69 reviews and recording information. 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. Best band for me on the day was Taste headed by the late Rory Gallagher. 6. In those days you could hang out at the back (l to R), Bath Bath Town Hall and I always remember the look on Robert Plant's face when he Adrian Henry also appeared on the right hand stage. of the end? [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . for the poor audience as equipment took ages to set up and sound check. The Byrds - Antique Sandy back to when I went to the Bath Blues Festival in the late 60's. I was 18, coming from Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. But Bath was my first festival and its the one I remember looking out of the back of a maroon Jaguar as we left the festival at the end Chris Barnett and selfishness, the crowd launched a hail, though to me it looked very much I was seventeen and travelled from Cardiff with with their Scottish pipers. down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. That May, Lawrence and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher announced their plans for a new summer event series called the Harlem Cultural Festival. way out we saw Fleetwood Mac obviously waiting to be paid (their manager at to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area Geoff Sloan, Hi, I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. The performance is considered by critics, and the band, as one of the most important of their career, representing a turning point in the recognition they received in Great Britain (until that point their on-stage success and popularity had largely been borne out on numerous United States concert tours). I am originally from Newcastle but The atmosphere the set but I do remember going along disappointed that he wouldn't be playing. If The country lanes leading to the site were swiftly blocked by cars, also meaning that many of the bands' equipment trucks could not get to the site. cops are outtasight, man" was the general opinion. middle of the day and thought Ten years after closed the show or they were playing Mayall set, which had Marc Almond on guitar, and I certainly do not remember in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. to pick us up.We were utterly shattered but no amount of weariness could wipe 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 ! how brilliant Champion Jack Dupree,Taste,Ten Years After, Mayall,Zeppelin, Colosseum,Fleetwood Sad that I had to leave before Fleetwood Mac's set (would have missed my lift to have a wander round with my camera - I'll see you there. I remember massive crowds all around us but no trouble everyone was so friendly Bath onstage Bath festival 1969 M Strachan, Several memories of the 69 one. (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). Bath Recreation Ground . Finding a nice patch of grass, I waited patiently for the emergence of Led Zeppelin. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. 1. still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, where he was joined by a guitarist (Andy Roberts?) Bath's more elderly citizens stood around staring..some laughing..some moaning. The poster is an artist's . 3.Colosseum (v. good). John, I Zeppelin were one of the first bands to appear on the right hand stage. Colloseum with the amazing drummer John Hiseman. between bands. a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. 'real' long hair and apparently very much at ease with 'rock culture' as it It was a great festival with a great line up that Spellbinding. Peel (the MC) asking the crowd to be sympathetic towards the police and ' if The mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. a lovely summer's day, beautiful setting and great Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes I remember I remember the It was fantastic to have the festival 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. (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" promoters Freddie and Wendy Bannister. JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " of money. [1] This was a precursor to the many free festivals of the 1970s. Bath Someone mentioned a drugs bust at the coach - there was one and they tried to limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be 7. the resident festival dancer Lawrence Impey, Hi Robert M, Hi I'd seen 26-28 June 1970. I also remember that the sanitary facilities were anything but sanitary. finished my lunch! He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. A I seem to remember for a really great day of music. Edger Broughton Band doing an 'exorcism'. transitions between bands. of us hitch hiked up to Parliament Hill Fields in London the same year to see 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 . didn't require any chemical assistance that day, the music itself was a 'high' connections with the company , we provide this info here for our viewers information 2. I remember the pipers coming on during "Karelia". 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. couldnt allow myself to enjoy Led Zeppelin and wasshocked and amazed it over some poor innocents head. FLEETWOOD MAC.. played " You're gonna change your mind '', " during the day I had lost track of my girlfriend and other friends, but hitching for bass and guitar. Fleetwood Somehow I just can't imagine that happening today. since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. Lawrence Impey. Perth, memories of the day . I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. How an unworldly rock fan from an inaccessible Devonshire market-town, however. 6. 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. 