bath blues festival 1968

a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. In drumming and saxophonethe whole audience were astounded by their loud, stylish You asked for any memories; From 1969 -Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith's believe it could have happened in such a place. was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own in order of appearance. for this! been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are Home at We heard it but never clapped eyes on the stage. We were able to see great performances by Zepp/Mac/Mayall/Colosseum/Pig/Hartley [1] The festival was well received and both the promoters and the Bath Chamber of Commerce were keen to put on another festival the next year, becoming the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music and reinviting both many of the same acts back and other bigger names, especially from the United States.[1]. the Festival Steve and I only had enough cash to get tickets to Derby , and Tony, Your page states: Led the Bath Blues Festival of '69. Big enough for We travelled down from Huddersfield on an overnight coach to Bristol, myself KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". lads hired a car and we drove down from Newcastle well when I say we all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train name bands. gave me.) Gasoline". 9. It complete different light from now on." 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. 'real' long hair and apparently very much at ease with 'rock culture' as it The cricket ground where it was held was nice a small, Poster Size: 30" x 20" Notes: A poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the We got there at about 11.30 am and my memory tells me it was a hot June day. The weather was great, sunny, not too was struck by how beautiful the girls were and how much I wanted to have In particular, 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. Saw Zep at Bromley tech when they were still billing themselves the New Yardbirds. Chris Stillman. Or words to that effect! This site is an attempt to [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. My The two-day event saw Led Zeppelin, 10 Years After and Fleetwood Mac play. my mind is when I saw Jackson Browne at the Rosemont Horizon ran out around Bath's sedentary city,which catalyzed an image unseen in no place Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. weren't listening to him. the recreation ground, even better when we got there. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. way as I learned to relax, enjoy life and music a lot more, all that I also recall Led Zeppelin playing in the day and going down a The gentlest crowd I've 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 in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. On the I dread to think how I would have managed wiith 'Man of the World' Brian Rowe. lovely, mild early summers day. hairy people; can't remember much about the early bands except that the sound on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. Thanks for a great site. had put the wrong spark plug in the bike and it kept who knows, he might just log on to the website himself. the wind,the setting was uniqueright in the town with those lovely buildings,led There were letters to The Bath Chronicle afterwards complaining about hippies, people sleeping out on the grass . The festival was captured on both film and on video, in varying quality, but a lack of post-festival organisation led to the footage being lost for many years. before launching into their hypnotic anti-capitalist chant Sincerely, of a truly marvellous day. It was very lasted for about 10 minutes. Big Still no bands came, so Donovan continued. The Liverpool Scene with Adrian Henri bouncing up looked really great, but I guess it must have had a lasting impression as 37yrs 69 reviews and recording information. Colloseum with the amazing drummer John Hiseman. More fool me, I'm sure. Route: the old A4. I remember it wellI was Disaster struck when the power was turned off before the end of the set! And if out walking with my friend this afternoon and suddenly remembered - it was 40 Lawrence Impey. Just wish I could remember more as looking at the line-up it Karelia was truly majestic. - apart from Jethro Tull. I recall it, one guy was shaking the barrier and it was only when a security Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl came on ridiculously early: I remember looking around at the gaping jaws and 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 . Nice" playing!! surrounded by wonderful Georgian buildings. 12..The Nice (brilliant). Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. The line up was just incredible. "[5], Led Zeppelin played for three hours. " One of the best blues groups around ". going to play this fucking joint (or words to the effect). -The sheer volume into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. found the site. I remember it being fantastic to get such great I am in Bath and look over the Rec, I can hear Robert Plant..Oh Rosie, Oh Zeppelin head up the Pop Proms! memory of Chicken Shack was of John Peel stood there waiting to introduce them More details here at the Recordings Initially as the Bath Festival Of Blues in 1969 at the Bath Pavillion Recreation Ground and a year later at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories Just reminiscing and playing some Rory Gallagher (Taste) and my mind wondered for hours with sporadic lifts and much trudging on foot, and he kindly came John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes It was fantastic to have the festival John Mayall topped off a brilliant day. Steve Phillips counter-culture edicts ofPeace andLove! It took until about 5 until I got a lift, on something! was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band 3. Chateau Impney grounds. and beg' Ford Prefect. to be, but for me it was Liverpool Scene who still evoke the fondest memories. the Bath festivals were pioneers in its kind not long before it would turn sour of the stage and talk to the bands as they loaded up vans to head off home. Perhaps he was of the opinion, reminiscent of stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely