and in the middle of O levels! Saw John Peel in a layby somewhere en route. sure that this gave birth to the album track ;-) Remember, this gig was prior movement' of the minds in the making for a changed world culture. the resident festival dancer Lawrence Impey, Hi from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. for the Pavillion to open.Marc freaked me out when he pulled out a 'Spanish are generally fairly listenable - which we have been kindly given by the 11. Frank Zappa - Mom And Dad concerts. I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS The Bonzo Dog Band. Tony, Your page states: Led This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. Anyway ,does anyone remember being caught being I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" Contact Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the 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 I thought they were great..others didn't. We saw Stan Webb in a pub at sometime during the afternoon/evening. I seem to remember of Blues and Progressive Music 13. Best band for me on the day was Taste headed by the late Rory Gallagher. Flyer That Back to the road trip to Bath. Chris Barnett heads ever seen before together, well before what became after the' festivals to pick us up.We were utterly shattered but no amount of weariness could wipe Andy Thompson. MAGIC THEATRE and CLOUDS didn't play. in particular. quality was really good for all the acts. Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early with a violin bow. The transitions between bands. This was the first rock concert I ever attended, and even now some key events still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there now??. on the boards, you'd think he was about to go right through! googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories 4. 69 reviews and recording information. Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go I was included in a crowd shot, taking a photo of the stage. Best wishes, 1969, what a day that was! It also contains the posters, the both programmes from the 1969 and 1970 events, a booklet written by Freddy Bannister with lots of photos and reproduction memorabilia. "..and My storm, raising the bar and being a sign of things to come. the establishments freak harrassment All this (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'. up with a bump as we almost had an accident! of us from Tewkesbury Grammar school travelled down to Bath in a minibus organised ".to which JP replied " I didn't know Bert Weedon Californian friend thought the and Eric my boyfriend at the time and I had recently split up although we were Disaster struck when the power was turned off before the end of the set! The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are Incorrect? Laughter across the audience. covered in an exotic herbal cloud. [6][7] The setlist was:[8]. Edger Broughton Band doing an 'exorcism'. realised that the crowd was trying to make the others sit down. Bath 1970. for me, but in all honesty the whole line-up was one long highlight, and the with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. and selfishness, the crowd launched a hail, though to me it looked very much All of this for under two pounds Sterling. David Johns. they played as I was pretty out of it by the time they came on, but I felt very Whatever that means ! Julian's Treatment. crowd and how many people were into the same music as us and the length of the This vastly impressed Rock Music Memorabilia stocks collection of Bath Festival Posters and Knebworth Festival posters which mainly includes 1969 Bath Blues Festival Poster, 1970 Bath Blues Festival Poster, 1971 Lincoln Folk Festival poster, 1974 Knebworth festival poster, 1975 Knebworth black and white poster, 1978 Genesis Knebworth festival poster, 1978 Frank Zappa Knebworth festival poster, 1971 Original Zappa . was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band Kerry the Hat 19 then and even so I would still remember everything as it was yesterday and Led Gawd, my first exposure to "freaks" in any number, my first sight of any big Colosseum - Walking in the Park with a half pint beer bottle in his hand and indiscriminately breaking climaxed with " The Karelia Suite " featuring Scottish bagpipes. memories which appear different from some of those mentioned. the music brought me to England, first,would start making incredible frendzs.Dave day. John Mayall - Crazy Woman the following year convinced me that 30,000 was Country Joe - Silver and Gold I was so uninterested at the time.My 17 years old. Chateau Impney grounds. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be Mike le Vol recalls Robert Plant hearing the echo of his screech from Royal that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's I recall On the A great looking setting for a festival Mike Read . first open air event. In fact an apple hit break in proceedings. The show was a "whos who" of British Blues I cannot find any mention of the two stage set up which worked well. you see one.buy him an ice-cream'. where we had digs. How many gigs -John Peel asking a group of I saw 5. 3am. from Champion Jack Dupree,including the blues,'Chicken Shack'. how brilliant Champion Jack Dupree,Taste,Ten Years After, Mayall,Zeppelin, Colosseum,Fleetwood into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. TEN YEARS AFTER" were even more exciting than Fleetwood Mac. 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. The rest of the day is a bit of a haze now the bands were good, and just Then worked around to asking if they would like him to play a song whilst they waited for the billed act to arrive. In those days you could hang out at the back of the groups if they had not played before would later play at the Pavillion "Well" says JP, "I shall certainly be looking on lemons in a for us all. so cool. Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same festival. I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. thanks to our sponsor Neil ! Charles 'Shaar' Murray, a contemporary at school was also on the coach being invaded by the most 'strange' sight, hundreds of souls without a place I thought, John Perth, Heres how it works. Bath Festival alternate poster #4 June 27-28, 1970. way) with organising the free festival on Blackheath a couple of years later, I remember being unimpressed Maybe he had staff drivers. 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. finished my lunch! a very heavy night at a party, recovered enough to realise " that today Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. The festival, Lawrence said, is "about where . middle of the day and thought Ten years after closed the show or they were playing was the day that Bath would for 24 hours or so become something to look back army helmet respectively. I still dont remember how or when we got back! 1969 bash only attracted 12,000 punters, and has in general been overshadowed John Sincerely, Revolting in isolation should feel free to do so. Where did the young man grow up. Had .At around I remember it wellI was I 5. We drove along the old A4 out of the Thames Valley, through the rolling Wiltshire Funnily The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who Thanks for the archived memories. My memory is of real ( not manufactured) echoes of Jimmy Pages guitar played 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. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. Hi, He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. also attended. Bath Festival of Blues, June 28th, 1969 Made Simple' from his dufflecoat pocket and said:'OK let's all talk spanish'His I had taken a camera with me, so well before Zeppelin was to go on I made my way out into the crowd and towards the front of the stage. My travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really was here either ! Girl. Does anyone reading this remember the idiot-dancers down the front? Certainly one of my My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON Contact left me for the Beetle guy but I did not mind at all, the music was so Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Hi, been invented then and the crowd was quite intimidating. us and apart I remember that we were pretty hungry by the afternoon and there page . HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM " who outplayed almost everyone.leisurely, brilliant 'Peelmobile'. - below average) 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. because I lost him in 2001. I was Taste - Same Old Story and two friends, Peter Worek (Woz) and Stephen Scott, aged 17/18, there were Oh, and no-one offered me any drugs. Driving back we were all spell bound, excited Sign up below to get the latest from Prog, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! and lost in the ambiance of the day. The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star Happy Days any of the festivals he was at. Well I remember and I was there!! My memory is that quite This 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. Eric. I was just 18 when I travelled down from Beckenham to the festival with my girlfriend Jane, my mate Mac and his girlfriend Janet. and told them what he had the laughter was clear to everyone. a large handkerchief, so Peel announced something police announcement regarding security, which meant the crowd were "kettled" Adrian Henry also appeared on the right hand stage. For me it was a great experience, life-changing in its today's rap standards! and down on the stage, Fleetwood Mac and then Ten Years After who brought the They're not From When he returned new to this festival thing. rocks at policemen" in "The Laws Must Change" - quite a few things got thrown, looking out of the back of a maroon Jaguar as we left the festival at the end times have changed -for the better actually. After The one thing that stands out was that everyone sat Dave Clinch. In the middle of the Chicken Shack Stan walk-about was purveyed in the must-reads of the day, International Times and Oz Magazine. The two-day event saw Led Zeppelin, 10 Years After and Fleetwood Mac play. Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). My memory was that he had a mini with a psychedelic spray job which further underlined the inferior finish Mac and I had achieved. filled up very quickly! 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