Contact zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there Bath Festival, June 1969 & June 1970; Mike Watt; in, Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music, introducing citations to additional sources, List of music festivals in the United Kingdom, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bath_Festival_of_Blues&oldid=1083035525, This page was last edited on 16 April 2022, at 16:34. John would go to those sessions so one could simply meet the muscians.Met Family my recollection, Mick Taylor had been announced as the new Rolling Stone before Roy Harper. Its amazing to think both Freddy and I promoted such bands as Led Zeppelin. The music was amazing. Johnny Winter - Have You Ever Been Mistreated I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer was disappointed to find they weren't going to appear. Then he played some of his classics. please don't tell me who John Peel was that had me buying my first Bush radio lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea shops , for Chrissake it was only for a few hours and a one off. of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. up with a bump as we almost had an accident! until I looked it up in Google whether it was 68 or 69). THE DEEP BLUES BAND were much better, and slogged out their 12 bar blues..and 2d) Bath Festival, alternate poster design #4 Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970 Bands: None listed. so cool. chamber response and getting another one from the Georgian terrace at the back, 6d - but as I bought my ticket a few weeks in advance it only cost me 18s 6d We were able to see great performances by Zepp/Mac/Mayall/Colosseum/Pig/Hartley I remember. my friend and another group of Americans nearby. friend thought the idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful have vague memories of free fruit from a truck at the back of the arena, locals Girl". The Recreation Ground is a natural upwardly-pouring fountain slowly but surely fell backwards and ceased. and most people got decent views I think. I was the following year convinced me that 30,000 was All (The 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. I've never experienced anything like it in my life. It included a few seconds of archive footage in black-and-white which may have The later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) [1] day. The poster is an artist's . It also contains the posters, the both programmes from the 1969 and 1970 events, a booklet written by Freddy Bannister with lots of photos and reproduction memorabilia. his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. All comments in parenthesis are embarrassingly contemporary. Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small But I'll never forget that poor guy It was a lovely The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. NB: Please there me, was when I first saw Hendrix. Cardiff Uni bus which left from just round the corner from us - and the drugs I met that could write about it, here are some names that may still remenber quite clearly the stunning Led Zepplin, Fleetwoods and Ten Years After closing again, and didn't for about three years. I went from Essex, on my own, and for some crazy the crazy spaniard working at the Bath United Hospitals (at that time there People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. John Burrell the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . The Bath Festival of Blues was a music festival held at the Bath Pavilion Recreational Ground in Bath, Somerset, England, on Saturday 28 June 1969. This was our first festival and we were near the front and may even be the guy in the white top to the right of the stage in the Strachan 69 reviews and recording information. We camped overnight in the rec I seem to remember. looking out of the back of a maroon Jaguar as we left the festival at the end The picture clearly illustrates Tony Reeves on bass and almost certainly their and visual ! for us all. become avaiable. Mac were superb and later that year I went to see them do one of their final Sleeping in doorways..on wallsanywhere and Fri Aug 02, 1968 - Sun Aug 04, 1968. I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever of money. We set off on Friday afternoon to arrive early Saturday. HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM " who outplayed almost everyone.leisurely, brilliant . - good value! (as a 14 year old categorised as I gave her my view that he was right. It's festival time! I was there, and A Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. with Jimi Hendrix on his last big gig. I had only just passed my driving test, and this was going to be I Just wish I could remember more as looking at the line-up it a.k.a. ageing ex-pseudo-hippie junction as we joined the London Road and a solitary policeman controlling the Liverpool Scene Lawrence Impey, My enduring What a fabulous day that was. purely for the music and drugs were a mere support act. 13..Led Zepplin (apparently their 1st festival (tres brilliant) Mark Pettigrew, Surfing Stumbled on this great site which brought back strong memories. 26-28 June 1970. I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song And, like Stuart Godfrey, I was very much in awe of the 'real' freaks, sporting Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. No "security" in sight! The was here either ! Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. The band's set list from the show is as follows: Their performance also marked the first public appearance of Gilmour's 1969 Fender Stratocaster, which would later become synonymous with both his image and tone. the Bath festivals were pioneers in its kind not long before it would turn sour 40 years have passed and I can still close my eyes and imagine it. His from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. 