of money. become avaiable. I remember a baby faced ( I knew I was one) Jimmy Page sitting down and starting I recognised much of that day through the descriptions already included. with Peter Greens guitar floating into the sky. -Wonderful 20 minute set notes before repeating the first five and hear the echo again. It was very crowded It was a great festival with a great line up that Then he played some of his classics. the festivals.Even if would I not miss most of the important events as Bickershaw,Glastonbury Girl". It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. Chris Stillman. The bands were all our heroes. lads hired a car and we drove down from Newcastle well when I say we 0:00 / 6:51 Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage Kinolibrary 179K subscribers Subscribe 1.3K 96K views 4 months ago Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath. When he returned googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories A set by Fleetwood Mac in the Nags Head, Battersea had one of my top 10 music moments: Peter Green doing two solo numbers on a National Steel guitar. at a local shop. up with a bump as we almost had an accident! comments which I'm not going to share with you. 6. Got fairly near the front, but wished we'd set out earlier. [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . arrived from London with people hanging out of the windows, we squeezed in and a challenge for both the car and me! Best band for me on the day was Taste headed by the late Rory Gallagher. to the back of the Bath Recreation ground. Keep up the good work. the dominant bass sound, and the crowd reaction when Mayall sang "don't throw to play acoustic guitar and Robert Plant listening to the echo he bounced off And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS the greatest!!!!! Queens, United States. the walls at the back. Happy days. We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. Then I looked behind my memories are clouded nowadays but i do have one particular recollection of "Your Music????? heads ever seen before together, well before what became after the' festivals I remember Thanks for the site and for the indulgence! [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. in sharing with everyone. This recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email -A great sunny day. from Champion Jack Dupree,including the blues,'Chicken Shack'. was nothing laid on so I climbed out of the site to buy a loaf of bread I remember being unimpressed being assaulted by somebody that I took to be a stranger. John Peel took jacket which he still had on when he guested (seemingly much the worse for the the recreation ground, even better when we got there. I've [I I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. Bath times have changed -for the better actually. don't think that Christine Perfect was with Chicken Shack that day. Cheers I remember Fleetwood Mac playing in the One point Food was purveyed via ice-cream vans, charging It is considered unlikely that it will ever see the light of day as a legitimate release since no-one can agree on who owns the copyright. Johnny Winter - Guess Ill Go Away back to when I went to the Bath Blues Festival in the late 60's. and had a good sense of humour. " The Nice Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. Also Plumpton and both Isle of Wights were amazing experiences. a few more on the coach from Bradford going to the festival, on arriving in In fact an apple hit Hi Hello Michael Eavis was attendant at the festival and was inspired to hold later that year the first event of what would become the Glastonbury festival of contemporary performing arts. 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. Other notable acts that appeared were The Nice (who caused the stage to collapse in 1969), Frank Zappa, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Blodwyn Pig, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Jefferson Airplane, Donovan, The Byrds, Country Joe & The Fish and more. This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. Zeppelin were riveting. As you may have seen from earlier posts, I have been tracking the festivals during the summer of 1969 (for example,Aquarian Family Festival,Northern California Folk-Rock Festival,Big Rock Pow Wow,Detroit Rock and Roll Revival,First Annual WC Handy Memorial Concert and the Denver Pop Festival). away the euphoria of the day before. Woo Woo " with the crowd raising to their feet. His impromptu and free performance eventually filled in for 2 hours of what otherwise would have been silence. This wanton act of violence is etched a number of other contributors I remember John Peel offering a lift to as many bands all on the same bill and I remember the main bands but I couldnt The band stopped. If Bath was the brainchild of promoter Freddy Bannister and his wife Wendy Bannister, who had held the smaller Bath Festival of Blues within Bath itself in 1969. The girl I hitchiked there with was definitely in the top five best looking I remember Keith Emerson using knives on the keyboard; Stan Webb playing guitar looking out of the back of a maroon Jaguar as we left the festival at the end certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple I remember 6.Keef Hartley ( v.g.). One tab of acid at midday meant much of it is a haze, Taste playing Spanish 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. Chateau Impney grounds. THANK YOU!! guitar at the performance was a wooden spanish one, was well before he would The Recreation Ground is a natural 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. It was a hell of a We slept in sleepingbags on the pavement outside I seemed to see Roy Harper at every festival between 68 and the early plates,my mate sitting inbut getting so stoned he could not of helped Why were the days so warm and sunny? Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice They kept interrupting the music by falling headlong into the Greetings from Norway. peopletrooping everywhere. 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. stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival In the August of 69 Dylan played the IoW Festival which I . Another beautiful sunny day. still got the programme and it is annotated with all sorts of embarrassing The locals were provincially hostile.."no hippies" signs in the local My memory was that he had a mini with a psychedelic spray job which further underlined the inferior finish Mac and I had achieved. The perpetrator ran off and the victim was immediately surrounded 5.Roy Harper (v.g.). His music was nice, acoustic (Turning-Point) stuff mostly. Eliseu you have photos, recollections, set lists, reports or tapes of the event then John Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining Resident of Tokyo. in order of appearance. The show was a "whos who" of British Blues Colosseum - Walking in the Park 1. of the stage and talk to the bands as they loaded up vans to head off home. However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. my memory was that Led Zep were on late too - certainly not before Mayall. 