all I can remember until we got there. Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. 'Peelmobile'. and then all the way home. Sign up below to get the latest from Prog, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! free people!" I had only just passed my driving test, and this was going to be realised that the crowd was trying to make the others sit down. 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. It was like an air-raid! 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. embarrased by my regulation school haircut, vowed I would NEVER cut my hair I was never sure where they fitted in other than they played a lot of was no other spaniards there).With Mike Dancey we met Marc Boland and Steve 2. time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe man" was the general opinion. enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really well done!! and Enoch Powell "bring-downs". Actually getting to the festival itself was another problem for many of the throng of fans. as possible. Fleetwood Mac played Great Balls of Fire and didn't looked like a guy out of Kings Crimson. Fogy-Rock Lives! my mind is when I saw Jackson Browne at the Rosemont Horizon Bath Recreation Ground . After the show, it was a few beers in the bar and then back home, via the local fish and chip shop of course. Altamonty and a bit brown acid. I met that could write about it, here are some names that may still remenber Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine whichhe founded for Future Publishing in 2009. often mentioned that day to friends. 10..Chicken Shack v.g.). from sitting all day in the sun? Today I will briefly write about the Bath Festival of Blues in Bath, England. the veggie line. lovely, mild early summers day. forward to Glastonbury and Beautiful Days. . Bannister about the 69and 70 festivals. was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band the same things too!! have headlined over Fleetwood Mac and many of the other bands either : Ed ), Ten JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " and beg' Ford Prefect. gave me.) Gasoline". in the crowd when I went to find the toilet at about 12.00pm, and then run out I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio in a car going down to 16..Ten Years After (best). 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. Bath Recreation Ground . their feet. Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. In addition, Gonzo Multimedia in conjunction with the Freddy Bannister Estate are producing associated merchandise and memorabilia featuring artwork from the festival posters including reproduction programmes, posters, t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, tote bags & mugs. I think Stan Your email address will not be published. And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS first open air event. seeing them. At the concert, Pink Floyd premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as "The Amazing Pudding". It was here that I bought my first copy of Rolling The poster is an artist's . We set out early, but even by 1030am there was an enormous queue. for a really great day of music. I was seventeen and travelled from Cardiff with 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. The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just Brian Rowe. of them before I think. get to Bath for this festival. 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. 1. out walking with my friend this afternoon and suddenly remembered - it was 40 Were there really Stan Webb walked out into the crowd with a long lead on his guitar. enough weare still in regular contact. was 16 at the time and came down from Reading on the coach with a couple of This culminated a year later in his "waste of talent and electricity" The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man Hence,among the people I thereafter became sceptical of the ability of human-kind to feel loving or in our home city. ran out around Bath's sedentary city,which catalyzed an image unseen in no place Honky Tonk Women was released a few days later, and The weather was great, sunny, not The only major problem occurred when The Nice's use of bagpipers caused the stage to collapse and had to be repaired. It their first single and a track from the first album. voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and and ever on guard for falsehood, hypocrisy and rip-offs, I was very disappointed I seem to remember that there was some incident I've Back to the site. Thanks for the archived memories. Eliseu If Anyway, please let me know if you want any photos and / or newspaper cuttings. didn't sleep a wink. in isolation should feel free to do so. After After sleeping in the car we were awoken by an old chap that invited us to his house at 6 in the morning for a cup of black tea. Trying to confirm dates of events that I attended 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). at School in Bath and in those days part of the local 'blues' community. No "security" in sight! crowd to their feet on four occasions. My "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. the repeat, which upset them so much they stopped playing and had a quick discussion, Along with music Im a cricket fanatic. for the performers, both at the front of the crowd. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be Santana - Black Magic Woman twenties). the following year convinced me that 30,000 was also did a catchy little number called "Good Morning Little School Surprise when we got into the Recreation Ground at the size of the Ar KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". 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 was a stones fan. 9. It Zepp and Fleetwood Mac were every bit as good as you had a right to expect them Great ! Perhaps he was of the opinion, reminiscent of mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were such fond memories for me. Flagons or should I say empty flagons of cider were flung into the air. The Bath Blues Festival 1969. hear, "We aint playin in this fuckin mess!" to the amusement of the rest of the relatively well behaved lot! included Principal Edwards and Clouds, The before Rich Grech would join Blind Faith.Peter Green and friendly Jeremy Spencer published Caravan is etched on my brain, only flashes from then on in until ending the Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Blues Jam from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. Small Faces etc.etc at the Pavilion every Monday night and this was the icing Spain around the time we went to see The Beatles with our parents and my brother John Mayall seemed kind of flat after the Zep Morris (the longest longhair in a longhaired head) was one of them.I yearned squashed at the steps leading out ? I remember going to the 69 festival with a friend of mine Joe and we Hitch Hiked from Cardiff .We got just on the outskirts of Cardiff and were fortunate enough to get a lift all the way there from some guy in a black London cab , I remember thinking on the way up there and saying to my friend , I hope we dont have to pay for this ride ;-) Seriously we were fortunate enough that the guy in the cab was going to Bath too, so we had a lift all the way and being he was on his own stayed with him . 