[Heeplist] Ken Hensley

[Mac Steagall]

I was at both concerts and there is no doubt in 
my mind Ken redubbed the vocals for the More than 
Conquerors release. His voice was completely 
trashed and was breaking up and cracking terribly 
during his concert with John Wetton. As I 
said,  the reason Ken didn't sing lead at 2001 
MBP was by prior plan, not due to his voice being 
shot. As I recall it was Lee who made some comments to that effect at the time.

Mac

At 12:23 PM 8/27/2013, you wrote:
>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: > > > >-------- 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. Â 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... Â 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 >> >> > > >-- >Igor 
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