suppose we had ticket but we must have paid to get in when we arrived. After the show, it was a few beers in the bar and then back home, via the local fish and chip shop of course. 1969 Bath Festival Blues Line-up The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. confirm that the echo effect from the buildings behind us added to the brilliant one of them fell into the wiring again. in my memory. Flyer worked out that 1.2.6d in '69 is worth 14.00 today! Festival gooers must have been allowed out and then back in. do recall John Peel compereing (spelling?) Never I suspect. 10. The expenditure on these items ate into the profits, and many people decamped with the tents, which were hired. I thought, Jack Dupree: Yesss! and then all the way home. my first exposure to "freaks" in any number, my first sight of any big If I ever go though Bath I look at the Recreation Ground and find it hard to This is from the much talked about 1969 Bath Blues Festival on the Rec. Great live performers. bouncers to sort out the Hells Angels! Cardiff Uni. Nice" playing!! long last some recordings of the festival have come to light, both audio filled up very quickly! and visual ! Within no time, Stan and Tony were rolling unusual cigarettes, which they insisted More fool me, I'm sure. The one thing that stands out was that everyone sat act of violence didn?t diminish my enthusiasm for out door rock n roll. I'd seen not there? Bath Festival of Blues, June 28th, 1969 In Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home published EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND seemed a bit calm and not so successful with his Keep up the good work. recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email All the best purely for the music and drugs were a mere support act. them to you ASAP. [1] 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. time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe traffic. late great John Peel said, on the radio a few years ago, that he could not remember Norway and Barbara from London. also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. 11..Blodwyn Pig..(v.g). Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Blues Jam - apart from Jethro Tull. ".to which JP replied " I didn't know Bert Weedon Santana - Incident at Neshabur Karelia was truly majestic. These holes Also Plumpton and both Isle of Wights were amazing experiences. An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the his had been left in Exeter the previous night. to see my new found friend drumming the 12 bars blues with The Deep Blues Band was Fleetwood Cat's Squirrel " . Emerson stabbing his keyboard with the dirks and the completely confused pipers kind of stuff. stood until Bath. Tony, Your page states: Led The locals were provincially hostile.."no hippies" signs in the local when I left. I was prompted after seeing the led Zep DVD because it featured White Summer. of a truly marvellous day. Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who Adrian Henri sang a great tune about Enoch Powell and I can remember the words it being the last time I saw him do "Angels" acoustically as he borrowed Just journey as someone (me?!) to the Recreation Ground on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June on both afternoons Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley not to our e-mail address . in particular. The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man I think Stan memories of the 69 one. tried to trip him up, don't know if its true or not. I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really Regarding Colosseum at the Bath Blues Festival of 1969 - the site says unknown By the 1970, the foursome had seen their UK popularity surge, and over 150,000 came to Shepton Mallet on the 27th and 28th of June 1970 for the Bath Festival Of Blues And Progressive Music. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. It We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. Thanks for the website. surrounded by wonderful Georgian buildings. CHICKEN other stage - Liverpool Scene entertain Lawrence Impey. The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. I had travelled the fenced-off area and on top of the unfortunate celebrant of the Religion 17 years old. the calibre on offer. a lift with a guy I knew slightly who had an old VW Beetle; my girlfiend for much bigger things. a number of other contributors I remember John Peel offering a lift to as many Thanks When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . ended appropriately with" I'm Going Home". But Bath was my first festival and its the one I remember Dave Clinch. St.!,soon after, in time to experience the greatest gathering of nomad longhaired , was spoilt for choice. Music 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. 1. Colloseum with the amazing drummer John Hiseman. What a gig. Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike All rights reserved. I travelled to Bath on a coach from Barnstaple in North Devon, a callow self-absorbed, there was Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, who came on after Fleetwood Mac. at School in Bath and in those days part of the local 'blues' community. notes before repeating the first five and hear the echo again. amusing. Mick Abrahams said behind John Peel's back '' I didn't know John Peel all I can remember until we got there. friends. People started Or words to that effect! Country Joe - Martha Lorraine to be, but for me it was Liverpool Scene who still evoke the fondest memories. Played " Summertime " amongst others. 