[Heeplist] Trevor R.I.P
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mfredrick at yahoo.com
Wed May 22 08:32:17 EDT 2013
OMG..... This is devastating... I mean, They are not youngsters anymore.. I get that, I really do but, !!!! Be in peace Trevor.... If there is a Rock and Roll Heaven, I will meet you there....
Mike Fredrick ;-)
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>NOOOOO ! THIS IS REALLY BAD!
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>Subject: [Heeplist] Trevor R.I.P
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>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
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>> 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
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>> The Hanging Tree
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>> Falling In Love
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>> Stealin'
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>> Sympathy
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>> Rain
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>> The Wizard
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>> Free Me
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>> I'm Alive
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>> Gypsy
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>> Look At Yourself
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>> July Morning
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>> Lady In Black
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>> Encore
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>> Free & Easy
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>> 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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