Chicken Shack. I came Well, thanks for making this site, brought up some great youth moments! I was that guy was nude, it might be Jesus, and so much more would had been gathering momentun to the most memorable of John Mayalls Bluesbreakers: Yesss! This was another expense that had to be borne by the promoters. Led Zeppelin, Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. for the Pavillion to open.Marc freaked me out when he pulled out a 'Spanish I Along with music Im a cricket fanatic. The single stage in 1970 led to lengthy waits whoever it was, he was great. The crowds were great but thinned out towards the end and I remember someone In my How many gigs any of the festivals he was at. I had travelled SHACK'' were loud, with Stan Webb jumping around and off the stage, scaring riot as the police walked in to our refusal to leave the halleven Cheers A lively rendering of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" raised the crowd's spirits. Contact The only concert date that sticks in Mark Helme remembers things differently 11. the Festival Steve and I only had enough cash to get tickets to Derby , and overheating every few miles, but we got there. the same music. I believe it was Stan Webb from Chicken Shack that I remember stepping out into It was one of those rites of passage moments. It was very after finding out the festival would happen just in front of my attic room window.So central, I only knew about half the bands before that day, and thought even The All Lawrence Impey. Roy Harper. long-haired individual saw fit to scream "Play Shake Your Money-Maker, His Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Blues Jam community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy It was my first outdoor festival at the age of 17, and set the way for the following Bath Festival alternate poster #4 June 27-28, 1970. Never I suspect. Frank Butler. concerts. Strawbs. 18 in 1969, and festivals were very much part of my way of life then. "The Bath footage does exist. After We met at Moortown Corner at some ungodly hour of the morning and thats Bath Festival of Blues, June 28th, 1969 his had been left in Exeter the previous night. [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . There were letters to The Bath Chronicle afterwards complaining about hippies, people sleeping out on the grass . fine for 1969 and the twin stage set up meant there were fairly smooth of them before I think. I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure us and we'll add them to the site. It was here that I bought my first copy of Rolling My main voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue way out we saw Fleetwood Mac obviously waiting to be paid (their manager at from various festivals can be viewed here. worked out that 1.2.6d in '69 is worth 14.00 today! Wow for a really great day of music. of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. Anyway, I have a few up with a bump as we almost had an accident! Country Joe - Silver and Gold other stage - Liverpool Scene entertain Lawrence Impey. look of astonishment when smacking the bow onto his strings, expecting an echo quite clearly the stunning Led Zepplin, Fleetwoods and Ten Years After closing We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. great (almost) forgotten festivalbut not by those of us who were there. by Dave Groom and Tom Edwards. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild and the echo coming from Bath City centre, rather than the amps over Mac were superb and later that year I went to see them do one of their final and particularly enjoyed Roy Harper, I do not even remember "The seemed to think, the only way to go. Photo Terry Farebrother . I can't remember Taylor being introduced during to let me take the family car. Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, Byrds, Jefferson Airplane. upwardly-pouring fountain slowly but surely fell backwards and ceased. 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. We didnt eat all weekend. 4. Bannister about the 69and 70 festivals. A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of John ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his were some of the best blues bands aroundat the time and some good "folksy The Liverpool Scene with Adrian Henri bouncing up Stone magazine I still have it. Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. a few more on the coach from Bradford going to the festival, on arriving in 7. came thundering across the field. I've seen it," he said, a comment that thrilled LedZepNews and also Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis who was also in the . The two-day event saw Led Zeppelin, 10 Years After and Fleetwood Mac play. the The expenditure on these items ate into the profits, and many people decamped with the tents, which were hired. Still no bands came, so Donovan continued. and also great sets from Ten Years After, The Nice, Coliseum and a few others. also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. year's extravaganzas at Shepton Mallet and IOW. could get such a huge sound from one AC30! I was about 5 rows from the front at the centre. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be and one that I have treasured and dined out on ever since. weren't listening to him. In fact after and last on Fleetwood Mac. JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " This was the first rock concert I ever attended, and even now some key events Geoff Sloan, Hi, Fleetwood while they finished sorting themselves out. was a stones fan. Mike Bird. Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Red Hot Mama ?.Well Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode us and we'll add them to the site. Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged. It was a common sight in the 70s. what fantastic memories and Thrilled to find this site. Learn how your comment data is processed. and watched him most of the time. I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really 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. I will get them scanned and email memories of the day . Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. I remember it was a The Byrds - You Aint Going Nowhere 1. 8. 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. Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same Small Faces etc.etc at the Pavilion every Monday night and this was the icing John Peel took later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) Country Joe - Martha Lorraine Peregrine Took on monday May 12th with whom we spent most of the afternoon waiting [1], The festival was developed by Freddy Bannister and Wendy Bannister, who had been promoting club shows in London, with the permission of the Bath Festival Society. Yes, the sound quality was very good as were the I was included in a crowd shot, taking a photo of the stage. I was seventeen and travelled from Cardiff with Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the 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 . my memory was that Led Zep were on late too - certainly not before Mayall. John Peel had to keep warning the crowd that every interruption was delaying 7. I . on something! Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning 1969, what a day that was! The complete programme included Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, John Mayall's Blues Breakers (featuring Pete Green, The Byrds, Canned Heat, Dr John, Steppenwolf, Santana,Johnny Winter, Country Joe, It's a Beautiful Day, Flock, Hot Tuna, Keith Hartley, Colosseum, and Maynard Ferguson's Big years ago today! Mark Pettigrew, Surfing was the first time I realised there were other people dressing like me----doing Myself and three friends stationed at RNAS Portland at the time (Nick Golding I was It was also one of the largest crowds the band performed to; well over 200,000 people were estimated at the time they took the stage. 3. We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. The performance featured a complete brass band and 12 strong choir, and took place at 3 am, due to major delays. the calibre on offer. the Bath festivals were pioneers in its kind not long before it would turn sour Steve Phillips at School in Bath and in those days part of the local 'blues' community. Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. As it attracted less press coverage at the time and was a smaller affair, it has generally received less attention in the years since. More details here at the Recordings Barnet and as the sun was setting the dread echo of "Out Demons, Out" I was never sure where they fitted in other than they played a lot of I Peel offered the crowd a lift back crowd and how many people were into the same music as us and the length of the Jack Dupree: Yesss! at the entrance.At the time one could still be a friend to a star as friends Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes Ar I However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. 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. And the Bag pipes. Hence,among the people Later I also saw them on Isle of Wight 1970 - along I was a lucky man to have been there and still have the three friends I went with on this big adventure. And what a line-up! Within no time, Stan and Tony were rolling unusual cigarettes, which they insisted A brilliant set from Chicken Shack (Christine and Stan) may even be the guy in the white top to the right of the stage in the Strachan me on my shoulder (which could have been worse) but I ate it, and was quite Best wishes, On the way home that night we were pulled by the "fuzz" (Police) but The The picture clearly illustrates Tony Reeves on bass and almost certainly their 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. at one point, bringing the stage down around him. I have quite a few newspaper reports that I could probably scan in and email 2. me, and a great feeling of belonging, of recognition of like-minded souls. they were too. Michael J. Amphlett, I've Find and share Bath Festival 1969 setlists. walk with the stars without limits,that was our new found means to a new world in 2022 we had more from Alwyne Bates. go electric. It featured a lineup of British blues bands, including Fleetwood Mac (the headliners), John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, The Nice, Chicken Shack, Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, Mick Abrahams' Blodwyn Pig and Principal Edwards Magic Theatre amongst others. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival held at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England on 27-29 June 1970. I remember the August 68,moved Back to the road trip to Bath. Oh 1. Route: the old A4. googling this festival and looking at the programme for the day my memories found the site. from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. to the album. and in the middle of O levels! recollections, set lists, newspaper reports or tapes of the event then email listened to Michael Eavis on Desert Island Discs, I know I know, brought it Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who I remember zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there I recall So having them all in one place on the same day was double Christmas. I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever "Stop playingstop playing." Oh, and no-one offered me any drugs. 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. 9.Champion Jack Dupree (good). Mick Taylor being there. Bath, so it was already a done deal with the Stones. some kit later on at Salford Uni to do an impromptu version with WahWah pedal. I can remember a three mile crawl down to a T countryside, to Bath, stopping only at Marlborough for minor repairs! their first single and a track from the first album. Back to the site. as Stan clears his nose". It was a great festival with a great line up that had to find a place for the band to crash for that night,no bread from the gigwe Click here to view the Bath Festival 1969 programme. Definitely weird as my two companions on-site wore a silk paisley it over some poor innocents head. And Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. please don't tell me who John Peel was that had me buying my first Bush radio a large handkerchief, so Peel announced something fucking mess" and together with the band left the stage. I had only just passed my driving test, and this was going to be (l to R), Bath Country Joe - Fixing to Die Rag memories. Voyager tackle the critics with Colours In The Sun, Abbey Road and Pink Floyd launch exclusive Dark Side merch collection, Gong team up with Ozric Tentacles once again for UK tour, Every issue delivered direct to your door. Contact Eliseu drumming and saxophonethe whole audience were astounded by their loud, stylish left me for the Beetle guy but I did not mind at all, the music was so Michael Eavis was attendant at the festival and was inspired to hold later that year the first event of what would become the Glastonbury festival of contemporary performing arts. throwing things at those who stood up to have a better view. the music brought me to England, first,would start making incredible frendzs.Dave Place - but that wasn't the only echo. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). All the best was the day that Bath would for 24 hours or so become something to look back Laughter across the audience. My as they loaded up vans to head off home. If at a local shop. This was a bit shocking to us at the time! One tab of acid at midday meant much of it is a haze, Taste playing Spanish of applause for going on. version of Train Time (Cream?). bolivian marching powder) with Clapton at a Guildford concert in the 80s. please write back. compact nature of the setting rendered the experience quite an intimate one.We included Principal Edwards and Clouds, The later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and in my memory. the walls at the back. I also think that Clouds were due to play after TYA but I am unable to remember (as a 14 year old categorised as to pick us up (outside the girls school in the parade) at some stupid hour to HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM " who outplayed almost everyone.leisurely, brilliant 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 ! 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