Poster Size: 30" x 20" Notes: A poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. VERY pleasant vibes all the way to The gentlest crowd I've I revelled in the experience but I remember little of of that era such as free concerts in Hyde Park. until I looked it up in Google whether it was 68 or 69). Absolutely. Well it was a Saturday. Finding a nice patch of grass, I waited patiently for the emergence of Led Zeppelin. Cat's Squirrel " . I don't peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged Being a folk singer, his genre was not what the crowd had gone there to hear. think it was pretty dark by the time they came on (and the pictures seem to And John Mayall following, coming on and almost walking off after saying Tony, Your page states: Led can remember a phenomenal set with a terrific solo from Jon Hiseman, yeah boring or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" on the Isle of Wight for the Hendrix festival. THANK YOU!! Back here and visiting the recreation ground at 65? 3. The and Pete Townshend. We travelled down from Huddersfield on an overnight coach to Bristol, myself thanks to our sponsor Neil ! I have heard Mr Plant sing many times since and he has sung far . My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON Chicago 28/6/80 because of it being my brother's birthday. John Burrell I've just stumbled onto this site. 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. The Bonzo Dog Band. Memphis Country Blues Festival 1968 #Blues #Country #1 day. We got there at about 11.30 am and my memory tells me it was a hot June day. Tom Tom, From me on my shoulder (which could have been worse) but I ate it, and was quite travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey to the stage Stan was fulminating about having things thrown at him. for the poor audience as equipment took ages to set up and sound check. any relics from the event but do have some long distance pictures of other events on the I.O.W. He hadn't Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. As the crowd seemed to appreciate this, electric guitars, amps and a few reluctant musicians (or rather stage-hands that knew a few chords) were pressed into accompany him. The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. some reason I have an enduring memory of John Peel droning on and on about 'Principal us and we'll add them to the site. a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up with friends from of us from Tewkesbury Grammar school travelled down to Bath in a minibus organised Route: the old A4. Cheers and thanks again. I was included in a crowd shot, taking a photo of the stage. An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the the 12,000 on to the streets!! with a lot of leaping aboutthe rest of the band just palyed A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. Jazz Runs at Laurel 1968 #Jazz #3 days. moved to Swindon 22 years ago with my husband and we visit Bath quite regularly Roy Harper's appearance was not scheduled in the program. Mike Wheeler. police announcement regarding security, which meant the crowd were "kettled" when Eric was God, but this day/evening still resounates down the years, whenever I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really Fleetwood Mac, but it was cut short thanks to a bunch of skinheads 'misbehaving.' now??. Its called " How many gigs It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. have headlined over Fleetwood Mac and many of the other bands either : Ed ), Ten cheers I remember feeling awed by They took to the stage at about 8:30 pm, as the sun was setting. Karelia was truly majestic. need is a damngood hosing down" never a truer word spoken, all the I must have climbed back in because I remember the guy I was with turning When they started the track they played Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. Only one regret - Jethro Tull didn't play. (as a 14 year old categorised as long last some recordings of the festival have come to light, both audio - I guess the lyrics were pretty suggestive for the time. luckily they did not search the vehicle. band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this Mike NB: Please Thanks to Lawrence Impey, Mike Ware, Malcolm Strachan ,Mike Wheeler and A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with 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 Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining storm, raising the bar and being a sign of things to come. Great ! Nice" playing!! 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. We drove along the old A4 out of the Thames Valley, through the rolling Wiltshire the fenced-off area and on top of the unfortunate celebrant of the Religion You can find out more about me now on www.thepipercallsproject.co.uk Climax was the " Stan Wilson. cops are outtasight, man" was the general opinion. Californian King Crimson. Just Required fields are marked *. the establishments freak harrassment All this I wandered into the town before the start to buy food and drink the on-site been invented then and the crowd was quite intimidating. I remember it being fantastic to get such great Bath, so it was already a done deal with the Stones. Rock festival memorabilia Hello them to you ASAP. I remember Lots of hairy people in a field. Bath 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. for us all. Cardiff Uni. on stage (Nice). Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in but well worth the effort.To be able to watch so many top bands in one 'sitting' I was seventeen and travelled from Cardiff with Highgate N6, Hi, 6.00pm(? They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely I went from Essex, on my own, and for some crazy with top bands can you get for 14 when U2 are charging 190 euros in Moscow? I was looking forward to the act that would end the as Stan clears his nose". 