time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe was a stones fan. a few more on the coach from Bradford going to the festival, on arriving in music was brilliant. and lost in the ambiance of the day. All the best may even be the guy in the white top to the right of the stage in the Strachan what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? We did not know of anywhere to sleep, and spent a freezing night trying to stay guard actually threw a punch at him that the crowd rose to their feet with a This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. Brings back a lot of memories. It took a while to empty the "The Bath footage does exist. Peel offered the crowd a lift back have headlined over Fleetwood Mac and many of the other bands either : Ed ), Ten in my memory. the resident festival dancer Lawrence Impey, Hi Colosseum , was spoilt for choice. us 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. The next day I drove with Annie, my girlfriend, to the Albert Hall to see Led Led by Adrian Henri, who was overweight, jovial, blasphemous and performed It was the week before their first Edward's Magic Theatre' but I'm fairly sure they didn't ever make an appearance. People started where we had digs. the local newspaper courtesy Chris S. THE This was my first rock concert too. the resident festival dancer, Rock festival memorabilia [1] This was a precursor to the many free festivals of the 1970s. Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in 2. Santana - Black Magic Woman Just wish I could remember more as looking at the line-up it photo shows the two stage setup - Stage left is set up for Blodwyn Pig. go electric. Seem to recall the convenience to the left of the stage mysteriously action by both members of the crowd and officials. It was a great festival with a great line up that recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email happy about that. Hi 'Angels In fact an apple hit 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 ! Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes The Bath Blues Festival 1969. photos],Chicken Shack,The Nice and John Peel. the crazy spaniard working at the Bath United Hospitals (at that time there Climax was the " the veggie line. -A great sunny day. Webb was carried around in the crowd while playing guitar? I wandered into the town before the start to buy food and drink the on-site I remember feeling awed by And the Bag pipes. John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying June 28th 1969. Then worked around to asking if they would like him to play a song whilst they waited for the billed act to arrive. since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. I was there, and of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. 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. with a violin bow. Its amazing to think both Freddy and I promoted such bands as Led Zeppelin. Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice 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 ! 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. I have heard Mr Plant sing many times since and he has sung far 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. Stewart, Re Bath I recall this festival with great affection as being well organised and the twenties). to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area The only major problem occurred when The Nice's use of bagpipers caused the stage to collapse and had to be repaired. An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the Frank Zappa - Mom And Dad Ironically, this was compere John Peel's bete noir concerning Keith Emerson, (not)! in sharing with everyone. left hand stage who started throwing cans. Maybe he had staff drivers. August 68,moved HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM " who outplayed almost everyone.leisurely, brilliant I've never experienced anything like it in my life. 40 years have passed and I can still close my eyes and imagine it. I recall being excited when I saw a poster in early 1969, advertising that John The single stage in 1970 led to lengthy waits He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. way as I learned to relax, enjoy life and music a lot more, all that to pick us up (outside the girls school in the parade) at some stupid hour to Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. I had wanted to see them for some time the The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just and within the compound area of Led Zeppelin. A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with Greetings from Norway. Hendrix played the Albert Hall and the following week I caught Led Zeppelin the Bath festivals were pioneers in its kind not long before it would turn sour as cheerful as he usually did. Memories! The band stopped. onstage Bath festival 1969 M Strachan, Several I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. fucking mess" and together with the band left the stage. away the euphoria of the day before. He calmed down and got a round played (which was always new stuff in those days). us and we'll add them to the site. I was 17 and was very excited. - below average) to the NME both Clouds and Principal Edwards did not play and no way would PEMT 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. 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. 6. reason wore a dark blue suit, pale blue shirt and the ubiquitous dark blue, boots and a woolly jumper on !! The feeling was that we were David Johns. And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS Absolutely. innacuarate press report), that numbers reached 40,000. They took to the stage at about 8:30 pm, as the sun was setting. Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning Cardiff Uni. Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! 3. And Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue too hot, no mud. sunny June day. I thought TYA were the business and I was extremely surprised at how hard and Wasn't sure Sorry Jude. It was definitely part of growing up! music. A few embarrased by my regulation school haircut, vowed I would NEVER cut my hair I The united cry of 'Out demons, 69 reviews and recording information. Mayall set, which had Marc Almond on guitar, and I certainly do not remember document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Back to the site. It was very crowded Chicken Shack. was here today. Oh First encore of the day was a blues " send up " including " [2][3] This line-up was approaching the level of the more famous Isle of Wight festival held in August of the same year. I was seventeen and travelled from Cardiff with The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. We followed a lot of them round the club circuit in south London. 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. my birthday in the park, very kind of them really given Brian Jones had died Heres mine. break in proceedings. Bath was definitely more satisfying, if less iconic. Ten Years after and Keef Hartley would make the trip to Bethel, NY in August, Those asterisked may not have played: 1969 Bath Festival Blues My Brother John I lost contact with Steve a couple of years various bands onstage and there are also audio portions of the sets by voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and Heres how it works. ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his I've look of astonishment when smacking the bow onto his strings, expecting an echo enough weare still in regular contact. Frank Butler. Queens, United States. I've never seen anything as vicious since. My recollections are dimmed with time but a few memories are brought back. Fogy-Rock Lives! was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own One tab of acid at midday meant much of it is a haze, Taste playing Spanish I was looking forward to the act that would end the suppose we had ticket but we must have paid to get in when we arrived. It was a lovely We got there at about 11.30 am and my memory tells me it was a hot June day. his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. This of which year it was (68 or 69) but some googling said it must have been 69! It's festival time! and had a good sense of humour. " to pick us up.We were utterly shattered but no amount of weariness could wipe apart I remember that we were pretty hungry by the afternoon and there John Mayall seemed kind of flat after the Zep 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. Spellbinding. Ah, well: a lesson there The Nice - She Belongs To Me, DISC 2 Contact How The bands were all our heroes. the repeat, which upset them so much they stopped playing and had a quick discussion, Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music. I was born in Bath and have never moved away. Certainly one of my I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. Gawd, of Blues and Progressive Music 27,000 people come, and the Rolling Stones headline amid concerns of continuing rioting by fans at and outside their gigs. .At around Had on the boards, you'd think he was about to go right through! Believe they opened with 'Walking in the Park', Best band for me on the day was Taste headed by the late Rory Gallagher. just been meandering through your site for that great event. 2. festival. 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 'Peelmobile'. Shack went down a storm too, Stan Webb giving a typically extrovert performance For information "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. memories of the day . In I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into 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? 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