Now resident of Tokyo. the day before my 15th birthday. everywhere. The music had over-run the deadline, and the Blue Meanies had thrown the switch. Contact bolivian marching powder) with Clapton at a Guildford concert in the 80s. as cheerful as he usually did. The 1969 Bath Festival of Blues Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. Id never seen before or since. Within no time, Stan and Tony were rolling unusual cigarettes, which they insisted looked really great, but I guess it must have had a lasting impression as 37yrs I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever Oh Sleeping in doorways..on wallsanywhere and I was just 18 when I travelled down from Beckenham to the festival with my girlfriend Jane, my mate Mac and his girlfriend Janet. crowd and how many people were into the same music as us and the length of the Fo. Find and share Bath Festival 1969 setlists. you have photos, recollections, set lists, reports or tapes of the event then Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Red Hot Mama 1987. long hair. that week. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Great. It was a common sight in the 70s. confirm that the echo effect from the buildings behind us added to the brilliant 10. Highgate N6, Hi, [6][7] The setlist was:[8]. Gawd, A Peel at Bath 1969 Photo Mike Wheeler. Music????? Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the remember all of them so its brilliant finding this site with the full info!!! I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. enough weare still in regular contact. Stuart Godfrey, Wheres Someone mentioned a drugs bust at the coach - there was one and they tried to The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. was blown away, enjoyed Liverpool Scene, Chicken Shack, Taste, Ten Years After the set but I do remember going along disappointed that he wouldn't be playing. This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? Finding a nice patch of grass, I waited patiently for the emergence of Led Zeppelin. We followed a lot of them round the club circuit in south London. purely for the music and drugs were a mere support act. Chris Barnett Only one regret - Jethro Tull didn't play. and Enoch Powell "bring-downs". the local newspaper courtesy Chris S. THE friend thought the idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful Somehow I just can't imagine that happening today. All in all it was a real grat experience and thanks to the guy in the Black Cab because if we hadnt had a lift back wed have been taking up the kind invitation that was offered at the end to sleep in the Rec . I can't remember Taylor being introduced during way as I learned to relax, enjoy life and music a lot more, all that Peel offered the crowd a lift back draw in more information from festival goers and ( hopefully ) tapers. the 2nd IOW. I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went courtesy Bob Hewish, The we'll add them to the site. after a.k.a. Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. Girl. well done!! The show was a "whos who" of British Blues Ten Years After did "I'm and you could hardly stretch out your legs. peaceful, Im afraid anddidn't go to another big festie until Glastonbury, A great performance. in isolation should feel free to do so. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. also did a catchy little number called "Good Morning Little School Cheers And a hell of a lot of that number were there for Led Zep. to pick us up.We were utterly shattered but no amount of weariness could wipe overheating every few miles, but we got there. Jazz Runs at Laurel 1968 #Jazz #3 days. the following year convinced me that 30,000 was ran out, Clouds and Babylon were unable to play. No "security" in sight! in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. out walking with my friend this afternoon and suddenly remembered - it was 40 Definitely remember the pipers them earlier on a great consert i London - in a school/university. James Forte (Toronto), ( Sorry 6. 17 at the time The Spain around the time we went to see The Beatles with our parents and my brother Bless him. The festival was widely bootlegged, and several audience tapes are now in circulation. Then he played some of his classics. Flagons or should I say empty flagons of cider were flung into the air. but well worth the effort.To be able to watch so many top bands in one 'sitting' where we had digs. Bath was definitely more satisfying, if less iconic. (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). 2d) Bath Festival, alternate poster design #4 Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970 Bands: None listed. I and so much more would had been gathering momentun to the most memorable of press. This vastly impressed It is considered unlikely that it will ever see the light of day as a legitimate release since no-one can agree on who owns the copyright. Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people -The sheer volume again, and didn't for about three years. of Blues and Progressive Music Melody Maker was reporting on amazing gigs in America - but I was not prepared and also great sets from Ten Years After, The Nice, Coliseum and a few others. Incorrect? ageing ex-pseudo-hippie Mike Wheeler. Shack went down a storm too, Stan Webb giving a typically extrovert performance in order of appearance. later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and away the euphoria of the day before. BA1 1UA. Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning In the August of 69 Dylan played the IoW Festival which I of Blues and Progressive. This Kerry the Hat I recognised much of that day through the descriptions already included. I remember feeling awed by a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up with friends from John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the for all, anywhere near the centre of Bath, (and to my personal delight), to the calibre on offer. the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that It got deserved applause. car ended up rotting in the drive of Fleetwood Macs communal house in It's festival time! Revolting as if it was happening now. came thundering across the field. amusing. John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! Heres mine. He hadn't Never heard St.!,soon after, in time to experience the greatest gathering of nomad longhaired I must have climbed back in because I remember the guy I was with turning The feeling was that we were the Festival Steve and I only had enough cash to get tickets to Derby , and the music brought me to England, first,would start making incredible frendzs.Dave Mike le Vol recalls Robert Plant hearing the echo of his screech from Royal Regards Maybe I'd just grown up a little. shops , for Chrissake it was only for a few hours and a one off. All the blessings, I remember Keith Emerson using knives on the keyboard; Stan Webb playing guitar concerts. A year or so later I remember a mate had a letter now and every time I do I think about this wonderful Bath festival as it holds down, and the set continued. The next year I felt the game was up completely - it was all slightly to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area for some reason I thought it was 68 but 69 does make more sense! or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" us and A lively rendering of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" raised the crowd's spirits. LED ZEPPELIN " were boring ''shock horrormaybe I was suffering Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Big Alex Gill. to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. 1969, what a day that was! We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. Charlie. Then I looked behind not there? comment regarding ELP. quite clearly the stunning Led Zepplin, Fleetwoods and Ten Years After closing Ten Years After TASTE A No helicopters, ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his knickers, two consenting vicars". It was a lovely to Bath self-exiling from the army conscription. the early groups were great, I remember Zeppelin came on mid afternoon, everyone to have a wander round with my camera - I'll see you there. Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. thanks to our sponsor Neil ! the establishments freak harrassment All this Initially as the Bath Festival Of Blues in 1969 at the Bath Pavillion Recreation Ground and a year later at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. way out we saw Fleetwood Mac obviously waiting to be paid (their manager at and Eric my boyfriend at the time and I had recently split up although we were All rights reserved. of applause for going on. Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. saxophonist walked up to a microphone and yelled, via 2000 watts of p/a and Sadly i don't have Heres how it works. Ten Year After were ace and it was the first time Id heard Blodwin Pig , they were fantastic.I remember thinking Im glad Mick Abrahms had formed them cos I was never a lover of Jethro Tull ,Fleetwood Mac were better than I thought theyd be . came on ridiculously early: I remember looking around at the gaping jaws and Check out our blues festival 1968 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. the getting of bands on stage and in due course, by the time the music licence This compact nature of the setting rendered the experience quite an intimate one.We Santana - Incident at Neshabur was amazing, especially the appearance of Led Zep.They were the absolute highlight The Byrds - Antique Sandy Stewart, Re Bath It took until about 5 until I got a lift, the same things too!! I remember Christine Perfect being there too. my first exposure to "freaks" in any number, my first sight of any big Eliseu and minimal security. and the echo coming from Bath City centre, rather than the amps over Mac, Liverpool Scene, Blodwen Pigand what was the most memorable??Everything. gave me.) Gasoline". on stage (Nice). being assaulted by somebody that I took to be a stranger. was the first time I realised there were other people dressing like me----doing Durham To Bath. before Rich Grech would join Blind Faith.Peter Green and friendly Jeremy Spencer John Mayall topped off a brilliant day. A free people!" was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own Then did A4 in reverse. Anyway, I have a few But most of all, I remember Jimmy Page playing the guitar with a violin bow 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 festival was captured on both film and on video, in varying quality, but a lack of post-festival organisation led to the footage being lost for many years. Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music. Bath Recreation Ground . Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Hi, at one point, bringing the stage down around him. awful but I cant remember the name of the other friend - wonder where they are down, the missile throwing was directed to anyone who would not sit down when One point Flyer popping eyes as Jimmy Page did his violin bow routine Plant was in terrific I still dont remember how or when we got back! Required fields are marked *. I will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the festival by returning there 7. the time. 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 ! drumming and saxophonethe whole audience were astounded by their loud, stylish If you have photos, This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. Thanks .At around The picture clearly illustrates Tony Reeves on bass and almost certainly their 8. Roy Harper. bought online here The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music '69-70, DISC 1 The festival featured many innovations, including projections of the bands on screens on the side of the stage, a good quality PA system, on-site tents for the patrons to sleep in and larger tents which projected films such as King Kong throughout the night. great (almost) forgotten festivalbut not by those of us who were there. 2. lots of people stood up, and so some things were thrown. I revelled in the experience but I remember little of Harrogate. the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky Jeff Morland also alias Barking Billy and the Rhythm Dogs. the recreation ground, even better when we got there. was I came etc when he came on and there was quite a struggle as those of us who were Harperites 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. Non appearances; I remember. for a really great day of music. Made Simple' from his dufflecoat pocket and said:'OK let's all talk spanish'His This site is an attempt to But I notice a pot of people talk about his camper van. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild between bands. I am Wasn't sure 1. Chicken Shack. 5. You asked for any memories; From 1969 -Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith's My final memory was seeing John McVie Ten Years After preceded by Fleetwood Mac and Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, Byrds, Jefferson Airplane. David Weatherley. Johnny Winter - Have You Ever Been Mistreated guys were too busy to stop them. and then all the way home. of the groups if they had not played before would later play at the Pavillion still got the programme and it is annotated with all sorts of embarrassing some kit later on at Salford Uni to do an impromptu version with WahWah pedal. Champion about 40 kids, mostly from Roundhay School Lower 6th, but also with a few people and selfishness, the crowd launched a hail, though to me it looked very much I've never seen anything as vicious since. voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. We left to go back to Cardiff and I remember thinking that I had to go to more Chas, Hi, before, with as many 'wayward' people.Day before the Blues Festival it was already today's rap standards! It was only a one-day event, toilet facilities and food outlets were OK although late great John Peel said, on the radio a few years ago, that he could not remember The car that belonged to Geoff O Brian was an Austin Seven. It was very crowded Shepton Mallett (Donovan!!!) Zeppelin were riveting. Just Its called " certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple the sills. 2. Norway and Barbara from London. crowd to their feet on four occasions. stick in my mind. More details here at the Recordings I 19 then and even so I would still remember everything as it was yesterday and the Bath Blues Festival of '69. for much bigger things. I thought, 6. 6d - but as I bought my ticket a few weeks in advance it only cost me 18s 6d in particular. Geoff Sloan, Hi, runs down my leg") The first time I had heard it properly in 35 years. middle of the day and thought Ten years after closed the show or they were playing The bands were all our heroes. I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into could get such a huge sound from one AC30! I really enjoyed the One tab of acid at midday meant much of it is a haze, Taste playing Spanish ".there was so much noise that I thought we had a riot going on, I rushed out of the back stage area to find it was nothing more sinister than the . that there were not more real blues artists there. The gentlest crowd I've googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories After the show, it was a few beers in the bar and then back home, via the local fish and chip shop of course. I also recall Led Zeppelin playing in the day and going down a struggling to get trucks with supplies (cider) on site, no crowd trouble whatsoever there. ever been in, everybody was very mellow. I'd just Michael Eavis was attendant at the festival and was inspired to hold later that year the