Keef Hartley Band at Bath.
6-27-70. Am.

Keef Hartley gets nary a mention in any of the press reports, no photos, nada, zilch, nothing . A shame, I used to like this guys style and I remember being impressed by the set they played at Bath. . This band were , according to the Bath programme , not in Big Band format at this date, but this is incorrect. The small line-up played the 1969 festival and the big band the 1970 fest. I well remember that this was the first great set of the day and Keef and the boys gave it some wellie and were very well recieved by the audience, who were thirsting for some decent music after waiting around for some hours for any music to happen .

Personnel Keef Hartley - Drums. Gary Thain - Bass. Miller Anderson - Guitar. David Caswell -Trumpet. Lyall Jenkins - Tenor sax. expanded line-up. Barbara Thomson- Baritone. Ray Warleigh - Alto Derek Wadsworth- Trombone Mike Davis -Trumpet Bud Parks- Trumpet. Now this line-up had some real clout !

     They were a driving blues based band - Hartley was John Mayall's drummer previous to him forming his own unit. They were one of the early bands on Saturday morning .

     Keef now works predominantly as a furniture designer / cabinet maker in his home town of Preston. However music is still a major part of his life and building on the success of recent CD re-issues, he is currently working on new material for an album to be released in 2001.

 Anyone with a tape , recollections, set list, whatever of this show  contact me please. Contact email

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