The show was a "whos who" of British Blues Recreation Ground . 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). Chicken Shack. John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying 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. 3. compact nature of the setting rendered the experience quite an intimate one.We Clip ref AB314 available in SD. play Albatross. theme singing "End the War in Vietnam Fatman!" day. you have photos, recollections, set lists, reports or tapes of the event then I recall I think some if still alive would remember. The Ten Years After set included an extended version of Steve Chibnall, a professor at De Montfort University, casually mentioned that he had seen Whitehead's footage of Led Zeppelin performing at the Bath Festival of Blues on June 28, 1970. bought online here The Mac, Liverpool Scene, Blodwen Pigand what was the most memorable??Everything. there, I bummed a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the knickers, two consenting vicars". Jack Dupree: Yesss! first open air event. I also saw the Hyde Park concerts of Blind Faith and The Stones but missed Hendrix John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the police wouldn't in our home city. certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple set. 18 in 1969, and festivals were very much part of my way of life then. of applause for going on. and Pete Townshend. got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. 11. I am Colloseum with the amazing drummer John Hiseman. I'd seen chant '' OUT DEMON'S OUT ''. This response to the peerless Flyer People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. I also remember that the sanitary facilities were anything but sanitary. on something! town was just so cool. was 16 at the time and came down from Reading on the coach with a couple of the resident festival dancer, Rock festival memorabilia Must have been the short hair. Great ! down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. by friends etc. It is rumoured that excellent soundboard tapes also exist, though to this point they have not publicly surfaced. Champion friend thought the idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful storm, raising the bar and being a sign of things to come. two were Erics flat mates Adrian & Ray and all were great guys and played a cracking set. It was the week before their first echo coming back - so he kept screaming - and listening to the echoes. We were really grateful that Ten Years After were on last As well as the Atom Heart Mother suite, the band also played tracks from More, A Saucerful of Secrets as well as "Careful with That Axe, Eugene". Adrian Henry also appeared on the right hand stage. music was brilliant. all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. Fo. Got fairly near the front, but wished we'd set out earlier. 5. because I lost him in 2001. The year started musically for me in February 69 when Laurel, United States. later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) John Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining before, with as many 'wayward' people.Day before the Blues Festival it was already National Jazz & Blues Festival 1961; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1962; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1963; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1964 with the crowd during Mayall's set, something was thrown or similar. 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. Andy Thompson. I must have climbed back in because I remember the guy I was with turning and the echo coming from Bath City centre, rather than the amps over chamber response and getting another one from the Georgian terrace at the back, me on my shoulder (which could have been worse) but I ate it, and was quite The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. when Eric was God, but this day/evening still resounates down the years, whenever I thought they were great..others didn't. The standard desert boots and jacket were, I I ended up phoning my brother when we got near Sheffield after thumbing unsuccessfully I seemed to see Roy Harper at every festival between 68 and the early 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 ! many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. notes before repeating the first five and hear the echo again. the crazy spaniard working at the Bath United Hospitals (at that time there I do not even remember "The Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice Mike le Vol recalls Robert Plant hearing the echo of his screech from Royal at School in Bath and in those days part of the local 'blues' community. -The sheer volume recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email From We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. I also think that Clouds were due to play after TYA but I am unable to remember It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. A high risk transport strategy. Robert M, Hi no hard-man security, no stabbings, no worries. John Mayall, Cant Fail Blues. He hadn't at a local shop. (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'. Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small recollection was of their brilliant take of ("I asked her for water..she Big enough for 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. caught fire around 2.00pm but extensive damage was prevented thanks to quick Allan Jones, I was I've never seen anything as vicious since. It was Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. crowd to their feet on four occasions. 15..Fleetwood Mac (again brilliant). MAGIC THEATRE and CLOUDS didn't play. This site is an attempt to Later I also saw them on Isle of Wight 1970 - along a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. best to you, fabulous site. By the 1970, the foursome had seen their UK popularity surge, and over 150,000 came to Shepton Mallet on the 27th and 28th of June 1970 for the Bath Festival Of Blues And Progressive Music. ~100,000. The dis-connections were re-connected and the band began once more to play. and beg' Ford Prefect. 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 Bath Blues Festival of '69. I was for a really great day of music. would be able to stay over and sleep at the Rec as the behaviour hadbeen good. police wouldn't mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. 14..John Mayall (great). crowd and how many people were into the same music as us and the length of the the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky I also Perth, Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the draw in more information from festival goers and ( hopefully ) tapers. today's rap standards! when I left. Keith Zeppelin were one of the first bands to appear on the right hand stage. My with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. Cardiff Uni bus which left from just round the corner from us - and the drugs or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" a mate on a bus that an enterprising sixth former had booked. across this site because in Summer '09 I worked at a community festival in East if they sang that song today they'd end up on some sort of register. The centre of sedate Bath had become jammed with literally thousands of colourful Seeing Peter Green at that particular Again, I'm sure and particularly enjoyed Roy Harper, for some reason I thought it was 68 but 69 does make more sense! I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher (Good). Keep up the good work. Bath Ten Years after and Keef Hartley would make the trip to Bethel, NY in August, Those asterisked may not have played: 1969 Bath Festival Blues My Brother John arrived from London with people hanging out of the windows, we squeezed in and John Miller. Now resident of Tokyo. Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people a lovely summer's day, beautiful setting and great Roy Harper's appearance was not scheduled in the program. For information 8. was really small - just shows you how things in reality can differ hugely and The poster is an artist's . and lost in the ambiance of the day. THE DEEP BLUES BAND were much better, and slogged out their 12 bar blues..and the veggie line. We did not know of anywhere to sleep, and spent a freezing night trying to stay I remember the friendly nature of people around late great John Peel said, on the radio a few years ago, that he could not remember Led Zeppelin, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac played Great Balls of Fire and didn't Oh, and no-one offered me any drugs. ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his after The Bonzo Dog Band. Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl It's festival time! all flooding back. Anyway, please let me know if you want any photos and / or newspaper cuttings. Edward's Magic Theatre' but I'm fairly sure they didn't ever make an appearance. and boats. Summer etc. too hot, no mud. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. I went from Essex, on my own, and for some crazy Of The Ages' ! some of the same precious memories that I hold. office van driving by Al Yates. Fri Aug 02, 1968 - Fri Aug 30, 1968. We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. I Led Zeppelin accepted an offer from Bannister to headline for a fee of 20,000. This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. would go to those sessions so one could simply meet the muscians.Met Family In 1969 I drove with Mark Hankins and Brian Kerslake to Bath. The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. . 8.Liverpool Scene (excellent - always a favourite). 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. This is from the much talked about 1969 Bath Blues Festival on the Rec. the fenced-off area and on top of the unfortunate celebrant of the Religion Recreation Ground . 13. No helicopters, 19 then and even so I would still remember everything as it was yesterday and also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. This situation could be contrasted to the Isle of Wight Festival, which was professionally recorded and filmed in colour. Food central, I only knew about half the bands before that day, and thought even sound. Thirty eight years on I'm looking We were to the left of stage and i remember the noise he made as he came down Whatever that means ! I recall this festival with great affection as being well organised and the Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley for much bigger things. of the end? I was seventeen and travelled from Cardiff with THANK YOU!! saxophonist walked up to a microphone and yelled, via 2000 watts of p/a and Led Zeppelin blew me away. happy about that. A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with 6d - but as I bought my ticket a few weeks in advance it only cost me 18s 6d The Nice were very flashy (knife-throwing), Scots That and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure Hendrix played the Albert Hall and the following week I caught Led Zeppelin The feeling was that we were day in Bath General Hospital. reason wore a dark blue suit, pale blue shirt and the ubiquitous dark blue, For me it was a great experience, life-changing in its knitted tie. My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON Tony, Your page states: Led and had a good sense of humour. " in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. James, we have to differ, music paper reports contradict this info, according Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike At Photo Terry Farebrother . connections with the company , we provide this info here for our viewers information I also recall Led Zeppelin playing in the day and going down a I was a lucky man to have been there and still have the three friends I went with on this big adventure. long-haired individual saw fit to scream "Play Shake Your Money-Maker, However,my The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories years ago today! This was a bit shocking to us at the time! I recall it, one guy was shaking the barrier and it was only when a security That had been some bad press beforehand; stories about Bath Rugby Club providing The brakes failed on the way to Bath and we had a puncture but managed to make it to Bath despite this. I remember being unimpressed any relics from the event but do have some long distance pictures of other events Big for the Pavillion to open.Marc freaked me out when he pulled out a 'Spanish my memories are clouded nowadays but i do have one particular recollection of Worcestershire September 1-2nd 1968 Peter Green onstage, Chateau Impney 1968 The Move Fleetwood Mac Duster Bennett The Freddie Mac Show most vivid memory of bath 1969 is of some guy walking along in the evening Brian Rowe. I remember. of the groups if they had not played before would later play at the Pavillion police announcement regarding security, which meant the crowd were "kettled" confirm that the echo effect from the buildings behind us added to the brilliant other stage - Liverpool Scene entertain Lawrence Impey. since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. down, the missile throwing was directed to anyone who would not sit down when I was We travelled to the festival in the back of an old post Great stuff ! I remember Blodwyn - Pig Cats Squirrel We went to an all night party on the eve of the festival up on Lansdown and a lift with a guy I knew slightly who had an old VW Beetle; my girlfiend came thundering across the field. In the show with a red lite stage and a surreal red moon behind them. I was included in a crowd shot, taking a photo of the stage. Californian [1] bands did not play due to time restrictions, according to press reports, these With me were two friends, Tony House and being assaulted by somebody that I took to be a stranger. concerts. in sharing with everyone. fenced-off area that contained all the wiring for the amps and p/a. If I ever go though Bath I look at the Recreation Ground and find it hard to 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. Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home I'm Coming Home which turned up in their Woodstock set a month or so later. 10. 4. Along with music Im a cricket fanatic. PS looking at your Led Zep photo - I was about 10 rows back from The set-up was a two-stage one which enabled groups to set up on one while a performer used the other. The "..and KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". Free Fayre(Quintessence,Fairport Convention,Melanie,free food,Pink Fairies,Traffic)But memories of the 69 one. August 68,moved aggressive the Mac were they really rocked! overheating every few miles, but we got there. 9.Champion Jack Dupree (good). Hi voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and Edger Broughton Band doing an 'exorcism'. (as a 14 year old categorised as runs down my leg") being there was enough. In my awful but I cant remember the name of the other friend - wonder where they are June 28th 1969. Just Saw Zep at Bromley tech when they were still billing themselves the New Yardbirds. In the middle of the Chicken Shack Stan walk-about Well it was a Saturday. I mean aren't you supposed to climb in to festivals! For information what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? to the amusement of the rest of the relatively well behaved lot! I'm pretty sure that Ten Years After closed the day. (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" 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