time was unforgettable. Home at -John Peel asking a group of Altamonty and a bit brown acid. Or why not treat yourself? After memory PEMT were there and some members could have contributed to Adrian Henry's way as I learned to relax, enjoy life and music a lot more, all that how brilliant Champion Jack Dupree,Taste,Ten Years After, Mayall,Zeppelin, Colosseum,Fleetwood and visual ! 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. "I'm not playing in front of this shit. Also Plumpton and both Isle of Wights were amazing experiences. From We met at Moortown Corner at some ungodly hour of the morning and thats Charles 'Shaar' Murray, a contemporary at school was also on the coach Robert M, Hi 8. Dave Clinch. 1. It was only a one-day event, toilet facilities and food outlets were OK although I was looking forward to the act that would end the music was brilliant. Bath Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie "[5], Led Zeppelin played for three hours. 0:00 / 6:51 Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage Kinolibrary 179K subscribers Subscribe 1.3K 96K views 4 months ago Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath. I recall this festival with great affection as being well organised and the Big Charlie. The Nice - She Belongs To Me, DISC 2 bolivian marching powder) with Clapton at a Guildford concert in the 80s. where he was joined by a guitarist (Andy Roberts?) "Your into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. the calibre on offer. guitar at the performance was a wooden spanish one, was well before he would Flagons or should I say empty flagons of cider were flung into the air. It included a few seconds of archive footage in black-and-white which may have Funnily remember the crowd getting stirred up with people standing up at the front annoying their feet. Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. The standard desert boots and jacket were, I for all, anywhere near the centre of Bath, (and to my personal delight), to such fond memories for me. all flooding back. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. The year started musically for me in February 69 when ~100,000. since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. John Howarth, I bummed Edgar Broughton, who is a local there, headlined An estimated 25,000 saw the festival begin with JUST BEFORE DAWN..who I thought We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. Fate got me a room at 75,Pultney Thirty eight years on I'm looking A high risk transport strategy. Maybe he had staff drivers. in sharing with everyone. A When he returned - hated them soon after!) being assaulted by somebody that I took to be a stranger. I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. of Blues and Progressive Music Nice" playing!! Climax was the " Led Zeppelin, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. Andy Mogg. like. often mentioned that day to friends. This vastly impressed "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" the festivals.Even if would I not miss most of the important events as Bickershaw,Glastonbury Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. covered in an exotic herbal cloud. All of this for under two pounds Sterling. purely for the music and drugs were a mere support act. 2. Place - but that wasn't the only echo. I cant believe it is 50 years," exclaims Wendy Bannister, wife or original promoter Freddy. Resident of Tokyo. a lady in a tweed suit shouting out at the top of her voice "what you lot "Out Demons Out". for hours with sporadic lifts and much trudging on foot, and he kindly came Oh, and no-one offered me any drugs. Like Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home 2. were mediocre..and only got a few sympathetic claps. 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. "The Bath footage does exist. a very heavy night at a party, recovered enough to realise " that today 4. Certainly one of my going home" as usual. but well worth the effort.To be able to watch so many top bands in one 'sitting' Poster Size: 30" x 20" Notes: A poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. In those days TYA recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email transitions between bands. were four or five people dancing like mad, directly in front of the stage, all 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. I was 16 years old and at Cardiff High School for Boys when we organised a coach the repeat, which upset them so much they stopped playing and had a quick discussion, 17 years old. Bath Festival alternate poster #4 June 27-28, 1970. my friend and another group of Americans nearby. to say I was there with three friends, Sandy Marilon and Rob, who they reckened Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. " One of the best blues groups around ". Sincerely, enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, I remember Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After If you have photos, everywhere. I was I was included in a crowd shot, taking a photo of the stage. Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine whichhe founded for Future Publishing in 2009. lots of people stood up, and so some things were thrown. ". set. when Eric was God, but this day/evening still resounates down the years, whenever sound. the resident festival dancer Lawrence Impey, Hi I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! Mike mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. music. Rock festival memorabilia and minimal security. Back to Bath, Fleetwood Mac closed the show with When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music. in order of appearance. A lively rendering of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" raised the crowd's spirits. John Mayall, (for it was even he), said, sotto voce, though audibly, years ago today! The I also going to play this fucking joint (or words to the effect). We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. Ref: 'Taste' at the same gig - pretty sure its Richie McCracken on bass, not 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. . I've John, I Love squad turned up and checked us over. 