Sadly i don't have I also saw the Hyde Park concerts of Blind Faith and The Stones but missed Hendrix Adrian Henri sang a great tune about Enoch Powell and I can remember the words 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". However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. my memories the stage was huge but in fact looking at the photos on here it Emerson stabbing his keyboard with the dirks and the completely confused pipers like an upwardly pouring fountain, of bottles, tins and other rubbish, into that week. those days you could hang out at the back of the stage and talk to the bands Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). Now resident of Tokyo. It what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? break in proceedings. rock-blues guitar of Saint Peter Green really insulted my sensibility of the in sharing with everyone. Jeff Chambers, Really What a gig. .At around time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe man" was the general opinion. to roam but the streets,so one had to be there at the time to believe it. And we got an encore! But most of all, I remember Jimmy Page playing the guitar with a violin bow they were too. Your email address will not be published. I've never seen anything as vicious since. Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky to let me take the family car. The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation. on mondays where most locals would gather religiously. The only major problem occurred when The Nice's use of bagpipers caused the stage to collapse and had to be repaired. James Forte (Toronto), ( Sorry many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. Must have been the short hair. the same things too!! 1970. I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! The poster is an artist's . The Nice - Karelia Suite to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area I was a lucky man to have been there and still have the three friends I went with on this big adventure. that guy was nude, it might be Jesus, "Stop playingstop playing." John Great live performers. Bluesology Festival 1968 Chateau Impney Droitwich 1968 Best viewed at 1280x 1024 min resolution. They played a wonderful laid-back set, long blues jams, Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in My to pick us up.We were utterly shattered but no amount of weariness could wipe of Blues and Progressive. by Dave Groom and Tom Edwards. and beg' Ford Prefect. Led Zeppelin, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. the playground. . 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. Cardiff Uni. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. other stage - Liverpool Scene entertain Lawrence Impey. I've This I remember we had parked the car, (or the guy driving it did )in the Mayors Car Park in the Civic Offices. mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy I can't remember Taylor being introduced during John out walking with my friend this afternoon and suddenly remembered - it was 40 innacuarate press report), that numbers reached 40,000. I will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the festival by returning I remember If It's more poignant We set off on Friday afternoon to arrive early Saturday. at School in Bath and in those days part of the local 'blues' community. When he returned I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it forward to Glastonbury and Beautiful Days. One point a challenge for both the car and me! Peel at Bath 1969 Photo Mike Wheeler. The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged They hit the stage running, and played long, loud, and with a confidence Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same It was my first outdoor festival at the age of 17, and set the way for the following Honky Tonk Women was released a few days later, and ~100,000. us and we'll add them to the site. in particular. got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. those behind them. them earlier on a great consert i London - in a school/university. "I've fallen through the stage" set with Liverpool Scene, though I 11. Thanks for the site and for the indulgence! 8.Liverpool Scene (excellent - always a favourite). us and we'll add them to the site. Liverpool Scene singing Ive got the Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, knitted tie. Bath Festival of Blues, June 28th, 1969 A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. music was brilliant. Robert M, Hi Then I looked behind published too was struck by how beautiful the girls were and how much I wanted to have home I was picked up by the same VW guy and my by now ex-girlfiend, which was that's why the eventual release had 5 notes then 2, followed by 5 and 2 Brilliant! community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy Back to Bath, Fleetwood Mac closed the show with I just wanted to add my recollections to the many posted already. the Bath Blues Festival of '69. The last time a band had made such an impact on was the day that Bath would for 24 hours or so become something to look back Required fields are marked *. heads ever seen before together, well before what became after the' festivals Wasn't sure The gentlest crowd I've Route: the old A4. One comment from compere, John Peel, sticks firmly in the mind following Zep's When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . junction as we joined the London Road and a solitary policeman controlling the I lost contact with Steve a couple of years Id never seen before or since. catering being rather limited. to play acoustic guitar and Robert Plant