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[todd klun]

thanks for the Santana correction .. I was just trying to say that some
times the out of tune guitars or mistakes can make a performance unique ,
for good or bad , but unique all the same .


On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 10:58 PM, 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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