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I absolutely agree with most of this especially about Ozzie. I am not sure if it is the band or him. His range is shot and the band just doesn't get it........ Sounds more like (to me) and real early AC/DC.. 

 Mike Fredrick ;-)



On Monday, November 4, 2013 3:58 AM, Rick Wilson <futureprimitive1 at gmail.com> wrote:
  
Hi, All!
>
>Most of the time, I read whatever YOU guys are going on about, and move
>along.  lol  Sometimes, I consider them for awhile, especially if it is a
>topic which moves me.  Here are some of the things mentioned in recent
>weeks:
>
>1) Black Sabbath / 13: Tony & Geezer still riff like the masters they are;
>Ozzy has seen better daze (sic) lol.
>2) Deep Purple / Now What?! vs. Blackmore's Night / Dancer & the Moon:
>There's really no comparison.  Ritchie is still amazing in his own little
>world, and Ian & co. were surprising with that Dixie Dreg-guy.  lol
>"Vincent Price" is cool, but better done by Alice Cooper.
>3) Humble Pie / Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore (The Complete Recordings)
>is utterly phenomenal!  I just wished the setlist were more expansive.  How
>about a reformation with Clem & Peter on lead guitar, Jerry on drums, Mark
>Farner on guitar/keyboards, and Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals?  They
>could call it "Humbler Pi".  lol
>4) Allan Lanier of BOC, a tragic loss, indeed.  In my humble opinion, he is
>what made BOC so special between the 5 guitars and keyboards and macabre
>lyrics.
>5) I thank YOU all for the recent uploads.  Whether it was UH live in
>Moscow or Tel Aviv this year, or yesteryear without Mick or with him in
>1972 in Nuremberg.  Indeed, all Heep is good Heep.  I'll leave the counting
>of drumbeats, etc. to the musicians among us.
>6) Ken Hensley & Live Fire: I like most everything that Ken has done since
>he got off smack circa 1998.  I thought "Faster" was great, and they had a
>singer that was a good cross between Bernie & David Byron.  The new guy is
>not bad, and certainly not as horrible as John Sloman, but one can hear his
>accent come through at times.  Still, a bass playing singer is cool.  Now,
>the live disc was truly exceptional!  Ken and co.'s timing, meaning the
>timing of the songs, is really Heepish of yore.  So, I guess that I agree,
>Mick and the boyz couldn't hurt to double check the feel of, at the least,
>some of the older songs.  Should Ken return to UH?  I'm not certain.  Could
>he bring the bass player and guitarist with him, if Davey is not
>permanent?  That would certainly beef up the UH choir of days gone by.
>7) Claudia is coming to China?  I am near Hong Kong.  If YOU are bringing
>CDs to Igor, then surely YOU could sport some my way, por favor.  lol
>8) Carlos Santana re-dubbing solos from Woodstock, Mr. Todd Klun?!  If YOU
>double check your Songfacts (http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=8436),
>he only did that on the Woodstock performance of the song, "Evil Ways",
>which he had been saying for years was ruined by an out-of-tune guitar.
>Believe me, he wouldn't dare touch "Soul Sacrifice" or any of the others
>that got the band in that Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Shame a few years back.
>After "Corazon", I avidly await the new reunion disc with Neal Schon and
>Gregg Rolie, which should be a feast for sore ears in 2014.
>9) What's this nonsense about UH never making the RnRHoS?  Once "Kiss" get
>in, believe me many of the rights will be wronged, lol, I mean many of
>the..., well, YOU know what I mean, because Gene $immon$ promised me
>personally that he believes many of the bands that once supported the
>masked ones deserve a spot.  So, here's to an amazing new Heep release in
>2014 that I predict will outsell the current "Motorhead" release 2-to-1,
>and chart higher; and, that is saying something, because Lemmy and his
>bastards just scored their highest charting disc ever Stateside.  I love
>YOU, all!  Keep on Rockin'!
>
>P.S.- to one of the Daves, the one who has been out of work for more than
>three years:  China is always looking for new foreign teachers to teach
>English here.  If YOU have a degree in any field, and YOU are a native
>speaker, then give it a shot!
>
>Rick
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