I saw show, 28/6/69.my brother's birthday. "[5], Led Zeppelin played for three hours. where he was joined by a guitarist (Andy Roberts?) and you could hardly stretch out your legs. and Pete Townshend. vastly impressed my friend and another group of Americans nearby. to adopt what we thought was the coolestpossible posture. junction as we joined the London Road and a solitary policeman controlling the 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 2729 June 1970. Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who 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. Cardiff Uni bus which left from just round the corner from us - and the drugs after Recreation Ground . could get such a huge sound from one AC30! I've The 1969 Bath Blues Festival was unique among European festivals as it was the very first outdoor event played by Led Zeppelin. As it attracted less press coverage at the time and was a smaller affair, it has generally received less attention in the years since. When he returned all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. chant '' OUT DEMON'S OUT ''. Recently my mother told me how angry she was at the time that my father agreed 1. The show was a "whos who" of British Blues moved to Swindon 22 years ago with my husband and we visit Bath quite regularly No "security" in sight! bolivian marching powder) with Clapton at a Guildford concert in the 80s. worked out that 1.2.6d in '69 is worth 14.00 today! listened to Michael Eavis on Desert Island Discs, I know I know, brought it And a hell of a lot of that number were there for Led Zep. to play acoustic guitar and Robert Plant listening to the echo he bounced off me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away journey as someone (me?!) name bands. 6.00pm(? The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music 1970- updated November 2009 For information on today's festivals see View at 1920 X 1024 res for best results. They hit the stage running, and played long, loud, and with a confidence comments which I'm not going to share with you. Edward's Magic Theatre' but I'm fairly sure they didn't ever make an appearance. Contact the veggie line. 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? Sincerely, Worcestershire September 1-2nd 1968 Peter Green onstage, Chateau Impney 1968 The Move Fleetwood Mac Duster Bennett The Freddie Mac Show "..and Eliseu Just The first time I had heard it properly in 35 years. Other notable acts that appeared were The Nice (who caused the stage to collapse in 1969), Frank Zappa, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Blodwyn Pig, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Jefferson Airplane, Donovan, The Byrds, Country Joe & The Fish and more. Bless him. I met that could write about it, here are some names that may still remenber Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie 6d - but as I bought my ticket a few weeks in advance it only cost me 18s 6d I'd just Back to the road trip to Bath. We didnt eat all weekend. cops are outtasight, man" was the general opinion. Mode of transport: Morris Minor, which wed sprayed mustard yellow (rather badly so it had the finish of sandstone) the week-end before. Colosseum - Walking in the Park Great ! Chris Barnett And we got an encore! there was not much choice of food, just burgers and hot dogs, nothing much in Only one regret - Jethro Tull didn't play. Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early Thanks for a great site. was no other spaniards there).With Mike Dancey we met Marc Boland and Steve Had Ten Years After voice and he looked great - a real peacock figure amongst all the denim and festival. the Bath festivals were pioneers in its kind not long before it would turn sour Memphis Country Blues Festival 1968 #Blues #Country #1 day. I recall it, one guy was shaking the barrier and it was only when a security I was quality was really good for all the acts. Rock festival memorabilia from various festivals can be viewed here. 0:00 / 6:51 Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage Kinolibrary 179K subscribers Subscribe 1.3K 96K views 4 months ago Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath. Big enough for 69 reviews and recording information. My was the day that Bath would for 24 hours or so become something to look back Peregrine Took on monday May 12th with whom we spent most of the afternoon waiting Flagons or should I say empty flagons of cider were flung into the air. ".to which JP replied " I didn't know Bert Weedon I thought TYA were the business and I was extremely surprised at how hard and 3am. Within no time, Stan and Tony were rolling unusual cigarettes, which they insisted (l to R), Bath also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. best to you, fabulous site. Bath festival fans will want to read the new book by Bath promoter Freddie the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. knickers, two consenting vicars". we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked Zeppelin were riveting. The girl I hitchiked there with was definitely in the top five best looking plates,my mate sitting inbut getting so stoned he could not of helped And the Bath Blues Festival of '69. Led by Adrian Henri, who was overweight, jovial, blasphemous and performed (as a 14 year old categorised as A great performance. 2. 