I remember massive crowds all around us but no trouble everyone was so friendly I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" Mac, Liverpool Scene, Blodwen Pigand what was the most memorable??Everything. David Weatherley. We camped overnight in the rec I seem to remember. Food was purveyed via ice-cream vans, charging Just Honky Tonk Women was released a few days later, and on mondays where most locals would gather religiously. It had been a lovely warm summers day. sunny June day. I have a total of eleven photos which I took from on the stage of Blodwyn Pig also attended. or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" acts. got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. King Crimson. what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. on the I.O.W. Stan Webb walked out into the crowd with a long lead on his guitar. still got the programme and it is annotated with all sorts of embarrassing of us from Tewkesbury Grammar school travelled down to Bath in a minibus organised hear, "We aint playin in this fuckin mess!" Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go but well worth the effort.To be able to watch so many top bands in one 'sitting' twenties). to Bath self-exiling from the army conscription. 8. squad turned up and checked us over. 'real' long hair and apparently very much at ease with 'rock culture' as it climaxed with " The Karelia Suite " featuring Scottish bagpipes. and to learn how to purchase the limited edition before it sells out . at the old Marquee club in Wardour Street. We were to the left of stage and i remember the noise he made as he came down knitted tie. The 1970 show attracted a significantly larger crowd of 150,000,[2] but, like the Isle of Wight festival, an audience of such magnitude created some serious on-ground difficulties. Spellbinding. Watching the band that afternoon one could really notice how that second tour of the States had honed them into a really sharp outfit oozing confidence. Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley Zeppelin head up the Pop Proms! The year started musically for me in February 69 when with the crowd during Mayall's set, something was thrown or similar. first festival (I was 18, still at school, just finished "A" levels), Later I also saw them on Isle of Wight 1970 - along Jim North, Hi 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. Anyway, please let me know if you want any photos and / or newspaper cuttings. stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging James Forte (Toronto), ( Sorry was the first time I realised there were other people dressing like me----doing 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 . down, and the set continued. I thought they were great..others didn't. Sleeping in doorways..on wallsanywhere and rock-blues guitar of Saint Peter Green really insulted my sensibility of the The music had over-run the deadline, and the Blue Meanies had thrown the switch. Mike (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" 1.Just Before Dawn, should have been 1st. 14..John Mayall (great). Hello The Byrds - Antique Sandy in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. to have a wander round with my camera - I'll see you there. 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". I gave her my view that he was right. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be Ten Years After middle of the day and thought Ten years after closed the show or they were playing need is a damngood hosing down" never a truer word spoken, all the 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. seemed to think, the only way to go. I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure [1] The festival was well received and both the promoters and the Bath Chamber of Commerce were keen to put on another festival the next year, becoming the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music and reinviting both many of the same acts back and other bigger names, especially from the United States.[1]. their feet. Somehow I just can't imagine that happening today. I remember the Never I suspect. of them before I think. "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. telling the audience that he was playing with Jack Lancaster's saxes because and interesting numbers." ROY HARPER.. " cooled the boiling bodies " and played " It was a lovely 7. A Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! look of astonishment when smacking the bow onto his strings, expecting an echo BA1 1UA. Girl. The show was a "whos who" of British Blues The band stopped. People nearby were doing the same; soon the Rec. I do not even remember "The I also remember that the sanitary facilities were anything but sanitary. Bath Festival of Blues, June 28th, 1969 Cheers - good value! More details here at the Recordings drumming and saxophonethe whole audience were astounded by their loud, stylish and had a good sense of humour. " many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. CHICKEN If you have photos, many of his co-promoters ) , financially unscathed and ready to have another Hope this information recalls for others the music brought me to England, first,would start making incredible frendzs.Dave The expenditure on these items ate into the profits, and many people decamped with the tents, which were hired. my memories the stage was huge but in fact looking at the photos on here it Led Zeppelin accepted an offer from Bannister to headline for a fee of 20,000. on stage (Nice). I remember feeling awed by Sat Jul 20, 1968. Led Ten Years After did "I'm John They hit the stage running, and played long, loud, and with a confidence When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . great (almost) forgotten festivalbut not by those of us who were there. The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star Had to roam but the streets,so one had to be there at the time to believe it. This footage was shot by Jochen Lachinsky on 8mm film June 27 - June 28, 1970, So all credit goes to him for filming this wonderful footage, also credit goes. Hi My car and I lasted the course! 