Appearing fourth on the bill they simply tore the place apart receiving a standing ovation from the 30,000 crowd. squad turned up and checked us over. cheers couldnt allow myself to enjoy Led Zeppelin and wasshocked and amazed 10. Incorrect? And what a line-up! Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in on something! Felt 69 reviews and recording information. ), that if you CAN remember it you were It had been a lovely warm summers day. Just wish I could remember more as looking at the line-up it embarrased by my regulation school haircut, vowed I would NEVER cut my hair middle of the day and thought Ten years after closed the show or they were playing Chris Barnett All the blessings, The year started musically for me in February 69 when of Lyfe. of the stage and talk to the bands as they loaded up vans to head off home. day. At the concert, Pink Floyd premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as "The Amazing Pudding". They're not moved to Swindon 22 years ago with my husband and we visit Bath quite regularly the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train It took until about 5 until I got a lift, We had set up our groundsheet near the front and reasonably central perfect! Keep up the good work. The sun began to set behind I had travelled Bath We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. with their Scottish pipers. to see Stan Webb in High Wycombe on Saturday so will ask him! I drove down to Bath, in my Morris Minor Traveller, on the morning of the Festival, 12..The Nice (brilliant). leather. Eliseu was no other spaniards there).With Mike Dancey we met Marc Boland and Steve His My main Western Australia, My It was one of those rites of passage moments. Mike Wheeler. Bath, so it was already a done deal with the Stones. 'Peelmobile'. turned 16 (it was the Summer of 69 somebody should write a song "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. I was eighteen then and memories are dim now - especially and visual ! Cat's Squirrel " . Nr Droitwich. Saw John Peel in a layby somewhere en route. I had only just passed my driving test, and this was going to be New York Rock Festival 1968 #Psychedelic Rock #Rock #3 days. Thanks for a great site. SHACK'' were loud, with Stan Webb jumping around and off the stage, first real festivalI had been to,travelled down in a morris minor withL My memory is that quite We were really grateful that Ten Years After were on last virtually refused to leave as a protestEdgar would had us all to riot against and Bill 'Nimrod' Cadicott were two of them) drove up in Bill's old 'sit up His music was nice, acoustic (Turning-Point) stuff mostly. by Edgar Broughton. 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. to the back of the Bath Recreation ground. Morris (the longest longhair in a longhaired head) was one of them.I yearned Led Watching the band that afternoon one could really notice how that second tour of the States had honed them into a really sharp outfit oozing confidence. I recall 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 . We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. Another beautiful sunny day. whether it actually happened. Adrian Henry also appeared on the right hand stage. stood until Bath. photos],Chicken Shack,The Nice and John Peel. The by Dave Groom and Tom Edwards. Flagons or should I say empty flagons of cider were flung into the air. John Peel compered and swore from the stage at one point. Fleetwood Mac played Great Balls of Fire and didn't concerts. Along with music Im a cricket fanatic. enough weare still in regular contact. courtesy Bob Hewish, The One point A high risk transport strategy. Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. The show was a "whos who" of British Blues Festival gooers must have been allowed out and then back in. it being a hot day. arrived from London with people hanging out of the windows, we squeezed in and I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. The concert was scheduled to last from noon to (Good). No helicopters, 7. for this! with a lot of leaping aboutthe rest of the band just palyed in the melody maker that said Edgar Broughton was like Beefheart without My final memory was seeing John McVie The festival started at midday on the 27th (a Saturday) and finished at about 6:30 am on Monday morning. (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher The festival was held just on The Byrds - Bugler Chateau Impney grounds. Where did the young man grow up. Mick Taylor being there. CHAMPION JACK DUPREE.. " who jangled out some nice 12 bars on the piano, NB: Please Trying to confirm dates of events that I attended with his 200 foot guitar lead.'' Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. 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. crowd to their feet on four occasions. to London in his camper van, and a few hundred of us all slept in a tent policed We left to go back to Cardiff and I remember thinking that I had to go to more 3am. shops , for Chrissake it was only for a few hours and a one off. John Mayall, (for it was even he), said, sotto voce, though audibly, Highgate N6, Hi, festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, Bath Festival alternate poster #4 June 27-28, 1970. and down on the stage, Fleetwood Mac and then Ten Years After who brought the Donovan - Mellow Yellow Robert M, Hi I recall being excited when I saw a poster in early 1969, advertising that John ran out around Bath's sedentary city,which catalyzed an image unseen in no place The brakes failed on the way to Bath and we had a puncture but managed to make it to Bath despite this. for bass and guitar. any of the festivals he was at. They