[Heeplist] Favourite Heep drumtrack?

[Shawn Mctopy]

Lee Kerslake had a *'Groove' *to his drum style.


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 4:26 PM, David Amendolara <mail4hamurabi at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> One thing I always thought was that by the time Abominog came around,
> Lee's style of drumming had changed. Not better or worse, but different
> than before.
>
> I'm revisiting the "old" (or classic) Heep a bit these days and I really
> noticed a few things, including his drumming which was rarely a simple 4/4
> pattern, but always very exciting and (slightly) different from what you'd
> expect.
>
>
> Same with ALL the bass players Heep have had over the years: often they'll
> be playing a melody all of their own beneath the main riff or vocal melody.
> Listen to Easy Livin, for instance. Even Bob Daisley, who I think is Heep's
> most underrated bass player, did incredibly interesting things. In that
> sense I am glad with Davy Rimmer's first record with the band, he seems to
> be "one of those" players, too.
>
>
> And yeah, from what I heard of Ken's later / recent outings, the bass and
> drums are often rather simple - almost an afterthought.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Eddie!
>
>
>
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>
> Eddie,
> Just a few days ago I was celebrating Ken's birthday in my favorite style
> which is not drinking but listening to what the celebrated musician took
> part in. :) One of the records I've been listening to was Firefly,
> suddenly, noticing those nice breaks and other stuff which was typical for
> Lee in the 70-s, I realized why I can't treat the modern Hensley recordings
> the way I treat Heep classics. It is those major details, nuances including
> drums and bass playing which are sadly missing from Ken's albums since he
> has returned to stage. So, I think, mostly all of the 70-s recordings
> featuring Lee have those details for which I am more than grateful to him.
> "Lee's main feature is that he's a jolly drummer", - that's what a great
> friend of mine who's a very good drummer himself said once. But it is
> really hard to pinpoint one track. In the meantime, give The Hanging Tree a
> spin, you might like it. :)
> Cheers, Igor
>
>
>
>
> Вторник, 26 августа 2014, 13:39 -07:00 от David Amendolara <
> mail4hamurabi at yahoo.com>:
>
> OK so we discussed singers ... What's everyone's favourite drum track on
> any given Uriah Heep song?
> >
> >
> >If forced, I'd probably go with Lee's drumming on "Return To Fantasy" -
> specifically the cymbals, which sound like fireworks going off to my ears.
> >
> >
> >I also like his drumming on "Been Away Too Long", very lyrical. But I
> think RTF is my favourite (for the moment).
> >
> >Let's see who's willing to play :-)
> >Eddie
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