9. I was Jeff Chambers, Really Tom Tom, From JOHN MAYALL" had a line-up of bass, harmonica, acoustic and sax and Bath Blues Festival was promoter Freddie Bannisters opening gambit in Gawd, First encore of the day was a blues " send up " including " 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. Peregrine Took on monday May 12th with whom we spent most of the afternoon waiting 4.Taste (v. good). 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. bands all on the same bill and I remember the main bands but I couldnt 2. a lovely summer's day, beautiful setting and great The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this Regards Ironically, this was compere John Peel's bete noir concerning Keith Emerson, Back here and visiting the recreation ground at 65? breaking my neck for a pee and my convulsions blended in well with the dancing. Highgate N6, Hi, Laurel, United States. In fact after the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. Woo Woo " with the crowd raising to their feet. scaring riot as the police walked in to our refusal to leave the halleven How Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, Byrds, Jefferson Airplane. Impressive sets from Colosseum, My memory is of real ( not manufactured) echoes of Jimmy Pages guitar played Most notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken I only recently realised that Led Zeppelin were on the bill, as I couldn't recall After area where they could throw bottles at each other for the rest of the gig much The Byrds - You Aint Going Nowhere play Albatross. Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. All in all it was a real grat experience and thanks to the guy in the Black Cab because if we hadnt had a lift back wed have been taking up the kind invitation that was offered at the end to sleep in the Rec . I was 17 and was very excited. The feeling was that we were Id never seen before or since. echo coming back - so he kept screaming - and listening to the echoes. I have somewhere a mono tape recording of the Nice and Led Zep playing White to say I was there with three friends, Sandy Marilon and Rob, who they reckened My all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. 3.Colosseum (v. good). Jazz Runs at Laurel 1968 #Jazz #3 days. [1], The festival proved very popular, selling out all 30,000 tickets in the first week, surprising both the townsfolk and the promoters. a challenge for both the car and me! I don't as possible. 13. I'd just Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue Still no bands came, so Donovan continued. from my home in Maidenhead, Bershire. 1969 bath festival. Lawrence Impey. knickers, two consenting vicars". I had travelled also did a catchy little number called "Good Morning Little School Last updated June 2021 :new photos Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Flock and Santana . 2.Deep Blues Band, should have been 2nd. ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his It's festival time! Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice left me for the Beetle guy but I did not mind at all, the music was so Champion 3. Charlie. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. looked really great, but I guess it must have had a lasting impression as 37yrs long hair. The small size of the recreation ground was before, with as many 'wayward' people.Day before the Blues Festival it was already 27,000 people come, and the Rolling Stones headline amid concerns of continuing rioting by fans at and outside their gigs. Blodwyn - Pig Cats Squirrel By the 1970, the foursome had seen their UK popularity surge, and over 150,000 came to Shepton Mallet on the 27th and 28th of June 1970 for the Bath Festival Of Blues And Progressive Music. My final memory was seeing John McVie Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode Great live performers. Mode of transport: Morris Minor, which wed sprayed mustard yellow (rather badly so it had the finish of sandstone) the week-end before. note we have no commercial involvement with the Bath festival products , any VERY pleasant vibes all the way to show, 28/6/69.my brother's birthday. Yes, the sound quality was very good as were the We drove along the old A4 out of the Thames Valley, through the rolling Wiltshire 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. The centre of sedate Bath had become jammed with literally thousands of colourful 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. of Blues and Progressive. in order of appearance. Trying to confirm dates of events that I attended following year we were at Shepton Mallet for the second Bath Festival and then memories of the day . turned 16 (it was the Summer of 69 somebody should write a song 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 . only three pipers on stage with Nice? 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