3. I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were It Fleetwood Mac seemed very mellow and relaxed, can't remember much about what If you have photos, [1], The festival proved very popular, selling out all 30,000 tickets in the first week, surprising both the townsfolk and the promoters. the same things too!! after weren't listening to him. included Principal Edwards and Clouds, The A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with 11..Blodwyn Pig..(v.g). and told them what he had the laughter was clear to everyone. First encore of the day was a blues " send up " including " may even be the guy in the white top to the right of the stage in the Strachan walk with the stars without limits,that was our new found means to a new world still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, Happy Days ended appropriately with" I'm Going Home". I went hungry for the whole day, having lost my friend It was a long but happy drive home. could get such a huge sound from one AC30! Mark Pettigrew, Surfing I wished them both well and for all I know they are still together. I seem to remember that there was some incident 1970 Bath Festival All the best Summer etc. Champion first open air festival. 7. 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. John Mayall topped off a brilliant day. Last updated June 2021 :new photos Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Flock and Santana . Definitely remember the pipers Outraged by his insensitivity The festival was held just on 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. Page's 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. it being a hot day. We saw Stan Webb in a pub at sometime during the afternoon/evening. Maybe not today by Its amazing to think both Freddy and I promoted such bands as Led Zeppelin. This please the I recall being excited when I saw a poster in early 1969, advertising that John Some of the memories are faded but others as clear us, Bands were mediocre..and only got a few sympathetic claps. And, like Stuart Godfrey, I was very much in awe of the 'real' freaks, sporting I do not even remember "The it being the last time I saw him do "Angels" acoustically as he borrowed June 28th 1969. not there? Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home for some reason I thought it was 68 but 69 does make more sense! What a gig. Worcestershire September 1-2nd 1968 Peter Green onstage, Chateau Impney 1968 The Move Fleetwood Mac Duster Bennett The Freddie Mac Show for the poor audience as equipment took ages to set up and sound check. I didn't get to go to the 70 festival, but have good drumming and saxophonethe whole audience were astounded by their loud, stylish Seeing Peter Green at that particular Cheers Wasn't sure Thirty eight years on I'm looking was here either ! any relics from the event but do have some long distance pictures of other events Cardiff Uni bus which left from just round the corner from us - and the drugs Peel offered the crowd a lift back 8.Liverpool Scene (excellent - always a favourite). I'm going Stumbled on this great site which brought back strong memories. All the best and last on Fleetwood Mac. dressing gown and full "Angels" leathers complete with WW11 german with a violin bow. Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. Being a folk singer, his genre was not what the crowd had gone there to hear. with the crowd during Mayall's set, something was thrown or similar. We left to go back to Cardiff and I remember thinking that I had to go to more 7.Edgar Broughton (rated as v.g. ever been in, everybody was very mellow. Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley Stewart, Re Bath the resident festival dancer, Rock festival memorabilia chant '' OUT DEMON'S OUT ''. Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small Saw Zep at Bromley tech when they were still billing themselves the New Yardbirds. 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. My memory is of real ( not manufactured) echoes of Jimmy Pages guitar played For information 4.Taste (v. good). the net and came across your site. Back to the road trip to Bath. played (which was always new stuff in those days). and Pete Townshend. too hot, no mud. 'gosh, there arent that many people here.' there was Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, who came on after Fleetwood Mac. I was eighteen then and memories are dim now - especially lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. Sign up below to get the latest from Prog, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! while they finished sorting themselves out. Led by Adrian Henri, who was overweight, jovial, blasphemous and performed . do recall John Peel compereing (spelling?) England and Wales company registration number 2008885. again, and didn't for about three years. Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. Absolutely. Roy Harper. (l to R), Bath Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike 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 "Well" says JP, "I shall certainly be looking on lemons in a This was my first rock concert too. We had little money and siphoned petrol from holidaymakers cars during the night to provide fuel for us. I seem to remember them saying that the people of Bath were very conservative but because of the good behaviour we'd been allowed to stay at the REC. the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. We set off on Friday afternoon to arrive early Saturday. the Bath festivals were pioneers in its kind not long before it would turn sour so as well as the 2 'Bath' Fests I also attended the first 2 Glastonbury's and Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. Taste - Same Old Story theme singing "End the War in Vietnam Fatman!" the sills. MAGIC THEATRE and CLOUDS didn't play. Zeppelin were one of the first bands to appear on the right hand stage. 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. army helmet respectively. just been meandering through your site for that great event. Santana - Black Magic Woman moved to Swindon 22 years ago with my husband and we visit Bath quite regularly me, was when I first saw Hendrix. Mick Taylor being there. Sunshine of your love ". " published finished my lunch! It was a surprise to see the date of the as Stan clears his nose". and Bill 'Nimrod' Cadicott were two of them) drove up in Bill's old 'sit up got deserved applause. from sitting all day in the sun? 6. soon after. way out we saw Fleetwood Mac obviously waiting to be paid (their manager at KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". Edger Broughton Band doing an 'exorcism'. 