[Heeplist] Trevor R.I.P

Wed May 22 12:46:07 EDT 2013

Frieda called me yesterday evening with the sad news, I just got off the job 
and i was going back to the hotel. I still am in a shock, Rest In Peace 
Trevor.

Staf

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From: Jenny Persson
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:42 PM
To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Trevor R.I.P

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
> >
> >-------- 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> 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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