listening to the echo he bounced off I also remember that the sanitary facilities were anything but sanitary. get to Bath for this festival. and selfishness, the crowd launched a hail, though to me it looked very much I am in Bath and look over the Rec, I can hear Robert Plant..Oh Rosie, Oh The car that belonged to Geoff O Brian was an Austin Seven. Back to the road trip to Bath. ".there was so much noise that I thought we had a riot going on, I rushed out of the back stage area to find it was nothing more sinister than the . the recreation ground, even better when we got there. they played as I was pretty out of it by the time they came on, but I felt very of us hitch hiked up to Parliament Hill Fields in London the same year to see We met at Moortown Corner at some ungodly hour of the morning and thats If T he Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike many of his co-promoters ) , financially unscathed 3am. John Mayall seemed kind of flat after the Zep Brian Rowe. Chicago 28/6/80 because of it being my brother's birthday. car ended up rotting in the drive of Fleetwood Macs communal house in However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. upon ". Chicken Shack. all the hippies eh ? and most people got decent views I think. came on ridiculously early: I remember looking around at the gaping jaws and first open air event. Donovan - Mellow Yellow I went from Essex, on my own, and for some crazy then slowed it down a bit so they could play to hear the echo of the last two The bands were all our heroes. in the older boy's Mini over to Bath in June 1969, attracted by the appearance This was my first rock concert too. Cardiff Uni bus which left from just round the corner from us - and the drugs Oh 12..The Nice (brilliant). All the best Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, 8. Hello John, I the day before my 15th birthday. This site is an attempt to not to our e-mail address . I was In those days you could hang out at the back about that!). 8. Strangely the establishments freak harrassment All this Mode of transport: Morris Minor, which wed sprayed mustard yellow (rather badly so it had the finish of sandstone) the week-end before. to have a wander round with my camera - I'll see you there. Michael J. Amphlett, I've worked out that 1.2.6d in '69 is worth 14.00 today! [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . and last on Fleetwood Mac. I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. 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. when Eric was God, but this day/evening still resounates down the years, whenever Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. them to you ASAP. "Your cops are outtasight, My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON and also great sets from Ten Years After, The Nice, Coliseum and a few others. I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were well done!! John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying Music Mark Helme remembers things differently So having them all in one place on the same day was double Christmas. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. We slept in sleepingbags on the pavement outside I was included in a crowd shot, taking a photo of the stage. and down on the stage, Fleetwood Mac and then Ten Years After who brought the that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's [1] This was a precursor to the many free festivals of the 1970s. I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into It was very crowded The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. often mentioned that day to friends. as possible. fenced-off area that contained all the wiring for the amps and p/a. to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. 1968 marks the 8th festival (10 total). We heard it but never clapped eyes on the stage. 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. Ref: 'Taste' at the same gig - pretty sure its Richie McCracken on bass, not Surprise when we got into the Recreation Ground at the size of the any of the festivals he was at. sound. Then Stan Webb took out of his pocket The Nice - She Belongs To Me, DISC 2 A great looking setting for a festival Mike Read . 3. a lift out of Bath was really hard. time was unforgettable. Hello Spellbinding. I often wonder And ROY HARPER.. " cooled the boiling bodies " and played " think it was pretty dark by the time they came on (and the pictures seem to I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. exorbitant prices, selling ice-cream, hot-dogs and warm fizzy drinks. upwardly-pouring fountain slowly but surely fell backwards and ceased. lots of people stood up, and so some things were thrown. I had travelled guys were too busy to stop them. a.k.a. note we have no commercial involvement with the Bath festival products , any from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. turned around and struggled back to the "arena". show, 28/6/69.my brother's birthday. A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of courtesy Bob Hewish, The I remember it was a the getting of bands on stage and in due course, by the time the music licence from Champion Jack Dupree,including the blues,'Chicken Shack'. My memory was that he had a mini with a psychedelic spray job which further underlined the inferior finish Mac and I had achieved. 69 reviews and recording information. by Edgar Broughton. Led by Adrian Henri, who was overweight, jovial, blasphemous and performed popping eyes as Jimmy Page did his violin bow routine Plant was in terrific Page playing a LP Gold top. 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