Eston festival
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Norman_Conquest
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It took place during Eston play week and I can remember my dad dragging me and my sister through all the hippies whilst my mum followed with my younger brother and sister in a pushchair.
rob_fmttm
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That's right it was in play week. And there were actually quite a few big acts playing over the years.
I know it has been chronicled before on line.
Am going to go away and try and find it. I have a feeling the late great Tommy Kitching (Mark's dad) may have been involved. He of the legendary black marker pen fly posting across the moors road.
I know it has been chronicled before on line.
Am going to go away and try and find it. I have a feeling the late great Tommy Kitching (Mark's dad) may have been involved. He of the legendary black marker pen fly posting across the moors road.
rob_fmttm
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Look at the line up of the first rock festival at Eston Rec in 1968.
The advert is at the bottom of this article below...
The advert is at the bottom of this article below...
asredastheycome
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Downloaded that poster years ago. Remember someone printing it out for his office wall. Always looked for other years posters but never found them. Anyone have copies/photos. Saw Brinsley Schwarz play it a couple of years later but that's the only band I can remember. Used to drink Newcastle Brown in those days and a lot of my youth went missing. Look at the price of admission for that lot.
Great pity there isn't anymore information on the whole lot.
Carlos Fandango
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Found this write up about it.
Compiled by Paul Delplanque,
THEY SAY if you can remember the Sixties then you can't have been there.
But is there anyone who remembers Teespop 68?
Back in August, 1968, Teesside held its very own rock festival.
The event, named "Teespop 68" was organised by a young impresario called John McCoy.
The line-up included some of the most famous names on the music scene at that time.
Yet today, hardly anyone seems to remember it... perhaps this was Teesside's forgotten rock festival.
Topping the bill was none other than Traffic with Steve Winwood, who had already charted with the legendary Hole In My Shoe.
Equally famous was Ben E King, one time front-man of The Drifters, who recorded the classic Save The Last Dance For Me and his great solo hits Spanish Harlem and Stand By Me.
Also on the bill were The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, who already had a cult following after their successful album Gorilla and would soon hit the Top 10 with The Urban Spaceman.
Supporting these more famous acts was Joe Cocker's Grease Band - the same Joe Cocker who was also soon to have a huge hit with the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends. Other bands included The Alan Bown Set and Amboy Dukes.
Eston Recreation Ground on the Trunk Road to Redcar was chosen as the venue, where two stages and two marquees were erected.
John confidently expected more than the 2,500 fans that he needed to break-even to turn up.
As it happened, only 2,000 bought tickets but as John said at the time: "I suppose there were a few gatecrashers, because there must have been more than 2,500 in the marquee."
The festival got off to a good start with local bands Rivers Invitation, The Chelfont Line and Tramline being introduced by veteran R&B man Long John Baldry who acted as compere.
Joe Cocker's Grease band did not disappoint the crowd with their high octane set of classic rockers.
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band presented their own unique repertoire much to the amused bewilderment of the crowd.
After a storming set by Ben E King, Traffic closed the show just before the police literally pulled the plug half an hour early at 11.30pm.
Most of the artists decided not to go home but went to the Kirk at Kirklevington, which John ran at the time, for a private party. "It was a great way to end a memorable day, if you were there," remembered John, who also managed a young Chris Rea.
Compiled by Paul Delplanque,
THEY SAY if you can remember the Sixties then you can't have been there.
But is there anyone who remembers Teespop 68?
Back in August, 1968, Teesside held its very own rock festival.
The event, named "Teespop 68" was organised by a young impresario called John McCoy.
The line-up included some of the most famous names on the music scene at that time.
Yet today, hardly anyone seems to remember it... perhaps this was Teesside's forgotten rock festival.
Topping the bill was none other than Traffic with Steve Winwood, who had already charted with the legendary Hole In My Shoe.
Equally famous was Ben E King, one time front-man of The Drifters, who recorded the classic Save The Last Dance For Me and his great solo hits Spanish Harlem and Stand By Me.
Also on the bill were The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, who already had a cult following after their successful album Gorilla and would soon hit the Top 10 with The Urban Spaceman.
Supporting these more famous acts was Joe Cocker's Grease Band - the same Joe Cocker who was also soon to have a huge hit with the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends. Other bands included The Alan Bown Set and Amboy Dukes.
Eston Recreation Ground on the Trunk Road to Redcar was chosen as the venue, where two stages and two marquees were erected.
John confidently expected more than the 2,500 fans that he needed to break-even to turn up.
As it happened, only 2,000 bought tickets but as John said at the time: "I suppose there were a few gatecrashers, because there must have been more than 2,500 in the marquee."
The festival got off to a good start with local bands Rivers Invitation, The Chelfont Line and Tramline being introduced by veteran R&B man Long John Baldry who acted as compere.
Joe Cocker's Grease band did not disappoint the crowd with their high octane set of classic rockers.
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band presented their own unique repertoire much to the amused bewilderment of the crowd.
After a storming set by Ben E King, Traffic closed the show just before the police literally pulled the plug half an hour early at 11.30pm.
Most of the artists decided not to go home but went to the Kirk at Kirklevington, which John ran at the time, for a private party. "It was a great way to end a memorable day, if you were there," remembered John, who also managed a young Chris Rea.
