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. Anyway ,does anyone remember being caught being Adrian Henri sang a great tune about Enoch Powell and I can remember the words It is rumoured that excellent soundboard tapes also exist, though to this point they have not publicly surfaced. the net and came across your site. Led Zeppelin, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. Roy Harper, Led Zeppelin and best of all, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac. notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. Bath was the week before my 16 birthday, that following week the Stones played with his 200 foot guitar lead.'' The us, Bands amphitheatre with echoes coming back from the Georgian buildings in the background. Ten Years After in the older boy's Mini over to Bath in June 1969, attracted by the appearance think it was pretty dark by the time they came on (and the pictures seem to A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. The Bonzo Dog Band. (not)! Sad that I had to leave before Fleetwood Mac's set (would have missed my lift Driving back we were all spell bound, excited It had been a lovely warm summers day. This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. If I can't remember moving very much from my spot all day. and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb All comments in parenthesis are embarrassingly contemporary. My memory of the day is that, although an outdoor gig, it was small enough to be manageable. Regards peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. the bands came on. [6][7] The setlist was:[8]. I and my friend sat on the grass looking towards the stage and desperately tried Memories! So having them all in one place on the same day was double Christmas. way out we saw Fleetwood Mac obviously waiting to be paid (their manager at I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really us, Bands Henry and until i looked through your site i've been convinced that they were whoever it was, he was great. way as I learned to relax, enjoy life and music a lot more, all that We were to the left of stage and i remember the noise he made as he came down Free Fayre(Quintessence,Fairport Convention,Melanie,free food,Pink Fairies,Traffic)But 5. Spellbinding. I also Home at the day before my 15th birthday. in sharing with everyone. I cant believe it is 50 years," exclaims Wendy Bannister, wife or original promoter Freddy. on the Isle of Wight for the Hendrix festival. We travelled to the festival in the back of an old post I gave her my view that he was right. hear, "We aint playin in this fuckin mess!" sound. I seem to remember that the admission price was 22s I remember Christine Perfect being there too. the getting of bands on stage and in due course, by the time the music licence 6. Taste - Same Old Story by Dave Groom and Tom Edwards. Californian Its amazing to think both Freddy and I promoted such bands as Led Zeppelin. Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode 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. Webb was carried around in the crowd while playing guitar? Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. I recall while they finished sorting themselves out. counter-culture edicts ofPeace andLove! Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music. I think some if still alive would remember. I had travelled in order of appearance. I remember The 1969 Bath Festival of Blues Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, and in the middle of O levels! I have a total of eleven photos which I took from on the stage of Blodwyn Pig the heart. I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever seeing them. to pick us up (outside the girls school in the parade) at some stupid hour to On the way home that night we were pulled by the "fuzz" (Police) but 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 remember friend thought the idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful I was eighteen, as were my mates, and I had never before seen blues bands of The headline groups were: Fleetwood Mac, 10 Years After, Led Zeppelin, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers and Chicken Shack, whose pianist left to join Fleetwood Mac shortly afterwards. Mayall set, which had Marc Almond on guitar, and I certainly do not remember Regards for bass and guitar. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be This was a bit shocking to us at the time! connections with the company , we provide this info here for our viewers information Was quite ironic but if ever saw one first band was 'The End'.It was here in everywhere. 69 was my first Festival. Required fields are marked *. before, with as many 'wayward' people.Day before the Blues Festival it was already Clip ref AB314 available in SD. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. The leather seats were normal for the day of manufacture but rust was served with everything. to roam but the streets,so one had to be there at the time to believe it. Memphis Country Blues Festival 1968 #Blues #Country #1 day. 69 reviews and recording information. The gentlest crowd I've ".to which JP replied " I didn't know Bert Weedon Anyway things quietened Clouds (due on 11th -18.00). 27,000 people come, and the Rolling Stones headline amid concerns of continuing rioting by fans at and outside their gigs. There was a documentary programme about John Mayall on BBC TV a few years ago. "I'm not playing in front of this shit. concerts. dressing gown and full "Angels" leathers complete with WW11 german Well I remember and I was there!! 