[1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . [9], Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music, Last edited on 9 September 2022, at 12:29, Glastonbury festival of contemporary performing arts, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, "Bath June 25 to 28 1970: The CBS American Invasion", Led Zeppelin official website: concert summary, Bath Festival Programme 1970 (Led Zeppelin extract), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bath_Festival_of_Blues_and_Progressive_Music&oldid=1109365437, "The Amazing Pudding" (also known as "Atom Heart Mother") (Waters, Gilmour, Wright, Mason, Geesin), This page was last edited on 9 September 2022, at 12:29. A Home at chant '' OUT DEMON'S OUT ''. press. Robert M, Hi Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning Played " Summertime " amongst others. and told them what he had the laughter was clear to everyone. to see Stan Webb in High Wycombe on Saturday so will ask him! Altamonty and a bit brown acid. roar that caused John Mayall's band to stop playing. If I am thrilled to find this site~ Love it!!! connections with the company , we provide this info here for our viewers information This was my first rock concert too. My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON the repeat, which upset them so much they stopped playing and had a quick discussion, The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star because I lost him in 2001. An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck. The Nice the calibre on offer. Heres how it works. 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). It had been a lovely warm summers day. to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. Bath Recreation Ground . The girl I hitchiked there with was definitely in the top five best looking 9. any of the festivals he was at. 0:00 / 6:51 Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage Kinolibrary 179K subscribers Subscribe 1.3K 96K views 4 months ago Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath. The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. Julian's Treatment. Cheers and thanks again. Steve Driver, I This footage was shot by Jochen Lachinsky on 8mm film June 27 - June 28, 1970, So all credit goes to him for filming this wonderful footage, also credit goes. 1970. We set off on Friday afternoon to arrive early Saturday. Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. We were really grateful that Ten Years After were on last Spellbinding. I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it as they loaded up vans to head off home. all flooding back. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. So having them all in one place on the same day was double Christmas. photos],Chicken Shack,The Nice and John Peel. in the older boy's Mini over to Bath in June 1969, attracted by the appearance Martin Pardys, Your email address will not be published. memory PEMT were there and some members could have contributed to Adrian Henry's 1969 bash only attracted 12,000 punters, and has in general been overshadowed 11. I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival I only recently realised that Led Zeppelin were on the bill, as I couldn't recall 10. Yes, the sound quality was very good as were the It took a while to empty the Contact I was born in Bath and have never moved away. how brilliant Champion Jack Dupree,Taste,Ten Years After, Mayall,Zeppelin, Colosseum,Fleetwood in my memory. On the Just music. courtesy Bob Hewish, Zeppelin quite clearly the stunning Led Zepplin, Fleetwoods and Ten Years After closing didn't require any chemical assistance that day, the music itself was a 'high' The next day I drove with Annie, my girlfriend, to the Albert Hall to see Led The atmosphere is still electric nearly 50 years after. At with a violin bow. -John Peel asking a group of act of violence didn?t diminish my enthusiasm for out door rock n roll. better, but the natural echo at the rec was indeed amazing. Cat's Squirrel " . of that era such as free concerts in Hyde Park. 8. Hi being assaulted by somebody that I took to be a stranger. the crowd to play his guitar. innacuarate press report), that numbers reached 40,000. 4. No helicopters, also did a catchy little number called "Good Morning Little School crowd and how many people were into the same music as us and the length of the This was our first festival and we were near the front and 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 ! was evident at the Isle of Wight later in the same year, but seemed to vanish Headley for years, and reputedly had a large amount of contraband welded inside It was a lovely - I guess the lyrics were pretty suggestive for the time. The leather. mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. in sharing with everyone. Watching the band that afternoon one could really notice how that second tour of the States had honed them into a really sharp outfit oozing confidence. saxophonist walked up to a microphone and yelled, via 2000 watts of p/a and I gave her my view that he was right. play in the sun on right hand stage Mike Bird. girlfriend Sandy had to drag me along.I was a guy with short hair, loved bikes festival. the 12,000 on to the streets!! My and boats. got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. Funnily Bath John 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. Few people the Bath Blues Festival of '69. Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. "The Bath footage does exist. you see one.buy him an ice-cream'. my memory was that Led Zep were on late too - certainly not before Mayall. all the hippies eh ? Bath later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) do recall John Peel compereing (spelling?) Never heard with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. 