[Heeplist] Fwd: Re[2]: Ken Hensley

Tue Aug 27 15:27:00 EDT 2013

 Thanks, Shawn, if you use youtube, you can see for yourself how was that and also were they (John and Ken) really drunk and not in good voice respectively. I never fancied when anybody deliberately distorted true facts and real intentions of certain people.
Cheers, Igor

Вторник, 27 августа 2013, 11:54 -05:00 от Shawn Mctopy <shawn.mctopy at selu.edu>:
>Igor & David,
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>I wish that I could attend a *Magician's Birthday Party* event! If they
>still have this event, that is.
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>An *'Acoustic'* show would be a blast to attend too, as I really like
>the *'ACOUSTICALLY
>DRIVEN'* album.
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>*John Wetton*? I like the song *'One Way or Another'*, that features John
>on vocals and bass guitar. It's a *Funky* little number.
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSBK_QIOWqQ
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>Although my favorite song from *'HIGH AND MIGHTY'* is *'Weep In Silence'*.
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>*URIAH HEEP*, in a word - *ROCKS!!!*
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>Take care, David & Igor.
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>Keep A *HEEP'n!*
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>Shawn -
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>On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:23 AM, DAVID M SHERROD < porcupineheep at cox.net >wrote:
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>> I wasn't there, and everything I heard about John and Ken came from people
>> that were there, I do like the official releases of Hensley and Wetton, but
>> I read someplace that Ken went in the studio and 're did his vocals for the
>> releases. I know Ken didn't want them released but had no real say in the
>> matter other than fixing his vocals for the release because he had a really
>> bad cold at the time.
>> Dave
>>
>> Igor Shveitser < zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >-------- Пересылаемое сообщение --------
>> >От кого: Igor Shveitser < zlenko_iv at mail.ru >
>> >Кому: Bob Winward < uriahheep at comcast.net >
>> >Дата: Вторник, 27 августа 2013, 19:42 +04:00
>> >Тема: Re[2]: [Heeplist] Ken Hensley
>> >
>> >Bob,
>> >I wasn't there, there was less possibility of me coming there than for
>> you, for instance, coming to Russia when Mick or Ken plays here - and it
>> happens quite often, I must say :))))) Perhaps, your version could pass for
>> those who are not that familiar with Heep material and their complicated
>> relationships, but not for me. I think, both albums with Wetton mean much
>> much more to the band's legacy than anything made later. Especially after
>> Ken left. Having said that, I do not mean you tell lies - it's just an
>> opinion that omits Ken's input as a vocalist and bandleader (which in fact
>> he was once). Paradise/The Spell sung by Lee instead of Ken was a joke. He
>> was much more than just a Hammond and slide guitar player, and I hope you
>> know that.  As for Dave Sherod' story of drunken JW and Ken's voice having
>> been spent by the time in question: please, do me a favor,Dave, watch More
>> Than Conquerors - the truth must be known...  It was up to the band to
>> decide in which shape to appear (and I think their image, not Ken's or
>> John's) suffered the most from that choice of theirs) - but I hope it
>> wasn't them who told all those horrible lies.
>> >Cheers, Igor
>> >
>> >
>> >Вторник, 27 августа 2013, 7:54 -04:00 от Bob Winward <
>>  uriahheep at comcast.net >:
>> >>Igor were you there in London 2001?  Anyhow, I was told John W was not
>> >>involved because they had a bass player (Trevor) and John's only real
>> >>memorable contribution was some vocals on One Way or Another and the
>> current
>> >>band didn't want to do that song, which also was a situation where John
>> and
>> >>Ken shared vocals.
>> >>
>> >>Everyone was there to hear Ken on Hammond and slide.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>On 8/26/13 1:27 PM, "Igor Shveitser" <  zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>  Lee was singing then because it was pre-decided, they rehearsed that,
>> as Ken
>> >>> told me once. And although he didn't mention it, something told me he
>> was not
>> >>> excited about it (and the whole event, that was Heepvention 2001) at
>> all. I
>> >>> can understand that for there was not the real Ken Hensley of Uriah
>> Heep but
>> >>> his diminished or edited - whatever you call it - version. I also
>> asked him
>> >>> why wasn't John Wetton invited to take part in the band's show, and he
>> had no
>> >>> answer, readdressing me to Bob Carruthers with that and agreeing John
>> was a
>> >>> significant part of Uriah Heep.
>> >>Cheers, Igor
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Понедельник, 26 августа 2013,
>> >>> 4:21 -07:00 от DAVID M SHERROD <  porcupineheep at cox.net >:
>> >>>The one from 2001 has
>> >>> Lee singing in place of Ken because his voice was spent at the time,
>> if I
>> >>> remember right. T
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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