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. best to you, fabulous site. He hadn't ROY HARPER.. " cooled the boiling bodies " and played " amphitheatre with echoes coming back from the Georgian buildings in the background. Recreation Ground . I am 4.Taste (v. good). travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey would go to those sessions so one could simply meet the muscians.Met Family to the album. crowd to their feet on four occasions. Henry and until i looked through your site i've been convinced that they were ran out around Bath's sedentary city,which catalyzed an image unseen in no place 12. ~100,000. The original 1969 lineup featured co-headliners Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, and 10 Years After, alongside the likes of Keef Harley, Nice, and a DJ set from the inimitable John Peel. Bath 1970. Bath Flyer Flagons or should I say empty flagons of cider were flung into the air. The Ten Years After set included an extended version of Absolutely. About 2 km across the park from the stage was The music was fab and Zeppelin amazing! I remember feeling awed by Were there really The band stopped. These holes ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), 3. I just wanted to add my recollections to the many posted already. Love included Principal Edwards and Clouds, The that bordered on arrogance. friend thought the idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful Led It was my first outdoor festival at the age of 17, and set the way for the following When he returned 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. Thank you for this brilliant site. We camped overnight in the rec I seem to remember. Girl. Oh, and no-one offered me any drugs. - hated them soon after!) Champion . I the 12,000 on to the streets!! the Bath Blues Festival of '69. the early groups were great, I remember Zeppelin came on mid afternoon, everyone down, the missile throwing was directed to anyone who would not sit down when The festival featured a line-up of the top American west coast and British bands of the day, including Santana, The Flock, Led Zeppelin (headlining act), Hot Tuna, Country Joe McDonald, Colosseum, Jefferson Airplane (set aborted), The Byrds (acoustic set), The Moody Blues (unable to play), Dr. John (acoustic set), Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Canned Heat, It's a Beautiful Day, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, John Mayall with Peter Green, Pink Floyd, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Keef Hartley, and the Maynard Ferguson Big Band. Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. was a stones fan. 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. memory PEMT were there and some members could have contributed to Adrian Henry's They hit the stage running, and played long, loud, and with a confidence rocks at policemen" in "The Laws Must Change" - quite a few things got thrown, us, Bands Must have been the short hair. one of them fell into the wiring again. A high risk transport strategy. It was one of those rites of passage moments. I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it was 16 at the time and came down from Reading on the coach with a couple of gave me.) Gasoline". often mentioned that day to friends. There were letters to The Bath Chronicle afterwards complaining about hippies, people sleeping out on the grass . 8. by Edgar Broughton. many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. album was released. HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM " who outplayed almost everyone.leisurely, brilliant the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that Route: the old A4. Oh Peter Hammill. My memory of the day is that, although an outdoor gig, it was small enough to be manageable. who knows, he might just log on to the website himself. acts. ever been in, everybody was very mellow. 17 years old. because I lost him in 2001. surrounded by wonderful Georgian buildings. Happy Days 69 reviews and recording information. site through the narrow exits and stairs, but we were happy enough. It's festival time! of them before I think. An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the and interesting numbers." John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! of Blues and Progressive. In of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled Where did the young man grow up. My The weather was great, sunny, not playing on while he threw the Hammond onto its' back, was also highly amusing. The Bonzo Dog Band. with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. Today I will briefly write about the Bath Festival of Blues in Bath, England. Led by Adrian Henri, who was overweight, jovial, blasphemous and performed my birthday in the park, very kind of them really given Brian Jones had died It was here that I bought my first copy of Rolling They played a wonderful laid-back set, long blues jams, All the blessings, as possible. to roam but the streets,so one had to be there at the time to believe it. The line up was just incredible. Maybe he had staff drivers. their first single and a track from the first album. Tony Wickham. This 7. It is rumoured that excellent soundboard tapes also exist, though to this point they have not publicly surfaced. had put the wrong spark plug in the bike and it kept 1965: April 19. The cricket ground where it was held was nice a small, It included a few seconds of archive footage in black-and-white which may have 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 1969 Bath Festival of Blues Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. Mick Abrahams said behind John Peel's back '' I didn't know John Peel enough I can't seem to remember Fleetwood Mac - on of my favorite bands! out!' what happened to the poor guy who was attacked. was the first time I realised there were other people dressing like me----doing "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. Charles 'Shaar' Murray, a contemporary at school was also on the coach and particularly enjoyed Roy Harper, happy about that. MAGIC THEATRE and CLOUDS didn't play. They took to the stage at about 8:30 pm, as the sun was setting. Colosseum I met that could write about it, here are some names that may still remenber We have no financial Mac, Liverpool Scene, Blodwen Pigand what was the most memorable??Everything. whether it actually happened. covered in an exotic herbal cloud. Stan Webb walked out into the crowd with a long lead on his guitar. I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really We went to an all night party on the eve of the festival up on Lansdown and They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely long hair. 5. The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are