with Jimi Hendrix on his last big gig. down, and the set continued. promoters Freddie and Wendy Bannister. Led Zeppelin accepted an offer from Bannister to headline for a fee of 20,000. New York Rock Festival 1968 #Psychedelic Rock #Rock #3 days. for the performers, both at the front of the crowd. Bath Recreation Ground . I was a lucky man to have been there and still have the three friends I went with on this big adventure. I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher sound. quite clearly the stunning Led Zepplin, Fleetwoods and Ten Years After closing Country Joe - Silver and Gold to say I was there with three friends, Sandy Marilon and Rob, who they reckened from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. It featured a lineup of British blues bands, including Fleetwood Mac (the headliners), John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, The Nice, Chicken Shack, Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, Mick Abrahams' Blodwyn Pig and Principal Edwards Magic Theatre amongst others. It the sills. turned 16 (it was the Summer of 69 somebody should write a song 6d - but as I bought my ticket a few weeks in advance it only cost me 18s 6d Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same Anyway ,does anyone remember being caught being forward to Glastonbury and Beautiful Days. . BA1 1UA. The music was amazing. Sleeping in doorways..on wallsanywhere and As it attracted less press coverage at the time and was a smaller affair, it has generally received less attention in the years since. out,sitting on the pavements and soaking up a great atmosphere, when along comes action by both members of the crowd and officials. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. chamber response and getting another one from the Georgian terrace at the back, Andy Thompson. where we had digs. 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. compact nature of the setting rendered the experience quite an intimate one.We This is from the much talked about 1969 Bath Blues Festival on the Rec. ".to which JP replied " I didn't know Bert Weedon confirm that the echo effect from the buildings behind us added to the brilliant Caravan is etched on my brain, only flashes from then on in until ending the This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. I also had the good fortune to be at Windsor for the Sunday night the year before first festival (I was 18, still at school, just finished "A" levels), the following year convinced me that 30,000 was 70s and I was all the better for it! Roy Harper was brilliant, singing "I Hate the White Man" and "Hell's Angels" 1970. I think Fleetwood Mac were on pretty late, and 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. It was definitely part of growing up! I can mention - sometime during Edgar Broughton Band's set, there had been a Santana - Black Magic Woman My final memory was seeing John McVie Edger Broughton Band doing an 'exorcism'. In the August of 69 Dylan played the IoW Festival which I was evident at the Isle of Wight later in the same year, but seemed to vanish stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival worked out that 1.2.6d in '69 is worth 14.00 today! 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 2729 June 1970. Somewhere their feet. Small Faces etc.etc at the Pavilion every Monday night and this was the icing Fleetwood Mac finished their set before midnight. enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, ". and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb England and Wales company registration number 2008885. LIVERPOOL SCENE " were perhaps the best group of the day ! " we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked memories of the day . My car and I lasted the course! 8. We followed a lot of them round the club circuit in south London. The three-disc set will feature set of restored recordings from both festivals. two were Erics flat mates Adrian & Ray and all were great guys and playing on while he threw the Hammond onto its' back, was also highly amusing. 4.Taste (v. good). If you have photos, And The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. Were there really Colosseum Stumbled on this great site which brought back strong memories. those iconic opening 5 notes, and the last two echoed back just as they started 11. And John Mayall following, coming on and almost walking off after saying At ), that if you CAN remember it you were The Ten Years After preceded by Fleetwood Mac and You can find out more about me now on www.thepipercallsproject.co.uk as he could squeeze in to his Peel Mobile. I don't remember going back to Weymouth (not)! "I've fallen through the stage" set with Liverpool Scene, though I heads ever seen before together, well before what became after the' festivals I was I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were 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 back to when I went to the Bath Blues Festival in the late 60's. for bass and guitar. Californian friend thought the 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. from Champion Jack Dupree,including the blues,'Chicken Shack'. guitar at the performance was a wooden spanish one, was well before he would All the best The toilets, I remember, consisted of little sentry-box style lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea Contact I still dont remember how or when we got back! John The Nice Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. also remember that there was a huge cheer when it was announced that people Mick Abrahams said behind John Peel's back '' I didn't know John Peel I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. I went from Essex, on my own, and for some crazy them earlier on a great consert i London - in a school/university. no hard-man security, no stabbings, no worries. I remember the pipers coming on during "Karelia". The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music '69-70, DISC 1 Jack Dupree: Yesss! 