[Heeplist] Trail of Diamonds and Traveller

[Stan From Home]

Boz Roz and he only did the one song.

Stan

> On Nov 29, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Scott Cokeley <scokeley67 at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Stan..who did Bernie record the song Traveler with?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 28, 2014, at 5:20 AM, "Stan From Home" <evens78 at chartermi.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I would really like Trail of Diamonds in the setlist, I think it is their most magically Heepish song that Current Bernie Heep has done. Another non Heep song that Bernie did that was magical was Traveller! Do others remember traveller?
>> 
>> 
>> Stan
>> 
>>> On Nov 28, 2014, at 8:02 AM, Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thank You Pete!!  I feel included now.  In my original rant, I was not
>>> directing comments toward you.  I did room with Rich Wagner at TMBP 2001, he
>>> is a great guy.  I have not seen him in over 10 yeas though.  Tell me, did
>>> he force you to listen to any KH music during your navigationally challenged
>>> excursions?
>>> 
>>> I suddenly have a craving for Bratwurst and Schnitzel.  I do know of a place
>>> that serves it, just outside Holiday City.
>>> 
>>> I appreciate your comments on the Magician's Birthday, and possibly the
>>> feedback may be heeded by the band.  I think Trail of Diamonds would have
>>> been a much better follow up song than What Kind of God.  I never got to ask
>>> Mick why they did not do TOD live.  There is a guitar riff in the middle
>>> that reminds me of the Mag. Bday
>>> 
>>> Thank you I enjoyed the tale and hope some day to see Heep again and return
>>> the act of kindness!!!
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 11/27/14 3:09 PM, "Pete Wharton" <heeplistpete at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Just so Bob W doesn't feel left out :)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Mike had left the Isle of Wight about 8 am and arrived at my house around
>>>> 10:30. He'd seen on the way up that there were some delays on the London
>>>> orbital motorway ,the M25, around the junctions we needed to get to, so we
>>>> decided to head off for our flight a bit earlier and take the back roads to
>>>> the airport. After Mike had time for a quick drink and freshen up, we set
>>>> off in my car as that was the one I'd booked into the car park, Mike being a
>>>> car salesman wasn't sure which one he'd use to get to me. As it happens, the
>>>> expected delays didn't materialise and so we got to Stansted airport in
>>>> plenty of time. We got some food at the airport as we didn't know when we'd
>>>> be eating next. Surprisingly our flight was on time and when we arrived in
>>>> Nuremberg, there was the wonderful Mr Wagner to greet us and drive us
>>>> around. As we had time before the gig, we decided to head into Nuremberg
>>>> city itself for a little wander. A beautiful place, just a shame we were too
>>>> early for the Christmas market there which is a highly recommended visit.
>>>> There were a few market type stalls around though and as we went past one, I
>>>> saw they were selling Nuremberg Bratwurst, which are smaller than others and
>>>> more tasty they say. We each had a roll with three Bratwurst in and then I
>>>> spied a stall selling Gluehwein which Mike insisted we have :) It was very
>>>> nice to sit outside eating and drinking and catching up, even if it was with
>>>> coats on and under a blanket. Having finished those we strolled back to
>>>> Rich's car and off to the gig venue. The venue in honesty was not great. A
>>>> longish walk uphill in what used to be the zoo gardens I think.
>>>> Semi-circular and concrete everywhere. For some reason the bar was at the
>>>> far side of the hall, so we made our way over there and got a beer. The
>>>> support band were  Rock Antenne  and the sound was loud and mushy. At this
>>>> point we were found by 2 of the German Heepsters, Nina and Angie, so we
>>>> decided to adjourn to the other room where the merch was and we could hear
>>>> ourselves talk. When Heep came on we decided to stay at the back of the
>>>> venue and at least get the best of the sound even if the view wasn't great.
>>>> Credit to Daniel the sound man for doing a great job under the conditions,
>>>> though Davey's bass did get turned up to about 12 briefly during Speed of
>>>> Sound. The set is the same as previously posted for Vienna, you don't expect
>>>> Heep to change a set during a tour :( There was a good reception for the new
>>>> tracks. They played all of Magician's birthday, Bob, pretty much as on the
>>>> CD. Though I don't like the way they do the altercation between the good and
>>>> bad magician, where Bernie takes the role of bad magician and Phil the good
>>>> magician until the end where Bernie does the bit about the impenetrable
>>>> fortress of love as well, like they did at MBP with John Lawton. It's just
>>>> wrong. Either Bernie does it all or Phil has to be bad magician, otherwise
>>>> it just doesn't make sense. Magician's Birthday is introduced as old style
>>>> prog how Heep used to do it in the 70's and then they do What Kind of God as
>>>> an example of how Heep are still writing epic proggy type songs.
