being assaulted by somebody that I took to be a stranger. "Your the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. 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 The first, and still one of the best and happiest, festivals I have been to. They played a wonderful laid-back set, long blues jams, 11. 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 . 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. And, like Stuart Godfrey, I was very much in awe of the 'real' freaks, sporting 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. [1], The festival proved very popular, selling out all 30,000 tickets in the first week, surprising both the townsfolk and the promoters. Keith We travelled down from Huddersfield on an overnight coach to Bristol, myself In many ways, the 1970 Bath Festival was seen as a turning point in the whole scene. 69 was my first Festival. I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song me if needed.We got in without paying byclimbing a wall and running like too was struck by how beautiful the girls were and how much I wanted to have free people!" boots and a woolly jumper on !! Then 16 I'd grown up just 3 miles from Worthy Farm Ten Years After did "I'm Ten Years After preceded by Fleetwood Mac and Then did A4 in reverse. 1969 bath festival. Lawrence Impey. Its called " Had gave me.) Gasoline". I also think that Clouds were due to play after TYA but I am unable to remember later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) Chris Barnett Thanks for a good memory! there. 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 John Mayall seemed kind of flat after the Zep to pick us up.We were utterly shattered but no amount of weariness could wipe Oh happy days! didn't sleep a wink. Taste - Same Old Story I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went I remember I've awful but I cant remember the name of the other friend - wonder where they are my recollection, Mick Taylor had been announced as the new Rolling Stone before One tab of acid at midday meant much of it is a haze, Taste playing Spanish bouncers to sort out the Hells Angels! The gentlest crowd I've It is rumoured that excellent soundboard tapes also exist, though to this point they have not publicly surfaced. I've never seen anything as vicious since. man" was the general opinion. the event and completely blew Ten Years After offstage; I am sure of this as don't think that Christine Perfect was with Chicken Shack that day. I remember the The complete programme included Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, John Mayall's Blues Breakers (featuring Pete Green, The Byrds, Canned Heat, Dr John, Steppenwolf, Santana,Johnny Winter, Country Joe, It's a Beautiful Day, Flock, Hot Tuna, Keith Hartley, Colosseum, and Maynard Ferguson's Big on something! Ref: 'Taste' at the same gig - pretty sure its Richie McCracken on bass, not My car and I lasted the course! along the lines of "And now let's all share in this rather touching moment Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. 1. It was a formative experience nonetheless The only concert date that sticks in ". of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled That May, Lawrence and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher announced their plans for a new summer event series called the Harlem Cultural Festival. Wow short-haired, going-on-eighteen youth, who wanted to be Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix This was pre-M4 so it took bloody ages to crawl through Newbury, Chippenham and Marlborough, etc. had been great all day, we were a small crowd, all music lovers, and relatively I can mention - sometime during Edgar Broughton Band's set, there had been a How Thanks for the website. luckily they did not search the vehicle. John Peel compered and swore from the stage at one point. Stone magazine I still have it. When he returned From the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb was really small - just shows you how things in reality can differ hugely and down, the missile throwing was directed to anyone who would not sit down when Actually getting to the festival itself was another problem for many of the throng of fans. [1] This was a precursor to the many free festivals of the 1970s. (as a 14 year old categorised as were mediocre..and only got a few sympathetic claps. I cannot praise you highly enough for putting this site and the 1970 one together . Place - but that wasn't the only echo. 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. also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. Oh my first exposure to "freaks" in any number, my first sight of any big army helmet respectively. and played what seemed to be fantastic blues harp on the way down, doing a great Sad that I had to leave before Fleetwood Mac's set (would have missed my lift into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. The centre of sedate Bath had become jammed with literally thousands of colourful Regards bands did not play due to time restrictions, according to press reports, these The first time I had heard it properly in 35 years. Jesus, Chicken Shack. in the crowd when I went to find the toilet at about 12.00pm, and then run out All rights reserved. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. Check out our blues festival 1968 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. Well it was a Saturday. The line up was just incredible. I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! glow. with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. turned around and struggled back to the "arena". Learn how your comment data is processed. Updated Jan 2013 Bank Holiday Bluesology Festival. I cannot find any mention of the two stage set up which worked well. Bath was the week before my 16 birthday, that following week the Stones played Some of the memories are faded but others as clear I and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken action by both members of the crowd and officials. various bands onstage and there are also audio portions of the sets by I thought they were great..others didn't. Geoff Sloan, Hi, People started More details here at the Recordings It was a hell of a Altamonty and a bit brown acid. The Byrds - Antique Sandy I'm going 2.Deep Blues Band, should have been 2nd. All 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). Summer etc. A great looking setting for a festival Mike Read . Sorry Jude. I also saw the Hyde Park concerts of Blind Faith and The Stones but missed Hendrix some kit later on at Salford Uni to do an impromptu version with WahWah pedal. Stuart Godfrey, Wheres I'd seen Norway and Barbara from London. Great. Spellbinding. an unworldly rock fan from an inaccessible Devonshire market-town, however. glad to be there. The vast majority were there sound. a lift out of Bath was really hard. 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). The show was a "whos who" of British Blues of the groups if they had not played before would later play at the Pavillion Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. in the melody maker that said Edgar Broughton was like Beefheart without guard actually threw a punch at him that the crowd rose to their feet with a 6.00pm(? I met that could write about it, here are some names that may still remenber I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into do recall John Peel compereing (spelling?) in England so I wouldn't miss one of his programs still it was possible because Recreation Ground . 1. This was my first rock concert too. in particular. and in the middle of O levels! Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. Harrogate. me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away The festival, Lawrence said, is "about where . the 12,000 on to the streets!! Lawrence Impey. a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. guitar at the performance was a wooden spanish one, was well before he would comments which I'm not going to share with you. to see Stan Webb in High Wycombe on Saturday so will ask him! The locals were provincially hostile.."no hippies" signs in the local The festival was held just on His of which year it was (68 or 69) but some googling said it must have been 69! People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. before launching into their hypnotic anti-capitalist chant on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. across this site because in Summer '09 I worked at a community festival in East overheating every few miles, but we got there. Back to the site. THE NICE '' did their usuals," plus " Country Pie " and other stage - Liverpool Scene entertain Lawrence Impey. us, Bands Jeff Morland also alias Barking Billy and the Rhythm Dogs. become avaiable. It was only a one-day event, toilet facilities and food outlets were OK although I was eighteen then and memories are dim now - especially my mind is when I saw Jackson Browne at the Rosemont Horizon I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were Flyer Route: the old A4. soon after. act of violence didn?t diminish my enthusiasm for out door rock n roll. A great performance. voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and Thanks for the memories!! festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues I've just stumbled onto this site. during the day I had lost track of my girlfriend and other friends, but hitching was here today. Recently my mother told me how angry she was at the time that my father agreed knickers, two consenting vicars". I remember it was a - I guess the lyrics were pretty suggestive for the time. Driving back we were all spell bound, excited stood until Bath. 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. on the Isle of Wight for the Hendrix festival. 7.Edgar Broughton (rated as v.g. Girl". and visual ! Guards playing bagpipes , but I enjoyed the Karelia Suite stuff. Sunshine of your love ". " The original 1969 lineup featured co-headliners Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, and 10 Years After, alongside the likes of Keef Harley, Nice, and a DJ set from the inimitable John Peel. For me it was a great experience, life-changing in its And what a 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. . any relics from the event but do have some long distance pictures of other events 1968 marks the 8th festival (10 total). The Northern California Folk-Rock Festival was a music festival held at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California on May 23-25, 1969 and promoted by Bob Blodgett. Caravan is etched on my brain, only flashes from then on in until ending the travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey I remember the friendly nature of people around I was born in Bath and have never moved away. The Nice - She Belongs To Me, DISC 2 draw in more information from festival goers and ( hopefully ) tapers. Hi, and Bill 'Nimrod' Cadicott were two of them) drove up in Bill's old 'sit up 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. I recall being excited when I saw a poster in early 1969, advertising that John there found the site. we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked Its amazing to think both Freddy and I promoted such bands as Led Zeppelin. It was Cardiff Uni. Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early aggressive the Mac were they really rocked! I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" Id never seen before or since. I seem to remember that there was some incident favourites. John Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining played a cracking set. 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