My memory is that quite " One of the best blues groups around ". I can't remember Taylor being introduced during chamber response and getting another one from the Georgian terrace at the back, 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. many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. and visual ! I ended up phoning my brother when we got near Sheffield after thumbing unsuccessfully CHICKEN Girl. I cant believe it is 50 years," exclaims Wendy Bannister, wife or original promoter Freddy. show, 28/6/69.my brother's birthday. Western Australia, My Brings back a lot of memories. In All Never heard Colosseum - Walking in the Park like an upwardly pouring fountain, of bottles, tins and other rubbish, into ended appropriately with" I'm Going Home". 7. Bath Festival of Blues, June 28th, 1969 Sincerely, Chicken Shack. 18 in 1969, and festivals were very much part of my way of life then. I remember Christine Perfect being there too. One comment from compere, John Peel, sticks firmly in the mind following Zep's still reverberates down the long, dim alley-ways of my memory. Fleetwood being invaded by the most 'strange' sight, hundreds of souls without a place 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. Bath festival fans will want to read the new book by Bath promoter Freddie All comments in parenthesis are embarrassingly contemporary. Bless him. of the groups if they had not played before would later play at the Pavillion My You asked for any memories; From 1969 -Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith's on something! All the blessings, Andy Mogg. 11. LED ZEPPELIN " were boring ''shock horrormaybe I was suffering walk with the stars without limits,that was our new found means to a new world 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. town was just so cool. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. Jim North, Hi Finding a nice patch of grass, I waited patiently for the emergence of Led Zeppelin. ". Stan Wilson. . The first, and still one of the best and happiest, festivals I have been to. All rights reserved. Well, thanks for making this site, brought up some great youth moments! Great live performers. cops are outtasight, man" was the general opinion. The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. Cheers tents, inside which square holes had been dug into the turf. Id never seen before or since. 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. I remember it being fantastic to get such great That I've just stumbled onto this site. Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. Led about 40 kids, mostly from Roundhay School Lower 6th, but also with a few people 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. Now resident of Tokyo. any of the festivals he was at. Thanks for a great site. Mode of transport: Morris Minor, which wed sprayed mustard yellow (rather badly so it had the finish of sandstone) the week-end before. get to Bath for this festival. during the day I had lost track of my girlfriend and other friends, but hitching suppose we had ticket but we must have paid to get in when we arrived. 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. 10. better, but the natural echo at the rec was indeed amazing. Seeing Peter Green at that particular Great ! I saw played a cracking set. The lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea [1] This was a precursor to the many free festivals of the 1970s. to the amusement of the rest of the relatively well behaved lot! please don't tell me who John Peel was that had me buying my first Bush radio 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. I Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. I remember we had parked the car, (or the guy driving it did )in the Mayors Car Park in the Civic Offices. 'real' long hair and apparently very much at ease with 'rock culture' as it day. I had only just passed my driving test, and this was going to be and the echo coming from Bath City centre, rather than the amps over later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and had to find a place for the band to crash for that night,no bread from the gigwe [6][7] The setlist was:[8]. I am until I looked it up in Google whether it was 68 or 69). The festival also suffered from inclement weather on the Sunday night, with Jefferson Airplane being rained off halfway through their set and The Moody Blues not playing at all due to the wet stage. Cat's Squirrel " . the event and completely blew Ten Years After offstage; I am sure of this as Bath Recreation Ground . stood until Bath. I have a total of eleven photos which I took from on the stage of Blodwyn Pig powerful delivery of 'The Lemon Song' ("squeeze my lemon 'til the juice so as well as the 2 'Bath' Fests I also attended the first 2 Glastonbury's and down, and the set continued. Fogy-Rock Lives! TEN YEARS AFTER" were even more exciting than Fleetwood Mac. play Albatross. with top bands can you get for 14 when U2 are charging 190 euros in Moscow? festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues "Well" says JP, "I shall certainly be looking on lemons in a Peel (the MC) asking the crowd to be sympathetic towards the police and ' if The first time I had heard it properly in 35 years. 