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The
Byrds at Bath.
June 29th, 1970 Tape/Aud.90
mins.
SET
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Personnel: Roger McGuinn-guitar /vocals Clarence White-guitar/vocal Gene Parsons-drums/vocal Skip Battin -bass /vocals . |
One of the best sets
of the festival, not only in terms of playing - which although ragged on occasions
was also inspired most of the time- but also due to in the response The
Byrds managed to evoke from a drenched, cold and dog tired crowd.
It was one of those magic occasions that make all
those hours sitting on the damp grass and wading through the mud more than worth
while !
At another point the compere gets up and says that they want to get Dr John on-stage soon and he is just shouted down by the audience who want more Byrds, so he eventually gives up. The show ends after numerous encores with the compere stating that the Byrds are worn out and their fingers are trashed .
Mindful of his earlier verbal thrashing , he soft soaps us by saying we are all nice people and will understand they can't keep on playing. We do, and with more cheers they depart after playing for two and a half hours , according to the the music magazines ( although my tape is only 90 mins long. ).
The compere ( Mike Raven ? ) is then heard saying that they will try to get the Moody Blues on and then Dr John , but apparently the Moodies were unable to play , despite being flown in by helicopter and it was the Good Dr who played the festival out in the damp dawn.
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8 mm Film Archive Ross Mortimore's streaming Quicktime movie of the crowd features clear images of the stage PA , Colosseum onstage and bikers with Canned Heat at Bath as a soundtrack provided courtesy of Bob C . Bandwidth and copyright restrictions mean we cant host audio/video so you will have to do with stills at the moment until we can do an alternative stream elsewhere. Please don't bug us to add it , we will do it when we have the time.
External Links to Bath related merchandise ( with which we have NO commerical links whatsoever ) To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1970 Bath Festival we have brought out a special commemorative set. Anyone interested can view it on http://www.rockmusic-offer.co.uk/ A
limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters
and Freddie Bannisters books on the Bath ,Lincoln 71 and Knebworth festivals
can be bought online from
the link below : Led Zeppelin at Bath photogallery Visit the 1969 Bath Festival pages. |