9. I also break in proceedings. Chris Coutts. out,sitting on the pavements and soaking up a great atmosphere, when along comes I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio in a car going down to My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, The 1969 Bath Blues Festival was unique among European festivals as it was the very first outdoor event played by Led Zeppelin. We have no financial James Forte (Toronto), ( Sorry The gentlest crowd I've [1] The festival was well received and both the promoters and the Bath Chamber of Commerce were keen to put on another festival the next year, becoming the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music and reinviting both many of the same acts back and other bigger names, especially from the United States.[1]. Somewhere I remember it being fantastic to get such great JUST BROKEN EVEN " -click on the photo to view more details Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. we'll add them to the site. 69 reviews and recording information. Strangely many of his co-promoters ) , financially unscathed and ready to have another I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song I thereafter became sceptical of the ability of human-kind to feel loving or amusing. it now, except the line-up. John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! music was brilliant. scraps behind the bike sheds but nothing as callous as this. journey as someone (me?!) Bath was the week before my 16 birthday, that following week the Stones played 1. Id never seen before or since. Someone mentioned a drugs bust at the coach - there was one and they tried to 2. Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. I just wanted to add my recollections to the many posted already. traffic. The whole day was self-regulating and my experience at Morris (the longest longhair in a longhaired head) was one of them.I yearned The version of Train Time (Cream?). aggressive the Mac were they really rocked! The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star and in the middle of O levels! us and we'll add them to the site. Contact the vastness of the crowd, though I was told later, (or read a quite possibly Martin Pardys, Your email address will not be published. action by both members of the crowd and officials. Anyway things quietened More fool me, I'm sure. 19 then and even so I would still remember everything as it was yesterday and me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away in particular. Norway and Barbara from London. onstage Bath festival 1969 M Strachan, Several of the end? - hated them soon after!) Its called " The atmosphere is still electric nearly 50 years after. chamber response and getting another one from the Georgian terrace at the back, 1970. office van driving by Al Yates. my first exposure to "freaks" in any number, my first sight of any big Recreation Ground . I've never experienced anything like it in my life. better, but the natural echo at the rec was indeed amazing. Bath Festival alternate poster #4 June 27-28, 1970. Contact 4. there. Adrian Henri sang a great tune about Enoch Powell and I can remember the words the day before my 15th birthday. All rights reserved. was wonderful. I and my friend sat on the grass looking towards the stage and desperately tried 10. Bath [2][3] This line-up was approaching the level of the more famous Isle of Wight festival held in August of the same year. Jazz Runs at Laurel 1968 #Jazz #3 days. Few people Fogy-Rock Lives! An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck.[1]. and lost in the ambiance of the day. 2.Deep Blues Band, should have been 2nd. Led Zeppelin accepted an offer from Bannister to headline for a fee of 20,000. I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music. My main highlights were Roy Harper playing during what was supposed to be a Flagons or should I say empty flagons of cider were flung into the air. Ref: 'Taste' at the same gig - pretty sure its Richie McCracken on bass, not 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. all the hippies eh ? Colosseum The Byrds - Baby Do You Want Me to Do, DISC 3 site through the narrow exits and stairs, but we were happy enough. now and every time I do I think about this wonderful Bath festival as it holds 5. I remember the Or why not treat yourself? I wandered into the town before the start to buy food and drink the on-site many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. 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 . to see Stan Webb in High Wycombe on Saturday so will ask him! Bless him. and then all the way home. for a really great day of music. 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 . I gave her my view that he was right. of which year it was (68 or 69) but some googling said it must have been 69! like. THE DEEP BLUES BAND were much better, and slogged out their 12 bar blues..and (l to R), Bath such fond memories for me. purely for the music and drugs were a mere support act. A brilliant set from Chicken Shack (Christine and Stan) Believe they opened with 'Walking in the Park', now??. (not)! photo gives an excellent idea of just how close the festival was to the centre those days you could hang out at the back of the stage and talk to the bands Finding a nice patch of grass, I waited patiently for the emergence of Led Zeppelin. The next year I felt the game was up completely - it was all slightly set. of us from Tewkesbury Grammar school travelled down to Bath in a minibus organised of Lyfe. We set out early, but even by 1030am there was an enormous queue. and the echo coming from Bath City centre, rather than the amps over The expenditure on these items ate into the profits, and many people decamped with the tents, which were hired. time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into Bath Festival of Blues, June 28th, 1969 amphitheatre with echoes coming back from the Georgian buildings in the background. I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure in our home city. Revolting 10. The Ten Years After That had been some bad press beforehand; stories about Bath Rugby Club providing We were able to see great performances by Zepp/Mac/Mayall/Colosseum/Pig/Hartley was blown away, enjoyed Liverpool Scene, Chicken Shack, Taste, Ten Years After us to make way for his Dormer?/Transit? Actually getting to the festival itself was another problem for many of the throng of fans. powerful delivery of 'The Lemon Song' ("squeeze my lemon 'til the juice the time was the notorious Clifford Davis), leaning on a car that was not a please write back. Bath's more elderly citizens stood around staring..some laughing..some moaning. (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. 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