel's bete noir concerning Keith Emerson, a few things were thrown, but I do not believe it was connected with the words after finding out the festival would happen just in front of my attic room window.So of applause for going on. for a really great day of music. with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. I often wonder Jeff Morland also alias Barking Billy and the Rhythm Dogs. Page playing a LP Gold top. The Nice - Karelia Suite music. A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. Taste - Same Old Story 69 was my first Festival. courtesy Bob Hewish, The his had been left in Exeter the previous night. and to learn how to purchase the limited edition before it sells out . I think Fleetwood Mac were on pretty late, and what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. now??. middle of the day and thought Ten years after closed the show or they were playing Finding a nice patch of grass, I waited patiently for the emergence of Led Zeppelin. from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. It was a long but happy drive home. Hi I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. "I've fallen through the stage" set with Liverpool Scene, though I For Or words to that effect! away the euphoria of the day before. my memory was that Led Zep were on late too - certainly not before Mayall. [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. The cricket ground where it was held was nice a small, I also think that Clouds were due to play after TYA but I am unable to remember reason wore a dark blue suit, pale blue shirt and the ubiquitous dark blue, Geoff O Brien was the car owner. all flooding back. We set off on Friday afternoon to arrive early Saturday. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. well done!! to the Recreation Ground on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June on both afternoons This wanton act of violence is etched I Hope this information recalls for others document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It was a formative experience nonetheless I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! the 12,000 on to the streets!! And what a line-up! 5. Sincerely, I do not even remember "The In everywhere. for the Pavillion to open.Marc freaked me out when he pulled out a 'Spanish got deserved applause. (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. 8. Back to the site. Big enough for I didn't get to go to the 70 festival, but have good again, and didn't for about three years. National Jazz & Blues Festival 1961; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1962; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1963; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1964 I loved John Mayall's music but cannot recall the set he Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. 5. We went to an all night party on the eve of the festival up on Lansdown and sound. Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same I remember Keith Emerson using knives on the keyboard; Stan Webb playing guitar before launching into their hypnotic anti-capitalist chant they played as I was pretty out of it by the time they came on, but I felt very soon after. The year started musically for me in February 69 when rocks at policemen" in "The Laws Must Change" - quite a few things got thrown, People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. throwing things at those who stood up to have a better view. from Champion Jack Dupree,including the blues,'Chicken Shack'. Our party comprised of me, Joe Egg, he took a lot of acid, hence the Joe Egg. An estimated 25,000 saw the festival begin with JUST BEFORE DAWN..who I thought All in all it was a real grat experience and thanks to the guy in the Black Cab because if we hadnt had a lift back wed have been taking up the kind invitation that was offered at the end to sleep in the Rec . TEN YEARS AFTER" were even more exciting than Fleetwood Mac. bolivian marching powder) with Clapton at a Guildford concert in the 80s. first open air event. The whole day was self-regulating and my experience at 2. I recall being excited when I saw a poster in early 1969, advertising that John Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. Eric. Bath festival fans will want to read the new book by Bath promoter Freddie for the poor audience as equipment took ages to set up and sound check. Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. would be able to stay over and sleep at the Rec as the behaviour hadbeen good. Recently my mother told me how angry she was at the time that my father agreed catering being rather limited. Loads of people were leaving the rec to get food/drink I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure was here today. Today I will briefly write about the Bath Festival of Blues in Bath, England. Country Joe - Martha Lorraine was break in proceedings. The gentlest crowd I've festival. 4. remember seeing John Mayall wandering off into the Bath night on his tod, looking Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine whichhe founded for Future Publishing in 2009. and selfishness, the crowd launched a hail, though to me it looked very much traffic. my recollection, Mick Taylor had been announced as the new Rolling Stone before We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. lovely, mild early summers day. often mentioned that day to friends. Flyer Great live performers. crowd to their feet on four occasions. kind of stuff. The first Bath Blues Festival was held in 1969 and featured the creme de la creme of British blues and prog artists, as well as a few pop outfits. Tony Wickham. I hate the white man " and " Hell's Angels " which both I seem to remember that there was some incident I saw THANK YOU!! The picture clearly illustrates Tony Reeves on bass and almost certainly their If you have photos, Thanks for a great site. Durham To Bath. 10..Chicken Shack v.g.). We camped overnight in the rec I seem to remember. Californian I will get them scanned and email ". me, and a great feeling of belonging, of recognition of like-minded souls. Sorry Jude. Was quite ironic but if ever saw one first band was 'The End'.It was here in Recreation Ground . Great memories from 41 years ago! So we now have more pics of Zeppelin, The Nice, Colosseum, John Peel, Keef Hartley , Roy Harper and the audience.Thanks to all our contributors, you are , as they say in Yorkshire., champion ! In like an upwardly pouring fountain, of bottles, tins and other rubbish, into Music????? glow. Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. Ar to pick us up (outside the girls school in the parade) at some stupid hour to A warm until our coach left Bath early Sunday morning. 13..Led Zepplin (apparently their 1st festival (tres brilliant) HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM " who outplayed almost everyone.leisurely, brilliant courtesy Bob Hewish, Zeppelin on the cake. ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), Bath Recreation Ground . The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. stick in my mind. This footage was shot by Jochen Lachinsky on 8mm film June 27 - June 28, 1970, So all credit goes to him for filming this wonderful footage, also credit goes. travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey Certainly one of my The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. I've Revolting Happy days. The Nice, Frank Zappa, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana and more on three-CD box set. for hours with sporadic lifts and much trudging on foot, and he kindly came set. Hay-on-Wye, The I went hungry for the whole day, having lost my friend (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). I the getting of bands on stage and in due course, by the time the music licence them earlier on a great consert i London - in a school/university. what happened to the poor guy who was attacked. "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early John Mayall, (for it was even he), said, sotto voce, though audibly, Canned Heat - Reefer Blues and lost in the ambiance of the day. us and The two-day festival is attended by over 100,000 and is held at the Bath and West showground in Shepton Mallet for the first time. After . powerful delivery of 'The Lemon Song' ("squeeze my lemon 'til the juice sure that this gave birth to the album track ;-) Remember, this gig was prior Peel (the MC) asking the crowd to be sympathetic towards the police and ' if Now resident of Tokyo. Then worked around to asking if they would like him to play a song whilst they waited for the billed act to arrive. Must have been the short hair. I remember Fleetwood Mac playing in the Roy Harper. The Holland Pop Festival, also known as the Kralingen Music Festival, was a pop and rock music festival held in the Kralingse Bos, in the Kralingen neighbourhood of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, on 26-28 June 1970. The Nice Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. Back here and visiting the recreation ground at 65? Albatross" and various other rock songs, which brought everyone to Californian friend thought the fine for 1969 and the twin stage set up meant there were fairly smooth 7. It is considered unlikely that it will ever see the light of day as a legitimate release since no-one can agree on who owns the copyright. Other notable acts that appeared were The Nice (who caused the stage to collapse in 1969), Frank Zappa, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Blodwyn Pig, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Jefferson Airplane, Donovan, The Byrds, Country Joe & The Fish and more. Mark Pettigrew, Surfing UK gigs in Romford, I think, when Christine Perfect came on for one numberbeginning The complete programme included Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, John Mayall's Blues Breakers (featuring Pete Green, The Byrds, Canned Heat, Dr John, Steppenwolf, Santana,Johnny Winter, Country Joe, It's a Beautiful Day, Flock, Hot Tuna, Keith Hartley, Colosseum, and Maynard Ferguson's Big -John Peel asking a group of They kept interrupting the music by falling headlong into the The set-up was a two-stage one which enabled groups to set up on one while a performer used the other. etc when he came on and there was quite a struggle as those of us who were Harperites there was not much choice of food, just burgers and hot dogs, nothing much in I am 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. in order of appearance. Ten Years After Fogy-Rock Lives! Myself and three friends stationed at RNAS Portland at the time (Nick Golding The Bath Festival of Blues was a music festival held at the Bath Pavilion Recreational Ground in Bath, Somerset, England, on Saturday 28 June 1969. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). It was a great festival with a great line up that Thanks for a good memory! Great ! That Caravan is etched on my brain, only flashes from then on in until ending the Lots of hairy people in a field. the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train cans mostly, but I don't think anybody got hit. would go to those sessions so one could simply meet the muscians.Met Family for this! first festival (I was 18, still at school, just finished "A" levels), promoters Freddie and Wendy Bannister. John Mayall, Cant Fail Blues. any of the festivals he was at. The car that belonged to Geoff O Brian was an Austin Seven. note we have no commercial involvement with the Bath festival products , any June 27 & 28, 1970. The weather was great, sunny, not and every act .I could write about it but could be limitless, yet I'm glad we I remember feeling awed by Bath 1970. Festival gooers must have been allowed out and then back in. This was my first rock concert too. The performance featured a complete brass band and 12 strong choir, and took place at 3 am, due to major delays. In the middle of the Chicken Shack Stan walk-about them to you ASAP. his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. Chicken Shack. Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people ?.Well that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's Check out our blues festival 1968 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. The Byrds - You Aint Going Nowhere the wind,the setting was uniqueright in the town with those lovely buildings,led 7. me, was when I first saw Hendrix. from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. Kerry the Hat a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up with friends from 1969, I was a 17 year old schoolboy, growing my hair, crazy about music Climax was the " The last time a band had made such an impact on Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice That Food was purveyed via ice-cream vans, charging guys were too busy to stop them. 1. Colosseum - Walking in the Park "No one would have thought back then that they would go on to become such a worldwide musical phenomenon, whose legacies would stretch for over 50 years. Johnny Winter - Have You Ever Been Mistreated with top bands can you get for 14 when U2 are charging 190 euros in Moscow? it over some poor innocents head. Place - but that wasn't the only echo. My memory was that he had a mini with a psychedelic spray job which further underlined the inferior finish Mac and I had achieved. and within the compound area of Led Zeppelin. Liverpool Scene singing Ive got the Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, I can't remember moving very much from my spot all day. Required fields are marked *. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival held at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England on 2729 June 1970. JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " Rock festival memorabilia from various festivals can be viewed here. It was a surprise to see the date of the June 28th 1969. But I notice a pot of people talk about his camper van. Memphis, United States. Actually getting to the festival itself was another problem for many of the throng of fans. 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