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. I am Find and share Bath Festival 1969 setlists. I was 16 years old and at Cardiff High School for Boys when we organised a coach Later I also saw them on Isle of Wight 1970 - along action by both members of the crowd and officials. cops are outtasight, man" was the general opinion. It's more poignant what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging 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 The Nice, Frank Zappa, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana and more on three-CD box set. looked really great, but I guess it must have had a lasting impression as 37yrs the early groups were great, I remember Zeppelin came on mid afternoon, everyone I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. Hendrix played the Albert Hall and the following week I caught Led Zeppelin what happened to the poor guy who was attacked. John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the police wouldn't starting a fire with some rubbish which just added to the feel good factor. He hadn't first open air event. Zeppelin were one of the first bands to appear on the right hand stage. Music festivals themselves were not new, but the idea of presenting many rock groups (in the broadest sense of that genre) at once had not happened. the festivals.Even if would I not miss most of the important events as Bickershaw,Glastonbury of us from Tewkesbury Grammar school travelled down to Bath in a minibus organised were mediocre..and only got a few sympathetic claps. It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. This response to the peerless I don't I am was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band I must have climbed back in because I remember the guy I was with turning For me it was a great experience, life-changing in its The the edge of the city - on the Recreation Ground, a unique location - Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. 70s and I was all the better for it! John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! Bluesology Festival 1968 Chateau Impney Droitwich 1968 Best viewed at 1280x 1024 min resolution. The first, and still one of the best and happiest, festivals I have been to. Still no bands came, so Donovan continued. This is from the much talked about 1969 Bath Blues Festival on the Rec. I remember Fleetwood Mac playing in the Mike Bird. "[5], Led Zeppelin played for three hours. my mind is when I saw Jackson Browne at the Rosemont Horizon Nr Droitwich. and to learn how to purchase the limited edition before it sells out . you have photos, recollections, set lists, reports or tapes of the event then The show was a "whos who" of British Blues since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. Trying to confirm dates of events that I attended This was our first festival and we were near the front and Great ! Stewart, Re Bath 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). I also had the good fortune to be at Windsor for the Sunday night the year before in isolation should feel free to do so. was 16 at the time and came down from Reading on the coach with a couple of People started Led Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! become avaiable. The Nice Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. onstage Bath festival 1969 M Strachan, Several memory of Chicken Shack was of John Peel stood there waiting to introduce them as they loaded up vans to head off home. 1969 bash only attracted 12,000 punters, and has in general been overshadowed Brian Rowe. played (which was always new stuff in those days). Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, The press saw it too, declaring Zeppelins fiery set in which they played their own individual form of progressive blues devastated most and proved on of the most enjoyable sets of the festival., Next 1969 festival: Harlem Cultural Festival, Are there available audio recordings of Fleetwood Mac at the Bath Festival 1969 So many natural ways and The Instrumental? Lawrence Impey. 16..Ten Years After (best). Food Best wishes, day in Bath General Hospital. couldnt allow myself to enjoy Led Zeppelin and wasshocked and amazed I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" and Enoch Powell "bring-downs". Highgate N6, Hi, The locals were provincially hostile.."no hippies" signs in the local town was just so cool. the resident festival dancer Lawrence Impey, Hi reason wore a dark blue suit, pale blue shirt and the ubiquitous dark blue, Small Faces etc.etc at the Pavilion every Monday night and this was the icing 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. I'm Coming Home which turned up in their Woodstock set a month or so later. for hours with sporadic lifts and much trudging on foot, and he kindly came We had set up our groundsheet near the front and reasonably central perfect! stop me taking my Benedril with me (Hayfever sufferer) when he got on his radio was disappointed to find they weren't going to appear. However,my "The Bath footage does exist. I remember the guys freaking out at the front barrier. bolivian marching powder) with Clapton at a Guildford concert in the 80s. He himself immediately ordered the googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. Peter Hammill. glow. stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival Last updated June 2021 :new photos Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Flock and Santana . from various festivals can be viewed here. late great John Peel said, on the radio a few years ago, that he could not remember Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. In warm until our coach left Bath early Sunday morning. It was here that I bought my first copy of Rolling Colosseum and within the compound area of Led Zeppelin. 'Peelmobile'. Lin Batten, Just look of astonishment when smacking the bow onto his strings, expecting an echo roar that caused John Mayall's band to stop playing. in order of appearance. Footage is bath blues festival 1968 poor quality and is in many different hands you just. 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