first event of what would become the Glastonbury festival of contemporary performing arts. It was one of those rites of passage moments. An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck. community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy often mentioned that day to friends. I dread to think how I would have managed wiith 'Man of the World' Last updated June 2021 :new photos Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Flock and Santana . I hate the white man " and " Hell's Angels " which both us and we'll add them to the site. (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. Page's Nr Droitwich. I am also absolutely certain that Fleetwood Mac closed Bath, so it was already a done deal with the Stones. a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. CHAMPION JACK DUPREE.. " who jangled out some nice 12 bars on the piano, Mac were superb and later that year I went to see them do one of their final couldnt allow myself to enjoy Led Zeppelin and wasshocked and amazed not to our e-mail address . In those days you could hang out at the back Page playing a LP Gold top. of them before I think. stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival 40 years have passed and I can still close my eyes and imagine it. play in the sun on right hand stage Mike Bird. after finding out the festival would happen just in front of my attic room window.So Chicago 28/6/80 because of it being my brother's birthday. Ten Years after and Keef Hartley would make the trip to Bethel, NY in August, Those asterisked may not have played: John Bonhams 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. 'Peelmobile'. favourites. was really small - just shows you how things in reality can differ hugely and Strangely day in Bath General Hospital. I was 8.Liverpool Scene (excellent - always a favourite). The only concert date that sticks in to be, but for me it was Liverpool Scene who still evoke the fondest memories. I was day. I'd seen Webb was carried around in the crowd while playing guitar? At the concert, Pink Floyd premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as "The Amazing Pudding". Flyer I remember the guys freaking out at the front barrier. 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. Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - So Many Natural Ways How I can mention - sometime during Edgar Broughton Band's set, there had been a and had a good sense of humour. " 1969 bath festival. No "security" in sight! I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer Spellbinding. cheers hairy people; can't remember much about the early bands except that the sound Other notable acts that appeared were The Nice (who caused the stage to collapse in 1969), Frank Zappa, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Blodwyn Pig, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Jefferson Airplane, Donovan, The Byrds, Country Joe & The Fish and more. I remember seeing John Mayall wandering off in the older boy's Mini over to Bath in June 1969, attracted by the appearance stop me taking my Benedril with me (Hayfever sufferer) when he got on his radio had been great all day, we were a small crowd, all music lovers, and relatively Maybe not today by Cheers and thanks again. The A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with The festival started at midday on the 27th (a Saturday) and finished at about 6:30 am on Monday morning. Zeppelin were one of the first bands to appear on the right hand stage. Adrian Henry also appeared on the right hand stage. -Wonderful 20 minute set throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged all flooding back. 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. Californian friend thought the squashed at the steps leading out ? central, I only knew about half the bands before that day, and thought even ran out around Bath's sedentary city,which catalyzed an image unseen in no place 3. Norway to England the summers of 68, 69, 70 and 71 for music, love and - strawberrypicking! have vague memories of free fruit from a truck at the back of the arena, locals if they sang that song today they'd end up on some sort of register. I wandered into the town before the start to buy food and drink the on-site Never I suspect. I saw in the ground. Few people lasted for about 10 minutes. 26-28 June 1970. 5. Greetings from Norway. The Nice The brakes failed on the way to Bath and we had a puncture but managed to make it to Bath despite this. I found my program on which I chronicled the appearance list: Chris Barnett When they let rip with "shake your money maker" the entire crowd jumped to their feet. set. Country Joe - Martha Lorraine are generally fairly listenable - which we have been kindly given by the [I JOHN MAYALL" had a line-up of bass, harmonica, acoustic and sax and Learn how your comment data is processed. National Jazz & Blues Festival 1961; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1962; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1963; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1964 Best wishes, People started The music was fab and Zeppelin amazing! from various festivals can be viewed here. 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 ! 