[Heeplist] Fwd: Re[2]: All of a sudden... Heep in Moscow. Live. Again.

[Vladimir Milovidov]

Thanks Igor, great report as always. I felt a bit wrong for not being able to attend, but I promised to come to different gig and knew about it only a day before. But some friends read the news and came here. Here are some nice photos by Serge Adamovich
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200511517162979.1073741828.1009303203

By the way, the concert I went also was very good. Dutch band Nits, music veterans, a mix of rock / pop / singer-songwriter stuff. Keyboardist Robert Jan Stips, formerly of Supersister and Golden Earring, plays with them.

Vladimir. 

07.06.2013, 20:40, "Igor Shveitser" <zlenko_iv at mail.ru>:
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> От кого: Igor Shveitser <zlenko_iv at mail.ru>
> Кому: Shawn Mctopy <shawn.mctopy at selu.edu>
> Дата: Пятница,  7 июня 2013, 20:39 +04:00
> Тема: Re[2]: [Heeplist] All of a sudden... Heep in Moscow. Live. Again.
>
> Well, as promised, here we go, gentlemen...
> First of all, this was a free event, so anyone could see Heep on that nice Moscow evening. It was a so-called Art-Football festival where we have various amateur artists from different coutries that participate in an international tournament (on that day they were from Estonia and Japan). The programm started at 6 pm, and Heep, as the headliners, entered the stage appr. 10 pm. 22:04, to be exact. By that time there were from 500 to 1000 people in the open hall of the Zelyoniy teatr (green theatre). Here's the setlist: Intro/Against the Odds, Overload, Stealin, Between Two Worlds, Gypsy, Look At Yourself, July Morning, Lady In Black, encore: Easy Livin'. They left the stage at 23:05, so an hour of Heep music was there for all to enjoy. Did they enjoy it? I believe, the ones who were in the front rows, including your humble servant :))), did, as for the seated crowd - later various people told me their different impressions, and here are some of the highlights, if you please: "Great old songs, not that impressive more modern ones", "Very loud", "The charisma of the old band is almost gone", "Great performance from Mick Box", "Bernie's voice is not good". If you want to know what I make of it, I'll tell you the following: the set was very well balanced and to me this band's tunes go more than well with the rest which are golden classics. Despite being a huge fan of John's, it was good to see Bernie back, and his voice was ok. He himself  appearet to be in a good mood an visibly liked the way moscovites and our city's guests welcomed the band. All other members of the band were almost like Bernie mood-wise, but it seemed to me that they still grieve the loss of the friend. Perhaps, it's only my imagination, but they talked less, no jokes, no funny stuff, even Mick's gestures seemed discreet - or did it only seem to me? But no words about Trevor, no dedications. Honestly, I do not know right or wrong, but that's the way that it was... Dave Rimmer was good again, now he played a different red-coloured bass (the one used in Padova was black), but knowing that Trevor will never return back made me look at him from a different angle. Yes, he is good and very skilled, nice fingering technique - but he doesn't sing at all, and something is missing in the playing manner... perhaps, yet. Still, he is closer to being a Heep bassist then Russell to being a Heep drummer. But that's another story, they are a very good band overall, and they proved it once again yesterday.
> P.S. There was a new merchandise already, funny pictures of the current line-up (on the flyers we still had Trevor) in white on a black t-shirt, cost appr. 53 dollars. They are very quick, I must admit, and perhaps this approach means only one thing: the show must go on whoever comes and goes. And Heep are busy touring, they have no time for mourning (which seems right to me, hate cryers and crying itself), they enjoy themselves as they can, and, like one fairytale hero, Carlsson who lives on the roof, they flew away but promised to return. In October, to be exact.
> P.P.S. I have pictures, if anyone needs.
>
> Четверг,  6 июня 2013, 9:31 -05:00 от Shawn Mctopy <shawn.mctopy at selu.edu>:
>
>> Igor,
>>
>> Awesome! That is really  Cool! Glad to read this, Igor.
>>
>> Igor, if you attend the  MOSCOW show, please give us your opinions and a review of the show.
>>
>> Once again, awesome and great to read that  The HEEP are coming to your home town soon!
>>
>> Take care, Igor, and have a great and  Kickin ' time when you attend the performance.
>>
>> Shawn -
>>
>> (Louisiana)
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Igor Shveitser  < zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
>>> Hey ya' all! It came from out of the blue, yesterday a friend informed me that the band is going to play live in my city. I've been told, when in Italy, by one of the band members it is going to happen, but not seeing the announcement in the gig list, thought to myself that he must have been mistaken. But no, he was not, here it is:   http://rockgig.net/event15310  and I will tell you about it if nothing prevents me from seeing 'em live again.
>>> All the best, Igor
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