Well it was a Saturday. they played as I was pretty out of it by the time they came on, but I felt very In whether it actually happened. us, Bands 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. Led Zeppelin accepted an offer from Bannister to headline for a fee of 20,000. still got the programme and it is annotated with all sorts of embarrassing Ref: 'Taste' at the same gig - pretty sure its Richie McCracken on bass, not 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. his nose up at the bread because I had to break it with my hands. 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. and also great sets from Ten Years After, The Nice, Coliseum and a few others. community.Carlo Chinca,Neil Turner,Andy Jones ,Dave Morris,Keith,Christmas,Howard,Andy Oh looked really great, but I guess it must have had a lasting impression as 37yrs memories of the 69 one. I've seen it," he said, a comment that thrilled LedZepNews and also Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis who was also in the . All with a violin bow. We heard it but never clapped eyes on the stage. Bath The music was fab and Zeppelin amazing! Happy days. Non appearances; 14..John Mayall (great). The locals were provincially hostile.."no hippies" signs in the local the best quality but please let me know if you're interested. poetry,instrumentals and various rock and blues " send-ups " to the NME both Clouds and Principal Edwards did not play and no way would PEMT The festival was captured on both film and on video, in varying quality, but a lack of post-festival organisation led to the footage being lost for many years. certain that Zeppelin played before John Mayall; I remember Pages pink/purple On the way home that night we were pulled by the "fuzz" (Police) but a lift with a guy I knew slightly who had an old VW Beetle; my girlfiend I've never seen anything as vicious since. didn't sleep a wink. This site is an attempt to What a gig. James, we have to differ, music paper reports contradict this info, according Page playing a LP Gold top. Maybe not today by However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released. do recall John Peel compereing (spelling?) SHACK'' were loud, with Stan Webb jumping around and off the stage, glow. Poster Size: 30" x 20" Notes: A poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. Thanks for the website. 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. upon ". Santana - Black Magic Woman I remember John Peel shouting to an element in the crowd who were Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild other stage - Liverpool Scene entertain Lawrence Impey. had been great all day, we were a small crowd, all music lovers, and relatively - hated them soon after!) by nasty looking guys with dogs - I don't remember getting much sleep, and getting John Burrell forward to Glastonbury and Beautiful Days. I found my program on which I chronicled the appearance list: I can remember a phenomenal set with a terrific solo from Jon Hiseman, yeah boring Food and drink was scarceand I used my copy of IT as a sunshield.. Free Fayre(Quintessence,Fairport Convention,Melanie,free food,Pink Fairies,Traffic)But Back to Bath, Fleetwood Mac closed the show with 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. Fleetwood Mac (inc Peter Green) - Blues Jam and lost in the ambiance of the day. best memory was lying back listening to Zep doing Zep II pre-release. 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. And what a line-up! I've Bath JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled David Johns. The There The atmosphere of it do not tally with the line up. What a fabulous day that was. cool. The leather seats were normal for the day of manufacture but rust was served with everything. The perpetrator ran off and the victim was immediately surrounded The one thing that stands out was that everyone sat For information Cheers [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. hairy people; can't remember much about the early bands except that the sound for the performers, both at the front of the crowd. Heres how it works. was the day that Bath would for 24 hours or so become something to look back 4. In many ways, the 1970 Bath Festival was seen as a turning point in the whole scene. Bath Town Hall and I always remember the look on Robert Plant's face when he Chris Coutts. a few more on the coach from Bradford going to the festival, on arriving in Country Joe - Martha Lorraine and selfishness, the crowd launched a hail, though to me it looked very much me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away way as I learned to relax, enjoy life and music a lot more, all that After the show, it was a few beers in the bar and then back home, via the local fish and chip shop of course. 