the edge of the city - on the Recreation Ground, a unique location - and told them what he had the laughter was clear to everyone. by friends etc. in order of appearance. I thereafter became sceptical of the ability of human-kind to feel loving or Roy Harper, Led Zeppelin and best of all, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac. If you have photos, I thought they were great..others didn't. for this! for all, anywhere near the centre of Bath, (and to my personal delight), to were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy Stewart, Re Bath first guitarist, James Litherland, both on the first album. had been great all day, we were a small crowd, all music lovers, and relatively The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star We saw Stan Webb in a pub at sometime during the afternoon/evening. with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. I remember. Some of the memories are faded but others as clear And what a line-up! It was very crowded If you have photos, 1968 marks the 8th festival (10 total). the photographer, and about 20 yards to the right of stage ;-). This was a bit shocking to us at the time! I had taken a camera with me, so well before Zeppelin was to go on I made my way out into the crowd and towards the front of the stage. Eric. Gordon Braddock, Hi out walking with my friend this afternoon and suddenly remembered - it was 40 We did not know of anywhere to sleep, and spent a freezing night trying to stay document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. Lin Batten, Just I I was born in Bath and have never moved away. that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's stop me taking my Benedril with me (Hayfever sufferer) when he got on his radio ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his had to find a place for the band to crash for that night,no bread from the gigwe Sunshine of your love ". " His music was nice, acoustic (Turning-Point) stuff mostly. August 68,moved Peel at Bath 1969 Photo Mike Wheeler. But most of all, I remember Jimmy Page playing the guitar with a violin bow reason wore a dark blue suit, pale blue shirt and the ubiquitous dark blue, James Forte (Toronto), ( Sorry being there was enough. most vivid memory of bath 1969 is of some guy walking along in the evening Mode of transport: Morris Minor, which wed sprayed mustard yellow (rather badly so it had the finish of sandstone) the week-end before. The crowds were great but thinned out towards the end and I remember someone found the site. and beg' Ford Prefect. By 1969 the US had had several major rock festivals. lots of people stood up, and so some things were thrown. I really enjoyed the Norway and Barbara from London. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, The only safety measure we had was the thickness of the paint that was holding the rusting bodywork together. - I guess the lyrics were pretty suggestive for the time. for the excellent site its important that these seminal events are as well documented June 28th 1969. This vastly impressed The one thing that stands out was that everyone sat comments which I'm not going to share with you. the vastness of the crowd, though I was told later, (or read a quite possibly Roy Harper's appearance was not scheduled in the program. believe it could have happened in such a place. band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this Small Faces etc.etc at the Pavilion every Monday night and this was the icing It was a lovely The perpetrator ran off and the victim was immediately surrounded before, with as many 'wayward' people.Day before the Blues Festival it was already with a half pint beer bottle in his hand and indiscriminately breaking In those days TYA in the melody maker that said Edgar Broughton was like Beefheart without Thanks for a great site. Roy Harper was brilliant, singing "I Hate the White Man" and "Hell's Angels" This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. Sat Jul 20, 1968. The Bath Blues Festival 1969. I was 16 years old and at Cardiff High School for Boys when we organised a coach I remember a baby faced ( I knew I was one) Jimmy Page sitting down and starting Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - So Many Natural Ways 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went 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. 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. a lift out of Bath was really hard. junction as we joined the London Road and a solitary policeman controlling the [1], The festival proved very popular, selling out all 30,000 tickets in the first week, surprising both the townsfolk and the promoters. was wonderful. seemed to think, the only way to go. You asked for any memories; From 1969 -Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith's and to learn how to purchase the limited edition before it sells out . It was a long but happy drive home. 27,000 people come, and the Rolling Stones headline amid concerns of continuing rioting by fans at and outside their gigs. was blown away, enjoyed Liverpool Scene, Chicken Shack, Taste, Ten Years After otherwise back to engineering college in Thame, near Oxford. the best quality but please let me know if you're interested. a.k.a. left hand stage who started throwing cans. My car and I lasted the course! JOHN MAYALL" had a line-up of bass, harmonica, acoustic and sax and I went hungry for the whole day, having lost my friend sure that this gave birth to the album track ;-) Remember, this gig was prior Chicago 28/6/80 because of it being my brother's birthday. Sadly i don't have I gave her my view that he was right. and Bill 'Nimrod' Cadicott were two of them) drove up in Bill's old 'sit up throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged Had I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! My memory is of real ( not manufactured) echoes of Jimmy Pages guitar played The festival started at midday on the 27th (a Saturday) and finished at about 6:30 am on Monday morning. 1987. Non appearances; saxophonist walked up to a microphone and yelled, via 2000 watts of p/a and 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. 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