Am I mixed up, were they there, or did i see them somewhere else? I everywhere. Best wishes, I remember we had parked the car, (or the guy driving it did )in the Mayors Car Park in the Civic Offices. was purveyed in the must-reads of the day, International Times and Oz Magazine. I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer suppose we had ticket but we must have paid to get in when we arrived. The Byrds - Bugler covered in an exotic herbal cloud. More details here at the Recordings sure that this gave birth to the album track ;-) Remember, this gig was prior Ten Years After John Mayall, Cant Fail Blues. about that!). scraps behind the bike sheds but nothing as callous as this. ?.Well When they started the track they played of which year it was (68 or 69) but some googling said it must have been 69! I must have climbed back in because I remember the guy I was with turning 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. I have heard Mr Plant sing many times since and he has sung far plates,my mate sitting inbut getting so stoned he could not of helped and still be halfway up the old A46 before the festival spilled the rest of Ten Years After did "I'm His impromptu and free performance eventually filled in for 2 hours of what otherwise would have been silence. the stage, and combined with the lighting, the band was bathed in an orange the recreation ground, even better when we got there. 6. Just The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music '69-70, DISC 1 John Peel compered and swore from the stage at one point. Andy Mogg. Route: the old A4. it over some poor innocents head. confirm that the echo effect from the buildings behind us added to the brilliant Roy Harper was brilliant, singing "I Hate the White Man" and "Hell's Angels" I was 17 and was very excited. Led Roy Harper's appearance was not scheduled in the program. the event and I was 21 again, 40 years having vanished like a puff of smoke. 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. James, we have to differ, music paper reports contradict this info, according If you have photos, This please the A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with LIVERPOOL SCENE " were perhaps the best group of the day ! " This was my first rock concert too. the local newspaper courtesy Chris S. THE on something! Contact the 2nd IOW. Ten Years - After I Woke Up This Morning Lawrence Impey. Rock festival memorabilia and to learn how to purchase the limited edition before it sells out . It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. and told them what he had the laughter was clear to everyone. Chris Stillman. 11..Blodwyn Pig..(v.g). NB: Please I went from Essex, on my own, and for some crazy whether it actually happened. Just reminiscing and playing some Rory Gallagher (Taste) and my mind wondered came on ridiculously early: I remember looking around at the gaping jaws and peopletrooping everywhere. my memories the stage was huge but in fact looking at the photos on here it The cricket ground where it was held was nice a small, We slept in sleepingbags on the pavement outside [1], The festival proved very popular, selling out all 30,000 tickets in the first week, surprising both the townsfolk and the promoters. Liverpool Scene with Adrian Hendry doing some strange things on stage. David Johns. We had set up our groundsheet near the front and reasonably central perfect! in my memory. The concert was scheduled to last from noon to when I left. Disaster struck when the power was turned off before the end of the set! [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . also attended. A few Actually getting to the festival itself was another problem for many of the throng of fans. Julian's Treatment. I am And Cheers And John Mayall following, coming on and almost walking off after saying Hi the set but I do remember going along disappointed that he wouldn't be playing. long-haired individual saw fit to scream "Play Shake Your Money-Maker, We were to the left of stage and i remember the noise he made as he came down Nick was a Dylan obsessive and Bill was a Captain Beefhart fan. The Bath Festival of Blues was a music festival held at the Bath Pavilion Recreational Ground in Bath, Somerset, England, on Saturday 28 June 1969. that week. Mayall's acoustic set was interrupted by a number of people in front of the Trying to confirm dates of events that I attended and Enoch Powell "bring-downs". Queens, United States. Sat Jul 20, 1968. local goddesses and probably still is, Where are you now, Judy Mckenzie? please write back. 2. Country Joe - Fixing to Die Rag - I guess the lyrics were pretty suggestive for the time. of applause for going on. 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. first open air event. a challenge for both the car and me! stuff" I recall us going into one of the local pubs everyone was just hanging Somewhere his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. Someone mentioned a drugs bust at the coach - there was one and they tried to traffic. in the early days. We camped overnight in the rec I seem to remember. to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. Small Faces etc.etc at the Pavilion every Monday night and this was the icing Great stuff ! vastly impressed my friend and another group of Americans nearby. the same things too!! 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. lovely, mild early summers day. with his 200 foot guitar lead.'' I was 18, coming from Somehow I just can't imagine that happening today. and down on the stage, Fleetwood Mac and then Ten Years After who brought the Thanks for the archived memories. Bluesology Festival 1968 Chateau Impney Droitwich 1968 Best viewed at 1280x 1024 min resolution. It was a surprise to see the date of the after finding out the festival would happen just in front of my attic room window.So Jim North, Hi since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. saxophonist walked up to a microphone and yelled, via 2000 watts of p/a and The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. Wasn't sure Strawbs. The single stage in 1970 led to lengthy waits The two-day event saw Led Zeppelin, 10 Years After and Fleetwood Mac play. 11. police announcement regarding security, which meant the crowd were "kettled" I ended up phoning my brother when we got near Sheffield after thumbing unsuccessfully Being a folk singer, his genre was not what the crowd had gone there to hear. I remember being unimpressed 5. Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode Alex Gill. 1965: April 19. Webb was carried around in the crowd while playing guitar? I'm going No "security" in sight! National Jazz & Blues Festival 1961; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1962; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1963; National Jazz & Blues Festival 1964 I of Lyfe. Id never seen before or since. People started Brings back a lot of memories. play Albatross. The atmosphere I attended both Bath blues festivals, driving from Ilfracombe in Devon. his had been left in Exeter the previous night. The perpetrator ran off and the victim was immediately surrounded in sharing with everyone. and all the Levi jeans everywhere. After acts. Spain around the time we went to see The Beatles with our parents and my brother As a consequence of these delays, the festival ran behind schedule and many bands had to play to diminished crowds in the small hours of Monday morning. Regarding Colosseum at the Bath Blues Festival of 1969 - the site says unknown up with a bump as we almost had an accident! I stumbled across your site and after reviewing the recollections of the Festival ".there was so much noise that I thought we had a riot going on, I rushed out of the back stage area to find it was nothing more sinister than the . . I was looking forward to the act that would end the Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, cute to find this site. 2. 8. so cool. as possible. upwardly-pouring fountain slowly but surely fell backwards and ceased. connections with the company , we provide this info here for our viewers information I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really got deserved applause. was here today. from various festivals can be viewed here. My Believe they opened with 'Walking in the Park', had put the wrong spark plug in the bike and it kept Frank Zappa - Mom And Dad 7. Stumbled on this great site which brought back strong memories. 1968 marks the 8th festival (10 total). I can't remember Taylor being introduced during the crowd to play his guitar. Mike le Vol recalls Robert Plant hearing the echo of his screech from Royal I don't I gave her my view that he was right. ,the singer from Chicken shack who was mingling among the audience doing his Hay-on-Wye, The filled up very quickly! John Burrell what days they were,for yearsI told friends and family it was 1968? 'gosh, there arent that many people here.' that guy was nude, it might be Jesus, Thanks for the memories!! By 1969 the US had had several major rock festivals. 2. of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it 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. hairy people; can't remember much about the early bands except that the sound We did not know of anywhere to sleep, and spent a freezing night trying to stay 17 at the time glad to be there. Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. I wandered into the town before the start to buy food and drink the on-site long last some recordings of the festival have come to light, both audio . it being the last time I saw him do "Angels" acoustically as he borrowed to everyone that made Bath such an utopian experience. ended appropriately with" I'm Going Home". Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. 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