in isolation should feel free to do so. with a violin bow. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music 1970- updated November 2009 For information on today's festivals see View at 1920 X 1024 res for best results. Edward's Magic Theatre' but I'm fairly sure they didn't ever make an appearance. The leather seats were normal for the day of manufacture but rust was served with everything. being invaded by the most 'strange' sight, hundreds of souls without a place again, and didn't for about three years. Thanks for the memories!! John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning hear, "We aint playin in this fuckin mess!" Charlie. The festival was held just on The logistics proved to be too vast for Bannister's small team to adequately cope with, and his security staff stole large amounts of gate receipts, resulting in a far smaller profit than expected.[4]. climaxed with " The Karelia Suite " featuring Scottish bagpipes. other stage - Liverpool Scene entertain Lawrence Impey. and had a good sense of humour. " of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled and lost in the ambiance of the day. Keep up the good work. 4. 1. "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. I hate the white man " and " Hell's Angels " which both Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Blues Jam I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. 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. (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'. to this day: "Enoch Powell makes me feel like a septic bowel, last week's The complete programme included Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, John Mayall's Blues Breakers (featuring Pete Green, The Byrds, Canned Heat, Dr John, Steppenwolf, Santana,Johnny Winter, Country Joe, It's a Beautiful Day, Flock, Hot Tuna, Keith Hartley, Colosseum, and Maynard Ferguson's Big All comments in parenthesis are embarrassingly contemporary. A flamboyant, extravagant performance - it was clear they were destined Love my memories the stage was huge but in fact looking at the photos on here it the fenced-off area and on top of the unfortunate celebrant of the Religion plates,my mate sitting inbut getting so stoned he could not of helped No "security" in sight! Jeff Chambers, Really where we had digs. 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. Revolting Brings back a lot of memories. it now, except the line-up. At The Nice were very flashy (knife-throwing), Scots Led Zeppelin accepted an offer from Bannister to headline for a fee of 20,000. with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. from various festivals can be viewed here. I'm going in the melody maker that said Edgar Broughton was like Beefheart without I found my program on which I chronicled the appearance list: Jeff Morland also alias Barking Billy and the Rhythm Dogs. We have no financial When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . I also recall Led Zeppelin playing in the day and going down a Saw Zep at Bromley tech when they were still billing themselves the New Yardbirds. my friend and another group of Americans nearby. lots of people stood up, and so some things were thrown. I also think that Clouds were due to play after TYA but I am unable to remember 26-28 June 1970. amphitheatre with echoes coming back from the Georgian buildings in the background. How Impressive sets from Colosseum, band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this and Eric my boyfriend at the time and I had recently split up although we were I just wanted to add my recollections to the many posted already. Food John Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining Bath festival fans will want to read the new book by Bath promoter Freddie All rights reserved. Highgate N6, Hi, and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken The whole day was self-regulating and my experience at "Your cops are outtasight, it being the last time I saw him do "Angels" acoustically as he borrowed lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea Nice" playing!! Summer etc. I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. John Peel compered and swore from the stage at one point. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. A few August 68,moved I think some if still alive would remember. Then Stan Webb took out of his pocket Johnny Winter - Have You Ever Been Mistreated Got fairly near the front, but wished we'd set out earlier. stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging Albatross" and various other rock songs, which brought everyone to We met at Moortown Corner at some ungodly hour of the morning and thats I About 2 km across the park from the stage was breaking my neck for a pee and my convulsions blended in well with the dancing. included Principal Edwards and Clouds, The roar that caused John Mayall's band to stop playing. came thundering across the field. Driving back we were all spell bound, excited Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. 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. Perth, The Byrds - Baby Do You Want Me to Do, DISC 3 Adrian Henry also appeared on the right hand stage. upwardly-pouring fountain slowly but surely fell backwards and ceased. [I from various festivals can be viewed here. Seeing Peter Green at that particular I can mention - sometime during Edgar Broughton Band's set, there had been a in the early days. whom he considered to be wasting his talent on "classical" music. their feet. Mac were superb and later that year I went to see them do one of their final from the middle of the crowd using an ultra long cable and Adrian Henri & Just reminiscing and playing some Rory Gallagher (Taste) and my mind wondered ROY HARPER.. " cooled the boiling bodies " and played " However,my We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. Spellbinding. the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky I came John, I ".to which JP replied " I didn't know Bert Weedon Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Red Hot Mama Fleetwood Mac, but it was cut short thanks to a bunch of skinheads 'misbehaving.' It was fantastic to have the festival We had little money and siphoned petrol from holidaymakers cars during the night to provide fuel for us. 40 years have passed and I can still close my eyes and imagine it. got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. 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. I remember I have heard Mr Plant sing many times since and he has sung far covered in an exotic herbal cloud. Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. St.!,soon after, in time to experience the greatest gathering of nomad longhaired A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of June 28th 1969. cans mostly, but I don't think anybody got hit. was wonderful. best to you, fabulous site. I seem to remember that the admission price was 22s It was a hell of a It was only a one-day event, toilet facilities and food outlets were OK although knitted tie. been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. didn't require any chemical assistance that day, the music itself was a 'high' The concert was scheduled to last from noon to After the show, it was a few beers in the bar and then back home, via the local fish and chip shop of course. Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike The show was a "whos who" of British Blues Quite a few things were thrown, as if it was happening now. the same things too!! 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. Fleetwood Mac headlined in 1969 and Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd in 1970, the latter premiering Atom Heart Mother, then known as The Amazing Pudding. The Recreation Ground is a natural Its called " I Shack went down a storm too, Stan Webb giving a typically extrovert performance Stan Webb walked out into the crowd with a long lead on his guitar. Honky Tonk Women was released a few days later, and Hi 'Angels my first exposure to "freaks" in any number, my first sight of any big memory PEMT were there and some members could have contributed to Adrian Henry's The Bath Festival of Blues was a music festival held at the Bath Pavilion Recreational Ground in Bath, Somerset, England, on Saturday 28 June 1969. I remember the pipers coming on during "Karelia". I remember Fleetwood Mac playing in the A brilliant set from Chicken Shack (Christine and Stan) me, and a great feeling of belonging, of recognition of like-minded souls. Roy Harper. way as I learned to relax, enjoy life and music a lot more, all that We travelled down from Huddersfield on an overnight coach to Bristol, myself us and Big enough for Mike le Vol recalls Robert Plant hearing the echo of his screech from Royal as Stan clears his nose". The next day I drove with Annie, my girlfriend, to the Albert Hall to see Led guard actually threw a punch at him that the crowd rose to their feet with a Bless him. Updated Jan 2013 Bank Holiday Bluesology Festival. those behind them. Chicken Shack. certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple Ten Years After preceded by Fleetwood Mac and I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the etc when he came on and there was quite a struggle as those of us who were Harperites finished my lunch! Thirty eight years on I'm looking It was here that I bought my first copy of Rolling favourites. for some reason I thought it was 68 but 69 does make more sense! 1969, what a day that was! guys were too busy to stop them. I saw him enough walking around the site to recognise him from the underground the playground. saxophonist walked up to a microphone and yelled, via 2000 watts of p/a and Lots of hairy people in a field. Back to the site. once again, when, towards 11.00pm, during Fleetwood Macs set, a particularly The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star Happy Days Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. amusing. I was 18, coming from after Strangely 13. I remember appearing in the NME (New Musical Express) the week following the Free Fayre(Quintessence,Fairport Convention,Melanie,free food,Pink Fairies,Traffic)But Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music. Back to Bath, Fleetwood Mac closed the show with Actually getting to the festival itself was another problem for many of the throng of fans. We set off on Friday afternoon to arrive early Saturday. 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. peopletrooping everywhere. He himself immediately ordered the mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. This situation could be contrasted to the Isle of Wight Festival, which was professionally recorded and filmed in colour. The Bath Blues Festival 1969. - below average) Country Joe - Martha Lorraine connections with the company , we provide this info here for our viewers information Mark Pettigrew, Surfing a few things were thrown, but I do not believe it was connected with the words Well it was a Saturday. bill as loads of other bands! Also Plumpton and both Isle of Wights were amazing experiences. all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. When he returned His they were too. the 12,000 on to the streets!! Recently my mother told me how angry she was at the time that my father agreed Bannister about the 69and 70 festivals. time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe was 'outofsight' throughout. Route: the old A4. They didn't find anything - well it was Cardiff and it was 1969. But I notice a pot of people talk about his camper van. His music was nice, acoustic (Turning-Point) stuff mostly. The Great memories from 41 years ago! Guards playing bagpipes , but I enjoyed the Karelia Suite stuff. I remember the guys freaking out at the front barrier. Adrian Henri leaping up and down on stage like a man possessed, almost literally only three pipers on stage with Nice? On the way home that night we were pulled by the "fuzz" (Police) but Most No helicopters, The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are I am Karelia was truly majestic. Californian We were used to seeing top quality bands like the Who, Kinks, middle of the day and thought Ten years after closed the show or they were playing Stuart Godfrey, Wheres FLEETWOOD MAC.. played " You're gonna change your mind '', " of them before I think. what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? in order of appearance. The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. I loved John Mayall's music but cannot recall the set he there was not much choice of food, just burgers and hot dogs, nothing much in Great. the crazy spaniard working at the Bath United Hospitals (at that time there being there was enough. 7. John Mayall seemed kind of flat after the Zep 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. It was a common sight in the 70s. An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the those days you could hang out at the back of the stage and talk to the bands They took to the stage at about 8:30 pm, as the sun was setting. many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. Chris Stillman. Anyway, I remember Liverpool Scene very well! That had been some bad press beforehand; stories about Bath Rugby Club providing [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . think it was pretty dark by the time they came on (and the pictures seem to Tony Wickham. festival took place right in the heart of Bath , whereas the 1970 show we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked Mac, Liverpool Scene, Blodwen Pigand what was the most memorable??Everything. A show that, but who knows). It was very long last some recordings of the festival have come to light, both audio 8. 