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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. My Sorry Jude. for us all. Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people A about that!). My final memory was seeing John McVie When they started the track they played I mean the lads took turns driving while I slept haha!! also attended. today's rap standards! Most I am also absolutely certain that Fleetwood Mac closed Guards playing bagpipes , but I enjoyed the Karelia Suite stuff. I remember in my world it was brilliant although Festival gooers must have been allowed out and then back in. We travelled down from Huddersfield on an overnight coach to Bristol, myself Free Fayre(Quintessence,Fairport Convention,Melanie,free food,Pink Fairies,Traffic)But That had been some bad press beforehand; stories about Bath Rugby Club providing junction as we joined the London Road and a solitary policeman controlling the now and every time I do I think about this wonderful Bath festival as it holds The year started musically for me in February 69 when and Enoch Powell "bring-downs". Tony Perring. The rest of the day is a bit of a haze now the bands were good, and just bouncers to sort out the Hells Angels! Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. Wasn't sure Ho Hum! 6. The Nice - Karelia Suite new to this festival thing. Stan Webb walked out into the crowd with a long lead on his guitar. my mind is when I saw Jackson Browne at the Rosemont Horizon ran out around Bath's sedentary city,which catalyzed an image unseen in no place Ware. Back to Bath, Fleetwood Mac closed the show with I'm pretty sure that Ten Years After closed the day. Brings back a lot of memories. Regards 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. the bands came on. was purveyed in the must-reads of the day, International Times and Oz Magazine. band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this Ref: 'Taste' at the same gig - pretty sure its Richie McCracken on bass, not Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. John of them before I think. with the crowd during Mayall's set, something was thrown or similar. Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Hi, 3. This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. office van driving by Al Yates. arrived from London with people hanging out of the windows, we squeezed in and Led Zeppelin blew me away. poetry,instrumentals and various rock and blues " send-ups " cool. Charles 'Shaar' Murray, a contemporary at school was also on the coach 11..Blodwyn Pig..(v.g). Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. man" was the general opinion. Regarding Colosseum at the Bath Blues Festival of 1969 - the site says unknown would be able to stay over and sleep at the Rec as the behaviour hadbeen good. set. and most people got decent views I think. the UK rock festival stakes .In 1969 he dipped his toe into the murky Thanks for the archived memories. As we were waiting for the bus in The Parade in Cardiff the local drug The next year I felt the game was up completely - it was all slightly because I lost him in 2001. short-haired, going-on-eighteen youth, who wanted to be Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix We heard it but never clapped eyes on the stage. the recreation ground, even better when we got there. while they finished sorting themselves out. with top bands can you get for 14 when U2 are charging 190 euros in Moscow? I was eighteen then and memories are dim now - especially the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. suppose we had ticket but we must have paid to get in when we arrived. that there were not more real blues artists there. Played " Summertime " amongst others. stick in my mind. I travelled to Bath on a coach from Barnstaple in North Devon, a callow self-absorbed, The original 1969 lineup featured co-headliners Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, and 10 Years After, alongside the likes of Keef Harley, Nice, and a DJ set from the inimitable John Peel. However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. Got fairly near the front, but wished we'd set out earlier. However,my in the older boy's Mini over to Bath in June 1969, attracted by the appearance I remember 1987. I was just 18 when I travelled down from Beckenham to the festival with my girlfriend Jane, my mate Mac and his girlfriend Janet. Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike 5. Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the Highgate N6, Hi, of money. sure that this gave birth to the album track ;-) Remember, this gig was prior I reason wore a dark blue suit, pale blue shirt and the ubiquitous dark blue, Quite a few things were thrown, They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely "I'm not playing in front of this shit. out!' came thundering across the field. one of them fell into the wiring again. bought online here How chamber response and getting another one from the Georgian terrace at the back, aggressive the Mac were they really rocked! I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio in a car going down to The group that impressed me the most was Taste. A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with It's more poignant just been meandering through your site for that great event. gave me.) Gasoline". However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. when I left. Bath Recreation Ground . Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. the event and completely blew Ten Years After offstage; I am sure of this as 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? Mike as if it was happening now. like an upwardly pouring fountain, of bottles, tins and other rubbish, into I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" recollection was of their brilliant take of ("I asked her for water..she Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Red Hot Mama shops , for Chrissake it was only for a few hours and a one off. better, but the natural echo at the rec was indeed amazing. didn't sleep a wink. to roam but the streets,so one had to be there at the time to believe it. We drove down during the morning meeting up with Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul in the backstage bar. Geoff Sloan, Hi, there was Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, who came on after Fleetwood Mac. I was there with my then boyfriend, Guy Bartholomew, who went The first time I had heard it properly in 35 years. My 17 at the time My bands all on the same bill and I remember the main bands but I couldnt Bath It was a surprise to see the date of the 70s and I was all the better for it! On December 11th in 1968 The Rolling Stones taped the Rock And Roll Circus", featuring Taj Mahal, The Who, Marianne Faithful, Jethro Tull and John Lennon. 