[Heeplist] Trevor R.I.P

Jenny Persson bewitched_by_stormwitch at hotmail.com
Wed May 22 10:42:19 EDT 2013 

Very sad news. I still find it so hard to believe....R.I.P. Trevor! So glad I got a chance to see him live and to meet him. 
Jen

> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 05:32:17 -0700
> From: mfredrick at yahoo.com
> To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Trevor R.I.P
> 
> 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 ;-)
> 
> 
> >________________________________
> > From: Pete <heeplistpete at ntlworld.com>
> >To: heeplist at travellersintime.com 
> >Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:19 PM
> >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!!!!
> >
> >
> >Henrik Bro
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >  
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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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