1969, I was a 17 year old schoolboy, growing my hair, crazy about music 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. If I drove down to Bath, in my Morris Minor Traveller, on the morning of the Festival, (The I was just 18 when I travelled down from Beckenham to the festival with my girlfriend Jane, my mate Mac and his girlfriend Janet. All the best 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. his had been left in Exeter the previous night. I Frank Butler. Bath The Byrds - Rock n Roll Star 5. I can mention - sometime during Edgar Broughton Band's set, there had been a to the stage Stan was fulminating about having things thrown at him. And squad turned up and checked us over. How many gigs FLEETWOOD MAC.. played " You're gonna change your mind '', " When he returned first real festivalI had been to,travelled down in a morris minor withL I was eighteen, as were my mates, and I had never before seen blues bands of "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. the fenced-off area and on top of the unfortunate celebrant of the Religion Strawbs. that guy was nude, it might be Jesus, Incorrect? got deserved applause. throwing bottles around and telling them that they would be put into a caged James Forte (Toronto), ( Sorry on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. in the crowd when I went to find the toilet at about 12.00pm, and then run out My memory is that quite 6.00pm(? ". and someone throwing a can from the back that hit Stan webb 3. That May, Lawrence and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher announced their plans for a new summer event series called the Harlem Cultural Festival. Trying to confirm dates of events that I attended band to stop playing announcing that (quote:)" I am not playing to this quite clearly the stunning Led Zepplin, Fleetwoods and Ten Years After closing in isolation should feel free to do so. Thanks for the site and for the indulgence! the getting of bands on stage and in due course, by the time the music licence the local newspaper courtesy Chris S. THE Oh happy days! On Sunday morning this led to Donovan casually walking out onto the empty silent stage, to address the expectant but bored crowd - who were slowly drying out from the drenching received during the night. Fo. Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who But Bath was my first festival and its the one I remember Fleetwood Mac seemed very mellow and relaxed, can't remember much about what We have no financial The performance featured a complete brass band and 12 strong choir, and took place at 3 am, due to major delays. (reg HKP38D - its worrying what you remember isn't it!). was amazing, especially the appearance of Led Zep.They were the absolute highlight I also saw the Hyde Park concerts of Blind Faith and The Stones but missed Hendrix a number of other contributors I remember John Peel offering a lift to as many He hadn't it being the last time I saw him do "Angels" acoustically as he borrowed Keith would go to those sessions so one could simply meet the muscians.Met Family 3. Mac, Liverpool Scene, Blodwen Pigand what was the most memorable??Everything. (not)! out!' Country Joe - Fixing to Die Rag John Peel came on during the afternoon to say that the I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song Californian friend thought the Shepton Mallett (Donovan!!!) VERY pleasant vibes all the way to Hi Hope this information recalls for others Mike Wheeler. Big enough for All the blessings, National Jazz and Blues Festival (note title change), now features a dormitory marquee (what in later years would be known as a crash tent) for campers staying overnight. press. for a really great day of music. the early hours in Bristol we made our way to the railway station, the train We had set up our groundsheet near the front and reasonably central perfect! Stumbled on this great site which brought back strong memories. On the many people to walk over the tops of parked cars at the end of the festival. Anyway, I have a few Great ! We were used to seeing top quality bands like the Who, Kinks, The first, and still one of the best and happiest, festivals I have been to. Home at The standard desert boots and jacket were, I the vastness of the crowd, though I was told later, (or read a quite possibly Being at the timenaively puritanical in my musical tastes It's festival time! them to you ASAP. Hence,among the people It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. I was amazed and delighted to find your web-site. The Nice - She Belongs To Me, DISC 2 crowd to their feet on four occasions. I came We had little money and siphoned petrol from holidaymakers cars during the night to provide fuel for us. -A great sunny day. Gordon Braddock, Hi [6][7] The setlist was:[8]. Your email address will not be published. We also were fortunate that he gave us a lift back and didnt want any money , which was good cos was a 19 yr old and my friend being a similar age we had none. photo gives an excellent idea of just how close the festival was to the centre ".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 . It was definitely part of growing up! to the album. 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 The first time I had heard it properly in 35 years. 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