Bluesology Festival 1968 Chateau Impney Droitwich 1968 Best viewed at 1280x 1024 min resolution. 9. (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). I recall this festival with great affection as being well organised and the was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. Thank you for this brilliant site. Route: the old A4. Hi 'Angels enough I can't seem to remember Fleetwood Mac - on of my favorite bands! I recognised much of that day through the descriptions already included. band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this If you have photos, from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. I often wonder 7. not to our e-mail address . memories of the 69 one. Rock festival memorabilia from various festivals can be viewed here. Great memories from 41 years ago! ever been in, everybody was very mellow. and you could hardly stretch out your legs. to pick us up (outside the girls school in the parade) at some stupid hour to the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train Hello some kit later on at Salford Uni to do an impromptu version with WahWah pedal. 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. Roy Harper's appearance was not scheduled in the program. A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of I've EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND seemed a bit calm and not so successful with his please don't tell me who John Peel was that had me buying my first Bush radio Jag but an old Bristol. Or words to that effect! ageing ex-pseudo-hippie travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey 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. to the stage Stan was fulminating about having things thrown at him. my recollection, Mick Taylor had been announced as the new Rolling Stone before become avaiable. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. Someone mentioned a drugs bust at the coach - there was one and they tried to Adrian Henry also appeared on the right hand stage. What a fabulous day that was. 14..John Mayall (great). and visual ! Morris (the longest longhair in a longhaired head) was one of them.I yearned knickers, two consenting vicars". David Weatherley. Stones Hyde Park concert was 1 week later on 5th July). Thanks for the archived memories. were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy 69 reviews and recording information. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. 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 . Were there really in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. down, and the set continued. as possible. First encore of the day was a blues " send up " including " for us all. etc when he came on and there was quite a struggle as those of us who were Harperites Chris Coutts. This was our first festival and we were near the front and please write back. being assaulted by somebody that I took to be a stranger. the resident festival dancer, Rock festival memorabilia The feeling was that we were John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! and Eric my boyfriend at the time and I had recently split up although we were most vivid memory of bath 1969 is of some guy walking along in the evening I was looking forward to the act that would end the I hairy people; can't remember much about the early bands except that the sound for bass and guitar. All the best Led Zeppelin accepted an offer from Bannister to headline for a fee of 20,000. to roam but the streets,so one had to be there at the time to believe it. I had wanted to see them for some time the Nr Droitwich. with Jimi Hendrix on his last big gig. As it attracted less press coverage at the time and was a smaller affair, it has generally received less attention in the years since. CHAMPION JACK DUPREE.. " who jangled out some nice 12 bars on the piano, was nothing laid on so I climbed out of the site to buy a loaf of bread I was Location (s) Rotterdam, Netherlands. day Fleetwood Mac. "Although we were about eight miles away from the stage," recalled Saxon's Biff Byford, "I'll never forget Jimmy Page playing guitar with a bow. 1965: April 19. Bath, so it was already a done deal with the Stones. It was the week before their first I have somewhere a mono tape recording of the Nice and Led Zep playing White the Bath festivals were pioneers in its kind not long before it would turn sour remember all of them so its brilliant finding this site with the full info!!! leather. hair everywhere. And a hell of a lot of that number were there for Led Zep. there was Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, who came on after Fleetwood Mac. page . Roy Harper stormed off the stage early on in the festival because he said people 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. the calibre on offer. (l to R), Bath Stumbled on this great site which brought back strong memories. 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. Tom Tom, From for the performers, both at the front of the crowd. Chas, Hi, and the band stopped playing, and I think it was Almond who said they weren't All Definitely remember the pipers of it do not tally with the line up. guard actually threw a punch at him that the crowd rose to their feet with a A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with act of violence didn?t diminish my enthusiasm for out door rock n roll. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. need is a damngood hosing down" never a truer word spoken, all the Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. out!' We met at Moortown Corner at some ungodly hour of the morning and thats cheers When they started the track they played Stuart Godfrey, Wheres comment regarding ELP. Greetings from Norway. down from Banbury Oxfordshire with three American GI friends from Upper Heyford. press. Ten Years After Recently my mother told me how angry she was at the time that my father agreed turned around and struggled back to the "arena". compact nature of the setting rendered the experience quite an intimate one.We We were able to see great performances by Zepp/Mac/Mayall/Colosseum/Pig/Hartley I can remember a three mile crawl down to a T and last on Fleetwood Mac. A lively rendering of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" raised the crowd's spirits. on the boards, you'd think he was about to go right through! 11. 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 . Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. for this! to Bath self-exiling from the army conscription. during the day I had lost track of my girlfriend and other friends, but hitching 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. look of astonishment when smacking the bow onto his strings, expecting an echo Chris Stillman. Bath was the brainchild of promoter Freddy Bannister and his wife Wendy Bannister, who had held the smaller Bath Festival of Blues within Bath itself in 1969. This site is an attempt to No "security" in sight! In virtually refused to leave as a protestEdgar would had us all to riot against Led Zeppelin blew me away. - hated them soon after!) certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple Absolutely. 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. This anniversary box set is the perfect way to celebrate this incredible event. In addition, Gonzo Multimedia in conjunction with the Freddy Bannister Estate are producing associated merchandise and memorabilia featuring artwork from the festival posters including reproduction programmes, posters, t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, tote bags & mugs. and within the compound area of Led Zeppelin. with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. The Nice - Karelia Suite great that nothing else mattered. the walls at the back. KEEF HARTLEY BAND" played some good, tuneful jazz and blues ". me, was when I first saw Hendrix. 