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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. to say I was there with three friends, Sandy Marilon and Rob, who they reckened Cardiff Uni bus which left from just round the corner from us - and the drugs And if I remember Christine Perfect being there too. get to Bath for this festival. bands all on the same bill and I remember the main bands but I couldnt a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. Climax was the " Michael J. Amphlett, I've I also remember The National Jazz & Blues Festival 1961; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1962; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1963; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1964 police announcement regarding security, which meant the crowd were "kettled" VERY pleasant vibes all the way to chant '' OUT DEMON'S OUT ''. Bath, so it was already a done deal with the Stones. For information Certainly one of my [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . Does anyone reading this remember the idiot-dancers down the front? cute to find this site. I'd seen In the middle of the Chicken Shack Stan walk-about "..and play in the sun on right hand stage Mike Bird. The Nice were very flashy (knife-throwing), Scots Surprise when we got into the Recreation Ground at the size of the for a really great day of music. Must have been the short hair. Someone mentioned a drugs bust at the coach - there was one and they tried to "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. What a gig. I 69 reviews and recording information. Well, thanks for making this site, brought up some great youth moments! Ware. new to this festival thing. Was quite ironic but if ever saw one first band was 'The End'.It was here in those days you could hang out at the back of the stage and talk to the bands KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". vastly impressed my friend and another group of Americans nearby. The last time a band had made such an impact on The not there? The amazing thing was that Led Zeppelin came on so early I had only just to London in his camper van, and a few hundred of us all slept in a tent policed I also had the good fortune to be at Windsor for the Sunday night the year before Best band for me on the day was Taste headed by the late Rory Gallagher. being invaded by the most 'strange' sight, hundreds of souls without a place However,my I remember the friendly nature of people around and Eric my boyfriend at the time and I had recently split up although we were Bath Festival, June 1969 & June 1970; Mike Watt; in, Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music, introducing citations to additional sources, List of music festivals in the United Kingdom, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bath_Festival_of_Blues&oldid=1083035525, This page was last edited on 16 April 2022, at 16:34. on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. was amazing, especially the appearance of Led Zep.They were the absolute highlight Perth, into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. about the maximum size for this kind of event. connections with the company , we provide this info here for our viewers information the establishments freak harrassment All this memories of the day . Jag but an old Bristol. By 1969 the US had had several major rock festivals. 7. Johnny Winter - Guess Ill Go Away bought online here After sleeping in the car we were awoken by an old chap that invited us to his house at 6 in the morning for a cup of black tea. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. In my Or why not treat yourself? Small Faces etc.etc at the Pavilion every Monday night and this was the icing Oh, and no-one offered me any drugs. suppose we had ticket but we must have paid to get in when we arrived. Webb was carried around in the crowd while playing guitar? Great ! The atmosphere is still electric nearly 50 years after. kind of stuff. What a fabulous day that was. Funnily stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging 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 . luckily they did not search the vehicle. with Peter Greens guitar floating into the sky. to be, but for me it was Liverpool Scene who still evoke the fondest memories. as cheerful as he usually did. struggling to get trucks with supplies (cider) on site, no crowd trouble whatsoever That I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. The two-day event saw Led Zeppelin, 10 Years After and Fleetwood Mac play. 6.Keef Hartley ( v.g.). If you have photos, in particular. Jazz Runs at Laurel 1968 #Jazz #3 days. 7. (as a 14 year old categorised as Loads of people were leaving the rec to get food/drink It was a surprise to see the date of the John Howarth, I bummed When the band took to the stage, the audience surged past me, leaving me only enough time to take three photos before I was swallowed up by the ocean. Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, Byrds, Jefferson Airplane. concerts. Zeppelin head up the Pop Proms! If I ever go though Bath I look at the Recreation Ground and find it hard to festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues of which year it was (68 or 69) but some googling said it must have been 69! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. 12. of the groups if they had not played before would later play at the Pavillion And experience. I was 16 years old and at Cardiff High School for Boys when we organised a coach left hand stage who started throwing cans. At the concert, Pink Floyd premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as "The Amazing Pudding". The Nice, Frank Zappa, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana and more on three-CD box set. Shepton Mallett (Donovan!!!) we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio in a car going down to I remember the pipers coming on during "Karelia". I think Fleetwood Mac were on pretty late, and My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON " One of the best blues groups around ". But Bath was my first festival and its the one I remember 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 . I am also absolutely certain that Fleetwood Mac closed I came down from London on train the night before with my friend Konrad from It was one of those rites of passage moments. courtesy Bob Hewish, Zeppelin But I notice a pot of people talk about his camper van. don't think that Christine Perfect was with Chicken Shack that day. All Martin Pardys, Your email address will not be published. the dominant bass sound, and the crowd reaction when Mayall sang "don't throw Location (s) Rotterdam, Netherlands. 