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[Don Malecic]

Every time I've seen Heep play in Vancouver in a cabaret style venue, the
band members were mingling in with crowd, talking and signing autographs.
I remember one unscheduled stop-over in Vancouver, Kerslake was the centre
of attraction, charming everyone, he was in a real good mood.
Bernie was out and about with his family that showed up.
Basically that evening talked to all the band members and we waved them off
at their bus that evening, I think they were heading to Vegas. That was an
interesting evening because their sound system completely crashed after the
second song of their set .
They walked off the stage till the crew were able to repair the problem,
after about 30 or. 40 min they came back, good to go for the rest of the
evening.
Don

On Friday, March 13, 2015, Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:

> I agree with what you are saying.  You may not always tell us what we want
> to hear, but you are on the money!
>
> I am a salesman as my profession, yet I also have a business and know what
> it feels like to be approached by salesman as well.
>
> I was not invited backstage at BB Kings 2 weeks ago, I asked, but they did
> say yes.  The only one I did not see was Bernie.  Of all the band members,
> he seems to like his privacy the most.  I tried to approach him in the
> parking lot in June 2001 at the hotel where they were staying.  He said
> "not
> now mate".  Yet 6 months later at TMBP2001 in London, I was in the hotel
> hallway minding my own business and he came up behind me and shouted right
> in my ear "So who was the world's greatest heep fan?"  He was referring to
> a
> contest that was held that afternoon at the Heepfestival (a Heepvention
> hosted by Heep management of the time)  Sadly, I told Bernie, it was not
> me,
> it was Louis Rentrop from Holland for his air guitar work to the song
> Stealin'
> If I remember correctly, Tapio fared the best in the legit contest of
> trivia
> questions.
>
>
> On 3/13/15 5:45 AM, "Terje Pedersen" <terjped at hotmail.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > This symphony concert sounds interesting.. does he mention any other
> dates
> > than the one in St.Petersburg?
>
> Also I never really understood this urge fans
> > has to talk to their hero`s... mostly after a show or when you bump into
> > someone they often need to be left alone. Musicians need privacy just
> like the
> > rest of us, I get really aggravated when sales ppl etc knocks on my door
> and
> > won't stop talking..sometimes I show them the baseball bat behind the
> door.
> In
> > that said I think Heep always has been the most open, You almost never
> see
> > bands come out after the show just to speak to the fans, I seen Heep do
> that
> > often.  But when they don¹t invite to it themselves I always chose to
> leave
> > them alone.
> I sat next to Ken in a bar once for several hours without saying
> > a word to him, he looked a bit tired and not in a good mood so I saw no
> reason
> > to pester him with more than a nod ;-)
> Also met the whole band once in
> > Heathrow airport many years ago, as much as I wanted to stop and have a
> chat I
> > saw they looked very tired and left them alone with just a big smile and
> a
> > thumbs up.  I think they appreciate being left alone in such situations.
> But
> > on several occasions I had very nice chats with the band after shows,
> when
> > they themselves chose to come out and talk to us fans.
>
> Terje
>
>
>
>
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