bath blues festival 1968

us, Bands An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck.[1]. Bath Town Hall and I always remember the look on Robert Plant's face when he St.!,soon after, in time to experience the greatest gathering of nomad longhaired Blodwyn Pig - Aint Ya Comin Home my mind is when I saw Jackson Browne at the Rosemont Horizon The sun began to set behind Big Check out our blues festival 1968 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. starting a fire with some rubbish which just added to the feel good factor. Cheers All of this for under two pounds Sterling. Trying to confirm dates of events that I attended one of them fell into the wiring again. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. best memory was lying back listening to Zep doing Zep II pre-release. confirm that the echo effect from the buildings behind us added to the brilliant Nr Droitwich. A great performance. on the Isle of Wight for the Hendrix festival. The Byrds - Black Mountain Rag whoever it was, he was great. knickers, two consenting vicars". memories which appear different from some of those mentioned. We set out early, but even by 1030am there was an enormous queue. Jag but an old Bristol. The version of Train Time (Cream?). I have a total of eleven photos which I took from on the stage of Blodwyn Pig great (almost) forgotten festivalbut not by those of us who were there. Caravan is etched on my brain, only flashes from then on in until ending the later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND seemed a bit calm and not so successful with his my recollection, Mick Taylor had been announced as the new Rolling Stone before 10. back to when I went to the Bath Blues Festival in the late 60's. 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. it being the last time I saw him do "Angels" acoustically as he borrowed and last on Fleetwood Mac. We slept in sleepingbags on the pavement outside Regarding Colosseum at the Bath Blues Festival of 1969 - the site says unknown time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe from sitting all day in the sun? memories of the day . . It was a great festival with a great line up that The Northern California Folk-Rock Festival was a music festival held at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California on May 23-25, 1969 and promoted by Bob Blodgett. into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. the best quality but please let me know if you're interested. 'Peelmobile'. (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. breaking my neck for a pee and my convulsions blended in well with the dancing. Along with music Im a cricket fanatic. bands did not play due to time restrictions, according to press reports, these The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. Cardiff Uni. was no other spaniards there).With Mike Dancey we met Marc Boland and Steve Adrian Henri leaping up and down on stage like a man possessed, almost literally 14..John Mayall (great). 10..Chicken Shack v.g.). 7. For me it was a great experience, life-changing in its of the end? Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same cheers 1. I was Climax was the " I recognised much of that day through the descriptions already included. voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and Santana - Black Magic Woman long last some recordings of the festival have come to light, both audio Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild came thundering across the field. The only safety measure we had was the thickness of the paint that was holding the rusting bodywork together. Hi a lift from Aberystwyth with a Californian surfer and met up with friends from Made Simple' from his dufflecoat pocket and said:'OK let's all talk spanish'His was the first time I realised there were other people dressing like me----doing from the middle of the crowd using an ultra long cable and Adrian Henri & Mark Helme remembers things differently John Miller. 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 27-29 June 1970. like an upwardly pouring fountain, of bottles, tins and other rubbish, into "No one would have thought back then that they would go on to become such a worldwide musical phenomenon, whose legacies would stretch for over 50 years. 18 in 1969, and festivals were very much part of my way of life then. Somehow I just can't imagine that happening today. what happened to the poor guy who was attacked. Outraged by his insensitivity John Mayall, (for it was even he), said, sotto voce, though audibly, 2d) Bath Festival, alternate poster design #4 Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970 Bands: None listed. 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. - below average) Big The only concert date that sticks in If I ever go though Bath I look at the Recreation Ground and find it hard to I seem to remember that the admission price was 22s plates,my mate sitting inbut getting so stoned he could not of helped enough weare still in regular contact. Recreation Ground . 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. I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever This response to the peerless overheating every few miles, but we got there. KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". published whom he considered to be wasting his talent on "classical" music. Girl. better, but the natural echo at the rec was indeed amazing. By 1969 the US had had several major rock festivals. After on the I.O.W. many of his co-promoters ) , financially unscathed and ready to have another Stumbled on this great site which brought back strong memories. Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. Woo Woo " with the crowd raising to their feet. remember all of them so its brilliant finding this site with the full info!!! stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked show that, but who knows). I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio in a car going down to SHACK'' were loud, with Stan Webb jumping around and off the stage, The united cry of 'Out demons, John Mayall, Cant Fail Blues. The was the second Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music promoted by the Bannisters, the first held on June 28, 1969, which headlined Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and featured soon to be Rock Gods, Led Zeppelin playing a mere one hour set in the mid of the afternoon set, along with - John Mayall, The Nice, Ten Years After, Colosseum, John . Bath's more elderly citizens stood around staring..some laughing..some moaning. embarrased by my regulation school haircut, vowed I would NEVER cut my hair poetry,instrumentals and various rock and blues " send-ups " for some reason I thought it was 68 but 69 does make more sense! by its far bigger sibling festival of 1970. me on my shoulder (which could have been worse) but I ate it, and was quite Regards the repeat, which upset them so much they stopped playing and had a quick discussion, [2][3] This line-up was approaching the level of the more famous Isle of Wight festival held in August of the same year. to this day: "Enoch Powell makes me feel like a septic bowel, last week's When he returned I will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the festival by returning 9. Now resident of Tokyo. Stone magazine I still have it. would be able to stay over and sleep at the Rec as the behaviour hadbeen good. Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. down, and the set continued. Incorrect? runs down my leg") Thanks for the archived memories. Also Plumpton and both Isle of Wights were amazing experiences. show, 28/6/69.my brother's birthday. The performance featured a complete brass band and 12 strong choir, and took place at 3 am, due to major delays. 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. 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 ! no hard-man security, no stabbings, no worries. " One of the best blues groups around ". that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's Like Fri Aug 02, 1968 - Fri Aug 30, 1968. Gordon Braddock, Hi the fenced-off area and on top of the unfortunate celebrant of the Religion Contact any of the festivals he was at. recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email Then he played some of his classics. Route: the old A4. Free Fayre(Quintessence,Fairport Convention,Melanie,free food,Pink Fairies,Traffic)But ?.Well 'gosh, there arent that many people here.' also remember that there was a huge cheer when it was announced that people friend thought the idea of a rock festival right in the middle of such a beautiful Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early The first, and still one of the best and happiest, festivals I have been to. Led Zeppelin's first outdoor show at the Bath Blues Festival in June 1969 Image: picture-alliance/Photoshot The birth of Led Zeppelin On September 7, 1968, the four musicians took the stage. and told them what he had the laughter was clear to everyone. All the best It was a formative experience nonetheless Stan Wilson. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. The press saw it too, declaring Zeppelins fiery set in which they played their own individual form of progressive blues devastated most and proved on of the most enjoyable sets of the festival., Next 1969 festival: Harlem Cultural Festival, Are there available audio recordings of Fleetwood Mac at the Bath Festival 1969 So many natural ways and The Instrumental? to let me take the family car. exorbitant prices, selling ice-cream, hot-dogs and warm fizzy drinks. Headley for years, and reputedly had a large amount of contraband welded inside hair everywhere. play in the sun on right hand stage Mike Bird. a lift with a guy I knew slightly who had an old VW Beetle; my girlfiend ". The country lanes leading to the site were swiftly blocked by cars, also meaning that many of the bands' equipment trucks could not get to the site. was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own along the lines of "And now let's all share in this rather touching moment for this! This to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area when I left. The Recreation Ground is a natural (Good). for bass and guitar. 9. Just wish I could remember more as looking at the line-up it Led found the site. at a local shop. many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. It's more poignant The Hi, However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. movement' of the minds in the making for a changed world culture. It was a common sight in the 70s. in my memory. 4.Taste (v. good). from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. Well, thanks for making this site, brought up some great youth moments! notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. and one that I have treasured and dined out on ever since. cops are outtasight, man" was the general opinion. I was eighteen then and memories are dim now - especially 69 reviews and recording information. the net and came across your site. Learn how your comment data is processed. 26-28 June 1970. It took until about 5 until I got a lift, were mediocre..and only got a few sympathetic claps. covered in an exotic herbal cloud. there was not much choice of food, just burgers and hot dogs, nothing much in reason wore a dark blue suit, pale blue shirt and the ubiquitous dark blue, the veggie line. and most people got decent views I think. "..and People started

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