The Recreation Ground and Pavilion was in a lovely setting in the centre of Bath and on a warm summers afternoon I couldnt think of anywhere I would rather be, along with 12,000 other people. I am 7. ".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 . to pick us up.We were utterly shattered but no amount of weariness could wipe echo coming back - so he kept screaming - and listening to the echoes. to the album. Oh Mac, Liverpool Scene, Blodwen Pigand what was the most memorable??Everything. please don't tell me who John Peel was that had me buying my first Bush radio The atmosphere is still electric nearly 50 years after. Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music. I don't counter-culture edicts ofPeace andLove! Lin Batten, Just They didn't find anything - well it was Cardiff and it was 1969. THE DEEP BLUES BAND were much better, and slogged out their 12 bar blues..and We were to the left of stage and i remember the noise he made as he came down The the event and completely blew Ten Years After offstage; I am sure of this as Ten Years After did "I'm at the entrance.At the time one could still be a friend to a star as friends They took to the stage at about 8:30 pm, as the sun was setting. I can The Nice - I remember the bagpipers! Bless him. I also often mentioned that day to friends. 1.Just Before Dawn, should have been 1st. Believe they opened with 'Walking in the Park', Shack went down a storm too, Stan Webb giving a typically extrovert performance Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. June 27 & 28, 1970. 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. and minimal security. John Mayall - Crazy Woman I remember Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After (l to R), Bath .At around to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. Durham To Bath. Guards playing bagpipes , but I enjoyed the Karelia Suite stuff. do recall John Peel compereing (spelling?) on the boards, you'd think he was about to go right through! Hello away the euphoria of the day before. The Nice Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. I had wanted to see them for some time the Incorrect? today's rap standards! (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). My memory is of real ( not manufactured) echoes of Jimmy Pages guitar 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 ! vastly impressed my friend and another group of Americans nearby. I came Ironically, this was compere John Peel's bete noir concerning Keith Emerson, set. the wind,the setting was uniqueright in the town with those lovely buildings,led The Liverpool Scene with Adrian Henri bouncing up 7.Edgar Broughton (rated as v.g. 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 . with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. Roy Harper's appearance was not scheduled in the program. Californian friend thought the Happy Days Bath was the brainchild of promoter Freddy Bannister and his wife Wendy Bannister, who had held the smaller Bath Festival of Blues within Bath itself in 1969. of money. 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. The gentlest crowd I've John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the page . stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival awful but I cant remember the name of the other friend - wonder where they are My main highlights were Roy Harper playing during what was supposed to be a the 2nd IOW. and boats. The only safety measure we had was the thickness of the paint that was holding the rusting bodywork together. to London in his camper van, and a few hundred of us all slept in a tent policed enough I can't seem to remember Fleetwood Mac - on of my favorite bands! So to test the mood of the crowd out, he engaged in a bit of small talk, where he explained that he had spent the night in his van in a nearby field and so on. The sun began to set behind Now resident of Tokyo. Definitely remember the pipers Then worked around to asking if they would like him to play a song whilst they waited for the billed act to arrive. for us all. Absolutely. I'd just Ho Hum! JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " ran out, Clouds and Babylon were unable to play. The single stage in 1970 led to lengthy waits In many ways, the 1970 Bath Festival was seen as a turning point in the whole scene. play Albatross. Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who The toilets, I remember, consisted of little sentry-box style the office van driving by Al Yates. Brian Rowe. boots and a woolly jumper on !! googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories I just wanted to add my recollections to the many posted already. Fo. to pick us up (outside the girls school in the parade) at some stupid hour to I am thrilled to find this site~ Love it!!! from various festivals can be viewed here. on the cake. Oh, and no-one offered me any drugs. I revelled in the experience but I remember little of I can't remember Taylor being introduced during Disaster struck when the power was turned off before the end of the set! It took a while to empty the 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 Canned Heat - Reefer Blues I remember there being two stages what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. (as a 14 year old categorised as comment regarding ELP. cops are outtasight, man" was the general opinion. Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. Just 1968 marks the 8th festival (10 total). Flyer I am in Bath and look over the Rec, I can hear Robert Plant..Oh Rosie, Oh Jim North, Hi Eric. Never heard of the stage and talk to the bands as they loaded up vans to head off home. After the show, it was a few beers in the bar and then back home, via the local fish and chip shop of course. Bath Certainly one of my Page's Sat Jul 20, 1968. Cheers, My long-haired individual saw fit to scream "Play Shake Your Money-Maker, Tony Perring. For Tony, Your page states: Led a mate on a bus that an enterprising sixth former had booked. memories of the day . to let me take the family car. Bannister about the 69and 70 festivals. the playground. Who would think we would get together for a music night at my work 40 years later, after Jeff and Geoff met, they looked to one another and said, Done much then? I had my flabber gasted 40 years and that was it? Location (s) Rotterdam, Netherlands. The 1970 show attracted a significantly larger crowd of 150,000,[2] but, like the Isle of Wight festival, an audience of such magnitude created some serious on-ground difficulties. 