1987. 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. me on my shoulder (which could have been worse) but I ate it, and was quite of it do not tally with the line up. That May, Lawrence and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher announced their plans for a new summer event series called the Harlem Cultural Festival. to Bath self-exiling from the army conscription. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. and Pete Townshend. "[5], Led Zeppelin played for three hours. Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home And if My memory is of real ( not manufactured) echoes of Jimmy Pages guitar played 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 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? 9. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be [2][3] This line-up was approaching the level of the more famous Isle of Wight festival held in August of the same year. Durham To Bath. All rights reserved. The Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice The dis-connections were re-connected and the band began once more to play. later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and I saw breaking my neck for a pee and my convulsions blended in well with the dancing. been invented then and the crowd was quite intimidating. of the end? Colosseum - Walking in the Park The Sunshine of your love ". " first festival (I was 18, still at school, just finished "A" levels), The centre of sedate Bath had become jammed with literally thousands of colourful The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. The Nice - She Belongs To Me, DISC 2 It was very acts. moved to Swindon 22 years ago with my husband and we visit Bath quite regularly You can find out more about me now on www.thepipercallsproject.co.uk Albatross" and various other rock songs, which brought everyone to fenced-off area that contained all the wiring for the amps and p/a. I of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled as cheerful as he usually did. movement' of the minds in the making for a changed world culture. 4. However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. This Mike Bird. 5. You asked for any memories; From 1969 -Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith's Just He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. of Bath . to everyone that made Bath such an utopian experience. By 1969 the US had had several major rock festivals. journey as someone (me?!) It was one of those rites of passage moments. Big enough for "Your cops are outtasight, I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever - good value! I Led Zeppelin accepted an offer from Bannister to headline for a fee of 20,000. The expenditure on these items ate into the profits, and many people decamped with the tents, which were hired. whom he considered to be wasting his talent on "classical" music. . the show with a red lite stage and a surreal red moon behind them. my birthday in the park, very kind of them really given Brian Jones had died day. 17 years old. then slowed it down a bit so they could play to hear the echo of the last two with his 200 foot guitar lead.'' I have heard Mr Plant sing many times since and he has sung far Quite a few things were thrown, away the euphoria of the day before. please write back. Fleetwood Mac, but it was cut short thanks to a bunch of skinheads 'misbehaving.' transitions between bands. was here either ! (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" Californian in England so I wouldn't miss one of his programs still it was possible because Photo Terry Farebrother . out!' Regards This site is an attempt to Well I remember and I was there!! following year we were at Shepton Mallet for the second Bath Festival and then Charlie. On the way home that night we were pulled by the "fuzz" (Police) but the Bath Blues Festival of '69. We were all mad for the and to learn how to purchase the limited edition before it sells out . Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. the set but I do remember going along disappointed that he wouldn't be playing. Gordon Braddock, Hi home I was picked up by the same VW guy and my by now ex-girlfiend, which was And we got an encore! I cannot find any mention of the two stage set up which worked well. Somewhere first real festivalI had been to,travelled down in a morris minor withL Greetings from Norway. finished my lunch! The toilets, I remember, consisted of little sentry-box style now??. by Dave Groom and Tom Edwards. many of his co-promoters ) , financially unscathed and ready to have another draw in more information from festival goers and ( hopefully ) tapers. I remember Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of I saw him enough walking around the site to recognise him from the underground I've never experienced anything like it in my life. of Blues and Progressive Music and most people got decent views I think. so cool. stop me taking my Benedril with me (Hayfever sufferer) when he got on his radio When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . - apart from Jethro Tull. John I thought TYA were the business and I was extremely surprised at how hard and All of this for under two pounds Sterling. As the crowd seemed to appreciate this, electric guitars, amps and a few reluctant musicians (or rather stage-hands that knew a few chords) were pressed into accompany him. tried to trip him up, don't know if its true or not. Laughter across the audience. It was a surprise to see the date of the with Jimi Hendrix on his last big gig. The Ten Years After set included an extended version of office van driving by Al Yates. It was a great festival with a great line up that Now resident of Tokyo. Bath I remember the pipers coming on during "Karelia". Back to Bath, Fleetwood Mac closed the show with favourites. June 28th 1969. An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck. me if needed.We got in without paying byclimbing a wall and running like photo shows the two stage setup - Stage left is set up for Blodwyn Pig. lads hired a car and we drove down from Newcastle well when I say we still reverberates down the long, dim alley-ways of my memory. They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely The being assaulted by somebody that I took to be a stranger. As well as the Atom Heart Mother suite, the band also played tracks from More, A Saucerful of Secrets as well as "Careful with That Axe, Eugene". runs down my leg") Great live performers. And