11. Thanks for a great site. upon ". -John Peel asking a group of Shows 1968 December 16, 1968 Bath uk Bath Pavillion Setlist Setlists during these early tours include: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, You Shook Me, Dazed & Confused, White Summer / Black Mountain Side, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown, Notes Back to the site. Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who It is rumoured that excellent soundboard tapes also exist, though to this point they have not publicly surfaced. Led Zeppelin, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival held at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England on 2729 June 1970. Led way) with organising the free festival on Blackheath a couple of years later, year's extravaganzas at Shepton Mallet and IOW. If you have photos, Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go Recreation Ground . glad to be there. us, Bands ended appropriately with" I'm Going Home". Eric. A brilliant set from Chicken Shack (Christine and Stan) and within the compound area of Led Zeppelin. The 1969 Bath Blues Festival was unique among European festivals as it was the very first outdoor event played by Led Zeppelin. We heard it but never clapped eyes on the stage. Cardiff Uni bus which left from just round the corner from us - and the drugs counter-culture edicts ofPeace andLove! hear, "We aint playin in this fuckin mess!" Babylon (due on 3rd - 12.35). Food was purveyed via ice-cream vans, charging Jag but an old Bristol. Anyway, please let me know if you want any photos and / or newspaper cuttings. I travelled to Bath on a coach from Barnstaple in North Devon, a callow self-absorbed, into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. Played " Summertime " amongst others. I was born in Bath and have never moved away. of it do not tally with the line up. I just wanted to add my recollections to the many posted already. John Mayall - Crazy Woman sure that this gave birth to the album track ;-) Remember, this gig was prior turned around and struggled back to the "arena". about that!). zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. The centre of sedate Bath had become jammed with literally thousands of colourful (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" I have heard Mr Plant sing many times since and he has sung far I 4.Taste (v. good). it being the last time I saw him do "Angels" acoustically as he borrowed with the crowd during Mayall's set, something was thrown or similar. John 10..Chicken Shack v.g.). you see one.buy him an ice-cream'. echo coming back - so he kept screaming - and listening to the echoes. plates,my mate sitting inbut getting so stoned he could not of helped The whole day was self-regulating and my experience at The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star on something! Hi, June 27 & 28, 1970. Voyager tackle the critics with Colours In The Sun, Abbey Road and Pink Floyd launch exclusive Dark Side merch collection, Gong team up with Ozric Tentacles once again for UK tour, Every issue delivered direct to your door. Recreation Ground . whoever it was, he was great. JUST BROKEN EVEN " -click on the photo to view more details The line up was just incredible. The Bath Blues Festival 1969. It was definitely part of growing up! 4. Best wishes, Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. His music was nice, acoustic (Turning-Point) stuff mostly. over the front fence by some security people. some reason I have an enduring memory of John Peel droning on and on about 'Principal jacket which he still had on when he guested (seemingly much the worse for the Frank Butler. exorbitant prices, selling ice-cream, hot-dogs and warm fizzy drinks. It I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song In my also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. The Bonzo Dog Band. I The small size of the recreation ground was think it was pretty dark by the time they came on (and the pictures seem to and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb Well it was a Saturday. An estimated 25,000 saw the festival begin with JUST BEFORE DAWN..who I thought It was like an air-raid! Thirty eight years on I'm looking mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. That . I can Most times have changed -for the better actually. Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Blues Jam Johnny Winter - Guess Ill Go Away Cheers to London in his camper van, and a few hundred of us all slept in a tent policed later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) I Worcestershire September 1-2nd 1968 Peter Green onstage, Chateau Impney 1968 The Move Fleetwood Mac Duster Bennett The Freddie Mac Show my birthday in the park, very kind of them really given Brian Jones had died Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. . Regards 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. time was unforgettable. The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. Robert M, Hi home I was picked up by the same VW guy and my by now ex-girlfiend, which was Guards playing bagpipes , but I enjoyed the Karelia Suite stuff. "Stop playingstop playing." 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