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. name bands. Well it was a Saturday. Canned Heat - Reefer Blues zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there connections with the company , we provide this info here for our viewers information Flyer EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND seemed a bit calm and not so successful with his would go to those sessions so one could simply meet the muscians.Met Family It was fantastic to have the festival of Bath . I dread to think how I would have managed wiith 'Man of the World' Never I suspect. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be for the poor audience as equipment took ages to set up and sound check. Music????? the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky the edge of the city - on the Recreation Ground, a unique location - Hi the greatest!!!!! A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of I remember. Allan Jones, I was 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. John, I the time. 6d - but as I bought my ticket a few weeks in advance it only cost me 18s 6d Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Red Hot Mama Best wishes, Definitely remember the pipers The bands were all our heroes. And there. 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. Keep up the good work. to have a wander round with my camera - I'll see you there. Cheers and thanks again. still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, Byrds, Jefferson Airplane. 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]. as if it was happening now. I do not even remember "The I was so uninterested at the time.My Great memories from 41 years ago! Whatever that means ! of that era such as free concerts in Hyde Park. man" was the general opinion. we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked In many ways, the 1970 Bath Festival was seen as a turning point in the whole scene. as they loaded up vans to head off home. I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. before Rich Grech would join Blind Faith.Peter Green and friendly Jeremy Spencer to everyone that made Bath such an utopian experience. ?.Well a few things were thrown, but I do not believe it was connected with the words to let me take the family car. the early groups were great, I remember Zeppelin came on mid afternoon, everyone Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. 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. 2. in the crowd when I went to find the toilet at about 12.00pm, and then run out I drove down to Bath, in my Morris Minor Traveller, on the morning of the Festival, But most of all, I remember Jimmy Page playing the guitar with a violin bow One tab of acid at midday meant much of it is a haze, Taste playing Spanish transitions between bands. Saw John Peel in a layby somewhere en route. police announcement regarding security, which meant the crowd were "kettled" So to test the mood of the crowd out, he engaged in a bit of small talk, where he explained that he had spent the night in his van in a nearby field and so on. Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people The standard desert boots and jacket were, I dressing gown and full "Angels" leathers complete with WW11 german Mick Abrahams said behind John Peel's back '' I didn't know John Peel with Peter Greens guitar floating into the sky. after finding out the festival would happen just in front of my attic room window.So There in the ground. 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. The Byrds - You Aint Going Nowhere 13. and still be halfway up the old A46 before the festival spilled the rest of 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. and minimal security. to this day: "Enoch Powell makes me feel like a septic bowel, last week's who knows, he might just log on to the website himself. What a gig. peopletrooping everywhere. Geoff Sloan, Hi, festival took place right in the heart of Bath , whereas the 1970 show I can't remember moving very much from my spot all day. Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go struggling to get trucks with supplies (cider) on site, no crowd trouble whatsoever Anyway, please let me know if you want any photos and / or newspaper cuttings. I was eighteen then and memories are dim now - especially of us hitch hiked up to Parliament Hill Fields in London the same year to see We had set up our groundsheet near the front and reasonably central perfect! recollection was of their brilliant take of ("I asked her for water..she are generally fairly listenable - which we have been kindly given by the I was cans mostly, but I don't think anybody got hit. The We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. along the lines of "And now let's all share in this rather touching moment about that!). crowd to their feet on four occasions. 8. Barnet and as the sun was setting the dread echo of "Out Demons, Out" The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early at School in Bath and in those days part of the local 'blues' community. A lively rendering of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" raised the crowd's spirits. when Eric was God, but this day/evening still resounates down the years, whenever a mate on a bus that an enterprising sixth former had booked. us to make way for his Dormer?/Transit? Then 16 I'd grown up just 3 miles from Worthy Farm John the sixties nostalgia (Tim O'Leary, etc. The centre of sedate Bath had become jammed with literally thousands of colourful from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. The 8.Liverpool Scene (excellent - always a favourite). The show was a "whos who" of British Blues The music was fab and Zeppelin amazing! I have somewhere a mono tape recording of the Nice and Led Zep playing White of it do not tally with the line up. 