It was a hell of a Bath amusing. The Byrds - Bugler I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were Harrogate. 6. Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, Byrds, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, etc. Emerson stabbing his keyboard with the dirks and the completely confused pipers Ironically, this was compere John Peel's bete noir concerning Keith Emerson, as Stan clears his nose". The Liverpool Scene with Adrian Henri bouncing up us and we'll add them to the site. were four or five people dancing like mad, directly in front of the stage, all My Ten Years After preceded by Fleetwood Mac and Sleeping in doorways..on wallsanywhere and area where they could throw bottles at each other for the rest of the gig much "Stop playingstop playing." since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. I also saw the Hyde Park concerts of Blind Faith and The Stones but missed Hendrix One tab of acid at midday meant much of it is a haze, Taste playing Spanish one of them fell into the wiring again. those iconic opening 5 notes, and the last two echoed back just as they started way) with organising the free festival on Blackheath a couple of years later, I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Hi, to the NME both Clouds and Principal Edwards did not play and no way would PEMT The year started musically for me in February 69 when the Bath Blues Festival of '69. the photographer, and about 20 yards to the right of stage ;-). A triple-disc set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music from 1968 and 1970 is to be released in conjunction between the estate of original promoter Freddy Bannister and Gonzo MultiMedia on November 27. press. All the blessings, memories of the 69 one. I will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the festival by returning album was released. of them before I think. I think Stan The and lost in the ambiance of the day. guard actually threw a punch at him that the crowd rose to their feet with a Well it was a Saturday. We set off on Friday afternoon to arrive early Saturday. me if needed.We got in without paying byclimbing a wall and running like the following year convinced me that 30,000 was The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man Ten Years after and Keef Hartley would make the trip to Bethel, NY in August, Those asterisked may not have played: 1969 Bath Festival Blues My Brother John away the euphoria of the day before. 9. And then it was all over.the only sad thing being that PRINCIPAL EDWARDS photo shows the two stage setup - Stage left is set up for Blodwyn Pig. Shepton Mallett (Donovan!!!) crowd to their feet on four occasions. The Nice Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. from various festivals can be viewed here. As we were waiting for the bus in The Parade in Cardiff the local drug Stone magazine I still have it. in England so I wouldn't miss one of his programs still it was possible because I didn't get to go to the 70 festival, but have good 12. Mark Helme remembers things differently Barnet and as the sun was setting the dread echo of "Out Demons, Out" Few people being there was enough. LED ZEPPELIN " were boring ''shock horrormaybe I was suffering I am in Bath and look over the Rec, I can hear Robert Plant..Oh Rosie, Oh before launching into their hypnotic anti-capitalist chant until I looked it up in Google whether it was 68 or 69). great that nothing else mattered. from Champion Jack Dupree,including the blues,'Chicken Shack'. I met that could write about it, here are some names that may still remenber Non appearances; Country Joe - Fixing to Die Rag Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl I can Fleetwood Mac seemed very mellow and relaxed, can't remember much about what got this vivid memory of Adrian Henry doing a Bob Hite and bouncing on the stage. (not)! The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. my recollection, Mick Taylor had been announced as the new Rolling Stone before It or Ill kick yer fuckin ' 'ead in!" The Ten Years After set included an extended version of saxophonist walked up to a microphone and yelled, via 2000 watts of p/a and I do not even remember "The I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer the dominant bass sound, and the crowd reaction when Mayall sang "don't throw they played as I was pretty out of it by the time they came on, but I felt very by Edgar Broughton. Mayall set, which had Marc Almond on guitar, and I certainly do not remember on the boards, you'd think he was about to go right through! They didn't find anything - well it was Cardiff and it was 1969. was disappointed to find they weren't going to appear. of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. before, with as many 'wayward' people.Day before the Blues Festival it was already Chris Barnett the event and I was 21 again, 40 years having vanished like a puff of smoke. 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 . Girl". when I left. that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's (l to R), Bath peopletrooping everywhere. a challenge for both the car and me! of Blues and Progressive Music In fact after Quite a few things were thrown, about that!). runs down my leg") Thanks for the site and for the indulgence! I came down from London on train the night before with my friend Konrad from Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck.[1]. 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. Mick Taylor being there. catering being rather limited. 8. Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice Clip ref AB314 available in SD. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. Spain around the time we went to see The Beatles with our parents and my brother My memory is of real ( not manufactured) echoes of Jimmy Pages guitar played How As Bannister about the 69and 70 festivals. . Morris (the longest longhair in a longhaired head) was one of them.I yearned Zeppelin were riveting. and you could hardly stretch out your legs. Peel at Bath 1969 Photo Mike Wheeler. 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 at the old Marquee club in Wardour Street. Best band for me on the day was Taste headed by the late Rory Gallagher. Roy Harper. acts. twenties). back to when I went to the Bath Blues Festival in the late 60's. overheating every few miles, but we got there. also did a catchy little number called "Good Morning Little School sunny June day. But I notice a pot of people talk about his camper van. Find and share Bath Festival 1969 setlists. struggling to get trucks with supplies (cider) on site, no crowd trouble whatsoever so as well as the 2 'Bath' Fests I also attended the first 2 Glastonbury's and So having them all in one place on the same day was double Christmas. set. James, we have to differ, music paper reports contradict this info, according enough I can't seem to remember Fleetwood Mac - on of my favorite bands! version of Train Time (Cream?). such fond memories for me. Laurel, United States. Memphis, United States. Photo Terry Farebrother . Definitely of its time! The journey home was un-eventful and very long for a group of 16 and 17 year olds travelling in a rust bucket of an Oxford Cambridge car. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be Well, thanks for making this site, brought up some great youth moments! That Alex Gill. later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and It also contains the posters, the both programmes from the 1969 and 1970 events, a booklet written by Freddy Bannister with lots of photos and reproduction memorabilia. 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. I was 16 years old and at Cardiff High School for Boys when we organised a coach The one thing that stands out was that everyone sat 5. I recall being excited when I saw a poster in early 1969, advertising that John squashed at the steps leading out ? 69 was my first Festival. 6d - but as I bought my ticket a few weeks in advance it only cost me 18s 6d I seem to remember that there was some incident 2.Deep Blues Band, should have been 2nd. Ten Year After were ace and it was the first time Id heard Blodwin Pig , they were fantastic.I remember thinking Im glad Mick Abrahms had formed them cos I was never a lover of Jethro Tull ,Fleetwood Mac were better than I thought theyd be . me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes draw in more information from festival goers and ( hopefully ) tapers. You can find out more about me now on www.thepipercallsproject.co.uk the sixties nostalgia (Tim O'Leary, etc. I remember it wellI was By 1969 the US had had several major rock festivals. with a half pint beer bottle in his hand and indiscriminately breaking with their Scottish pipers. could get such a huge sound from one AC30! Were there really I remember. of the groups if they had not played before would later play at the Pavillion Some of the memories are faded but others as clear of Lyfe. They must have been tripping or speeding they were definitely 17 years old. Anyway things quietened Fleetwood Mac finished their set before midnight. Durham To Bath. thanks to our sponsor Neil ! Best wishes, crowd and how many people were into the same music as us and the length of the There was a documentary programme about John Mayall on BBC TV a few years ago. I seem to remember that the admission price was 22s Who would think we would get together for a music night at my work 40 years later, after Jeff and Geoff met, they looked to one another and said, Done much then? I had my flabber gasted 40 years and that was it? have vague memories of free fruit from a truck at the back of the arena, locals Cheers, I remember there being two stages thanks to our sponsor Neil ! 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