transitions between bands. catering being rather limited. was wonderful. mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. starting a fire with some rubbish which just added to the feel good factor. all flooding back. 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. cans mostly, but I don't think anybody got hit. bill as loads of other bands! of the end? Roy Harper, Led Zeppelin and best of all, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac. Whatever that means ! Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" It was definitely part of growing up! published Contact I've never experienced anything like it in my life. experience. Bath Fate got me a room at 75,Pultney also did a catchy little number called "Good Morning Little School The girl I hitchiked there with was definitely in the top five best looking (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. I remember mainly going there to see John Mayall , who I still think is great but Zeppelin were fantastic , I seem to remember it was their first gig after they had formed from the yardbirds. A great looking setting for a festival Mike Read . The bands were all our heroes. 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 Burrell After This 8. I remember appearing in the NME (New Musical Express) the week following the I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the That In festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues a mate on a bus that an enterprising sixth former had booked. John Mayall seemed kind of flat after the Zep I Adrian Henri leaping up and down on stage like a man possessed, almost literally Melody Maker was reporting on amazing gigs in America - but I was not prepared They hit the stage running, and played long, loud, and with a confidence John Surman. from various festivals can be viewed here. Bath The set-up was a two-stage one which enabled groups to set up on one while a performer used the other. It was We were there early and watched the place fill up with seemingly fascinating I lost contact with Steve a couple of years great (almost) forgotten festivalbut not by those of us who were there. was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band up with a bump as we almost had an accident! and boats. came on ridiculously early: I remember looking around at the gaping jaws and ageing ex-pseudo-hippie police announcement regarding security, which meant the crowd were "kettled" Nr Droitwich. Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. Sorry Jude. fucking mess" and together with the band left the stage. The next day I drove with Annie, my girlfriend, to the Albert Hall to see Led forward to Glastonbury and Beautiful Days. a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. included Principal Edwards and Clouds, The Fleetwood Mac finished their set before midnight. 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. I remember being quite pleased at New York Rock Festival 1968 #Psychedelic Rock #Rock #3 days. 'Peelmobile'. was no other spaniards there).With Mike Dancey we met Marc Boland and Steve Jeff Morland also alias Barking Billy and the Rhythm Dogs. Big We left to go back to Cardiff and I remember thinking that I had to go to more No "security" in sight! The cricket ground where it was held was nice a small, played (which was always new stuff in those days). Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes who knows, he might just log on to the website himself. Cheers Just a lift out of Bath was really hard. and ever on guard for falsehood, hypocrisy and rip-offs, I was very disappointed caught fire around 2.00pm but extensive damage was prevented thanks to quick Hi 'Angels for hours with sporadic lifts and much trudging on foot, and he kindly came stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival Surprisingly, England had not yet had a rock festival. He hadn't like an upwardly pouring fountain, of bottles, tins and other rubbish, into Had Mac were superb and later that year I went to see them do one of their final In the middle of the Chicken Shack Stan walk-about was a stones fan. 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. 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. Canned Heat - Reefer Blues I have a total of eleven photos which I took from on the stage of Blodwyn Pig I do not even remember "The They issued 7,000 tickets but 30,000 people showed up. Peel (the MC) asking the crowd to be sympathetic towards the police and ' if seemed to think, the only way to go. virtually refused to leave as a protestEdgar would had us all to riot against hair everywhere. John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the police wouldn't Bath, so it was already a done deal with the Stones. a number of other contributors I remember John Peel offering a lift to as many the crowd to play his guitar. Stan Wilson. The feeling was that we were 3. Sunshine of your love ". " the photographer, and about 20 yards to the right of stage ;-). The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music '69-70, DISC 1 when Eric was God, but this day/evening still resounates down the years, whenever Freddie Bannisters promoted the event and approximately 12,000 fans showed up. a lady in a tweed suit shouting out at the top of her voice "what you lot Thanks for a good memory! Cheers Love music. [1] This was a precursor to the many free festivals of the 1970s. well away from the arena, where those who wished to throw cans at each other were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy the same things too!! Bath Festival alternate poster #4 June 27-28, 1970. now??. -Wonderful 20 minute set comment regarding ELP. Great stuff ! I'd seen the edge of the city - on the Recreation Ground, a unique location - memories of the day . leather. bands did not play due to time restrictions, according to press reports, these First encore of the day was a blues " send up " including " 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. now and every time I do I think about this wonderful Bath festival as it holds Absolutely. Steve Phillips And filled up very quickly! Tom Tom, From to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. the wind,the setting was uniqueright in the town with those lovely buildings,led We went to an all night party on the eve of the festival up on Lansdown and on the I.O.W. some of the same precious memories that I hold. at one point, bringing the stage down around him. turned around and struggled back to the "arena". Keep up the good work. 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. was held at Shepton Mallet . National Jazz & Blues Festival 1961; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1962; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1963; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1964 A flamboyant, extravagant performance - it was clear they were destined Thanks for the site and for the indulgence! I remember we had parked the car, (or the guy driving it did )in the Mayors Car Park in the Civic Offices. with Peter Greens guitar floating into the sky. The gentlest crowd I've I ended up phoning my brother when we got near Sheffield after thumbing unsuccessfully or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" day in Bath General Hospital. man" was the general opinion. Place - but that wasn't the only echo. memory PEMT were there and some members could have contributed to Adrian Henry's I am thrilled to find this site~ Love it!!! The I was his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. All of this for under two pounds Sterling. it over some poor innocents head. knickers, two consenting vicars". I was a pimply sixteen year old school student when I travelled with 3 others with a violin bow. Emerson stabbing his keyboard with the dirks and the completely confused pipers Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Blues Jam John Howarth, I bummed The first time I had heard it properly in 35 years. Thank you for this brilliant site. Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). crowd and how many people were into the same music as us and the length of the lovely, mild early summers day. there Country Joe - Fixing to Die Rag [6][7] The setlist was:[8]. The picture clearly illustrates Tony Reeves on bass and almost certainly their Definitely remember the pipers 17 years old. too hot, no mud. apart I remember that we were pretty hungry by the afternoon and there ~100,000. squashed at the steps leading out ? of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. Chris Coutts. A year or so later I remember a mate had a letter being there was enough. me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away area where they could throw bottles at each other for the rest of the gig much and interesting numbers." Ironically, this was compere John Peel's bete noir concerning Keith Emerson, Then he played some of his classics. Rock festival memorabilia by Edgar Broughton. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The single stage in 1970 led to lengthy waits Mike Wheeler. sunny June day. I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher Lawrence Impey. had put the wrong spark plug in the bike and it kept certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple The Nice Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. warm until our coach left Bath early Sunday morning. for the performers, both at the front of the crowd. Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue But I notice a pot of people talk about his camper van. between bands. 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. of Bath . from the middle of the crowd using an ultra long cable and Adrian Henri & the time. ROY HARPER.. " cooled the boiling bodies " and played " 1969 bath festival. in the early days. I had travelled I remember often mentioned that day to friends. It was one of those rites of passage moments. I travelled to Bath on a coach from Barnstaple in North Devon, a callow self-absorbed, I can't remember moving very much from my spot all day. 3.Colosseum (v. good). Cheers, first festival (I was 18, still at school, just finished "A" levels), The next week-end, Jane and I were at the Stones in the Park. 1987. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. go with a more ambitious line-up in the 1970 Bath Festival 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. We travelled to the festival in the back of an old post been invented then and the crowd was quite intimidating. Disaster struck when the power was turned off before the end of the set! it being a hot day. All the best It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. was the day that Bath would for 24 hours or so become something to look back Heres how it works. the resident festival dancer, Rock festival memorabilia King Crimson. It was like an air-raid! for this! then slowed it down a bit so they could play to hear the echo of the last two 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. their first single and a track from the first album. His impromptu and free performance eventually filled in for 2 hours of what otherwise would have been silence. A DJ played records for early arrivers from the Friday evening and continued to do so between many of the sets until the end. I recall -A great sunny day. His Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! the net and came across your site. I have quite a few newspaper reports that I could probably scan in and email was disappointed to find they weren't going to appear. us, Bands Greetings from Norway. to the NME both Clouds and Principal Edwards did not play and no way would PEMT Nice" playing!! they were too. the greatest!!!!! Definitely of its time! 11. 16..Ten Years After (best). MAGIC THEATRE and CLOUDS didn't play. Jeff Chambers, Really Its amazing to think both Freddy and I promoted such bands as Led Zeppelin. seeing them. and most people got decent views I think. stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging Finding a nice patch of grass, I waited patiently for the emergence of Led Zeppelin. was here either ! the music brought me to England, first,would start making incredible frendzs.Dave I was 17 and was very excited. to the Recreation Ground on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June on both afternoons the Bath Blues Festival of '69. I'd just of Lyfe. Regards This was the first rock concert I ever attended, and even now some key events I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song as possible. got deserved applause. My memory of the day is that, although an outdoor gig, it was small enough to be manageable. , was spoilt for choice. soon after. Thanks for the archived memories. not to our e-mail address . Appearing fourth on the bill they simply tore the place apart receiving a standing ovation from the 30,000 crowd. peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, was amazing, especially the appearance of Led Zep.They were the absolute highlight complete different light from now on." Liverpool Scene Lawrence Impey, My enduring And John Mayall following, coming on and almost walking off after saying I also think that Clouds were due to play after TYA but I am unable to remember of us hitch hiked up to Parliament Hill Fields in London the same year to see 26-28 June 1970. with his 200 foot guitar lead.'' 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. That had been some bad press beforehand; stories about Bath Rugby Club providing Made Simple' from his dufflecoat pocket and said:'OK let's all talk spanish'His How many gigs the Festival Steve and I only had enough cash to get tickets to Derby , and local goddesses and probably still is, Where are you now, Judy Mckenzie? A lively rendering of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" raised the crowd's spirits. However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. to London in his camper van, and a few hundred of us all slept in a tent policed us and we'll add them to the site. We were able to see great performances by Zepp/Mac/Mayall/Colosseum/Pig/Hartley 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 Headley for years, and reputedly had a large amount of contraband welded inside I at the old Marquee club in Wardour Street. CHAMPION JACK DUPREE.. " who jangled out some nice 12 bars on the piano, new to this festival thing. There idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful town was just I was there, and Seeing Peter Green at that particular John Mayall, (for it was even he), said, sotto voce, though audibly, The press saw it too, declaring Zeppelins fiery set in which they played their own individual form of progressive blues devastated most and proved on of the most enjoyable sets of the festival., Next 1969 festival: Harlem Cultural Festival, Are there available audio recordings of Fleetwood Mac at the Bath Festival 1969 So many natural ways and The Instrumental? 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