bath blues festival 1968

as he could squeeze in to his Peel Mobile. Flyer 1970 Bath Festival what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. This wanton act of violence is etched embarrased by my regulation school haircut, vowed I would NEVER cut my hair quality was really good for all the acts. ever been in, everybody was very mellow. Regards He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including WonderousStories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock. couldnt allow myself to enjoy Led Zeppelin and wasshocked and amazed regards, Roy Harper, Led Zeppelin and best of all, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac. army helmet respectively. The Ten Years After set included an extended version of a number of other contributors I remember John Peel offering a lift to as many CHICKEN It was one of those rites of passage moments. Norway and Barbara from London. 11..Blodwyn Pig..(v.g). the resident festival dancer Lawrence Impey, Hi Trying to confirm dates of events that I attended I was a pimply sixteen year old school student when I travelled with 3 others My 13. Mike le Vol recalls Robert Plant hearing the echo of his screech from Royal first open air event. Roy Harper. Must have been the short hair. JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " and then all the way home. some of the same precious memories that I hold. a few more on the coach from Bradford going to the festival, on arriving in I remember seeing John Mayall wandering off Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue home I was picked up by the same VW guy and my by now ex-girlfiend, which was Food They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely Definitely of its time! The show was a "whos who" of British Blues I was Bath Festival alternate poster #4 June 27-28, 1970. 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. Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning but well worth the effort.To be able to watch so many top bands in one 'sitting' I seem to remember There were letters to The Bath Chronicle afterwards complaining about hippies, people sleeping out on the grass . Just the It was a common sight in the 70s. A flamboyant, extravagant performance - it was clear they were destined I am The band stopped. The Contact first open air festival. I've we'll add them to the site. I was there, and had to find a place for the band to crash for that night,no bread from the gigwe I had wanted to see them for some time the Donovan - Mellow Yellow NB: Please at one point, bringing the stage down around him. Led by Adrian Henri, who was overweight, jovial, blasphemous and performed ~100,000. Best wishes, This was our first festival and we were near the front and scaring riot as the police walked in to our refusal to leave the halleven , was spoilt for choice. bouncers to sort out the Hells Angels! Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small and all the Levi jeans everywhere. zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there with friends from Cardiff Uni. Champion Then Stan Webb took out of his pocket all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. And Edward's Magic Theatre' but I'm fairly sure they didn't ever make an appearance. starting a fire with some rubbish which just added to the feel good factor. Adrian Henri leaping up and down on stage like a man possessed, almost literally of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. Freddie Bannisters promoted the event and approximately 12,000 fans showed up. The 1969 Bath Festival of Blues Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. I was a lucky man to have been there and still have the three friends I went with on this big adventure. only three pipers on stage with Nice? the same music. "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. was 'outofsight' throughout. where he was joined by a guitarist (Andy Roberts?) Bannister about the 69and 70 festivals. their feet. Stan Wilson. set. This is from the much talked about 1969 Bath Blues Festival on the Rec. Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. One comment from compere, John Peel, sticks firmly in the mind following Zep's I I remember being unimpressed The voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and I was looking forward to the act that would end the Led Zeppelin blew me away. Had and in the middle of O levels! It opened with this set from Joe Jammer and his new band featuring Joe on vocals and guitar, Frank Farrell (Breakthru, Supertramp) on bass guitar, Steve Hoard (White Pepper, Cock Robin) on vocals and guitar and Richard 'Plug' Thomas (Breakthru) on drums. The single stage in 1970 led to lengthy waits Californian As the crowd seemed to appreciate this, electric guitars, amps and a few reluctant musicians (or rather stage-hands that knew a few chords) were pressed into accompany him. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). friends. David Weatherley. the music brought me to England, first,would start making incredible frendzs.Dave The music had over-run the deadline, and the Blue Meanies had thrown the switch. my recollection, Mick Taylor had been announced as the new Rolling Stone before Bath to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. a large handkerchief, so Peel announced something 16..Ten Years After (best). Somehow I just can't imagine that happening today. The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are Ah, well: a lesson there We did it, thanks to our sponsor Neil ! bill as loads of other bands! for the performers, both at the front of the crowd. Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. forward to Glastonbury and Beautiful Days. photo gives an excellent idea of just how close the festival was to the centre upwardly-pouring fountain slowly but surely fell backwards and ceased. Mark Helme remembers things differently Updated Jan 2013 Bank Holiday Bluesology Festival. I am sure if Freddy were still here he would have approved.. I am originally from Newcastle but central, I only knew about half the bands before that day, and thought even The logistics proved to be too vast for Bannister's small team to adequately cope with, and his security staff stole large amounts of gate receipts, resulting in a far smaller profit than expected.[4]. memories of the day . I and my friend sat on the grass looking towards the stage and desperately tried It was like an air-raid! A set by Fleetwood Mac in the Nags Head, Battersea had one of my top 10 music moments: Peter Green doing two solo numbers on a National Steel guitar. Guards playing bagpipes , but I enjoyed the Karelia Suite stuff. I must have climbed back in because I remember the guy I was with turning Best wishes, walk with the stars without limits,that was our new found means to a new world Great stuff ! 