>>>> 
>>>> After the show we got to go backstage and meet up with the guys and have a
>>>> bit of a chat for a while before leaving for Rich's place just outside
>>>> Nuremberg where we were staying. Rich insisted we pick up some beer on the
>>>> way back to have a drink at his place. This we did and sat having a good
>>>> chat with beer for me and Mike and whiskey for Rich. Not quite sure how I
>>>> managed to get through 4 bottles, but it was about 3 am before I got to bed.
>>>> For some reason I couldn't get to sleep for ages. Oh yes, that's right it
>>>> was my roommate Mike's snoring keeping me awake :)  He sensibly had taken a
>>>> sleeping pill and worn ear plugs! I think I finally drifted off about 5 am
>>>> for a few hours before being woken up.
>>>> 
>>>> After a hearty breakfast kindly provided by Rich and his lovely partner
>>>> Ulli, we set off on the long drive to Essenbach for the next gig. It
>>>> wouldn't have been quite so long if Rich's sat nav system hadn't decided
>>>> country roads were quicker than motorways :) By the time we got to Essenbach
>>>> the light was fading and the chill and mist was staring to settle in. We
>>>> found the venue, and could hear the band soundchecking, but could see no way
>>>> in. We decided to drive round to the other side of the venue and there we
>>>> saw Peter Weber the merch man and Vic the van driver. We went in and caught
>>>> the end of the soundcheck. This venue was completely different to the
>>>> previous night's in that it was a large sports hall with raised seating to
>>>> one side. They did seem to be having a little trouble with the sound from
>>>> Davey's bass, but they got it sorted in the end.
>>>> 
>>>> We then headed off for our hotel. A nice little place, a guesthouse come
>>>> restaurant come social gathering place. After settling in we headed to the
>>>> guests' restaurant. Lovely pumpkin soup they served. Mike and Rich had the
>>>> day's special of ghoulash and noodles I had my favourite of Schnitzel. I
>>>> only mention this because apparently the Germans call anything like fusilli
>>>> pasta, noodles whereas noodles to us Brits is more like your Chinese egg
>>>> noodles, long and thin. Regrettably I had to let Mr Wagner get away with
>>>> this ridiculous concept :) Only because he did advise me I was putting sugar
>>>> on my schnitzel not salt!
>>>> 
>>>> After our meal we headed back the short distance to the venue, it was very
>>>> busy for parking as there seemed to be a coincident event on at the music
>>>> school opposite the venue. We picked up our guest passes and made our way
>>>> into the venue. The support band was the same as the previous night, but at
>>>> least this time the sound was good, so we stayed and watched. They were a
>>>> covers band. Musically quite good, but I didn't rate the male vocalist and
>>>> he was completely outshone by the female singer. Still, it boded well for
>>>> Heep's sound. Around 9:30, Heep came on. The numbers in the venue weren't
>>>> that fantastic, though it looked worse as the venue was bigger. I'd say 600
>>>> tops. The sound was excellent tonight, so we took advantage and made our way
>>>> to the front. The infill speakers really helped. The set list was the same
>>>> as expected and they were performed well. Only annoying bit (apart from the
>>>> MB interplay being wrong again) was some young drunken idiot who decided to
>>>> push his way in-between the people at the front and very nearly caused a
>>>> fight by us until he was finally dragged away by his friend.
>>>> 
>>>> Again we were lucky enough to get backstage and have a chat with the band.
>>>> It took a while as they had to deal with the VIP guests first and Bernie was
>>>> still sitting round in his underwear until told to get a move on by Scampi
>>>> and Martin Darvell, who was also there for tonight and tomorrow. We had a
>>>> couple of beers with them before they left and then when they had gone had
>>>> another one with the crew who could finally relax. Fortunately it wasn't far
>>>> back to our hotel, so there was a vague chance I could get some sleep
>>>> tonight. 
>>>> 
>>>> Arising early, well it felt early, we again had a hearty breakfast before
>>>> setting off on the really long journey to Mannheim for today's gig. Rich
>>>> checked the map before we left so that he didn't have to rely on the sat nav
>>>> and I had it with me to check the route. It was a pretty uneventful long
>>>> motorway journey in the main, listening to all sorts of differing music. We
>>>> got to a motorway junction and despite my protestations that it wasn't the
>>>> planned one, Rich decided to listen to his sat nav and follow this route,
>>>> convinced it was the right planned road. Again I was shouted down in his
>>>> best Teutonic fashion :) Eventually we decided to stop for refreshments and
>>>> Rich wanted to check the road atlas to see what I had been on about,
>>>> convinced I was wrong about the road we were on. I wasn't and in shame the
>>>> German had to concede navigational defeat to the Englishman :)
>>>> 
>>>> Anyway we decided to go and check into our hotel and grab some rest instead
>>>> of going to the sound check. We'd arranged to meet Nina again at our hotel
>>>> at 6:30 and get some food. I didn't sleep, the room was a bit cold and when
>>>> I tried to up the temp, the climate display just kept saying error. So I
>>>> went to reception to mention this, only to be told that that control was for
>>>> the air con and only worked in summer, there was a radiator by the window to
>>>> use in winter. Feeling somewhat abashed I went back to my room and  found
>>>> the said radiator hidden behind a curtain so I wasn't surprised I didn't see
>>>> it. As I came out of my room to meet the rest, I got some satisfaction when
>>>> Mike asked me if my room was cold as he couldn't get the heating temperature
>>>> adjusted in his. Kindly I told him of his error and how I had discovered it.
