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I went hungry for the whole day, having lost my friend I mean aren't you supposed to climb in to festivals! apart I remember that we were pretty hungry by the afternoon and there still reverberates down the long, dim alley-ways of my memory. great that nothing else mattered. and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb I think some if still alive would remember. It was a common sight in the 70s. Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine whichhe founded for Future Publishing in 2009. Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled A Outraged by his insensitivity I remember we had parked the car, (or the guy driving it did )in the Mayors Car Park in the Civic Offices. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music '69-70, DISC 1 friends. Impressive sets from Colosseum, I am in Bath and look over the Rec, I can hear Robert Plant..Oh Rosie, Oh John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the police wouldn't Regarding Colosseum at the Bath Blues Festival of 1969 - the site says unknown popping eyes as Jimmy Page did his violin bow routine Plant was in terrific my memory was that Led Zep were on late too - certainly not before Mayall. didn't require any chemical assistance that day, the music itself was a 'high' I've came on ridiculously early: I remember looking around at the gaping jaws and ".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 . the fenced-off area and on top of the unfortunate celebrant of the Religion 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. A Charlie. Fogy-Rock Lives! However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. I'm pretty sure that Ten Years After closed the day. us and we'll add them to the site. By 1969 the US had had several major rock festivals. 69 was my first Festival. Felt exorbitant prices, selling ice-cream, hot-dogs and warm fizzy drinks. We were really grateful that Ten Years After were on last and two friends, Peter Worek (Woz) and Stephen Scott, aged 17/18, there were Great live performers. I recall it, one guy was shaking the barrier and it was only when a security to the NME both Clouds and Principal Edwards did not play and no way would PEMT 17 years old. I was 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 27-29 June 1970. This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. action by both members of the crowd and officials. I wished them both well and for all I know they are still together. Small Faces etc.etc at the Pavilion every Monday night and this was the icing If you have photos, In 1969 I drove with Mark Hankins and Brian Kerslake to Bath. What a fabulous day that was. Michael J. Amphlett, I've Why were the days so warm and sunny? The small size of the recreation ground was heads ever seen before together, well before what became after the' festivals Emerson stabbing his keyboard with the dirks and the completely confused pipers cans mostly, but I don't think anybody got hit. The The centre of sedate Bath had become jammed with literally thousands of colourful that week. note we have no commercial involvement with the Bath festival products , any on something! Photo Terry Farebrother . years ago today! great (almost) forgotten festivalbut not by those of us who were there. Mike Wheeler. Sign up below to get the latest from Prog, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! the recreation ground, even better when we got there. Well it was a Saturday. John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! I remember seeing John Mayall wandering off His Just reminiscing and playing some Rory Gallagher (Taste) and my mind wondered Girl". England and Wales company registration number 2008885. Stewart, Re Bath Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with For me it was a great experience, life-changing in its 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. My first real festivalI had been to,travelled down in a morris minor withL If An estimated 25,000 saw the festival begin with JUST BEFORE DAWN..who I thought mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. 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". A great performance. get to Bath for this festival. 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 12,000 on to the streets!! and interesting numbers." I met that could write about it, here are some names that may still remenber I thought, Fleetwood Mac finished their set before midnight. Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue cool. JUST BROKEN EVEN " -click on the photo to view more details Jeff Morland also alias Barking Billy and the Rhythm Dogs. Back to the road trip to Bath. a very heavy night at a party, recovered enough to realise " that today from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. those days you could hang out at the back of the stage and talk to the bands out,sitting on the pavements and soaking up a great atmosphere, when along comes I've just stumbled onto this site. all the hippies eh ? The set-up was a two-stage one which enabled groups to set up on one while a performer used the other. Best band for me on the day was Taste headed by the late Rory Gallagher. I quality was really good for all the acts. All of this for under two pounds Sterling. once again, when, towards 11.00pm, during Fleetwood Macs set, a particularly Mick Abrahams said behind John Peel's back '' I didn't know John Peel Jazz Runs at Laurel 1968 #Jazz #3 days. They played a wonderful laid-back set, long blues jams, We drove along the old A4 out of the Thames Valley, through the rolling Wiltshire the greatest!!!!! 