[Heeplist] Heeplist] UH singers

Tue Aug 5 11:55:02 EDT 2014

 They do indeed, Shawn, they are a great example of a powerful team-working creative unit. Some of Phil's ideas have their roots rhythmically and harmonically in 80-s pop which is hardly real Heep style. Still, who cares... since the late 80-s it partially has been anyway :))))))
Cheers, Igor

Tue, 5 Aug 2014 10:14:09 -0500 от Shawn Mctopy <shawn.mctopy at selu.edu>:
>Mick Box and Phil Lanzon work together very well, at composing the music & songs, in my opinion.
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>I really like keyboard playing from Phil, and he has become one of my favorite rock keyboard players, along with the late Rick Wright  (PINK FLOYD) .
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>I always liked the keyboard playing from John Evans, the original keyboard player from  JETHRO TULL , as well.
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>On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Igor Shveitser  < zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
>> I don't want this to be interpreted as if Ken said "Mick had ONLY ideas..." for, first of all, it wasn't the case and, secondly, I was the one he was talking to (an interview taken more than a decade ago). Actually, that phrase had resulted in explanation why Ken was so angry with Lee Kerslake late in the 70-s... I guess it all doesn't matter much now. What was (and is important still) - classic Heep line-up nucleous consisted, as I got it, of musicians of different types.
>>Byron was the performer, the singer, the composer (he penned some songs solely) - but also a team member when necessary until he got fed up with the whole enterprice...
>>Hensley is an extremely gifted songwriter (not to be confused with "composer"!) who is also  a multiinstrumentalist, prefers to dominate in the process and organize everything around himself. That approach has its pros and cons - I think, during the best days of Heep he managed (or was put into such position) not to overdominate and even collaborated on certain occasions. He was the key figure, he was the spokesman - but he wasn't the bandleader, the boss, whatever... Now it is different, he rules his small creative universe - and the result is, whether you like the songs or not so much, they have absolutely no chemistry about them. It is Ken-made, Ken-arranged, Ken-directed singer-songwriter show.
>>Now to Mick Box. Unlike Hensley's semi-existing band, modern Uriah Heep (thanks mostly to Mr.Box) still have that chemistry in the creative process, althought of a different sort. Even if their music sounds not extremely entertaining as a pure idea, they always manage to give it that special "Heep treatment" - which makes it audible and even joy to listen in the end. Personally I think most of their compositions were not songs or poems initially - just Phil and Mick who "had ideas" :)))))) But, as years went by, they managed to bound those bits and pieces as tightly as any good band today could only wish for.
>>Cheers, Igor
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>>Mon, 4 Aug 2014 21:36:39 -0700 от Don Malecic < docofun at gmail.com >:
>>>Hi Igor,
>>>You mentioned that Hensley remarked in his own words that Mick only had
>>>"ideas "
>>>Just curious if any of those ideas were ever aknowleged by the band or,
>>>Micks ideas just fell to deaf ears?
>>>As I recall many classic rock guitarists have come up with riff patterns as
>>>ideas that have become rock classics .
>>>Tony Iommi , reverend Billy Gibbons to mention a few.
>>>All I know is Hensley wrote some great songs, most were ballads and peotic
>>>in form.
>>>He defenatley left his mark in Heeps history .
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>>>Hey Dave,
>>>Just wondering what era did you enjoy Micks playing the most ?
>>>Don
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>>>On Monday, August 4, 2014, DAVID M SHERROD <  porcupineheep at cox.net > wrote:
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>>>> I have to say Micks solos were far better back then, simply amazing, but I
>>>> think that's true for most 70s guitar player's. Dave S.
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>>>> Don Malecic <  docofun at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>> >I like Heep hard rockin!
>>>> >Maybe Mick wasn't a Song writer back then, but he played a mean guitar!
>>>> >They would have captured more of the North American market with heavy
>>>> >guitar riffs.
>>>> >God bless Mick Box!
>>>> >Don
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>>>> >On Monday, August 4, 2014, Igor Shveitser <  zlenko_iv at mail.ru
>>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
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>>>> >>  To this I must add: to me even pronouncing Lawton's name along with
>>>> >> Goalby's is a blasphomy. John's voice is beautiful, colorful and
>>>> extremely
>>>> >> powerful, and I daresay he was the best singer in Heep if we consider
>>>> >> power, range, flexibility as well as some other components. However
>>>> there's
>>>> >> only one David Byron. As I said earlier, he was special - and he was
>>>> one of
>>>> >> those who formed the band.
>>>> >> P.S. To Don's remarks about Mick Box' place in Heep' history I will
>>>> answer
>>>> >> with Mr. Hensley's words which in my opinion more than shed a light on
>>>> why
>>>> >> Mr.Box was a bit behind overall during the classical period: "When we'd
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>>>> >> to studio to record another album, I usually had 8 songs, David had a
>>>> >> couple, Mick had... ideas..." In my opinion, that sums it up: that band
>>>> was
>>>> >> about songs, and only since it had become more customized hard rocking
>>>> unit
>>>> >> with Mick Box at helm, he finally got himself more space in the mix.
>>>> >> Cheers, Igor
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>>>> >>
>>>> >> Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:31:36 +0400 от Igor Shveitser <  zlenko_iv at mail.ru
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>>>> >> >Like it or not, Byron era is all classics, he was a special vocalist
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>>>> >> a very influential one. With all respect, you can't say that about any
>>>> of
>>>> >> the rest, however John Lawton stands out - because he was and still is
>>>> THE
>>>> >> SINGER.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >All the best,
>>>> >> >Igor Shveytser
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