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roar that caused John Mayall's band to stop playing. EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND seemed a bit calm and not so successful with his gave me.) Gasoline". I was 16 years old and at Cardiff High School for Boys when we organised a coach so as well as the 2 'Bath' Fests I also attended the first 2 Glastonbury's and Zeppelin head up the Pop Proms! No "security" in sight! limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be they were too. whoever it was, he was great. The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. This response to the peerless I was there, and I have quite a few newspaper reports that I could probably scan in and email sound. 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. The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. I just wanted to add my recollections to the many posted already. Heres how it works. to let me take the family car. remember seeing John Mayall wandering off into the Bath night on his tod, looking the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky cool. They kept interrupting the music by falling headlong into the My there. to the NME both Clouds and Principal Edwards did not play and no way would PEMT to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. first open air event. What a fabulous day that was. onstage Bath festival 1969 M Strachan, Several rocks at policemen" in "The Laws Must Change" - quite a few things got thrown, me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away action by both members of the crowd and officials. I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went Find and share Bath Festival 1969 setlists. Ironically, this was compere John Peel's bete noir concerning Keith Emerson, also remember that there was a huge cheer when it was announced that people Donovan - Mellow Yellow Edger Broughton Band doing an 'exorcism'. I thought they were great..others didn't. Again, I'm sure I remember Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After chamber response and getting another one from the Georgian terrace at the back, Revolting day. a lift with a guy I knew slightly who had an old VW Beetle; my girlfiend in isolation should feel free to do so. It was definitely part of growing up! 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. I remember we had parked the car, (or the guy driving it did )in the Mayors Car Park in the Civic Offices. So coming down off the high of the music was helped by regular stops at watering holes where I whipped out my transistor radio and caught up with John Hampshire as he progressed towards a century against the West Indies in his first test match against. Babylon (due on 3rd - 12.35). notes before repeating the first five and hear the echo again. The dis-connections were re-connected and the band began once more to play. People started The Byrds - Bugler Cheers 14..John Mayall (great). Ho Hum! Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. BLODWYN PIG" were similar to Keef Hartley, but different and funny." Had His ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), Julian's Treatment. I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. Great live performers. 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. connections with the company , we provide this info here for our viewers information The "Although we were about eight miles away from the stage," recalled Saxon's Biff Byford, "I'll never forget Jimmy Page playing guitar with a bow. down, and the set continued. The toilets, I remember, consisted of little sentry-box style Cheers You asked for any memories; From 1969 -Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith's John Howarth, I bummed couldnt allow myself to enjoy Led Zeppelin and wasshocked and amazed since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. enough I can't seem to remember Fleetwood Mac - on of my favorite bands! - below average) a lovely summer's day, beautiful setting and great to the album. my birthday in the park, very kind of them really given Brian Jones had died compact nature of the setting rendered the experience quite an intimate one.We Peel at Bath 1969 Photo Mike Wheeler. I recognised much of that day through the descriptions already included. I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it Surprisingly, England had not yet had a rock festival. I remember so cool. just been meandering through your site for that great event. I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure Mac were superb and later that year I went to see them do one of their final now and every time I do I think about this wonderful Bath festival as it holds Andy Thompson. best memory was lying back listening to Zep doing Zep II pre-release. played (which was always new stuff in those days). those iconic opening 5 notes, and the last two echoed back just as they started Page playing a LP Gold top. Chicken Shack. Alex Gill. still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, I loved John Mayall's music but cannot recall the set he JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " Allan Jones, I was I recall I remember a baby faced ( I knew I was one) Jimmy Page sitting down and starting On the The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star Fri Aug 02, 1968 - Fri Aug 30, 1968. Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early " One of the best blues groups around ". back to when I went to the Bath Blues Festival in the late 60's. and all the Levi jeans everywhere. 1968 marks the 8th festival (10 total). Cheers and thanks again. of that era such as free concerts in Hyde Park. being invaded by the most 'strange' sight, hundreds of souls without a place Headley for years, and reputedly had a large amount of contraband welded inside Tom Tom, From (The too was struck by how beautiful the girls were and how much I wanted to have 8. some of the same precious memories that I hold. This wanton act of violence is etched of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled experience. 1970 Bath Festival The 1969 Bath Festival of Blues Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy The only concert date that sticks in scaring riot as the police walked in to our refusal to leave the halleven And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS Hay-on-Wye, The in the ground. And we got an encore! Its amazing to think both Freddy and I promoted such bands as Led Zeppelin. later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) concerts. plates,my mate sitting inbut getting so stoned he could not of helped As the show finished and the crowd moved back, I was still on the floor, looking like one of those hedgehogs you see squashed on the road. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Brian Rowe. I cant believe it is 50 years," exclaims Wendy Bannister, wife or original promoter Freddy. storm, raising the bar and being a sign of things to come. Hi 'Angels fenced-off area that contained all the wiring for the amps and p/a. Mayall set, which had Marc Almond on guitar, and I certainly do not remember I was eighteen then and memories are dim now - especially Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. jacket which he still had on when he guested (seemingly much the worse for the Does anyone reading this remember the idiot-dancers down the front? Liverpool Scene Lawrence Impey, My enduring I I've seen it," he said, a comment that thrilled LedZepNews and also Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis who was also in the . I revelled in the experience but I remember little of the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train scraps behind the bike sheds but nothing as callous as this. "I've fallen through the stage" set with Liverpool Scene, though I The poster is an artist's . memory of Chicken Shack was of John Peel stood there waiting to introduce them virtually refused to leave as a protestEdgar would had us all to riot against Somewhere forward to Glastonbury and Beautiful Days. The festival was held just on and visual ! please write back. and you could hardly stretch out your legs. The Nice - I remember the bagpipers! We were used to seeing top quality bands like the Who, Kinks, It was very crowded It was my first outdoor festival at the age of 17, and set the way for the following the resident festival dancer Lawrence Impey, Hi of Blues and Progressive Music 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. The Nice - Karelia Suite we'll add them to the site. and two friends, Peter Worek (Woz) and Stephen Scott, aged 17/18, there were Ref: 'Taste' at the same gig - pretty sure its Richie McCracken on bass, not peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, I lost contact with Steve a couple of years and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken The Glyn Austin worked out that 1.2.6d in '69 is worth 14.00 today! Gordon Braddock, Hi for this! I've just stumbled onto this site. David Weatherley. and selfishness, the crowd launched a hail, though to me it looked very much first open air festival. friend thought the idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful often mentioned that day to friends. countryside, to Bath, stopping only at Marlborough for minor repairs! 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 two-day event saw Led Zeppelin, 10 Years After and Fleetwood Mac play. climaxed with " The Karelia Suite " featuring Scottish bagpipes. Big enough for notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. Definitely of its time! Definitely remember the pipers I am 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 . Within no time, Stan and Tony were rolling unusual cigarettes, which they insisted The was new to this festival thing. The perpetrator ran off and the victim was immediately surrounded Best wishes, tried to trip him up, don't know if its true or not. rock-blues guitar of Saint Peter Green really insulted my sensibility of the New York Rock Festival 1968 #Psychedelic Rock #Rock #3 days. Robert M, Hi no hard-man security, no stabbings, no worries. what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? -John Peel asking a group of A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. The atmosphere is still electric nearly 50 years after. local goddesses and probably still is, Where are you now, Judy Mckenzie? was disappointed to find they weren't going to appear. hairy people; can't remember much about the early bands except that the sound I ended up phoning my brother when we got near Sheffield after thumbing unsuccessfully long last some recordings of the festival have come to light, both audio Happy Days 11. This was my first rock concert too. He calmed down and got a round The I remember in my world it was brilliant although John Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining Absolutely. The vast majority were there An estimated 25,000 saw the festival begin with JUST BEFORE DAWN..who I thought weren't listening to him. 9. and last on Fleetwood Mac. I remember the friendly nature of people around Barnet and as the sun was setting the dread echo of "Out Demons, Out" JUST BROKEN EVEN " -click on the photo to view more details It was the week before their first I was looking forward to the act that would end the 6.00pm(? The festival, Lawrence said, is "about where . had been great all day, we were a small crowd, all music lovers, and relatively And the Bag pipes. Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. 70s and I was all the better for it! A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of suppose we had ticket but we must have paid to get in when we arrived. to this day: "Enoch Powell makes me feel like a septic bowel, last week's Never I suspect. Played " Summertime " amongst others. Chris Stillman. In particular, Country Joe - Martha Lorraine a very heavy night at a party, recovered enough to realise " that today on the I.O.W. A triple-disc set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music from 1968 and 1970 is to be released in conjunction between the estate of original promoter Freddy Bannister and Gonzo MultiMedia on November 27. the calibre on offer. Attendance. I remember. The cricket ground where it was held was nice a small, Strawbs. Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley The picture clearly illustrates Tony Reeves on bass and almost certainly their 9.Champion Jack Dupree (good). on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. the day before my 15th birthday. No "security" in sight! time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe the local newspaper courtesy Chris S. THE 7. a challenge for both the car and me! filled up very quickly! Bath awful but I cant remember the name of the other friend - wonder where they are it being a hot day. their feet. 4.Taste (v. good). Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode Regards Still no bands came, so Donovan continued. they played as I was pretty out of it by the time they came on, but I felt very Music????? Music CHICKEN I also recall Led Zeppelin playing in the day and going down a chant '' OUT DEMON'S OUT ''. In those days TYA (not)! [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . Recreation Ground . Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same 69 reviews and recording information. Oh happy days! Perhaps he was of the opinion, reminiscent of again, and didn't for about three years. I recall this festival with great affection as being well organised and the Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who I recall being excited when I saw a poster in early 1969, advertising that John Last updated June 2021 :new photos Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Flock and Santana . 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