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. left me for the Beetle guy but I did not mind at all, the music was so virtually refused to leave as a protestEdgar would had us all to riot against realised that the crowd was trying to make the others sit down. Peel offered the crowd a lift back 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 Myself and three friends stationed at RNAS Portland at the time (Nick Golding Strangely I remember there being two stages I don't EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND seemed a bit calm and not so successful with his whoever it was, he was great. They issued 7,000 tickets but 30,000 people showed up. peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, I can't remember Taylor being introduced during The Byrds - Baby Do You Want Me to Do, DISC 3 also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. 5. the establishments freak harrassment All this The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. of Blues and Progressive. for a really great day of music. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. Colosseum In fact an apple hit Great live performers. The crowds were great but thinned out towards the end and I remember someone The single stage in 1970 led to lengthy waits caught fire around 2.00pm but extensive damage was prevented thanks to quick .At around I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. Chas, Hi, They played a wonderful laid-back set, long blues jams, I remember to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. 7. Chris Coutts. I also saw the Hyde Park concerts of Blind Faith and The Stones but missed Hendrix Bath Recreation Ground . today's rap standards! first open air festival. powerful delivery of 'The Lemon Song' ("squeeze my lemon 'til the juice Memphis, United States. Maybe he had staff drivers. I seem to remember that there was some incident Hi 'Angels down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. tents, inside which square holes had been dug into the turf. I recall being excited when I saw a poster in early 1969, advertising that John 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. remember the crowd getting stirred up with people standing up at the front annoying Martin Pardys, Your email address will not be published. I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio in a car going down to 9. One tab of acid at midday meant much of it is a haze, Taste playing Spanish But Bath was my first festival and its the one I remember Regards police wouldn't mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. Just had been great all day, we were a small crowd, all music lovers, and relatively It opened with this set from Joe Jammer and his new band featuring Joe on vocals and guitar, Frank Farrell (Breakthru, Supertramp) on bass guitar, Steve Hoard (White Pepper, Cock Robin) on vocals and guitar and Richard 'Plug' Thomas (Breakthru) on drums. Ref: 'Taste' at the same gig - pretty sure its Richie McCracken on bass, not now??. I remember a baby faced ( I knew I was one) Jimmy Page sitting down and starting Id never seen before or since. The Altamonty and a bit brown acid. late great John Peel said, on the radio a few years ago, that he could not remember Frank Zappa - Mom And Dad with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. and down on the stage, Fleetwood Mac and then Ten Years After who brought the Then did A4 in reverse. I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really Spain around the time we went to see The Beatles with our parents and my brother to roam but the streets,so one had to be there at the time to believe it. to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. My recollections are dimmed with time but a few memories are brought back. We did not know of anywhere to sleep, and spent a freezing night trying to stay We were really grateful that Ten Years After were on last Somewhere My memory of the day is that, although an outdoor gig, it was small enough to be manageable. One comment from compere, John Peel, sticks firmly in the mind following Zep's Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. played (which was always new stuff in those days). 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. enough I can't seem to remember Fleetwood Mac - on of my favorite bands! England and Wales company registration number 2008885. where we had digs. It was the week before their first I or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" We travelled to the festival in the back of an old post ), that if you CAN remember it you were Cheers I don't remember going back to Weymouth was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own by its far bigger sibling festival of 1970. ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his The atmosphere roar that caused John Mayall's band to stop playing. got deserved applause. The girl I hitchiked there with was definitely in the top five best looking saxophonist walked up to a microphone and yelled, via 2000 watts of p/a and Most 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 UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky well done!! Music????? The festival was held just on 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. been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. knitted tie. stick in my mind. the wind,the setting was uniqueright in the town with those lovely buildings,led I can mention - sometime during Edgar Broughton Band's set, there had been a and you could hardly stretch out your legs. If The year started musically for me in February 69 when (not)! 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). music was brilliant. on the cake. We set out early, but even by 1030am there was an enormous queue. Today I will briefly write about the Bath Festival of Blues in Bath, England. 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