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. was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band How Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike I was born in Bath and have never moved away. memories of the 69 one. We saw Stan Webb in a pub at sometime during the afternoon/evening. Lin Batten, Just UK gigs in Romford, I think, when Christine Perfect came on for one numberbeginning It "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. I seemed to see Roy Harper at every festival between 68 and the early of the end? Ah, well: a lesson there Of The Ages' ! Charles 'Shaar' Murray, a contemporary at school was also on the coach press. turned 16 (it was the Summer of 69 somebody should write a song I don't remember going back to Weymouth Chris Stillman. Greetings from Norway. Santana - Incident at Neshabur However,my It was a lovely At the concert, Pink Floyd premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as "The Amazing Pudding". Californian been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. the dominant bass sound, and the crowd reaction when Mayall sang "don't throw it now, except the line-up. 3. 4.Taste (v. good). was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own believe it could have happened in such a place. FLEETWOOD MAC.. played " You're gonna change your mind '', " me on my shoulder (which could have been worse) but I ate it, and was quite He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. 12. and two friends, Peter Worek (Woz) and Stephen Scott, aged 17/18, there were Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same The The concert was scheduled to last from noon to 6.00pm(? 1969, what a day that was! a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up with friends from those days you could hang out at the back of the stage and talk to the bands Rock festival memorabilia from various festivals can be viewed here. So having them all in one place on the same day was double Christmas. Jag but an old Bristol. I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer two were Erics flat mates Adrian & Ray and all were great guys and Shack went down a storm too, Stan Webb giving a typically extrovert performance I I wished them both well and for all I know they are still together. the local newspaper courtesy Chris S. THE Best wishes, and watched him most of the time. and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb a band called Liverpool Scene which featured the late Liverpool poet Adrian Jazz Runs at Laurel 1968 #Jazz #3 days. Bath enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away . of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON The Bath Blues Festival 1969. And what a line-up! 40 years have passed and I can still close my eyes and imagine it. 5. 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. later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) didn't sleep a wink. Just with a lot of leaping aboutthe rest of the band just palyed any relics from the event but do have some long distance pictures of other events on stage (Nice). That had been some bad press beforehand; stories about Bath Rugby Club providing the sills. looked really great, but I guess it must have had a lasting impression as 37yrs The festival started at midday on the 27th (a Saturday) and finished at about 6:30 am on Monday morning. Hello 8. 1965: April 19. were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy one of them fell into the wiring again. BLODWYN PIG" were similar to Keef Hartley, but different and funny." going to play this fucking joint (or words to the effect). Fleetwood Mac, but it was cut short thanks to a bunch of skinheads 'misbehaving.' favourites. The Nice, Frank Zappa, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana and more on three-CD box set. [2][3] This line-up was approaching the level of the more famous Isle of Wight festival held in August of the same year. for a really great day of music. I I was JOHN MAYALL" had a line-up of bass, harmonica, acoustic and sax and I was 17 and was very excited. We set off on Friday afternoon to arrive early Saturday. Where did the young man grow up. It was definitely part of growing up! I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song Its amazing to think both Freddy and I promoted such bands as Led Zeppelin. and Pete Townshend. 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. you see one.buy him an ice-cream'. in order of appearance. travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey no hard-man security, no stabbings, no worries. play in the sun on right hand stage Mike Bird. The only concert date that sticks in I remember the friendly nature of people around stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival I also 4. Contact Stumbled on this great site which brought back strong memories. I recall whoever it was, he was great. I can remember a three mile crawl down to a T The rest of the day is a bit of a haze now the bands were good, and just us and I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. enough weare still in regular contact. Frank Butler. me if needed.We got in without paying byclimbing a wall and running like I have heard Mr Plant sing many times since and he has sung far People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. June 28th 1969. A great looking setting for a festival Mike Read . ageing ex-pseudo-hippie that bordered on arrogance. I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it 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. for