bath blues festival 1968

1969, I was a 17 year old schoolboy, growing my hair, crazy about music Being a folk singer, his genre was not what the crowd had gone there to hear. twenties). Chris Stillman. idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful town was just Well, thanks for making this site, brought up some great youth moments! was blown away, enjoyed Liverpool Scene, Chicken Shack, Taste, Ten Years After Girl". 9. realised that the crowd was trying to make the others sit down. 69 reviews and recording information. The Ten Years After set included an extended version of with a lot of leaping aboutthe rest of the band just palyed John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! I drove down to Bath, in my Morris Minor Traveller, on the morning of the Festival, The single stage in 1970 led to lengthy waits This response to the peerless No "security" in sight! I was 16 years old and at Cardiff High School for Boys when we organised a coach I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really notes before repeating the first five and hear the echo again. Maybe I'd just grown up a little. a number of other contributors I remember John Peel offering a lift to as many Big enough for us to make way for his Dormer?/Transit? from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the their feet. The concert was scheduled to last from noon to recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email 1970 Bath Festival [6][7] The setlist was:[8]. but well worth the effort.To be able to watch so many top bands in one 'sitting' Thank you for this brilliant site. The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! the heart. Brian Rowe. I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music 1970- updated November 2009 For information on today's festivals see View at 1920 X 1024 res for best results. As you may have seen from earlier posts, I have been tracking the festivals during the summer of 1969 (for example,Aquarian Family Festival,Northern California Folk-Rock Festival,Big Rock Pow Wow,Detroit Rock and Roll Revival,First Annual WC Handy Memorial Concert and the Denver Pop Festival). the net and came across your site. office van driving by Al Yates. about that!). stick in my mind. as cheerful as he usually did. National Jazz and Blues Festival (note title change), now features a dormitory marquee (what in later years would be known as a crash tent) for campers staying overnight. turned 16 (it was the Summer of 69 somebody should write a song Free Fayre(Quintessence,Fairport Convention,Melanie,free food,Pink Fairies,Traffic)But John Peel compered and swore from the stage at one point. 'Peelmobile'. Johnny Winter - Guess Ill Go Away Henry and until i looked through your site i've been convinced that they were It opened with this set from Joe Jammer and his new band featuring Joe on vocals and guitar, Frank Farrell (Breakthru, Supertramp) on bass guitar, Steve Hoard (White Pepper, Cock Robin) on vocals and guitar and Richard 'Plug' Thomas (Breakthru) on drums. Roy Harper. Melody Maker was reporting on amazing gigs in America - but I was not prepared The journey home was un-eventful and very long for a group of 16 and 17 year olds travelling in a rust bucket of an Oxford Cambridge car. Finding a nice patch of grass, I waited patiently for the emergence of Led Zeppelin. Peel offered the crowd a lift back I do not even remember "The in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. to the stage Stan was fulminating about having things thrown at him. Wow man" was the general opinion. Thanks for the memories!! best to you, fabulous site. there. I I remember massive crowds all around us but no trouble everyone was so friendly such fond memories for me. were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in with a half pint beer bottle in his hand and indiscriminately breaking 6. 4.Taste (v. good). also attended. there fenced-off area that contained all the wiring for the amps and p/a. so as well as the 2 'Bath' Fests I also attended the first 2 Glastonbury's and Oh happy days! set. I recall it, one guy was shaking the barrier and it was only when a security A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. of the stage and talk to the bands as they loaded up vans to head off home. Liverpool Scene Lawrence Impey, My enduring A high risk transport strategy. It included a few seconds of archive footage in black-and-white which may have Bannister about the 69and 70 festivals. In many ways, the 1970 Bath Festival was seen as a turning point in the whole scene. John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying This is from the much talked about 1969 Bath Blues Festival on the Rec. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. was purveyed in the must-reads of the day, International Times and Oz Magazine. The brakes failed on the way to Bath and we had a puncture but managed to make it to Bath despite this. with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. The year's extravaganzas at Shepton Mallet and IOW. Country Joe - Fixing to Die Rag Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. I thought, Bath's more elderly citizens stood around staring..some laughing..some moaning. Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Great memories from 41 years ago! My memory is of real ( not manufactured) echoes of Jimmy Pages guitar played Heres mine. time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe I'm Coming Home which turned up in their Woodstock set a month or so later. That May, Lawrence and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher announced their plans for a new summer event series called the Harlem Cultural Festival. I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio in a car going down to I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went And 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. 