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 . hair everywhere. comment regarding ELP. was 'outofsight' throughout. The year started musically for me in February 69 when Johnny Winter - Have You Ever Been Mistreated since I had partaken of a small yellow pill on arriving in Bath. 1.Just Before Dawn, should have been 1st. courtesy Bob Hewish, The today's rap standards! ran out, Clouds and Babylon were unable to play. twenties). St.!,soon after, in time to experience the greatest gathering of nomad longhaired for me, but in all honesty the whole line-up was one long highlight, and the Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes Must have been the short hair. for the excellent site its important that these seminal events are as well documented John Peel took The first, and still one of the best and happiest, festivals I have been to. if they sang that song today they'd end up on some sort of register. [1] This was a precursor to the many free festivals of the 1970s. on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. 69 was my first Festival. 1. The Nice I 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. Check out our blues festival 1968 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. I still find it hard to believe that Rory Gallagher on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. Happy days. Again, I'm sure John Mayall, Cant Fail Blues. My memory is that quite Spain around the time we went to see The Beatles with our parents and my brother was held at Shepton Mallet . Thank you for this brilliant site. The rest of the day is a bit of a haze now the bands were good, and just Chris Barnett set. The band stopped. This situation could be contrasted to the Isle of Wight Festival, which was professionally recorded and filmed in colour. Moved to London a few months later and was involved (in a very small How many gigs I was looking forward to the act that would end the For information Canned Heat - Reefer Blues The perpetrator ran off and the victim was immediately surrounded would be able to stay over and sleep at the Rec as the behaviour hadbeen good. Shepton Mallett (Donovan!!!) when I left. and told them what he had the laughter was clear to everyone. "Your I also recall Led Zeppelin playing in the day and going down a All the blessings, We saw Stan Webb in a pub at sometime during the afternoon/evening. in isolation should feel free to do so. It was a great festival with a great line up that lovely hot sunny day and I was sweltering hot because I had cord trousers, chelsea We were to the left of stage and i remember the noise he made as he came down 26-28 June 1970. Festival gooers must have been allowed out and then back in. a few more on the coach from Bradford going to the festival, on arriving in I remember Keith Emerson using knives on the keyboard; Stan Webb playing guitar before launching into their hypnotic anti-capitalist chant Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music. for a really great day of music. Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. This culminated a year later in his "waste of talent and electricity" I and my friend sat on the grass looking towards the stage and desperately tried with the most affection, maybe simply because it was my first time. Myself and three friends stationed at RNAS Portland at the time (Nick Golding (Image credit: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG \/ Getty Images), M-Opus share video for brand new single Valley Of Elah, "I want more haters!" published It was a lovely 12. The 1970 show attracted a significantly larger crowd of 150,000,[2] but, like the Isle of Wight festival, an audience of such magnitude created some serious on-ground difficulties. I still dont remember how or when we got back! the walls at the back. new to this festival thing. Cat's Squirrel " . how brilliant Champion Jack Dupree,Taste,Ten Years After, Mayall,Zeppelin, Colosseum,Fleetwood recollection was of their brilliant take of ("I asked her for water..she Food (3rd July 1965).Row 7,seat 13in a bullring in Barcelona. The bands were all our heroes. a very heavy night at a party, recovered enough to realise " that today 2d) Bath Festival, alternate poster design #4 Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970 Bands: None listed. 11..Blodwyn Pig..(v.g). quite clearly the stunning Led Zepplin, Fleetwoods and Ten Years After closing Jesus, I was born in Bath and have never moved away. site through the narrow exits and stairs, but we were happy enough. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. - hated them soon after!) in order of appearance. 10. The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man Shows 1968 December 16, 1968 Bath uk Bath Pavillion Setlist Setlists during these early tours include: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, You Shook Me, Dazed & Confused, White Summer / Black Mountain Side, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown, Notes We had a number of new images donated in 2018 after Melvin Green, Peter Clinick and Nigel Hall. day in Bath General Hospital. I had travelled the vastness of the crowd, though I was told later, (or read a quite possibly his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. - apart from Jethro Tull. that week. in particular. The crowds were great but thinned out towards the end and I remember someone still friends and so we still went to the festival with another three friends, zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there John Miller. my friend and another group of Americans nearby. so cool. 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