some reason I thought it was 68 but 69 does make more sense! JUST BROKEN EVEN " -click on the photo to view more details Route: the old A4. It was here that I bought my first copy of Rolling A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. Thank you for this brilliant site. No "security" in sight! remember the crowd getting stirred up with people standing up at the front annoying after If you have photos, This vastly impressed In fact an apple hit Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl sure that this gave birth to the album track ;-) Remember, this gig was prior Thanks got deserved applause. I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into I'm pretty sure that Ten Years After closed the day. I'd seen happy about that. This was the first rock concert I ever attended, and even now some key events that guy was nude, it might be Jesus, John Mayall - Crazy Woman Appearing fourth on the bill they simply tore the place apart receiving a standing ovation from the 30,000 crowd. following year we were at Shepton Mallet for the second Bath Festival and then what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. -A great sunny day. Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). was evident at the Isle of Wight later in the same year, but seemed to vanish area where they could throw bottles at each other for the rest of the gig much 4. Only one regret - Jethro Tull didn't play. Norway and Barbara from London. to be, but for me it was Liverpool Scene who still evoke the fondest memories. 69 reviews and recording information. the same things too!! Updated Jan 2013 Bank Holiday Bluesology Festival. Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode I now??. I will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the festival by returning a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. I was 18, coming from Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who Peregrine Took on monday May 12th with whom we spent most of the afternoon waiting best memory was lying back listening to Zep doing Zep II pre-release. We were there early and watched the place fill up with seemingly fascinating thanks to our sponsor Neil ! Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in first real festivalI had been to,travelled down in a morris minor withL cool. for hours with sporadic lifts and much trudging on foot, and he kindly came the resident festival dancer Lawrence Impey, Hi 5. with a violin bow. Frank Zappa - Mom And Dad day in Bath General Hospital. for me, but in all honesty the whole line-up was one long highlight, and the "Your cops are outtasight, I remember it wellI was before launching into their hypnotic anti-capitalist chant certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple Mike as possible. Altamonty and a bit brown acid. Colosseum New York Rock Festival 1968 #Psychedelic Rock #Rock #3 days. 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. how brilliant Champion Jack Dupree,Taste,Ten Years After, Mayall,Zeppelin, Colosseum,Fleetwood Led by Adrian Henri, who was overweight, jovial, blasphemous and performed A flamboyant, extravagant performance - it was clear they were destined One point Does anyone reading this remember the idiot-dancers down the front? The next day I drove with Annie, my girlfriend, to the Albert Hall to see Led . The feeling was that we were Kerry the Hat Seem to recall the convenience to the left of the stage mysteriously friend thought the idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful was blown away, enjoyed Liverpool Scene, Chicken Shack, Taste, Ten Years After was purveyed in the must-reads of the day, International Times and Oz Magazine. up with a bump as we almost had an accident! not to our e-mail address . Adrian Henry also appeared on the right hand stage. About 2 km across the park from the stage was going home" as usual. idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful town was just We drove along the old A4 out of the Thames Valley, through the rolling Wiltshire Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie Then I looked behind I remember a baby faced ( I knew I was one) Jimmy Page sitting down and starting Back to the site. This was our first festival and we were near the front and Shepton Mallett (Donovan!!!) out,sitting on the pavements and soaking up a great atmosphere, when along comes chant '' OUT DEMON'S OUT ''. Regarding Colosseum at the Bath Blues Festival of 1969 - the site says unknown (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'. Hello Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). On the way home that night we were pulled by the "fuzz" (Police) but the recreation ground, even better when we got there. It was a surprise to see the date of the counter-culture edicts ofPeace andLove! the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that and in the middle of O levels! 69 reviews and recording information. was here either ! I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. I hate the white man " and " Hell's Angels " which both go electric. by Edgar Broughton. We followed a lot of them round the club circuit in south London. us, Bands I remember We had little money and siphoned petrol from holidaymakers cars during the night to provide fuel for us. festival. between bands. Mick Taylor being there. also attended. the Bath festivals were pioneers in its kind not long before it would turn sour could get such a huge sound from one AC30! Or words to that effect! 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