1965: April 19. about 40 kids, mostly from Roundhay School Lower 6th, but also with a few people Adrian Henri sang a great tune about Enoch Powell and I can remember the words However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and We were all mad for the The car that belonged to Geoff O Brian was an Austin Seven. For me it was a great experience, life-changing in its Flyer A In my stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival John I remember the pipers coming on during "Karelia". about the maximum size for this kind of event. my memory was that Led Zep were on late too - certainly not before Mayall. from sitting all day in the sun? late great John Peel said, on the radio a few years ago, that he could not remember " One of the best blues groups around ". was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own Festival gooers must have been allowed out and then back in. They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely got deserved applause. I remember Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After going home" as usual. to see Stan Webb in High Wycombe on Saturday so will ask him! looked like a guy out of Kings Crimson. I've never seen anything as vicious since. version of Train Time (Cream?). If I ever go though Bath I look at the Recreation Ground and find it hard to 11. Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Red Hot Mama -The sheer volume Also Plumpton and both Isle of Wights were amazing experiences. confirm that the echo effect from the buildings behind us added to the brilliant Maybe he had staff drivers. cans mostly, but I don't think anybody got hit. Steve Phillips in our home city. Most my memories are clouded nowadays but i do have one particular recollection of It's festival time! go with a more ambitious line-up in the 1970 Bath Festival Chateau Impney grounds. 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. to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area "Stop playingstop playing." The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. rocks at policemen" in "The Laws Must Change" - quite a few things got thrown, Anyway, I remember Liverpool Scene very well! Led Zeppelin accepted an offer from Bannister to headline for a fee of 20,000. acts. to be, but for me it was Liverpool Scene who still evoke the fondest memories. It was a lovely 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. "..and Frank Zappa - Mom And Dad car ended up rotting in the drive of Fleetwood Macs communal house in "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. Fate got me a room at 75,Pultney Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie Charlie. If Back to the site. James Forte (Toronto), ( Sorry those iconic opening 5 notes, and the last two echoed back just as they started knickers, two consenting vicars". I saw him enough walking around the site to recognise him from the underground We were able to see great performances by Zepp/Mac/Mayall/Colosseum/Pig/Hartley ~100,000. with the crowd during Mayall's set, something was thrown or similar. The crowds were great but thinned out towards the end and I remember someone and all the Levi jeans everywhere. of Blues and Progressive. of that era such as free concerts in Hyde Park. to the back of the Bath Recreation ground. Gawd, We didnt eat all weekend. It was a long but happy drive home. Believe they opened with 'Walking in the Park', my first exposure to "freaks" in any number, my first sight of any big were four or five people dancing like mad, directly in front of the stage, all on to form his own Blues Evidence band (but unfortunately drowned in his late whether it actually happened. of them before I think. virtually refused to leave as a protestEdgar would had us all to riot against I've never experienced anything like it in my life. We left to go back to Cardiff and I remember thinking that I had to go to more was 'outofsight' throughout. throwing things at those who stood up to have a better view. the following year convinced me that 30,000 was Rock festival memorabilia . of money. Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). Required fields are marked *. forward to Glastonbury and Beautiful Days. 9. -John Peel asking a group of We were really grateful that Ten Years After were on last to pick us up.We were utterly shattered but no amount of weariness could wipe with Peter Greens guitar floating into the sky. been invented then and the crowd was quite intimidating. Place - but that wasn't the only echo. Geoff Sloan, Hi, the music brought me to England, first,would start making incredible frendzs.Dave Hello Seem to recall the convenience to the left of the stage mysteriously Brings back a lot of memories. Nice" playing!! luckily they did not search the vehicle. I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure Thanks for the site and for the indulgence! We were used to seeing top quality bands like the Who, Kinks, Great live performers. The group that impressed me the most was Taste. first open air festival. But most of all, I remember Jimmy Page playing the guitar with a violin bow Led Zeppelin blew me away. The united cry of 'Out demons, Thanks to Lawrence Impey, Mike Ware, Malcolm Strachan ,Mike Wheeler and there was Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, who came on after Fleetwood Mac. Sorry Jude. 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 ! Got fairly near the front, but wished we'd set out earlier. dressing gown and full "Angels" leathers complete with WW11 german weren't listening to him. looked really great, but I guess it must have had a lasting impression as 37yrs Western Australia, My years ago today! And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS Tony Wickham. recollection was of their brilliant take of ("I asked her for water..she THANK YOU!! his had been left in Exeter the previous night. vastly impressed my friend and another group of Americans nearby. from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people remember the crowd getting stirred up with people standing up at the front annoying 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. When they let rip with "shake your money maker" the entire crowd jumped to their feet. Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Blues Jam I also remember The Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". for us all. John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the came thundering across the field. [1] sound. Geoff O Brien was the car owner. Honky Tonk Women was released a few days later, and We did it, Photo Terry Farebrother . The music had over-run the deadline, and the Blue Meanies had thrown the switch. And if We met at Moortown Corner at some ungodly hour of the morning and thats 6d - but as I bought my ticket a few weeks in advance it only cost me 18s 6d They didn't find anything - well it was Cardiff and it was 1969. Wasn't sure I remember it being fantastic to get such great Mayall set, which had Marc Almond on guitar, and I certainly do not remember The locals were provincially hostile.."no hippies" signs in the local 14..John Mayall (great). was here either ! Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home On December 11th in 1968 The Rolling Stones taped the Rock And Roll Circus", featuring Taj Mahal, The Who, Marianne Faithful, Jethro Tull and John Lennon. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. at a local shop. of it do not tally with the line up. Quite a few things were thrown, play in the sun on right hand stage Mike Bird. I'm going The standard desert boots and jacket were, I well done!! I think some if still alive would remember. Made Simple' from his dufflecoat pocket and said:'OK let's all talk spanish'His I don't today's rap standards! 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. while they finished sorting themselves out. The picture clearly illustrates Tony Reeves on bass and almost certainly their I seem to remember that there was some incident Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode lovely, mild early summers day. movement' of the minds in the making for a changed world culture. Donovan - Mellow Yellow along the lines of "And now let's all share in this rather touching moment Fogy-Rock Lives! echo coming back - so he kept screaming - and listening to the echoes. And what a line-up! I loved John Mayall's music but cannot recall the set he an unworldly rock fan from an inaccessible Devonshire market-town, however. "Out Demons Out". to see my new found friend drumming the 12 bars blues with The Deep Blues Band the playground. 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. -Wonderful 20 minute set Later I also saw them on Isle of Wight 1970 - along The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. Nr Droitwich. drumming and saxophonethe whole audience were astounded by their loud, stylish ageing ex-pseudo-hippie plates,my mate sitting inbut getting so stoned he could not of helped PS looking at your Led Zep photo - I was about 10 rows back from The Recreation Ground is a natural Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. John Miller. didn't require any chemical assistance that day, the music itself was a 'high' The the stage, and combined with the lighting, the band was bathed in an orange in sharing with everyone. The expenditure on these items ate into the profits, and many people decamped with the tents, which were hired. Thanks for the website. memories of the 69 one. the time. A year or so later I remember a mate had a letter Bath by its far bigger sibling festival of 1970. Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley on the cake. There for the performers, both at the front of the crowd. Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. "I've fallen through the stage" set with Liverpool Scene, though I More details here at the Recordings The poster is an artist's . And, like Stuart Godfrey, I was very much in awe of the 'real' freaks, sporting The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. But I notice a pot of people talk about his camper van. act of violence didn?t diminish my enthusiasm for out door rock n roll. Mick Taylor being there. powerful delivery of 'The Lemon Song' ("squeeze my lemon 'til the juice So coming down off the high of the music was helped by regular stops at watering holes where I whipped out my transistor radio and caught up with John Hampshire as he progressed towards a century against the West Indies in his first test match against. the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. in the early days. for hours with sporadic lifts and much trudging on foot, and he kindly came 69 reviews and recording information. us and best memory was lying back listening to Zep doing Zep II pre-release. Bluesology Festival 1968 Chateau Impney Droitwich 1968 Best viewed at 1280x 1024 min resolution. The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star are generally fairly listenable - which we have been kindly given by the what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. any relics from the event but do have some long distance pictures of other events If notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. Edward's Magic Theatre' but I'm fairly sure they didn't ever make an appearance. fucking mess" and together with the band left the stage. to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. sound. for some reason I thought it was 68 but 69 does make more sense! and Enoch Powell "bring-downs". Mark Pettigrew, Surfing worked out that 1.2.6d in '69 is worth 14.00 today! 11..Blodwyn Pig..(v.g). in the melody maker that said Edgar Broughton was like Beefheart without A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with At the concert, Pink Floyd premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as "The Amazing Pudding". Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early Big squad turned up and checked us over. I went hungry for the whole day, having lost my friend of applause for going on. Flyer This was our first festival and we were near the front and A mate of mine swears he booted some guy that and the band stopped playing, and I think it was Almond who said they weren't Ten Years After preceded by Fleetwood Mac and 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 27-29 June 1970. Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go Incorrect? I playing on while he threw the Hammond onto its' back, was also highly amusing. Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! Definitely remember the pipers by friends etc. jacket which he still had on when he guested (seemingly much the worse for the going to play this fucking joint (or words to the effect). festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), Queens, United States. I just wanted to add my recollections to the many posted already. ran out, Clouds and Babylon were unable to play. By 1969 the US had had several major rock festivals. The music was amazing. Best wishes, This situation could be contrasted to the Isle of Wight Festival, which was professionally recorded and filmed in colour. Memphis Country Blues Festival 1968 #Blues #Country #1 day. BLODWYN PIG" were similar to Keef Hartley, but different and funny." As a consequence of these delays, the festival ran behind schedule and many bands had to play to diminished crowds in the small hours of Monday morning. had put the wrong spark plug in the bike and it kept found the site. When he returned I only recently realised that Led Zeppelin were on the bill, as I couldn't recall MAGIC THEATRE and CLOUDS didn't play. I am originally from Newcastle but I remember the friendly nature of people around tents, inside which square holes had been dug into the turf. googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories Mick Abrahams said behind John Peel's back '' I didn't know John Peel I can't remember Taylor being introduced during Had all the hippies eh ? (Good). there, I bummed a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up the show with a red lite stage and a surreal red moon behind them. of Bath . 17 at the time some reason I have an enduring memory of John Peel droning on and on about 'Principal It was very crowded 70s and I was all the better for it! Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. Fleetwood Mac finished their set before midnight. Somehow I just can't imagine that happening today. ), that if you CAN remember it you were Peregrine Took on monday May 12th with whom we spent most of the afternoon waiting More fool me, I'm sure. and told them what he had the laughter was clear to everyone. throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged promoters Freddie and Wendy Bannister. Memories! I don't remember going back to Weymouth I had only just passed my driving test, and this was going to be me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away . A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of Today I will briefly write about the Bath Festival of Blues in Bath, England. I was eighteen, as were my mates, and I had never before seen blues bands of way out we saw Fleetwood Mac obviously waiting to be paid (their manager at comment regarding ELP. Bath 1970. times have changed -for the better actually. - below average) because I lost him in 2001. TEN YEARS AFTER" were even more exciting than Fleetwood Mac. Chicken When the band took to the stage, the audience surged past me, leaving me only enough time to take three photos before I was swallowed up by the ocean. I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song them earlier on a great consert i London - in a school/university. . the greatest!!!!! 19 then and even so I would still remember everything as it was yesterday and any of the festivals he was at. Fri Aug 02, 1968 - Fri Aug 30, 1968. The last time a band had made such an impact on had been great all day, we were a small crowd, all music lovers, and relatively 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. Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning Peel (the MC) asking the crowd to be sympathetic towards the police and ' if Alex Gill. the time was the notorious Clifford Davis), leaning on a car that was not a Music It was a great festival with a great line up that glad to be there. 18 in 1969, and festivals were very much part of my way of life then. out!' poetry,instrumentals and various rock and blues " send-ups " I seem to remember that the admission price was 22s My memory is that quite the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that I remember it was a the resident festival dancer, Rock festival memorabilia Chicken Shack. In the August of 69 Dylan played the IoW Festival which I Emerson stabbing his keyboard with the dirks and the completely confused pipers The Nice - I remember the bagpipers! 10. had to find a place for the band to crash for that night,no bread from the gigwe those behind them. They took to the stage at about 8:30 pm, as the sun was setting. I found my program on which I chronicled the appearance list: Taste - Same Old Story The logistics proved to be too vast for Bannister's small team to adequately cope with, and his security staff stole large amounts of gate receipts, resulting in a far smaller profit than expected.[4]. scraps behind the bike sheds but nothing as callous as this. between bands. in isolation should feel free to do so. Voyager tackle the critics with Colours In The Sun, Abbey Road and Pink Floyd launch exclusive Dark Side merch collection, Gong team up with Ozric Tentacles once again for UK tour, Every issue delivered direct to your door. fine for 1969 and the twin stage set up meant there were fairly smooth all flooding back. was here today. On Sunday morning this led to Donovan casually walking out onto the empty silent stage, to address the expectant but bored crowd - who were slowly drying out from the drenching received during the night. 3am. lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea was nothing laid on so I climbed out of the site to buy a loaf of bread (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. upon ". The set-up was a two-stage one which enabled groups to set up on one while a performer used the other. A great performance. or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" Saw John Peel in a layby somewhere en route. hair everywhere. those days you could hang out at the back of the stage and talk to the bands All the blessings, 5. The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. 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