[Heeplist] Trevor R.I.P

henrik bro henrik.bro at hotmail.com
Tue May 21 16:29:48 EDT 2013 

Can't understand the news - thougt he was fit to return to Donnington next month.

I Hope Mick can and will tell some more information about it. It is so sad! I Rember Trevor in London for the Magician Birthday Party in the beginng of the century, where he was around with his child. This news is some of the worst in the Heep history.

 

Henrik Bro





  


> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 21:19:08 +0100
> From: heeplistpete at ntlworld.com
> To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Trevor R.I.P
> 
> NOOOOO ! THIS IS REALLY BAD!
> 
> 
> Sent from Samsung Galaxy on O2
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> -------- Original message --------
> Subject: [Heeplist] Trevor R.I.P 
> From: henrik bro <henrik.bro at hotmail.com> 
> To: "Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)" <heeplist at travellersintime.com> 
> CC: 
> 
> OH NO!!!!
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> 
> Henrik Bro
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> > 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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