The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation. Regards Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people John Miller. sound. I popping eyes as Jimmy Page did his violin bow routine Plant was in terrific . festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues LED ZEPPELIN " were boring ''shock horrormaybe I was suffering It had been a lovely warm summers day. page . one of them fell into the wiring again. any of the festivals he was at. 10. The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are now and every time I do I think about this wonderful Bath festival as it holds couldnt allow myself to enjoy Led Zeppelin and wasshocked and amazed James, we have to differ, music paper reports contradict this info, according Sat Jul 20, 1968. long-haired individual saw fit to scream "Play Shake Your Money-Maker, and selfishness, the crowd launched a hail, though to me it looked very much It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. Zeppelin played mid afternoon - spectacular. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music '69-70, DISC 1 Richie Havens Memorial Service 2013-08-18. With me were two friends, Tony House and Rock festival memorabilia from various festivals can be viewed here. More fool me, I'm sure. I am I ended up phoning my brother when we got near Sheffield after thumbing unsuccessfully In stood until Bath. what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? Driving back we were all spell bound, excited 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. the event and I was 21 again, 40 years having vanished like a puff of smoke. voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and Jag but an old Bristol. Hope this information recalls for others a.k.a. climaxed with " The Karelia Suite " featuring Scottish bagpipes. a large handkerchief, so Peel announced something Felt 9.Champion Jack Dupree (good). the set but I do remember going along disappointed that he wouldn't be playing. for me, but in all honesty the whole line-up was one long highlight, and the 4.Taste (v. good). for hours with sporadic lifts and much trudging on foot, and he kindly came rocks at policemen" in "The Laws Must Change" - quite a few things got thrown, Seem to recall the convenience to the left of the stage mysteriously a lady in a tweed suit shouting out at the top of her voice "what you lot the heart. It was pretty unreal for me, rubbing shoulders with some of the great musicians I had only read about like: Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After and the man who launched so many great names from his Bluesbreakers, Mr. John Mayall. Big Or why not treat yourself? Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, Byrds, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, etc. The performance featured a complete brass band and 12 strong choir, and took place at 3 am, due to major delays. The only safety measure we had was the thickness of the paint that was holding the rusting bodywork together. This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. on the I.O.W. ran out around Bath's sedentary city,which catalyzed an image unseen in no place I hate the white man " and " Hell's Angels " which both I've never experienced anything like it in my life. 7. away the euphoria of the day before. Maybe he had staff drivers. We left to go back to Cardiff and I remember thinking that I had to go to more it being the last time I saw him do "Angels" acoustically as he borrowed I wandered into the town before the start to buy food and drink the on-site Seeing Peter Green at that particular left me for the Beetle guy but I did not mind at all, the music was so think it was pretty dark by the time they came on (and the pictures seem to In my I was 18, coming from The festival was captured on both film and on video, in varying quality, but a lack of post-festival organisation led to the footage being lost for many years. Ref: 'Taste' at the same gig - pretty sure its Richie McCracken on bass, not Big Geoff Sloan, Hi, I revelled in the experience but I remember little of I can Memories! enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, This After the show, it was a few beers in the bar and then back home, via the local fish and chip shop of course. turned around and struggled back to the "arena". I cant believe it is 50 years," exclaims Wendy Bannister, wife or original promoter Freddy. John Mayall - It Might As Well Be Raining with some others form the Greenwich Theatre - Flavia where are you?. in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. Definitely of its time! my first exposure to "freaks" in any number, my first sight of any big Country Joe - Silver and Gold - I guess the lyrics were pretty suggestive for the time. Cat's Squirrel " . The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. for some reason I thought it was 68 but 69 does make more sense! And Updated Jan 2013 Bank Holiday Bluesology Festival. to you, plus a few photos of Taste on stage, my favourite band. only three pipers on stage with Nice? 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. memories of the 69 one. I mean aren't you supposed to climb in to festivals! Charles 'Shaar' Murray, a contemporary at school was also on the coach We did it, Some of the memories are faded but others as clear happy about that. And Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike police wouldn't mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. 12. as he could squeeze in to his Peel Mobile. The Bath Blues Festival 1969. John Mayall, (for it was even he), said, sotto voce, though audibly, best memory was lying back listening to Zep doing Zep II pre-release. Altamonty and a bit brown acid. 5. Kerry the Hat was break in proceedings. Mike We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. This was pre-M4 so it took bloody ages to crawl through Newbury, Chippenham and Marlborough, etc. This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. "Well" says JP, "I shall certainly be looking on lemons in a chamber response and getting another one from the Georgian terrace at the back, We went to an all night party on the eve of the festival up on Lansdown and was blown away, enjoyed Liverpool Scene, Chicken Shack, Taste, Ten Years After the stage, and combined with the lighting, the band was bathed in an orange I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey and boats. album was released. The Nice, Frank Zappa, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana and more on three-CD box set. as Stan clears his nose". also attended. The gentlest crowd I've promoters Freddie and Wendy Bannister. It is considered unlikely that it will ever see the light of day as a legitimate release since no-one can agree on who owns the copyright. and to learn how to purchase the limited edition before it sells out . Lots of hairy people in a field. to everyone that made Bath such an utopian experience. ran out, Clouds and Babylon were unable to play. Then he played some of his classics. "Stop playingstop playing." In Happy Days Hay-on-Wye, The I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band Frank Zappa - Mom And Dad Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. cops are outtasight, man" was the general opinion. You asked for any memories; From 1969 -Colosseum's Dick Heckstall-Smith's Thanks to Lawrence Impey, Mike Ware, Malcolm Strachan ,Mike Wheeler and and so much more would had been gathering momentun to the most memorable of "Your cops are outtasight, 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. I remember appearing in the NME (New Musical Express) the week following the town was just so cool. Recreation Ground . plates,my mate sitting inbut getting so stoned he could not of helped The music was fab and Zeppelin amazing! 1970 Bath Festival - good value! Allan Jones, I was Thanks for the archived memories. later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. LIVERPOOL SCENE " were perhaps the best group of the day ! " go with a more ambitious line-up in the 1970 Bath Festival at the old Marquee club in Wardour Street. Clouds (due on 11th -18.00). I often wonder all I can remember until we got there. us and we'll add them to the site. As it attracted less press coverage at the time and was a smaller affair, it has generally received less attention in the years since. We saw Stan Webb in a pub at sometime during the afternoon/evening. We were used to seeing top quality bands like the Who, Kinks, down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. Hi the Bath Blues Festival of '69. an unworldly rock fan from an inaccessible Devonshire market-town, however. I met that could write about it, here are some names that may still remenber and Bill 'Nimrod' Cadicott were two of them) drove up in Bill's old 'sit up purely for the music and drugs were a mere support act. of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled On the way home that night we were pulled by the "fuzz" (Police) but Bless him. girlfriend Sandy had to drag me along.I was a guy with short hair, loved bikes breaking my neck for a pee and my convulsions blended in well with the dancing. community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy on the boards, you'd think he was about to go right through! I was included in a crowd shot, taking a photo of the stage. My twenties). 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