[Heeplist] Trevor R.I.P
henrik bro
henrik.bro at hotmail.com
Tue May 21 16:17:12 EDT 2013
OH NO!!!!
Henrik Bro
> From: zlenko_iv at mail.ru
> To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 17:28:47 +0400
> Subject: [Heeplist] A Gig in Padova, Italy
>
> Hello there,
>
> Well, as I promised to Bob Winward, I will say a few words about the show in
> Padova which I attended. I am not a very good storyteller, I save all of my
> ah's and oh's for myself, so let's make it short and if anyone has
> questions - feel free to ask. :) First of all, it was kind of weird for me,
> because many things were for the first time: a gig abroad, Uriah Heep with
> John Lawton, Uriah Heep without Trevor Bolder and Lee Kerslake. Despite the
> fact that the advertisement said the show would take place in that beautiful
> Italian city, actually it was, as I've been told by the small hotel owner,
> outside the city. To be fair, not that far - approximately 40 minutes of
> dynamic walk through some god forgotten paths, which I found out later in
> the night (after midnight) when I realized that there is no other way out of
> there but on your feet!
>
> The venue, Grand Theatre Geox looked like a huge hangar from the outside,
> but with a decent hall within. Honestly, I didn't know how many of the
> Italians would fancy a Heep show (the tickets were from 23 to 34.5 Euro
> which is rather cheap by Moscow standards), but how amazed was I when the
> young local girl named Lara which helped us with the bus stop told that she
> was going to the same place. It wasn't overcrowded, I've not seen a lot of
> advertisements in Padova (actually, none!) but still by the beginning of the
> event (appr. 20 minutes later then announced 21:15 local time) it seemed the
> hall is more like half full than half empty. I suggest, circa 1000 Italians
> (and not only, presumably J))) welcomed the appearance of Mick, Phil,
> Russell, John Lawton and Dave Rimmer on stage. Here's the setlist, which I
> believe, according to the info on the Mannheim show of May, the 8-th, was
> the same.
>
> Against The Odds
>
> The Hanging Tree
>
> Falling In Love
>
> Stealin'
>
> Sympathy
>
> Rain
>
> The Wizard
>
> Free Me
>
> I'm Alive
>
> Gypsy
>
> Look At Yourself
>
> July Morning
>
> Lady In Black
>
> Encore
>
> Free & Easy
>
> Easy Livin'
>
> The main question I had before the show, was more or less the following:
> would it really be special, won't it look like the band, enforced by the
> musicians new and old, is more like a "having fun and making money" kind of
> act? As a matter of fact, no - it was great! It was very serious and all of
> the guys, both on stage and out of it, enjoyed the concert enormously. Yes,
> there were some weak points to it, in my eyes - but again, there were
> greater, than regularly, points as well. For instance, I found the
> rhythmical base to Sympathy not that solid and tight as it should be, and
> Russell did some strange kind of beat which sounded improper and not very
> balanced at the same time. But that is almost all on the negative side!
> Where else could you possibly see Heep playing the 1977-78 repertoire and
> with an original vocalist especially if you were born in a very different
> country and not much earlier than that era?! That's outstanding, this very
> fact is solely worth it - and zum teufel with the minor negative details,
> as the Germans say! I enjoyed Dave Rimmer style of playing, it is very
> Heepy, with fingering and all of those melodic lines in a jazzy "stepping"
> manner which contributed to the image of the band long ago. As for Mr.
> Lawton - what else would you expect from a singer of his talent?! Perhaps I
> am biased here, but the age doesn't show, and he still can easily outsing
> almost anyone, if you get the point. And he does, oh yeah. He just delivers.
> And it's a shame we won't see him with the band anymore - at least, that's
> what they say. But never say never, eh? To go a bit more into details, I
> found his on stage presence even more impressive than before (and he visited
> Russia a few times before), he seemed like he never left Heep, like he's
> home, and some of his versions of David Byron' songs were just amazing.
> Gypsy, for instance - this anthem is just great for this very line-up, it
> fits 'em like a glove, and John, showing his middle finger while singing "":
> you're not welcome on our land:" was more than convincing! J He played some
> acoustic guitar which was nice and also reminding of "those days", and his
> interpretation of Rain is as good as any original if not better! What else?
> Mick, Phil and Dave did a great job overall, but to me Phil was a bit shyer
> than a Heep keyboard player should be, but I mean no offence, just prefer
> more aggressive Hammond playing with more soloin'; as for Mick and Dave,
> they repeated the same trick which was invented some time ago for the Look
> At Yourself live version. And not without a success, I must admit. Mick
> seemed cheerful as ever, with all of his magic gestures (sometimes it even
> seemed as if he was jokingly baptizing the audience!) - and perhaps for that
> very reason some of the girls who came on stage for the encore Free'n'Easy
> tried desperately to embrace or even kiss him. J Well, on behalf of Uriah
> Heep, I believe Mick deserved it that night and the people's reaction was
> very positive, and I must say, more gentle than I am used to here in Russia.
> But that's minor details - overall, a Heep gig is a great thing anyway, and
> this very wasn't an exception to that rule and most likely a historic one.
>
> Hope you liked eading as much as I did seein' it all with me own two eyes
> J)))
>
> Any questions are welcome! Also have pics.
>
> Cheers, Igor
>
>
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