Glastonbury Fair originated the use of the name 'Glastonbury', the June date, and the pyramid stage,[3] inspired by the work of author John Michell.
[6] His original motivation for staging a free festival was outlined in a leaflet published at the time: Man is fast ruining his environment.
He is suffering from the effects of pollution; from the neurosis brought about by a basically urban industrial society: from the lack of spirituality in his life.
[8] In his book Groovy Old Men author Nick Baker says of Kerr: His contribution to the British music scene is incontrovertibly huge.
[9]Born in Ewell, Surrey, in 1933,[10] Kerr's childhood during the war years was spent in south Oxfordshire, but he was evacuated to Ilfracombe for a period, and immediately afterwards the family was farming in the area.