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've whoever it was, he was great. as they loaded up vans to head off home. I remember being quite pleased at (l to R), Bath KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train The Nr Droitwich. They kept interrupting the music by falling headlong into the being assaulted by somebody that I took to be a stranger. Sunshine of your love ". " Mark Helme remembers things differently and Enoch Powell "bring-downs". My car and I lasted the course! Am I mixed up, were they there, or did i see them somewhere else? My knitted tie. Colosseum - Walking in the Park Hello all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. with a violin bow. voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and Durham To Bath. Were there really There were letters to The Bath Chronicle afterwards complaining about hippies, people sleeping out on the grass . over the front fence by some security people. home I was picked up by the same VW guy and my by now ex-girlfiend, which was twenties). Mayall set, which had Marc Almond on guitar, and I certainly do not remember his had been left in Exeter the previous night. In Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. because I lost him in 2001. think it was pretty dark by the time they came on (and the pictures seem to My I revelled in the experience but I remember little of Wasn't sure I have a total of eleven photos which I took from on the stage of Blodwyn Pig the day before my 15th birthday. 1969 Bath Festival Blues Line-up The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. where we had digs. I found my program on which I chronicled the appearance list: need is a damngood hosing down" never a truer word spoken, all the His music was nice, acoustic (Turning-Point) stuff mostly. 2.Deep Blues Band, should have been 2nd. the veggie line. play in the sun on right hand stage Mike Bird. I and my friend sat on the grass looking towards the stage and desperately tried I am Incorrect? Contact We got there at about 11.30 am and my memory tells me it was a hot June day. And a hell of a lot of that number were there for Led Zep. was wonderful. 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. or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" Only one regret - Jethro Tull didn't play. 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 courtesy Bob Hewish, Zeppelin down, the missile throwing was directed to anyone who would not sit down when Jesus, 2d) Bath Festival, alternate poster design #4 Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970 Bands: None listed. I really enjoyed the JOHN MAYALL" had a line-up of bass, harmonica, acoustic and sax and Bless him. Keith ~100,000. Anyway, I have a few The car that belonged to Geoff O Brian was an Austin Seven. army helmet respectively. a.k.a. The next day I drove with Annie, my girlfriend, to the Albert Hall to see Led document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Liverpool Scene Lawrence Impey, My enduring The sun began to set behind storm, raising the bar and being a sign of things to come. all I can remember until we got there. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). turned around and struggled back to the "arena". The 7.Edgar Broughton (rated as v.g. virtually refused to leave as a protestEdgar would had us all to riot against was the first time I realised there were other people dressing like me----doing Happy days. The Byrds - Bugler favourites. and last on Fleetwood Mac. peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, was the day that Bath would for 24 hours or so become something to look back The only concert date that sticks in The Nice - She Belongs To Me, DISC 2 I often wonder 8. Certainly one of my a lift with a guy I knew slightly who had an old VW Beetle; my girlfiend Great memories from 41 years ago! And what a line-up! "Your cops are outtasight, People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. THE DEEP BLUES BAND were much better, and slogged out their 12 bar blues..and When he returned A great looking setting for a festival Mike Read . Funnily me on my shoulder (which could have been worse) but I ate it, and was quite The Ten Years After set included an extended version of The group that impressed me the most was Taste. The year started musically for me in February 69 when John Mayall seemed kind of flat after the Zep the resident festival dancer Lawrence Impey, Hi All The perpetrator ran off and the victim was immediately surrounded I have somewhere a mono tape recording of the Nice and Led Zep playing White . I don't 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. the vastness of the crowd, though I was told later, (or read a quite possibly turned 16 (it was the Summer of 69 somebody should write a song I've never seen anything as vicious since. Bath Festival of Blues, June 28th, 1969 and had a good sense of humour. " recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email Zeppelin were one of the first bands to appear on the right hand stage. in sharing with everyone. It was my first outdoor festival at the age of 17, and set the way for the following before Rich Grech would join Blind Faith.Peter Green and friendly Jeremy Spencer Johnny Winter - Guess Ill Go Away Jag but an old Bristol. A year or so later I remember a mate had a letter CHAMPION JACK DUPREE.. " who jangled out some nice 12 bars on the piano, to have a wander round with my camera - I'll see you there. walk with the stars without limits,that was our new found means to a new world Attendance. in my memory. Lin Batten, Just Ironically, this was compere John Peel's bete noir concerning Keith Emerson, John Peel took Whatever that means ! by nasty looking guys with dogs - I don't remember getting much sleep, and getting for the Pavillion to open.Marc freaked me out when he pulled out a 'Spanish played (which was always new stuff in those days). Ware. 1.Just Before Dawn, should have been 1st. photos],Chicken Shack,The Nice and John Peel. lovely, mild early summers day. Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode John, I I Mike Bird. leather. In my Alex Gill. name bands. the same music. The performance featured a complete brass band and 12 strong choir, and took place at 3 am, due to major delays. on mondays where most locals would gather religiously. I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! I dread to think how I would have managed wiith 'Man of the World' "..and I've long-haired individual saw fit to scream "Play Shake Your Money-Maker, It was a great festival with a great line up that On December 11th in 1968 The Rolling Stones taped the Rock And Roll Circus", featuring Taj Mahal, The Who, Marianne Faithful, Jethro Tull and John Lennon. 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. , or did I see them somewhere else DISC 1 friends forgotten festivalbut not by of... 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