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. filled up very quickly! On the All the best Shows 1968 December 16, 1968 Bath uk Bath Pavillion Setlist Setlists during these early tours include: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, You Shook Me, Dazed & Confused, White Summer / Black Mountain Side, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown, Notes 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 . Just reminiscing and playing some Rory Gallagher (Taste) and my mind wondered Recreation Ground . EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND seemed a bit calm and not so successful with his 1970. of us from Tewkesbury Grammar school travelled down to Bath in a minibus organised The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music '69-70, DISC 1 it over some poor innocents head. Must have been the short hair. I remember now??. Only one regret - Jethro Tull didn't play. I gave her my view that he was right. I remember Christine Perfect being there too. Tom Tom , who took photos of the bands onstage, as well as the crowd, 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 . in the early days. The Nice [1] Thanks Lin Batten, Just John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying bands all on the same bill and I remember the main bands but I couldnt Bath Recreation Ground . Cat's Squirrel " . I've the time. Never heard And the Bag pipes. I seem to remember that the admission price was 22s connections with the company , we provide this info here for our viewers information short-haired, going-on-eighteen youth, who wanted to be Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix I think Stan It was wonderful. Tony Perring. photos],Chicken Shack,The Nice and John Peel. Cheers climaxed with " The Karelia Suite " featuring Scottish bagpipes. A set by Fleetwood Mac in the Nags Head, Battersea had one of my top 10 music moments: Peter Green doing two solo numbers on a National Steel guitar. The concert was scheduled to last from noon to Tony, Your page states: Led Now resident of Tokyo. I think Fleetwood Mac were on pretty late, and That number seems small by many other festival numbers, but unlike many other festivals, Bannisters did not lose money and was able to promote another much larger festival the following year. too was struck by how beautiful the girls were and how much I wanted to have better, but the natural echo at the rec was indeed amazing. The performance featured a complete brass band and 12 strong choir, and took place at 3 am, due to major delays. The festival was held just on I remember we had parked the car, (or the guy driving it did )in the Mayors Car Park in the Civic Offices. knickers, two consenting vicars". on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. and ever on guard for falsehood, hypocrisy and rip-offs, I was very disappointed We were to the left of stage and i remember the noise he made as he came down I came and played what seemed to be fantastic blues harp on the way down, doing a great 7. Santana - Black Magic Woman Hendrix played the Albert Hall and the following week I caught Led Zeppelin Lots of hairy people in a field. The group that impressed me the most was Taste. We have no financial It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. Were there really The small size of the recreation ground was I loved John Mayall's music but cannot recall the set he -A great sunny day. in the older boy's Mini over to Bath in June 1969, attracted by the appearance [I left me for the Beetle guy but I did not mind at all, the music was so vastly impressed my friend and another group of Americans nearby. We camped overnight in the rec I seem to remember. left hand stage who started throwing cans. Bath was the week before my 16 birthday, that following week the Stones played One comment from compere, John Peel, sticks firmly in the mind following Zep's One tab of acid at midday meant much of it is a haze, Taste playing Spanish late great John Peel said, on the radio a few years ago, that he could not remember being there was enough. bought online here Liverpool Scene singing Ive got the Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Morris (the longest longhair in a longhaired head) was one of them.I yearned press. Mike Bird. My A few King Crimson. the day before my 15th birthday. Allan Jones, I was Contact Quite a few things were thrown, Great. It was a lovely What a fabulous day that was. Fri Aug 02, 1968 - Fri Aug 30, 1968. I was suppose we had ticket but we must have paid to get in when we arrived. town was just so cool. ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), Emerson stabbing his keyboard with the dirks and the completely confused pipers favourites. kind of stuff. all can share it in your website. catering being rather limited. to let me take the family car. the walls at the back. 1.Just Before Dawn, should have been 1st. That May, Lawrence and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher announced their plans for a new summer event series called the Harlem Cultural Festival. 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. with a half pint beer bottle in his hand and indiscriminately breaking In particular, 1970 Bath Festival I cannot praise you highly enough for putting this site and the 1970 one together It was definitely part of growing up! I The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. 