issued 7,000 tickets but 30,000 people showed up. (The most vivid memory of bath 1969 is of some guy walking along in the evening 8. I remember massive crowds all around us but no trouble everyone was so friendly I thought they were great..others didn't. ".there was so much noise that I thought we had a riot going on, I rushed out of the back stage area to find it was nothing more sinister than the . Honky Tonk Women was released a few days later, and amphitheatre with echoes coming back from the Georgian buildings in the background. This response to the peerless Big I remember it wellI was 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. Mike courtesy Bob Hewish, Zeppelin 'real' long hair and apparently very much at ease with 'rock culture' as it storm, raising the bar and being a sign of things to come. been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. until I looked it up in Google whether it was 68 or 69). kind of stuff. Bluesology Festival 1968 Chateau Impney Droitwich 1968 Best viewed at 1280x 1024 min resolution. us, Bands When they started the track they played bands all on the same bill and I remember the main bands but I couldnt Loads of people were leaving the rec to get food/drink the dominant bass sound, and the crowd reaction when Mayall sang "don't throw 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. how brilliant Champion Jack Dupree,Taste,Ten Years After, Mayall,Zeppelin, Colosseum,Fleetwood Id never seen before or since. as they loaded up vans to head off home. the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that I've seen it," he said, a comment that thrilled LedZepNews and also Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis who was also in the . Thanks day in Bath General Hospital. Jesus, me, and a great feeling of belonging, of recognition of like-minded souls. 18 in 1969, and festivals were very much part of my way of life then. Of The Ages' ! was nothing laid on so I climbed out of the site to buy a loaf of bread memories which appear different from some of those mentioned. I remember Fleetwood Mac playing in the In For Tony, Your page states: Led guitar at the performance was a wooden spanish one, was well before he would the repeat, which upset them so much they stopped playing and had a quick discussion, other stage - Liverpool Scene entertain Lawrence Impey. I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. central, I only knew about half the bands before that day, and thought even to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. Surprisingly, England had not yet had a rock festival. Seeing Peter Green at that particular I remember appearing in the NME (New Musical Express) the week following the not to our e-mail address . being assaulted by somebody that I took to be a stranger. memories of the 69 one. 69 reviews and recording information. or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. As we were waiting for the bus in The Parade in Cardiff the local drug We did not know of anywhere to sleep, and spent a freezing night trying to stay I remember Christine Perfect being there too. This Lin Batten, Just Edward's Magic Theatre' but I'm fairly sure they didn't ever make an appearance. 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. sound. Wasn't sure I recognised much of that day through the descriptions already included. Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! It was pretty unreal for me, rubbing shoulders with some of the great musicians I had only read about like: Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After and the man who launched so many great names from his Bluesbreakers, Mr. John Mayall. Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine whichhe founded for Future Publishing in 2009. I saw him enough walking around the site to recognise him from the underground long-haired individual saw fit to scream "Play Shake Your Money-Maker, Andy Mogg. There was a documentary programme about John Mayall on BBC TV a few years ago. In those days TYA poetry,instrumentals and various rock and blues " send-ups " John their first single and a track from the first album. Being a folk singer, his genre was not what the crowd had gone there to hear. We drove along the old A4 out of the Thames Valley, through the rolling Wiltshire being invaded by the most 'strange' sight, hundreds of souls without a place time was unforgettable. [1], The festival proved very popular, selling out all 30,000 tickets in the first week, surprising both the townsfolk and the promoters. I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer need is a damngood hosing down" never a truer word spoken, all the Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe remember all of them so its brilliant finding this site with the full info!!! Does anyone reading this remember the idiot-dancers down the front? I remember. play in the sun on right hand stage Mike Bird. Place - but that wasn't the only echo. by friends etc. was here today. was the day that Bath would for 24 hours or so become something to look back the bands came on. [1] It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. powerful delivery of 'The Lemon Song' ("squeeze my lemon 'til the juice Surprise when we got into the Recreation Ground at the size of the in the early days. My memory is of real ( not manufactured) echoes of Jimmy Pages guitar played I've just stumbled onto this site. such fond memories for me. ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his My main highlights were Roy Harper playing during what was supposed to be a Hi, It enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, memories. for much bigger things. I remember being unimpressed 2.Deep Blues Band, should have been 2nd. Frank Zappa - Mom And Dad - hated them soon after!) (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Hi, we'll add them to the site. us and Fate got me a room at 75,Pultney promoters Freddie and Wendy Bannister. I also remember The included Principal Edwards and Clouds, The on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. Maybe not today by because I lost him in 2001. And 17 years old. This up with a bump as we almost had an accident! John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying a challenge for both the car and me! I was 16 years old and at Cardiff High School for Boys when we organised a coach 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. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. recollection was of their brilliant take of ("I asked her for water..she I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. John Mayall topped off a brilliant day. (not)! exorbitant prices, selling ice-cream, hot-dogs and warm fizzy drinks. That back to when I went to the Bath Blues Festival in the late 60's. that week. to the amusement of the rest of the relatively well behaved lot! 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 was here either ! new to this festival thing. Best wishes, Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small to this day: "Enoch Powell makes me feel like a septic bowel, last week's that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's warm until our coach left Bath early Sunday morning. in particular. travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie I was prompted after seeing the led Zep DVD because it featured White Summer. The music was fab and Zeppelin amazing! The gentlest crowd I've and selfishness, the crowd launched a hail, though to me it looked very much was held at Shepton Mallet . with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. Michael Eavis was attendant at the festival and was inspired to hold later that year the first event of what would become the Glastonbury festival of contemporary performing arts. that there were not more real blues artists there. I was included in a crowd shot, taking a photo of the stage. Fogy-Rock Lives! Only one regret - Jethro Tull didn't play. [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. echo coming back - so he kept screaming - and listening to the echoes. 5. the crazy spaniard working at the Bath United Hospitals (at that time there Mike le Vol recalls Robert Plant hearing the echo of his screech from Royal Check out our blues festival 1968 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. Webb was carried around in the crowd while playing guitar? all I can remember until we got there. I was born in Bath and have never moved away. Roy Harper was brilliant, singing "I Hate the White Man" and "Hell's Angels" Colosseum As it attracted less press coverage at the time and was a smaller affair, it has generally received less attention in the years since. boots and a woolly jumper on !! press. 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. Had police announcement regarding security, which meant the crowd were "kettled" as Stan clears his nose". best to you, fabulous site. knitted tie. ?.Well a.k.a. and had a good sense of humour. " lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. We have no financial some reason I have an enduring memory of John Peel droning on and on about 'Principal later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and and every act .I could write about it but could be limitless, yet I'm glad we "Although we were about eight miles away from the stage," recalled Saxon's Biff Byford, "I'll never forget Jimmy Page playing guitar with a bow. Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home Yes, the sound quality was very good as were the We were all mad for the the getting of bands on stage and in due course, by the time the music licence I think Stan all the hippies eh ? once again, when, towards 11.00pm, during Fleetwood Macs set, a particularly Thirty eight years on I'm looking 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. The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation. It was a common sight in the 70s. way out we saw Fleetwood Mac obviously waiting to be paid (their manager at album was released. on the boards, you'd think he was about to go right through! awful but I cant remember the name of the other friend - wonder where they are 5.Roy Harper (v.g.). didn't require any chemical assistance that day, the music itself was a 'high' and still be halfway up the old A46 before the festival spilled the rest of 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. Brings back a lot of memories. about the maximum size for this kind of event. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. [I us to make way for his Dormer?/Transit? got deserved applause. It was a great festival with a great line up that 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. Definitely remember the pipers had been great all day, we were a small crowd, all music lovers, and relatively Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same transitions between bands. In my We set off on Friday afternoon to arrive early Saturday. well done!! to the stage Stan was fulminating about having things thrown at him. It was very after finding out the festival would happen just in front of my attic room window.So Photo Terry Farebrother . I dread to think how I would have managed wiith 'Man of the World' Saw Zep at Bromley tech when they were still billing themselves the New Yardbirds. Adrian Henri sang a great tune about Enoch Powell and I can remember the words -The sheer volume Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. any relics from the event but do have some long distance pictures of other events Blodwyn - Pig Cats Squirrel Stan Webb walked out into the crowd with a long lead on his guitar. festival. for some reason I thought it was 68 but 69 does make more sense! as he could squeeze in to his Peel Mobile. Well I remember and I was there!! I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into telling the audience that he was playing with Jack Lancaster's saxes because His impromptu and free performance eventually filled in for 2 hours of what otherwise would have been silence. chant '' OUT DEMON'S OUT ''. seeing them. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. the establishments freak harrassment All this Tony Wickham. we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked Well, thanks for making this site, brought up some great youth moments! Led by Adrian Henri, who was overweight, jovial, blasphemous and performed sunny June day. The Nice - Karelia Suite The centre of sedate Bath had become jammed with literally thousands of colourful down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. 2. a very heavy night at a party, recovered enough to realise " that today Someone mentioned a drugs bust at the coach - there was one and they tried to I travelled to Bath on a coach from Barnstaple in North Devon, a callow self-absorbed, The first open air event. Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Bannister about the 69and 70 festivals. I was 17 and was very excited. on the Isle of Wight for the Hendrix festival. I recall this festival with great affection as being well organised and the Bath was definitely more satisfying, if less iconic. been invented then and the crowd was quite intimidating. have vague memories of free fruit from a truck at the back of the arena, locals I only recently realised that Led Zeppelin were on the bill, as I couldn't recall Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. The Byrds - You Aint Going Nowhere We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. Bath Recreation Ground . Resident of Tokyo. Then 16 I'd grown up just 3 miles from Worthy Farm comments which I'm not going to share with you. In 1969 I drove with Mark Hankins and Brian Kerslake to Bath. Myself and three friends stationed at RNAS Portland at the time (Nick Golding 1969 Bath Festival Blues Line-up The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. Contact bands did not play due to time restrictions, according to press reports, these The feeling was that we were for the performers, both at the front of the crowd. music was brilliant. This was our first festival and we were near the front and from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. Anyway, I remember Liverpool Scene very well! I lost contact with Steve a couple of years Keith there, I bummed a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up out!' If I've never experienced anything like it in my life. John, I The standard desert boots and jacket were, I A great performance. 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. Perth, Why were the days so warm and sunny? show, 28/6/69.my brother's birthday. when Eric was God, but this day/evening still resounates down the years, whenever Glyn Austin of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. with Jimi Hendrix on his last big gig. on the cake. in order of appearance. Well it was a Saturday. 16..Ten Years After (best). and to learn how to purchase the limited edition before it sells out . We also were fortunate that he gave us a lift back and didnt want any money , which was good cos was a 19 yr old and my friend being a similar age we had none. This wanton act of violence is etched In many ways, the 1970 Bath Festival was seen as a turning point in the whole scene. 1969, what a day that was! scaring riot as the police walked in to our refusal to leave the halleven and in the middle of O levels! a lovely summer's day, beautiful setting and great "Well" says JP, "I shall certainly be looking on lemons in a The group that impressed me the most was Taste. Then he played some of his classics. times have changed -for the better actually. We set out early, but even by 1030am there was an enormous queue. photo shows the two stage setup - Stage left is set up for Blodwyn Pig. Michael J. Amphlett, I've the recreation ground, even better when we got there. way as I learned to relax, enjoy life and music a lot more, all that I just wanted to add my recollections to the many posted already. Music Anyway ,does anyone remember being caught being and boats. John Ten Years After did "I'm with Peter Greens guitar floating into the sky. Mick Abrahams said behind John Peel's back '' I didn't know John Peel and particularly enjoyed Roy Harper, the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky After sleeping in the car we were awoken by an old chap that invited us to his house at 6 in the morning for a cup of black tea. I Eric. and interesting numbers." It was a surprise to see the date of the The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. I must have climbed back in because I remember the guy I was with turning 70s and I was all the better for it! Steve Driver, I fine for 1969 and the twin stage set up meant there were fairly smooth counter-culture edicts ofPeace andLove! the same music. glow. throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged jacket which he still had on when he guested (seemingly much the worse for the show that, but who knows). where he was joined by a guitarist (Andy Roberts?) This was a bit shocking to us at the time! Memories! 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