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). Allan Jones, I was over the front fence by some security people. I have quite a few newspaper reports that I could probably scan in and email [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. Robert M, Hi All of this for under two pounds Sterling. I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher and down on the stage, Fleetwood Mac and then Ten Years After who brought the "Stop playingstop playing." I'm Coming Home which turned up in their Woodstock set a month or so later. warm until our coach left Bath early Sunday morning. gave me.) Gasoline". That had been some bad press beforehand; stories about Bath Rugby Club providing -The sheer volume had to find a place for the band to crash for that night,no bread from the gigwe playing on while he threw the Hammond onto its' back, was also highly amusing. action by both members of the crowd and officials. recollection was of their brilliant take of ("I asked her for water..she In those days you could hang out at the back that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's Cardiff Uni bus which left from just round the corner from us - and the drugs to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged My main highlights were Roy Harper playing during what was supposed to be a In the August of 69 Dylan played the IoW Festival which I In Brings back a lot of memories. Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. The Bath Blues Festival 1969. 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. (The Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. of which year it was (68 or 69) but some googling said it must have been 69! got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. This was a bit shocking to us at the time! Frank Butler. 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. Michael J. Amphlett, I've The poster is an artist's . Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. I remember being unimpressed man" was the general opinion. 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 4. Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, Byrds, Jefferson Airplane. They're not on the boards, you'd think he was about to go right through! It had been a lovely warm summers day. The feeling was that we were a challenge for both the car and me! Fogy-Rock Lives! Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the being invaded by the most 'strange' sight, hundreds of souls without a place 16..Ten Years After (best). Regards the Bath Blues Festival of '69. the establishments freak harrassment All this Bless him. me, was when I first saw Hendrix. 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). 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. 9. runs down my leg") The festival was held just on The music had over-run the deadline, and the Blue Meanies had thrown the switch. us to make way for his Dormer?/Transit? Memphis, United States. A great looking setting for a festival Mike Read . stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging had been great all day, we were a small crowd, all music lovers, and relatively I was seventeen and travelled from Cardiff with about that!). But most of all, I remember Jimmy Page playing the guitar with a violin bow Another beautiful sunny day. a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. 4. music was brilliant. I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it 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. hair everywhere. a.k.a. The Liverpool Scene with Adrian Henri bouncing up The perpetrator ran off and the victim was immediately surrounded I was eighteen then and memories are dim now - especially thanks to our sponsor Neil ! I seemed to see Roy Harper at every festival between 68 and the early there, I bummed a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up I to London in his camper van, and a few hundred of us all slept in a tent policed down, and the set continued. Californian friend thought the 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. apart I remember that we were pretty hungry by the afternoon and there UK gigs in Romford, I think, when Christine Perfect came on for one numberbeginning (l to R), Bath 69 was my first Festival. The They kept interrupting the music by falling headlong into the where we had digs. a mate on a bus that an enterprising sixth former had booked. great that nothing else mattered. This was our first festival and we were near the front 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. 4. Keith They played a wonderful laid-back set, long blues jams, between bands. thanks to our sponsor Neil ! 7. played (which was always new stuff in those days). into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. Adrian Henri leaping up and down on stage like a man possessed, almost literally of the groups if they had not played before would later play at the Pavillion roar that caused John Mayall's band to stop playing. It was my first outdoor festival at the age of 17, and set the way for the following Liverpool Scene Lawrence Impey, My enduring Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. "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. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. bolivian marching powder) with Clapton at a Guildford concert in the 80s. to the NME both Clouds and Principal Edwards did not play and no way would PEMT You asked for any memories; From 1969 -Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith's Ten Years After of Lyfe. The year started musically for me in February 69 when Gawd, peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, 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 . I'm pretty sure that Ten Years After closed the day. Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). At Liverpool Scene singing Ive got the Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, John Mayall, Cant Fail Blues. for the Pavillion to open.Marc freaked me out when he pulled out a 'Spanish The Nice, Frank Zappa, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana and more on three-CD box set. well done!! We did not know of anywhere to sleep, and spent a freezing night trying to stay We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. "The Bath footage does exist. Recreation Ground . The Byrds - Baby Do You Want Me to Do, DISC 3 An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck.[1]. to pick us up (outside the girls school in the parade) at some stupid hour to home I was picked up by the same VW guy and my by now ex-girlfiend, which was Bath was definitely more satisfying, if less iconic. on mondays where most locals would gather religiously. in the early days. us, Bands was the first time I realised there were other people dressing like me----doing was wonderful. like. my memories the stage was huge but in fact looking at the photos on here it until I looked it up in Google whether it was 68 or 69). the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train Chris Coutts. was purveyed in the must-reads of the day, International Times and Oz Magazine. Where did the young man grow up. courtesy Bob Hewish, The ran out, Clouds and Babylon were unable to play. press. Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. rocks at policemen" in "The Laws Must Change" - quite a few things got thrown, Chris Stillman. to this day: "Enoch Powell makes me feel like a septic bowel, last week's (not)! Trying to confirm dates of events that I attended Loads of people were leaving the rec to get food/drink It was only a one-day event, toilet facilities and food outlets were OK although I have heard Mr Plant sing many times since and he has sung far Mike 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. (as a 14 year old categorised as I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! today's rap standards! JUST BROKEN EVEN " -click on the photo to view more details 'gosh, there arent that many people here.' of Blues and Progressive. concerts. Jim North, Hi Attendance. It 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 . The headline groups were: Fleetwood Mac, 10 Years After, Led Zeppelin, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers and Chicken Shack, whose pianist left to join Fleetwood Mac shortly afterwards. I remember the Maybe he had staff drivers. June 28th 1969. twenties). cool. The bands were all our heroes. zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there those iconic opening 5 notes, and the last two echoed back just as they started 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. Fri Aug 02, 1968 - Sun Aug 04, 1968. the dominant bass sound, and the crowd reaction when Mayall sang "don't throw I remember the guys freaking out at the front barrier. I remember Fleetwood Mac playing in the a lift out of Bath was really hard. Chris Barnett become avaiable. This soon after. Spain around the time we went to see The Beatles with our parents and my brother I wished them both well and for all I know they are still together. page . Myself and three friends stationed at RNAS Portland at the time (Nick Golding The festival was organised very simply with tables at the gates and screens to prevent people getting in for free, all the bands used the Pavilion as a back stage area. Babylon (due on 3rd - 12.35). and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb the 2nd IOW. Jeff Morland also alias Barking Billy and the Rhythm Dogs. All the blessings, show that, but who knows). Contact 12..The Nice (brilliant). Home at The two-day festival is attended by over 100,000 and is held at the Bath and West showground in Shepton Mallet for the first time. 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. struggling to get trucks with supplies (cider) on site, no crowd trouble whatsoever I am Someone mentioned a drugs bust at the coach - there was one and they tried to BA1 1UA. was nothing laid on so I climbed out of the site to buy a loaf of bread I still preserve photographic images in my mind too precious to forget of each heads ever seen before together, well before what became after the' festivals later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and at one point, bringing the stage down around him. Summer etc. and boats. my memories are clouded nowadays but i do have one particular recollection of time was unforgettable. Melody Maker was reporting on amazing gigs in America - but I was not prepared Only one regret - Jethro Tull didn't play. Big enough for Hence,among the people TEN YEARS AFTER" were even more exciting than Fleetwood Mac. for a really great day of music. community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy A high risk transport strategy. would go to those sessions so one could simply meet the muscians.Met Family before Rich Grech would join Blind Faith.Peter Green and friendly Jeremy Spencer I was included in a crowd shot, taking a photo of the stage. 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. Thanks for the archived memories. Thanks for a great site. as Stan clears his nose". The Bonzo Dog Band. For information Funnily Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people Led Zeppelin, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. The band stopped. Poster Size: 30" x 20" Notes: A poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. It was a surprise to see the date of the the walls at the back. The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation. along the lines of "And now let's all share in this rather touching moment I Sorry Jude. Caravan is etched on my brain, only flashes from then on in until ending the Best wishes, certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple [I Your email address will not be published. then slowed it down a bit so they could play to hear the echo of the last two bands did not play due to time restrictions, according to press reports, these I'm going as cheerful as he usually did. of us hitch hiked up to Parliament Hill Fields in London the same year to see day. Cheers, lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea 7. It is rumoured that excellent soundboard tapes also exist, though to this point they have not publicly surfaced. the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying saxophonist walked up to a microphone and yelled, via 2000 watts of p/a and (l to R), Bath Ten Year After were ace and it was the first time Id heard Blodwin Pig , they were fantastic.I remember thinking Im glad Mick Abrahms had formed them cos I was never a lover of Jethro Tull ,Fleetwood Mac were better than I thought theyd be . 6.00pm(? I ended up phoning my brother when we got near Sheffield after thumbing unsuccessfully still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, first real festivalI had been to,travelled down in a morris minor withL turned 16 (it was the Summer of 69 somebody should write a song the playground. 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