>>>> We mentioned this to Rich who laughed and asked if we had not read the label
>>>> by the climate control. He didn't believe there wasn't one there to read
>>>> until we went back to my room and showed him. Back of the net, Germany 1,
>>>> England 2 :) 
>>>> 
>>>> We then went and met Nina and her friend Katrine and had some food in the
>>>> hotel. Service was a bit slow, so by the time we'd finished and all piled
>>>> into Nina's car for the short drive to the venue, the first support band had
>>>> already started. As we had been warned, this again was not a great venue. A
>>>> plain rectangular box shape with metal support girders the length of the
>>>> venue, down the middle and then the sponsors had put some beach sails in the
>>>> arena which also blocked the view. First support(21 Octayne I think)  were
>>>> pretty good and then there was Voodoo Circle whose guitarists had also been
>>>> involved on the Rock meets Classic tour with Mick And Bernie. Again, very
>>>> listenable. The sound wasn't fantastic and being a small venue it was quite
>>>> crowded at the front, though not as much as the stage shot makes it appear.
>>>> Again we decided to stay at the back and get the best of the sound. Set was
>>>> as before, very well executed and the crowd were very responsive especially
>>>> to One Minute.
>>>> 
>>>> The crew weren't hanging around long tonight as they had to set off on a
>>>> long drive and had to change drivers en-route. We did eventually get
>>>> backstage as again the band were dealing with VIPs first. Nearly didn't
>>>> though. We were sitting waiting in a side room with one of the crew when
>>>> Katrine came back from being outside with Nina and told us we were going.
>>>> The crew man thought she meant the band were ready to see us and went one
>>>> way followed by Rich. Katrine went another way followed by Mike and me (she
>>>> was quite pretty after all). Unfortunately Nina had decided in a huff to
>>>> give up waiting and was going to leave. Well as we couldn't really leave
>>>> without Rich, fortunately we all went back in and found the crew man who
>>>> directed us to the band area. Bernie was outside with some guests and asked
>>>> how the show was, whereupon I said I wished he and Phil would sort out the
>>>> MB interchange. Ooops, didn't get understood properly as Bernie thought I
>>>> meant they weren't doing it well. Anyway we went inside the band's room
>>>> where Mick immediately thrust a beer in my hand :)  Of course the others
>>>> then ask how we thought it went at which point Bernie pipes up about my
>>>> comments on Mag's Birthday and I am then duly harangued by all :( The band
>>>> were very chatty although I did seem to end up chatting to the
>>>> aforementioned guests who had been left outside the room. So we had a few
>>>> beers with them before they left. Kindly Mick gave me a bottle of beer to
>>>> take home for the road as they left.
>>>> 
>>>> Nina dropped us off at our hotel and the bar was still open though it took
>>>> ages to find the barman. So we had a beer and a whisky and I did have Mick's
>>>> bottle to finish too, so again it was about 3 AM before we went to bed.
>>>> 
>>>> The next morning was still an early rise as we had the longish drive back to
>>>> Nuremberg for Mike and I to get our flight. It did mean though that we would
>>>> get a chance to visit briefly the Technical museum at Sinsheim on the way
>>>> back. This is a truly fascinating place if you have any interest in old
>>>> cars, bikes, artillery, tanks, trains and planes. Lots of US cars on
>>>> display. You get to go inside a lot of the planes which are up on the roof
>>>> including an old Air France Concorde an the Russian equivalent the Tupelev.
>>>> There's even a Douglas DC3 where you can take a slide down a few levels from
>>>> the plane's exit door. So of course Mike & I did :) A great place to visit
>>>> if you ever get a chance.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Regrettably we then had to leave for the airport. A great weekend was over.
>>>> Heep were great, the new stuff went over well I think. Not everyone's ideal
>>>> set list, but it is what it is. Always great to meet up with Heepsters as
>>>> well and Rich Wagner is a very great host and travelling companion, even if
>>>> he doesn't know what road he's on :)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I did remember to ask Mick this time about the Koko DVD. February he told
>>>> me. It's done and in the hands of the label. Why they decided not to hit the
>>>> Christmas market with a November release he didn't know.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Pete
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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