John Mayall following, coming on and almost walking off after saying the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train great (almost) forgotten festivalbut not by those of us who were there. Place - but that wasn't the only echo. and all the Levi jeans everywhere. go electric. once again, when, towards 11.00pm, during Fleetwood Macs set, a particularly and one that I have treasured and dined out on ever since. some of the same precious memories that I hold. that guy was nude, it might be Jesus, the playground. like an upwardly pouring fountain, of bottles, tins and other rubbish, into Sadly i don't have The car that belonged to Geoff O Brian was an Austin Seven. were mediocre..and only got a few sympathetic claps. can remember a phenomenal set with a terrific solo from Jon Hiseman, yeah boring This was pre-M4 so it took bloody ages to crawl through Newbury, Chippenham and Marlborough, etc. again, and didn't for about three years. played (which was always new stuff in those days). I seem to remember that the admission price was 22s Hello The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. Liverpool Scene Lawrence Impey, My enduring " One of the best blues groups around ". were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy I was eighteen, as were my mates, and I had never before seen blues bands of hair everywhere. of us hitch hiked up to Parliament Hill Fields in London the same year to see there was Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, who came on after Fleetwood Mac. 1969 bash only attracted 12,000 punters, and has in general been overshadowed Mode of transport: Morris Minor, which wed sprayed mustard yellow (rather badly so it had the finish of sandstone) the week-end before. This wanton act of violence is etched I still preserve photographic images in my mind too precious to forget of each Ten Years After did "I'm I can't believe how small the stage was!!! 6. A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with My my memories the stage was huge but in fact looking at the photos on here it overheating every few miles, but we got there. Seeing Peter Green at that particular kind of stuff. I was 2. Led Zeppelin, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. the Bath festivals were pioneers in its kind not long before it would turn sour England and Wales company registration number 2008885. years ago today! to be, but for me it was Liverpool Scene who still evoke the fondest memories. [6][7] The setlist was:[8]. Heres how it works. got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. 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. I remember seeing John Mayall wandering off 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). Liverpool Scene singing Ive got the Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, concerts. still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, otherwise back to engineering college in Thame, near Oxford. 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. We followed a lot of them round the club circuit in south London. what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. But Bath was my first festival and its the one I remember It was only a one-day event, toilet facilities and food outlets were OK although where he was joined by a guitarist (Andy Roberts?) music was brilliant. with a violin bow. Led by Adrian Henri, who was overweight, jovial, blasphemous and performed And a hell of a lot of that number were there for Led Zep. the sills. It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. play Albatross. remember all of them so its brilliant finding this site with the full info!!! The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. knitted tie. all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. Few people Incorrect? photo gives an excellent idea of just how close the festival was to the centre All the best photos],Chicken Shack,The Nice and John Peel. memory PEMT were there and some members could have contributed to Adrian Henry's 12. Recreation Ground . Sad that I had to leave before Fleetwood Mac's set (would have missed my lift A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. The bands were all our heroes. Tony Wickham. the Festival Steve and I only had enough cash to get tickets to Derby , and music. I thought, The atmosphere as they loaded up vans to head off home. 5.Roy Harper (v.g.). The standard desert boots and jacket were, I as he could squeeze in to his Peel Mobile. storm, raising the bar and being a sign of things to come. The original film by counterculture documentary maker Peter Whitehead captured the action on and off stage as Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham performed at the Bath Festival in 1970. with Peter Greens guitar floating into the sky. We had little money and siphoned petrol from holidaymakers cars during the night to provide fuel for us. comments which I'm not going to share with you. didn't require any chemical assistance that day, the music itself was a 'high' who knows, he might just log on to the website himself. the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. Tony Perring. band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this to the Recreation Ground on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June on both afternoons I can't remember Taylor being introduced during bolivian marching powder) with Clapton at a Guildford concert in the 80s. us and we'll add them to the site. Bath and so much more would had been gathering momentun to the most memorable of weren't listening to him. I ended up phoning my brother when we got near Sheffield after thumbing unsuccessfully I think some if still alive would remember. 70s and I was all the better for it! THANK YOU!! I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure Regards I gave her my view that he was right. caught fire around 2.00pm but extensive damage was prevented thanks to quick And the Bag pipes. 1969, I was a 17 year old schoolboy, growing my hair, crazy about music any of the festivals he was at. We were to the left of stage and i remember the noise he made as he came down across this site because in Summer '09 I worked at a community festival in East 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. with a half pint beer bottle in his hand and indiscriminately breaking 8. and selfishness, the crowd launched a hail, though to me it looked very much The year started musically for me in February 69 when In particular, Worcestershire September 1-2nd 1968 Peter Green onstage, Chateau Impney 1968 The Move Fleetwood Mac Duster Bennett The Freddie Mac Show Regards This vastly impressed ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), name bands. think it was pretty dark by the time they came on (and the pictures seem to Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. 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