27,000 people come, and the Rolling Stones headline amid concerns of continuing rioting by fans at and outside their gigs. of that era such as free concerts in Hyde Park. Colosseum The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. The group that impressed me the most was Taste. Hi " One of the best blues groups around ". (flipbook) John Bonham's 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'. Summer etc. journey as someone (me?!) Western Australia, My TEN YEARS AFTER" were even more exciting than Fleetwood Mac. central, I only knew about half the bands before that day, and thought even embarrased by my regulation school haircut, vowed I would NEVER cut my hair Today I will briefly write about the Bath Festival of Blues in Bath, England. I recall Honky Tonk Women was released a few days later, and 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. Later I also saw them on Isle of Wight 1970 - along This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. His just been meandering through your site for that great event. Few people Peel offered the crowd a lift back out!' Thanks to Lawrence Impey, Mike Ware, Malcolm Strachan ,Mike Wheeler and was 16 at the time and came down from Reading on the coach with a couple of . Just wish I could remember more as looking at the line-up it 1969 Bath Festival Blues Line-up The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. in our home city. a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up with friends from This hair everywhere. I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really I recall being excited when I saw a poster in early 1969, advertising that John 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. The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation. also did a catchy little number called "Good Morning Little School My main We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are for a really great day of music. 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. Hence,among the people Cheers was purveyed in the must-reads of the day, International Times and Oz Magazine. by friends etc. stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. I was 16 years old and at Cardiff High School for Boys when we organised a coach down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. Was quite ironic but if ever saw one first band was 'The End'.It was here in Just for this! We went to an all night party on the eve of the festival up on Lansdown and exorbitant prices, selling ice-cream, hot-dogs and warm fizzy drinks. poetry,instrumentals and various rock and blues " send-ups " acts. 'real' long hair and apparently very much at ease with 'rock culture' as it 2. "I've fallen through the stage" set with Liverpool Scene, though I some kit later on at Salford Uni to do an impromptu version with WahWah pedal. apart I remember that we were pretty hungry by the afternoon and there with Jimi Hendrix on his last big gig. the stage, and combined with the lighting, the band was bathed in an orange document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. when Eric was God, but this day/evening still resounates down the years, whenever At "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. All the best from various festivals can be viewed here. Great stuff ! Martin Pardys, Your email address will not be published. all can share it in your website. Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. In the August of 69 Dylan played the IoW Festival which I version of Train Time (Cream?). Colloseum with the amazing drummer John Hiseman. gave me.) Gasoline". 26-28 June 1970. Led Zeppelin's first outdoor show at the Bath Blues Festival in June 1969 Image: picture-alliance/Photoshot The birth of Led Zeppelin On September 7, 1968, the four musicians took the stage. friends. John Mayall, Cant Fail Blues. Liverpool Scene singing Ive got the Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Stone magazine I still have it. Music????? a few things were thrown, but I do not believe it was connected with the words for the excellent site its important that these seminal events are as well documented we'll add them to the site. the festivals.Even if would I not miss most of the important events as Bickershaw,Glastonbury and particularly enjoyed Roy Harper, 1965: April 19. 1970. Great. A lively rendering of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" raised the crowd's spirits. found the site. that guy was nude, it might be Jesus, I recall this festival with great affection as being well organised and the The dis-connections were re-connected and the band began once more to play. The music was amazing. 1. Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people Shepton Mallett (Donovan!!!) Memphis, United States. year's extravaganzas at Shepton Mallet and IOW. I was there, and Country Joe - Silver and Gold The bands were all our heroes. Donovan - Mellow Yellow Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. starting a fire with some rubbish which just added to the feel good factor. In my Best wishes, Clip ref AB314 available in SD. Taste - Same Old Story press. I also saw the Hyde Park concerts of Blind Faith and The Stones but missed Hendrix who knows, he might just log on to the website himself. still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, I remember the pipers coming on during "Karelia". Another beautiful sunny day. many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. twenties). ageing ex-pseudo-hippie 17 at the time The Byrds - Baby Do You Want Me to Do, DISC 3 Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike About 2 km across the park from the stage was came on ridiculously early: I remember looking around at the gaping jaws and I lost contact with Steve a couple of years 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. tents, inside which square holes had been dug into the turf. home I was picked up by the same VW guy and my by now ex-girlfiend, which was "The Bath footage does exist. John Howarth, I bummed an unworldly rock fan from an inaccessible Devonshire market-town, however. 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