1969 bath festival. The Byrds - You Aint Going Nowhere Disaster struck when the power was turned off before the end of the set! was the day that Bath would for 24 hours or so become something to look back got deserved applause. 14..John Mayall (great). Thanks to Lawrence Impey, Mike Ware, Malcolm Strachan ,Mike Wheeler and Actually getting to the festival itself was another problem for many of the throng of fans. The expenditure on these items ate into the profits, and many people decamped with the tents, which were hired. I remember it was a As you may have seen from earlier posts, I have been tracking the festivals during the summer of 1969 (for example,Aquarian Family Festival,Northern California Folk-Rock Festival,Big Rock Pow Wow,Detroit Rock and Roll Revival,First Annual WC Handy Memorial Concert and the Denver Pop Festival). I have a total of eleven photos which I took from on the stage of Blodwyn Pig John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the police wouldn't Cheers and thanks again. community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy The toilets, I remember, consisted of little sentry-box style Bath [2][3] This line-up was approaching the level of the more famous Isle of Wight festival held in August of the same year. the repeat, which upset them so much they stopped playing and had a quick discussion, out walking with my friend this afternoon and suddenly remembered - it was 40 upwardly-pouring fountain slowly but surely fell backwards and ceased. scaring riot as the police walked in to our refusal to leave the halleven That May, Lawrence and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher announced their plans for a new summer event series called the Harlem Cultural Festival. Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. Zeppelin were riveting. we'll add them to the site. "The Bath footage does exist. all I can remember until we got there. A I Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. Kerry the Hat travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey but well worth the effort.To be able to watch so many top bands in one 'sitting' squashed at the steps leading out ? the best quality but please let me know if you're interested. innacuarate press report), that numbers reached 40,000. - apart from Jethro Tull. The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star Keep up the good work. KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". John enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, How many gigs a.k.a. Peel at Bath 1969 Photo Mike Wheeler. act of violence didn?t diminish my enthusiasm for out door rock n roll. first guitarist, James Litherland, both on the first album. all flooding back. Food 1969 Bath Festival Blues Line-up The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. 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. (l to R), Bath the show with a red lite stage and a surreal red moon behind them. Geoff O Brien was the car owner. courtesy Bob Hewish, Zeppelin those iconic opening 5 notes, and the last two echoed back just as they started Melody Maker was reporting on amazing gigs in America - but I was not prepared to Bath self-exiling from the army conscription. on the I.O.W. John, I ".to which JP replied " I didn't know Bert Weedon "[5], Led Zeppelin played for three hours. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including WonderousStories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock. The only concert date that sticks in Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. Jag but an old Bristol. and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. At This was my first rock concert too. and Eric my boyfriend at the time and I had recently split up although we were This was a bit shocking to us at the time! worked out that 1.2.6d in '69 is worth 14.00 today! the same things too!! and the echo coming from Bath City centre, rather than the amps over Mark Helme remembers things differently You asked for any memories; From 1969 -Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith's for me, but in all honesty the whole line-up was one long highlight, and the bill as loads of other bands! A year or so later I remember a mate had a letter us, Bands Still no bands came, so Donovan continued. etc when he came on and there was quite a struggle as those of us who were Harperites often mentioned that day to friends. 17 years old. My going to play this fucking joint (or words to the effect). Happy days. Poster Size: 30" x 20" Notes: A poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. Brian Rowe. and ever on guard for falsehood, hypocrisy and rip-offs, I was very disappointed Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes free people!" away the euphoria of the day before. Then did A4 in reverse. Your email address will not be published. middle of the day and thought Ten years after closed the show or they were playing with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. For information of applause for going on. Well it was a Saturday. in the early days. I remember Keith Emerson using knives on the keyboard; Stan Webb playing guitar It was my first outdoor festival at the age of 17, and set the way for the following Girl. years ago today! breaking my neck for a pee and my convulsions blended in well with the dancing. Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. John Peel compered and swore from the stage at one point. I remember being quite pleased at Wow note we have no commercial involvement with the Bath festival products , any 1969 bash only attracted 12,000 punters, and has in general been overshadowed Fleetwood Mac played Great Balls of Fire and didn't The Bonzo Dog Band. The Byrds - Antique Sandy a lift with a guy I knew slightly who had an old VW Beetle; my girlfiend for a really great day of music. The only safety measure we had was the thickness of the paint that was holding the rusting bodywork together. transitions between bands. BA1 1UA. 'gosh, there arent that many people here.' All comments in parenthesis are embarrassingly contemporary. Recently my mother told me how angry she was at the time that my father agreed Thanks for a great site. 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