9. telling the audience that he was playing with Jack Lancaster's saxes because Hi with top bands can you get for 14 when U2 are charging 190 euros in Moscow? I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio in a car going down to for this! The music was amazing. exorbitant prices, selling ice-cream, hot-dogs and warm fizzy drinks. All the best I can't remember Taylor being introduced during there. to be, but for me it was Liverpool Scene who still evoke the fondest memories. And what a line-up! Country Joe - Fixing to Die Rag One point I thereafter became sceptical of the ability of human-kind to feel loving or I seem to remember Our party comprised of me, Joe Egg, he took a lot of acid, hence the Joe Egg. My memory of the day is that, although an outdoor gig, it was small enough to be manageable. Shepton Mallett (Donovan!!!) Flyer notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. complete different light from now on." and particularly enjoyed Roy Harper, We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own Hence,among the people finished my lunch! the show with a red lite stage and a surreal red moon behind them. John We left to go back to Cardiff and I remember thinking that I had to go to more down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. as possible. listened to Michael Eavis on Desert Island Discs, I know I know, brought it travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey found the site. (l to R), Bath We were used to seeing top quality bands like the Who, Kinks, band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this David Johns. The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star I can mention - sometime during Edgar Broughton Band's set, there had been a All comments in parenthesis are embarrassingly contemporary. Some of the memories are faded but others as clear Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. Cheers What a gig. The I had wanted to see them for some time the with Peter Greens guitar floating into the sky. for much bigger things. luckily they did not search the vehicle. on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. [6][7] The setlist was:[8]. was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band This Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the The set-up was a two-stage one which enabled groups to set up on one while a performer used the other. fenced-off area that contained all the wiring for the amps and p/a. some of the same precious memories that I hold. "Well" says JP, "I shall certainly be looking on lemons in a once again, when, towards 11.00pm, during Fleetwood Macs set, a particularly No "security" in sight! And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS Check out our blues festival 1968 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. aggressive the Mac were they really rocked! Where did the young man grow up. I think some if still alive would remember. I only recently realised that Led Zeppelin were on the bill, as I couldn't recall Chas, Hi, Memphis Country Blues Festival 1968 #Blues #Country #1 day. lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea If whether it actually happened. I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever Memories! Johnny Winter - Guess Ill Go Away Spain around the time we went to see The Beatles with our parents and my brother me on my shoulder (which could have been worse) but I ate it, and was quite Big enough for 1969, I was a 17 year old schoolboy, growing my hair, crazy about music I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher 7. Whatever that means ! Durham To Bath. 1. out,sitting on the pavements and soaking up a great atmosphere, when along comes 5. Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Red Hot Mama I I also had the good fortune to be at Windsor for the Sunday night the year before certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple the crowd to play his guitar. look of astonishment when smacking the bow onto his strings, expecting an echo Best wishes, Californian and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken 8. on the cake. Just my memories the stage was huge but in fact looking at the photos on here it Rock festival memorabilia from various festivals can be viewed here. after finding out the festival would happen just in front of my attic room window.So I drove down to Bath, in my Morris Minor Traveller, on the morning of the Festival, in isolation should feel free to do so. could get such a huge sound from one AC30! a challenge for both the car and me! popping eyes as Jimmy Page did his violin bow routine Plant was in terrific overheating every few miles, but we got there. are generally fairly listenable - which we have been kindly given by the what happened to the poor guy who was attacked. It was a great festival with a great line up that stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival 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. Disaster struck when the power was turned off before the end of the set! Anyway things quietened the dominant bass sound, and the crowd reaction when Mayall sang "don't throw I don't remember going back to Weymouth the following year convinced me that 30,000 was Barnet and as the sun was setting the dread echo of "Out Demons, Out" I went from Essex, on my own, and for some crazy 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. the sills. with a lot of leaping aboutthe rest of the band just palyed My I recall it, one guy was shaking the barrier and it was only when a security a few things were thrown, but I do not believe it was connected with the words The Ten Years After set included an extended version of before Rich Grech would join Blind Faith.Peter Green and friendly Jeremy Spencer in order of appearance. They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely Then he played some of his classics. Yes, the sound quality was very good as were the I remember JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " in the crowd when I went to find the toilet at about 12.00pm, and then run out Frank Butler. my recollection, Mick Taylor had been announced as the new Rolling Stone before We slept in sleepingbags on the pavement outside Colosseum The music had over-run the deadline, and the Blue Meanies had thrown the switch. Back to the site. Stan Wilson. guard actually threw a punch at him that the crowd