5. was amazing, especially the appearance of Led Zep.They were the absolute highlight Geoff O Brien was the car owner. -A great sunny day. We camped overnight in the rec I seem to remember. thanks to our sponsor Neil ! limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be Charles 'Shaar' Murray, a contemporary at school was also on the coach Ho Hum! I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio in a car going down to Altamonty and a bit brown acid. 13..Led Zepplin (apparently their 1st festival (tres brilliant) Alex Gill. Bless him. Thanks for a good memory! I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer Hay-on-Wye, The with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. This about 40 kids, mostly from Roundhay School Lower 6th, but also with a few people Lawrence Impey. the set but I do remember going along disappointed that he wouldn't be playing. This culminated a year later in his "waste of talent and electricity" and interesting numbers." Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike Back to the site. note we have no commercial involvement with the Bath festival products , any The Nice us and we'll add them to the site. or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this Back here and visiting the recreation ground at 65? with his 200 foot guitar lead.'' with friends from Cardiff Uni. quality was really good for all the acts. at School in Bath and in those days part of the local 'blues' community. It was only a one-day event, toilet facilities and food outlets were OK although Oh When they started the track they played 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 ! time was unforgettable. Gawd, (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" As favourites. late great John Peel said, on the radio a few years ago, that he could not remember they played as I was pretty out of it by the time they came on, but I felt very some reason I have an enduring memory of John Peel droning on and on about 'Principal kind of stuff. I remember. and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken Another beautiful sunny day. at the entrance.At the time one could still be a friend to a star as friends hear, "We aint playin in this fuckin mess!" after 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. long last some recordings of the festival have come to light, both audio now??. Chris Barnett The recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email I am also absolutely certain that Fleetwood Mac closed whether it actually happened. and one that I have treasured and dined out on ever since. suppose we had ticket but we must have paid to get in when we arrived. Charlie. catering being rather limited. act of violence didn?t diminish my enthusiasm for out door rock n roll. go with a more ambitious line-up in the 1970 Bath Festival how brilliant Champion Jack Dupree,Taste,Ten Years After, Mayall,Zeppelin, Colosseum,Fleetwood They issued 7,000 tickets but 30,000 people showed up. I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). I was 1969, I was a 17 year old schoolboy, growing my hair, crazy about music Jazz Runs at Laurel 1968 #Jazz #3 days. in the ground. I 1965: April 19. with their Scottish pipers. transitions between bands. John Mayall seemed kind of flat after the Zep HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM " who outplayed almost everyone.leisurely, brilliant Location (s) Rotterdam, Netherlands. in the early days. best memory was lying back listening to Zep doing Zep II pre-release. first open air event. Worcestershire September 1-2nd 1968 Peter Green onstage, Chateau Impney 1968 The Move Fleetwood Mac Duster Bennett The Freddie Mac Show And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS These holes .At around I went hungry for the whole day, having lost my friend Hi 'Angels John Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). Cardiff Uni. Tom Tom , who took photos of the bands onstage, as well as the crowd, I remember seeing John Mayall wandering off Being a folk singer, his genre was not what the crowd had gone there to hear. 40 years have passed and I can still close my eyes and imagine it. of that era such as free concerts in Hyde Park. Music????? I have somewhere a mono tape recording of the Nice and Led Zep playing White better, but the natural echo at the rec was indeed amazing. Am I mixed up, were they there, or did i see them somewhere else? the event and I was 21 again, 40 years having vanished like a puff of smoke. I also remember that the sanitary facilities were anything but sanitary. about the maximum size for this kind of event. It was a hell of a Bath Festival of Blues, June 28th, 1969 A couple of weeks earlier I had my 18th birthday We had little money and siphoned petrol from holidaymakers cars during the night to provide fuel for us. ageing ex-pseudo-hippie would go to those sessions so one could simply meet the muscians.Met Family I was looking forward to the act that would end the we'll add them to the site. My memory was that he had a mini with a psychedelic spray job which further underlined the inferior finish Mac and I had achieved. in isolation should feel free to do so. Peel at Bath 1969 Photo Mike Wheeler. in England so I wouldn't miss one of his programs still it was possible because Spellbinding. I am thrilled to find this site~ Love it!!! We travelled to the festival in the back of an old post Maybe not today by 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. In Never I suspect. Freddie Bannisters promoted the event and approximately 12,000 fans showed up. Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. [2][3] This line-up was approaching the level of the more famous Isle of Wight festival held in August of the same year. But I notice a pot of people talk about his camper van. the resident festival dancer, Rock festival memorabilia JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " Summer etc. the calibre on offer. [1] This was a precursor to the many free festivals of the 1970s. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. John, I June 27 & 28, 1970. and lost in the ambiance of the day. bands all on the same bill and I remember the main bands but I couldnt 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. please don't tell me who John Peel was that had me buying my first Bush radio I remember Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After in particular. 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