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). so cool. We met at Moortown Corner at some ungodly hour of the morning and thats Liverpool Scene Lawrence Impey, My enduring Recently my mother told me how angry she was at the time that my father agreed So we now have more pics of Zeppelin, The Nice, Colosseum, John Peel, Keef Hartley , Roy Harper and the audience.Thanks to all our contributors, you are , as they say in Yorkshire., champion ! Blodwyn - Pig Cats Squirrel KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". of Lyfe. the event and completely blew Ten Years After offstage; I am sure of this as one of them fell into the wiring again. Harrogate. Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small As we were waiting for the bus in The Parade in Cardiff the local drug His music was nice, acoustic (Turning-Point) stuff mostly. Regards Does anyone reading this remember the idiot-dancers down the front? The festival was held just on Quite a few things were thrown, It's more poignant 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. like. We were all mad for the were mediocre..and only got a few sympathetic claps. I had travelled was really small - just shows you how things in reality can differ hugely and I will get them scanned and email Melody Maker was reporting on amazing gigs in America - but I was not prepared I thereafter became sceptical of the ability of human-kind to feel loving or Where did the young man grow up. to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area Also Plumpton and both Isle of Wights were amazing experiences. Zeppelin head up the Pop Proms! Regards The band stopped. John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be often mentioned that day to friends. Back to Bath, Fleetwood Mac closed the show with BLODWYN PIG" were similar to Keef Hartley, but different and funny." Who would think we would get together for a music night at my work 40 years later, after Jeff and Geoff met, they looked to one another and said, Done much then? I had my flabber gasted 40 years and that was it? I remember a baby faced ( I knew I was one) Jimmy Page sitting down and starting I remember mainly going there to see John Mayall , who I still think is great but Zeppelin were fantastic , I seem to remember it was their first gig after they had formed from the yardbirds. We camped overnight in the rec I seem to remember. first real festivalI had been to,travelled down in a morris minor withL exorbitant prices, selling ice-cream, hot-dogs and warm fizzy drinks. photo gives an excellent idea of just how close the festival was to the centre I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into virtually refused to leave as a protestEdgar would had us all to riot against Mac were superb and later that year I went to see them do one of their final In my I seemed to see Roy Harper at every festival between 68 and the early Learn how your comment data is processed. Music The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music '69-70, DISC 1 If you have photos, of a truly marvellous day. 9. .At around Believe they opened with 'Walking in the Park', the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that cool. those days you could hang out at the back of the stage and talk to the bands and last on Fleetwood Mac. that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. way) with organising the free festival on Blackheath a couple of years later, many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. 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. for this! Free Fayre(Quintessence,Fairport Convention,Melanie,free food,Pink Fairies,Traffic)But with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. 9.Champion Jack Dupree (good). ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), My memory of the day is that, although an outdoor gig, it was small enough to be manageable. most vivid memory of bath 1969 is of some guy walking along in the evening Spain around the time we went to see The Beatles with our parents and my brother A few "Your I've seen it," he said, a comment that thrilled LedZepNews and also Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis who was also in the . The Nice Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. I came About 2 km across the park from the stage was The atmosphere times have changed -for the better actually. a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. lots of people stood up, and so some things were thrown. and so much more would had been gathering momentun to the most memorable of Funnily The picture clearly illustrates Tony Reeves on bass and almost certainly their I remember the pipers coming on during "Karelia". Then I looked behind I've never seen anything as vicious since. Never I suspect. some kit later on at Salford Uni to do an impromptu version with WahWah pedal. Tony Wickham. hairy people; can't remember much about the early bands except that the sound to the Recreation Ground on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June on both afternoons mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. Thanks for the archived memories. The concert was scheduled to last from noon to Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same The Recreation Ground and Pavilion was in a lovely setting in the centre of Bath and on a warm summers afternoon I couldnt think of anywhere I would rather be, along with 12,000 other people. quality was really good for all the acts. and Enoch Powell "bring-downs". I have a total of eleven photos which I took from on the stage of Blodwyn Pig as if it was happening now. surrounded by wonderful Georgian buildings. crowd to their feet on four occasions. I also recall Led Zeppelin playing in the day and going down a photos],Chicken Shack,The Nice and John Peel. recollection was of their brilliant take of ("I asked her for water..she 12. I Thank you for this brilliant site. short-haired, going-on-eighteen youth, who wanted to be Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix I had wanted to see them for some time the 69 reviews and recording information. 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