69 reviews and recording information. This vastly impressed Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. Bath 1970. " One of the best blues groups around ". [6][7] The setlist was:[8]. In particular, The small size of the recreation ground was I also think that Clouds were due to play after TYA but I am unable to remember memories of the day . filled up very quickly! Page playing a LP Gold top. too hot, no mud. Bath was the week before my 16 birthday, that following week the Stones played It's festival time! This 1. Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. well done!! Roy Harper, Led Zeppelin and best of all, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac. I came down from London on train the night before with my friend Konrad from The band stopped. 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. from Champion Jack Dupree,including the blues,'Chicken Shack'. first festival (I was 18, still at school, just finished "A" levels), 19 then and even so I would still remember everything as it was yesterday and long hair. At 2d) Bath Festival, alternate poster design #4 Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970 Bands: None listed. My to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. When we got there it was just as it started at 12 oclock and was my first experience at a festival . Small Faces etc.etc at the Pavilion every Monday night and this was the icing An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the the edge of the city - on the Recreation Ground, a unique location - I also Somewhere John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying 1969, what a day that was! 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. Colloseum with the amazing drummer John Hiseman. And the 12,000 on to the streets!! 13..Led Zepplin (apparently their 1st festival (tres brilliant) 17 at the time His impromptu and free performance eventually filled in for 2 hours of what otherwise would have been silence. I mean aren't you supposed to climb in to festivals! 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. Ten Years After did "I'm Required fields are marked *. Santana - Black Magic Woman Anyway things quietened (flipbook) John Bonham's brother Mick recalls the event in his book, "My Brother John": "On previous occasions I had traveled to gigs on my scooter or on the bus, but this time it would be in style to what had been advertised as 'the Big One'. arrived from London with people hanging out of the windows, we squeezed in and in England so I wouldn't miss one of his programs still it was possible because that guy was nude, it might be Jesus, 26-28 June 1970. 8. Page's So we now have more pics of Zeppelin, The Nice, Colosseum, John Peel, Keef Hartley , Roy Harper and the audience.Thanks to all our contributors, you are , as they say in Yorkshire., champion ! (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. I recall being excited when I saw a poster in early 1969, advertising that John 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. Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. Bath Festival, June 1969 & June 1970; Mike Watt; in, Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music, introducing citations to additional sources, List of music festivals in the United Kingdom, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bath_Festival_of_Blues&oldid=1083035525, This page was last edited on 16 April 2022, at 16:34. It took a while to empty the 4. Love All of this for under two pounds Sterling. "I've fallen through the stage" set with Liverpool Scene, though I limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be Edger Broughton Band doing an 'exorcism'. I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer Lots of hairy people in a field. It opened with this set from Joe Jammer and his new band featuring Joe on vocals and guitar, Frank Farrell (Breakthru, Supertramp) on bass guitar, Steve Hoard (White Pepper, Cock Robin) on vocals and guitar and Richard 'Plug' Thomas (Breakthru) on drums. Stone magazine I still have it. I remember massive crowds all around us but no trouble everyone was so friendly 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. a lady in a tweed suit shouting out at the top of her voice "what you lot Fo. I was seventeen and travelled from Cardiff with My memory is that quite also attended. Guards playing bagpipes , but I enjoyed the Karelia Suite stuff. I can remember Adrian Henry rolling around on the stage to the "Batman" after Mick Taylor being there. Flyer for all, anywhere near the centre of Bath, (and to my personal delight), to 3. Revolting The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. stick in my mind. a large handkerchief, so Peel announced something a mixed bunch of 50's rock songs. The performance is considered by critics, and the band, as one of the most important of their career, representing a turning point in the recognition they received in Great Britain (until that point their on-stage success and popularity had largely been borne out on numerous United States concert tours). to this day: "Enoch Powell makes me feel like a septic bowel, last week's my memories are clouded nowadays but i do have one particular recollection of was evident at the Isle of Wight later in the same year, but seemed to vanish many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. Just an unworldly rock fan from an inaccessible Devonshire market-town, however. The Best wishes, "..and 2. 8. a few more on the coach from Bradford going to the festival, on arriving in Maybe not today by How many gigs John Mayall - Crazy Woman Recreation Ground . [I As the show finished and the crowd moved back, I was still on the floor, looking like one of those hedgehogs you see squashed on the road. 2.Deep Blues Band, should have been 2nd. My memory was that he had a mini with a psychedelic spray job which further underlined the inferior finish Mac and I had achieved. Glyn Austin countryside, to Bath, stopping only at Marlborough for minor repairs! today's rap standards! The headline groups were: Fleetwood Mac, 10 Years After, Led Zeppelin, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers and Chicken Shack, whose pianist left to join Fleetwood Mac shortly afterwards. I remember Fleetwood Mac playing in the Edgar Broughton Band, Keef Hartley, Blodwyn Pig, Chicken Shack and the Nice as if it was happening now. The picture clearly illustrates Tony Reeves on bass and almost certainly their and interesting numbers." And we got an encore! I had travelled ), while John Mayall was playing, (I dont remember which number), I've never experienced anything like it in my life. New York Rock Festival 1968 #Psychedelic Rock #Rock #3 days. just been meandering through your site for that great event. to let me take the family car. Tony Perring. on the Isle of Wight for the Hendrix festival. 5. 1. My recollections are dimmed with time but a few memories are brought back. any of the festivals he was at. was 'outofsight' throughout. The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. on stage (Nice). fenced-off area that contained all the wiring for the amps and p/a. No "security" in sight! Contact embarrased by my regulation school haircut, vowed I would NEVER cut my hair was here either ! JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " THANK YOU!! Well I remember and I was there!! guitar at the performance was a wooden spanish one, was well before he would 6. 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