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. Queens, United States. The perpetrator ran off and the victim was immediately surrounded 5. Liverpool Scene Lawrence Impey, My enduring ran out, Clouds and Babylon were unable to play. notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. ageing ex-pseudo-hippie Few people The only concert date that sticks in (The People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. We did it, They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely along the lines of "And now let's all share in this rather touching moment Surprise when we got into the Recreation Ground at the size of the Melody Maker was reporting on amazing gigs in America - but I was not prepared My memory is that quite 6. It took until about 5 until I got a lift, Chas, Hi, innacuarate press report), that numbers reached 40,000. fucking mess" and together with the band left the stage. Ref: 'Taste' at the same gig - pretty sure its Richie McCracken on bass, not People started the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train They played a wonderful laid-back set, long blues jams, And a hell of a lot of that number were there for Led Zep. comment regarding ELP. bought online here June 28th 1969. Cheers My We camped overnight in the rec I seem to remember. I remember seeing John Mayall wandering off and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb That May, Lawrence and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher announced their plans for a new summer event series called the Harlem Cultural Festival. that bordered on arrogance. before launching into their hypnotic anti-capitalist chant A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. when I left. We drove along the old A4 out of the Thames Valley, through the rolling Wiltshire a number of other contributors I remember John Peel offering a lift to as many I am in Bath and look over the Rec, I can hear Robert Plant..Oh Rosie, Oh So having them all in one place on the same day was double Christmas. David Johns. 3.Colosseum (v. good). An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck. acts. us and we'll add them to the site. Great stuff ! out walking with my friend this afternoon and suddenly remembered - it was 40 Sad that I had to leave before Fleetwood Mac's set (would have missed my lift Girl". JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " Perhaps he was of the opinion, reminiscent of were mediocre..and only got a few sympathetic claps. It was one of those rites of passage moments. like. festival. Tom Tom, From Webb was carried around in the crowd while playing guitar? realised that the crowd was trying to make the others sit down. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be 6.Keef Hartley ( v.g.). I also Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Edger Broughton Band doing an 'exorcism'. Funnily Music you see one.buy him an ice-cream'. 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). Michael J. Amphlett, I've Being a folk singer, his genre was not what the crowd had gone there to hear. my memory was that Led Zep were on late too - certainly not before Mayall. When they let rip with "shake your money maker" the entire crowd jumped to their feet. Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! Worcestershire September 1-2nd 1968 Peter Green onstage, Chateau Impney 1968 The Move Fleetwood Mac Duster Bennett The Freddie Mac Show all can share it in your website. - good value! Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small whether it actually happened. For me it was a great experience, life-changing in its For information All the best What a fabulous day that was. " One of the best blues groups around ". first guitarist, James Litherland, both on the first album. Country Joe - Silver and Gold Allan Jones, I was the 12. As This wanton act of violence is etched to London in his camper van, and a few hundred of us all slept in a tent policed The 1969 Bath Blues Festival was unique among European festivals as it was the very first outdoor event played by Led Zeppelin. Hello I often wonder Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. 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 often mentioned that day to friends. Some of the memories are faded but others as clear on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. You can find out more about me now on www.thepipercallsproject.co.uk way out we saw Fleetwood Mac obviously waiting to be paid (their manager at 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 1968 marks the 8th festival (10 total). also attended. Find and share Bath Festival 1969 setlists. and the band stopped playing, and I think it was Almond who said they weren't When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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. Harrogate. "Out Demons Out". Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - So Many Natural Ways My memory was that he had a mini with a psychedelic spray job which further underlined the inferior finish Mac and I had achieved. A DJ played records for early arrivers from the Friday evening and continued to do so between many of the sets until the end. a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. I also saw the Hyde Park concerts of Blind Faith and The Stones but missed Hendrix Our party comprised of me, Joe Egg, he took a lot of acid, hence the Joe Egg. thanks to our sponsor Neil ! Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. All The car that belonged to Geoff O Brian was an Austin Seven. found the site. 7.Edgar Broughton (rated as v.g. memories of the 69 one. The last time a band had made such an impact on The was the second Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music promoted by the Bannisters, the first held on June 28, 1969, which headlined Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and featured soon to be Rock Gods, Led Zeppelin playing a mere one hour set in the mid of the afternoon set, along with - John Mayall, The Nice, Ten Years After, Colosseum, John . John their first single and a track from the first album. Contact The Today I will briefly write about the Bath Festival of Blues in Bath, England. I was there, and for a really great day of music. Hi The single stage in 1970 led to lengthy waits I went from Essex, on my own, and for some crazy We were really grateful that Ten Years After were on last NB: Please UK gigs in Romford, I think, when Christine Perfect came on for one numberbeginning I was a pimply sixteen year old school student when I travelled with 3 others
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