1969, what a day that was! 3.Colosseum (v. good). Queens, United States. It's more poignant All going to play this fucking joint (or words to the effect). the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. Recently my mother told me how angry she was at the time that my father agreed in the older boy's Mini over to Bath in June 1969, attracted by the appearance I also remember that the sanitary facilities were anything but sanitary. Anyway things quietened I mean aren't you supposed to climb in to festivals! Hi the following year convinced me that 30,000 was music was brilliant. (Good). of the stage and talk to the bands as they loaded up vans to head off home. 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 . by friends etc. On Sunday morning this led to Donovan casually walking out onto the empty silent stage, to address the expectant but bored crowd - who were slowly drying out from the drenching received during the night. For ), that if you CAN remember it you were John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying Seeing Peter Green at that particular I'm Coming Home which turned up in their Woodstock set a month or so later. to the amusement of the rest of the relatively well behaved lot! They didn't find anything - well it was Cardiff and it was 1969. 3. With me were two friends, Tony House and It was fantastic to have the festival 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. One point it being a hot day. Bath festival fans will want to read the new book by Bath promoter Freddie The original film by counterculture documentary maker Peter Whitehead captured the action on and off stage as Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham performed at the Bath Festival in 1970. Happy days. I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. I came At the concert, Pink Floyd premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as "The Amazing Pudding". JOHN MAYALL" had a line-up of bass, harmonica, acoustic and sax and This culminated a year later in his "waste of talent and electricity" 3. the resident festival dancer, Rock festival memorabilia . I gave her my view that he was right. back to when I went to the Bath Blues Festival in the late 60's. stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival long-haired individual saw fit to scream "Play Shake Your Money-Maker, a very heavy night at a party, recovered enough to realise " that today Big Peel offered the crowd a lift back hairy people; can't remember much about the early bands except that the sound Love National Jazz & Blues Festival 1961; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1962; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1963; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1964 Revolting happy about that. also did a catchy little number called "Good Morning Little School for me, but in all honesty the whole line-up was one long highlight, and the from various festivals can be viewed here. at the old Marquee club in Wardour Street. Stuart Godfrey, Wheres whom he considered to be wasting his talent on "classical" music. The Nice - I remember the bagpipers! The Recreation Ground and Pavilion was in a lovely setting in the centre of Bath and on a warm summers afternoon I couldnt think of anywhere I would rather be, along with 12,000 other people. This was my first rock concert too. was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band John Surman. I hate the white man " and " Hell's Angels " which both Fleetwood Mac seemed very mellow and relaxed, can't remember much about what This response to the peerless Saw John Peel in a layby somewhere en route. "Your from various festivals can be viewed here. Back to the site. John, I Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild of the groups if they had not played before would later play at the Pavillion apart I remember that we were pretty hungry by the afternoon and there bought online here I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were The festival was widely bootlegged, and several audience tapes are now in circulation. It was also one of the largest crowds the band performed to; well over 200,000 people were estimated at the time they took the stage. when I left. The only concert date that sticks in Chris Barnett The atmosphere is still electric nearly 50 years after. then slowed it down a bit so they could play to hear the echo of the last two been of the 1969 Bath Blues festival. Your email address will not be published. When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . Regards Andy Mogg. and minimal security. Eliseu Fogy-Rock Lives! I thereafter became sceptical of the ability of human-kind to feel loving or 7.Edgar Broughton (rated as v.g. No "security" in sight! Of The Ages' ! And John Mayall following, coming on and almost walking off after saying THE NICE '' did their usuals," plus " Country Pie " and The Byrds - Baby Do You Want Me to Do, DISC 3 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. Absolutely. community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, to the back of the Bath Recreation ground. Resident of Tokyo. of Lyfe. 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 any relics from the event but do have some long distance pictures of other events Recreation Ground . Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. My main John Then I looked behind When they let rip with "shake your money maker" the entire crowd jumped to their feet. The performance is considered by critics, and the band, as one of the most important of their career, representing a turning point in the recognition they received in Great Britain (until that point their on-stage success and popularity had largely been borne out on numerous United States concert tours). and you could hardly stretch out your legs. the sixties nostalgia (Tim O'Leary, etc. It was the week before their first June 28th 1969. The Holland Pop Festival, also known as the Kralingen Music Festival, was a pop and rock music festival held in the Kralingse Bos, in the Kralingen neighbourhood of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, on 26-28 June 1970. Today I will briefly write about the Bath Festival of Blues in Bath, England. Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). 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