[Heeplist] Rick Bozzo, bassist/guitarist for Meat Loaf!

Thu Mar 13 22:02:32 EDT 2014

Rick,

Meatloaf's vocals are indeed powerful. Also, I like the song you quoted
lyrics from.

Meatloaf is not only a very powerful singer, but an extremely energetic and
charismatic performer as well.

Take Care, Rick.

Keep A *HEEP'n!*

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Rick Wilson <
rick.wilson.292768100 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, a lot of people do not like Meat's vocals on "Free-for-All", but when
> I am sitting at the PC one can often hear me singing, "Don't YOU know, I
> love YOU, so I told YOU a lie, I love YOU so I told YOU a lie, when I told
> YOU goodbye!"  lol  Meat, thanks to Jim Steinman's contributions, is not
> always considered in the same vein as other Classic Rock artists due to the
> operatic vocals, but, believe me, he can rock out with the best of them.  I
> seen him twice live: First, in 1983 at the "Monsters of Rock", where I
> thought Rick Bozzo was Ronnie Wood, lol, and secondly in Ulm, Germany in
> 1987, where I actually won an autographed copy of his "Live" album from the
> Radio station that I went on a couple of years later to compete against.
> By the way, at the "Monsters of Rock", Meat was joined on stage by the
> following for a jam of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode": Dee Snider & Eddie
> Ojeda of "Twisted Sister", Graham Oliver & Paul "Dobby" Dobson, then of
> "Saxon", Brian Robertson, then of "Motorhead", Phil Lynott, Brian Downey &
> Scott Gorham of "Thin Lizzy", Buck Dharma & Eric Bloom of "Blue Oyster
> Cult", and even Mickey Moody & Bernie Marsden of the headlining act,
> "Whitesnake"!  Anyone who has that much clout to assemble so many talented
> artists in one place has to be a true Rocker at heart, and we can all
> agree, Meat's heart is a big one!  Lastly, Marvin Lee Aday legally changed
> his name, much like Alice Cooper, to Meat Loaf, so there is no need for the
> quotation marks when writing his name, but that's just the English teacher
> in me talking.  lol
>
> Rick
> [?]
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:13 AM, Shawn Mctopy <shawn.mctopy at selu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > *MeatLoaf*
> >
> >
> > I like Mr. Loaf's vocal contributions on *Ted Nugent's*
> > *'FREE-FOR-ALL'*album.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhtZZa5ypzQ
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Rick Wilson <
> > rick.wilson.292768100 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > That would be me, Bob, although I could have been a bit more James
> > > Steerforth and called them, "Daisy's Boys".  I figure since this is the
> > > first disc without Trevor Bolder that it is a new beginning of sorts
> for
> > > the old antagonistic, extremely self-deprecating yet quite 'umble
> "Uriah
> > > Heep" a la Charles Dickens.  [?]
> > >
> > > Rick
> > > [?]
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a question, whose terminology is "David Copperfield's Boys",
> > Rick
> > > > Bozzo's or yours?
> > > >
> > > > Also if you do not have success, try again!  That's always been my
> > motto!
> > > > Lol!  A lot of folk spend too much time on facebook, blogs and
> twitter
> > > > rather than the most important place on the planet and that is
> > "Heepsters
> > > > on
> > > > the web".   Not everyone here realizes just how special that is and
> to
> > > > those
> > > > who don't care I say "Facebook them"  :-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 3/12/14 12:52 AM, "Rick Wilson" <rick.wilson.292768100 at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi, All!
> > > > >
> > > > > Let me try once again to initiate a conversation, although I have
> had
> > > > > little success as of late...  I am very lucky to still have many a
> > > > musical
> > > > > connection thanks to my time doing radio, and recently I was
> > contacted
> > > > for
> > > > > the first time by Meat Loaf's bassist/guitarist, Rick Bozzo.  In my
> > > > > LinkedIn profile, I mention that I have been a longtime fan of The
> > Heep
> > > > and
> > > > > a member (off and on) of the list since 1998.  So, Rick shared some
> > > > > comments about David Copperfield's boys, "I still think Uriah Heep
> > was
> > > > one
> > > > > of the BEST vocal groups of there times.great tunes & a very
> original
> > > > > sound.Theres no groups like them now a days.."  (All typos are his,
> > of
> > > > > course.)  Still, nice words coming from a man who has been in Rock
> > for
> > > > just
> > > > > as long, and has seen many come and go.  I just thought that YOU
> > might
> > > > like
> > > > > to know, and, by the way, if YOU are near Las Vegas, then Meat Loaf
> > has
> > > > > just begun a 14-date residency there under the title "Rocktells &
> > > > > Cocktails", so be sure to check it out, because it is sure to be
> > quite
> > > a
> > > > > humdinger if there ever was one!
> > > > >
> > > > > P.S. - I cannot wait to hear the new Heep!
> > > > >
> > > > > Rick
> > > > > [?]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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