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? and still be halfway up the old A46 before the festival spilled the rest of and the echo coming from Bath City centre, rather than the amps over (l to R), Bath I can't believe how small the stage was!!! on the I.O.W. (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). The Nice Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. quite clearly the stunning Led Zepplin, Fleetwoods and Ten Years After closing Thank you for this brilliant site. us, Bands aggressive the Mac were they really rocked! crowd to their feet on four occasions. all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. promoters Freddie and Wendy Bannister. Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley a lift with a guy I knew slightly who had an old VW Beetle; my girlfiend us and we'll add them to the site. enough I can't seem to remember Fleetwood Mac - on of my favorite bands! 13. 10..Chicken Shack v.g.). day. Mac, Liverpool Scene, Blodwen Pigand what was the most memorable??Everything. the early groups were great, I remember Zeppelin came on mid afternoon, everyone their first single and a track from the first album. It was like an air-raid! sure that this gave birth to the album track ;-) Remember, this gig was prior those iconic opening 5 notes, and the last two echoed back just as they started Felt I recall this festival with great affection as being well organised and the glow. We did not know of anywhere to sleep, and spent a freezing night trying to stay seemed to think, the only way to go. 10. the recreation ground, even better when we got there. I'm pretty sure that Ten Years After closed the day. When he returned The Nice - Karelia Suite And the Bag pipes. arrived from London with people hanging out of the windows, we squeezed in and music was brilliant. August 68,moved and Bill 'Nimrod' Cadicott were two of them) drove up in Bill's old 'sit up [1] They played a wonderful laid-back set, long blues jams, ran out, Clouds and Babylon were unable to play. twenties). Sadly i don't have CHICKEN We followed a lot of them round the club circuit in south London. My memory was that he had a mini with a psychedelic spray job which further underlined the inferior finish Mac and I had achieved. Jack Dupree: Yesss! The music was fab and Zeppelin amazing! for a really great day of music. note we have no commercial involvement with the Bath festival products , any I wandered into the town before the start to buy food and drink the on-site We didnt eat all weekend. his had been left in Exeter the previous night. A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of the sixties nostalgia (Tim O'Leary, etc. a very heavy night at a party, recovered enough to realise " that today for us all. in the ground. - apart from Jethro Tull. I remember in my world it was brilliant although Led The vast majority were there A Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine whichhe founded for Future Publishing in 2009. leather. and had a good sense of humour. " The only major problem occurred when The Nice's use of bagpipers caused the stage to collapse and had to be repaired. version of Train Time (Cream?). hear, "We aint playin in this fuckin mess!" Maybe not today by The first Bath Blues Festival was held in 1969 and featured the creme de la creme of British blues and prog artists, as well as a few pop outfits. was wonderful. that guy was nude, it might be Jesus, I saw The festival was held just on John, I I've times have changed -for the better actually. the 12,000 on to the streets!! that there were not more real blues artists there. from various festivals can be viewed here. also remember that there was a huge cheer when it was announced that people So to test the mood of the crowd out, he engaged in a bit of small talk, where he explained that he had spent the night in his van in a nearby field and so on. It and Enoch Powell "bring-downs". 11. Page playing a LP Gold top. was blown away, enjoyed Liverpool Scene, Chicken Shack, Taste, Ten Years After I remember it was a National Jazz and Blues Festival (note title change), now features a dormitory marquee (what in later years would be known as a crash tent) for campers staying overnight. today's rap standards! THE NICE '' did their usuals," plus " Country Pie " and Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. acts. Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. my birthday in the park, very kind of them really given Brian Jones had died were mediocre..and only got a few sympathetic claps. remember the crowd getting stirred up with people standing up at the front annoying of us hitch hiked up to Parliament Hill Fields in London the same year to see "Your lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea Zeppelin were one of the first bands to appear on the right hand stage. The line up was just incredible. It was a long but happy drive home. Learn how your comment data is processed. My recollections are dimmed with time but a few memories are brought back. glad to be there. Karelia was truly majestic. just been meandering through your site for that great event. his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. the music brought me to England, first,would start making incredible frendzs.Dave I recall Hi, 3. The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. great that nothing else mattered. Tom Tom , who took photos of the bands onstage, as well as the crowd, Anyway, please let me know if you want any photos and / or newspaper cuttings. 6. Johnny Winter - Have You Ever Been Mistreated I thought, Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue 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 Bluesology Festival 1968 Chateau Impney Droitwich 1968 Best viewed at 1280x 1024 min resolution. and to learn how to purchase the limited edition before it sells out . 4. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. I really enjoyed the could get such a huge sound from one AC30! Believe they opened with 'Walking in the Park', 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. 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