[Heeplist] Stephen Fontaine!

[Bob Winward]

This appears to me (in my opinion) an original post that has made it to the
list. I do not have the time to click on the link this morning, have to get
to the office, but will do so this evening. Thank you for bringing this to
our attention.  I have never met Peter Goalby or John Sloman.  What is Peter
Goably up to these days?  Is he bitter about leaving Uriah Heep?


On 4/10/14 5:54 AM, "Rick Wilson" <rick.wilson.292768100 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, All!
> 
> Recently, I have gone back to review the nearly thirty years that Bernie &
> Phil have been members of The Heep.  Whilst doing so, I was reminded of the
> short tenure of Steff Fontaine in the band, which was nothing more than a
> couple of months from July to September, 1985 touring the U.S. & Canada.
> 
> In fact, I had seen The Heep twice in 1985: April 11th in Munich and the
> 12th in Biberach, where I was able to speak shortly with Pete Goalby, Lee
> Kerslake & Mick Box.  These being the second and third times that I had
> seen the band after seeing them the first time in December, 1983 in the old
> Ulmer Donauhalle.
> 
> So, I was rather surprised when I had heard that Pete would be leaving the
> band, and that the relative unknown Mr. Fontaine would be replacing him.
>  There were actually tour posters hung for potential gigs with him that did
> not happen in November of 1985.
> 
> Suffice it to say that by early 1986, Bernie had joined the band, and the
> rest, as they say, is history.  I did, however, stumble across Steff's
> MyPage, and was able to get a listen of four cuts from his band, "Heartache
> City".
> 
> Stephen Fontaine, as he goes by these days, sounds to me like a Mark
> Slaughter/Robert Fleischmann-type singer on these songs.  Not exactly my
> cup of tea, but the three songs that I could hear do sound pretty decent.
>  One could go here: https://myspace.com/stefffontaine to check them out for
> yourself.  "Some Gotta Win" being the best, and "Thunder & Lightning"
> showing some of the "Journey" style vocals that he is known for.
> 
> Keeping it real,
> 
> Rick
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