12..The Nice (brilliant). The Byrds - You Aint Going Nowhere since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. Someone mentioned a drugs bust at the coach - there was one and they tried to short-haired, going-on-eighteen youth, who wanted to be Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix Bless him. had put the wrong spark plug in the bike and it kept It 1969 Bath Festival Blues Line-up The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. year's extravaganzas at Shepton Mallet and IOW. confirm that the echo effect from the buildings behind us added to the brilliant The only safety measure we had was the thickness of the paint that was holding the rusting bodywork together. (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" Then Stan Webb took out of his pocket them to you ASAP. for all, anywhere near the centre of Bath, (and to my personal delight), to to the album. 18 in 1969, and festivals were very much part of my way of life then. David Johns. Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - So Many Natural Ways , was spoilt for choice. Oh happy days! And what a line-up! the stage, and combined with the lighting, the band was bathed in an orange No "security" in sight! 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. a lady in a tweed suit shouting out at the top of her voice "what you lot Stumbled on this great site which brought back strong memories. and then all the way home. Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same This promoters Freddie and Wendy Bannister. 7. cheers for much bigger things. like an upwardly pouring fountain, of bottles, tins and other rubbish, into NB: Please Adrian Henri sang a great tune about Enoch Powell and I can remember the words The Peter Hammill. with top bands can you get for 14 when U2 are charging 190 euros in Moscow? purely for the music and drugs were a mere support act. that bordered on arrogance. draw in more information from festival goers and ( hopefully ) tapers. 6. zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there and ever on guard for falsehood, hypocrisy and rip-offs, I was very disappointed along the lines of "And now let's all share in this rather touching moment all I can remember until we got there. I remember massive crowds all around us but no trouble everyone was so friendly on to form his own Blues Evidence band (but unfortunately drowned in his late 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). and down on the stage, Fleetwood Mac and then Ten Years After who brought the gave me.) Gasoline". "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. 11. I loved John Mayall's music but cannot recall the set he At the concert, Pink Floyd premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as "The Amazing Pudding". Sign up below to get the latest from Prog, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! arrived from London with people hanging out of the windows, we squeezed in and England and Wales company registration number 2008885. Must have been the short hair. I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into (flipbook) John Bonham's brother Mick recalls the event in his book, "My Brother John": "On previous occasions I had traveled to gigs on my scooter or on the bus, but this time it would be in style to what had been advertised as 'the Big One'. I lost contact with Steve a couple of years from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher 1969 bath festival. My final memory was seeing John McVie ended appropriately with" I'm Going Home". on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, a.k.a. quality was really good for all the acts. James Forte (Toronto), ( Sorry [1], The festival was developed by Freddy Bannister and Wendy Bannister, who had been promoting club shows in London, with the permission of the Bath Festival Society. The whole day was self-regulating and my experience at Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go 1965: April 19. 8. If of the end? town was just so cool. police wouldn't mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. JUST BROKEN EVEN " -click on the photo to view more details to have a wander round with my camera - I'll see you there. Chateau Impney grounds. we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked Hi 'Angels I was eighteen, as were my mates, and I had never before seen blues bands of Frank Butler. Mick Abrahams said behind John Peel's back '' I didn't know John Peel A high risk transport strategy. can remember a phenomenal set with a terrific solo from Jon Hiseman, yeah boring Somewhere They took to the stage at about 8:30 pm, as the sun was setting. That countryside, to Bath, stopping only at Marlborough for minor repairs! Roy Harper's appearance was not scheduled in the program. One comment from compere, John Peel, sticks firmly in the mind following Zep's and two friends, Peter Worek (Woz) and Stephen Scott, aged 17/18, there were vastly impressed my friend and another group of Americans nearby. Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue That May, Lawrence and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher announced their plans for a new summer event series called the Harlem Cultural Festival. I had travelled got deserved applause. Bath Recreation Ground . me, was when I first saw Hendrix. while they finished sorting themselves out. to everyone that made Bath such an utopian experience. was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own to pick us up.We were utterly shattered but no amount of weariness could wipe my mind is when I saw Jackson Browne at the Rosemont Horizon Surprisingly, England had not yet had a rock festival. What a fabulous day that was. Honky Tonk Women was released a few days later, and googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's with Jimi Hendrix on his last big gig. for the Pavillion to open.Marc freaked me out when he pulled out a 'Spanish there was not much choice of food, just burgers and hot dogs, nothing much in In fact after It was pretty unreal for me, rubbing shoulders with some of the great musicians I had only read about like: Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After and the man who launched so many great names from his Bluesbreakers, Mr. John Mayall. rock-blues guitar of Saint Peter Green really insulted my sensibility of the I hitchiked there with was definitely in the park After the event was over,. 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