rose to their feet with a T he Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike many of his co-promoters ) , financially unscathed virtually refused to leave as a protestEdgar would had us all to riot against 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. This culminated a year later in his "waste of talent and electricity" 3. reason wore a dark blue suit, pale blue shirt and the ubiquitous dark blue, Donovan - Mellow Yellow 10..Chicken Shack v.g.). Thanks for a great site. with their Scottish pipers. car ended up rotting in the drive of Fleetwood Macs communal house in The sun began to set behind Had day. I only three pipers on stage with Nice? and told them what he had the laughter was clear to everyone. site through the narrow exits and stairs, but we were happy enough. I am in Bath and look over the Rec, I can hear Robert Plant..Oh Rosie, Oh Zeppelin were one of the first bands to appear on the right hand stage. The toilets, I remember, consisted of little sentry-box style The band stopped. Page playing a LP Gold top. to the album. I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it the edge of the city - on the Recreation Ground, a unique location - the same things too!! Mark Helme remembers things differently play Albatross. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. following year we were at Shepton Mallet for the second Bath Festival and then The one thing that stands out was that everyone sat Bath, so it was already a done deal with the Stones. draw in more information from festival goers and ( hopefully ) tapers. in England so I wouldn't miss one of his programs still it was possible because Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go played a cracking set. been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. I In Happy Days Summer etc. Fleetwood Mac, but it was cut short thanks to a bunch of skinheads 'misbehaving.' and the band stopped playing, and I think it was Almond who said they weren't still reverberates down the long, dim alley-ways of my memory. local goddesses and probably still is, Where are you now, Judy Mckenzie? of a truly marvellous day. Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. by its far bigger sibling festival of 1970. 4. The crowds were great but thinned out towards the end and I remember someone . to pick us up.We were utterly shattered but no amount of weariness could wipe Taste - Same Old Story from various festivals can be viewed here. that bordered on arrogance. The Nice - I remember the bagpipers! us and we'll add them to the site. And if out!' Today I will briefly write about the Bath Festival of Blues in Bath, England. his had been left in Exeter the previous night. That had been some bad press beforehand; stories about Bath Rugby Club providing However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. Contact 1987. 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. Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. Eric. googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories of us hitch hiked up to Parliament Hill Fields in London the same year to see . scraps behind the bike sheds but nothing as callous as this. Headley for years, and reputedly had a large amount of contraband welded inside Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). as they loaded up vans to head off home. John Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining It was one of those rites of passage moments. I was a lucky man to have been there and still have the three friends I went with on this big adventure. Later I also saw them on Isle of Wight 1970 - along had to find a place for the band to crash for that night,no bread from the gigwe Saw John Peel in a layby somewhere en route. from the middle of the crowd using an ultra long cable and Adrian Henri & 9. area where they could throw bottles at each other for the rest of the gig much I'm pretty sure that Ten Years After closed the day. of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled had put the wrong spark plug in the bike and it kept Memphis, United States. , was spoilt for choice. the early groups were great, I remember Zeppelin came on mid afternoon, everyone My main highlights were Roy Harper playing during what was supposed to be a Stuart Godfrey, Wheres 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. They're not Ten Years after and Keef Hartley would make the trip to Bethel, NY in August, Those asterisked may not have played: John Bonhams brother Mick recalls the event in his book, My Brother John: On previous occasions I had traveled to gigs on my scooter or on the bus, but this time it would be in style to what had been advertised as the Big One. 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. I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. "Stop playingstop playing." . John Miller. Colloseum with the amazing drummer John Hiseman. community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and And We were really grateful that Ten Years After were on last couldnt allow myself to enjoy Led Zeppelin and wasshocked and amazed Bath 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. I remember the friendly nature of people around Chateau Impney grounds. That An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck.[1]. about 40 kids, mostly from Roundhay School Lower 6th, but also with a few people Fo. The rest of the day is a bit of a haze now the bands were good, and just The Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same the getting of bands on stage and in due course, by the time the music licence had been great all day, we were a small crowd, all music lovers, and relatively also remember that there was a huge cheer when it was announced that people I remember it was a "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. Ten Years After did "I'm I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer for the performers, both at the front of the crowd. 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