[Heeplist] Trevor

Mon Mar 23 16:31:30 EDT 2015

Welcome to the list Tom
On Mar 23, 2015 12:10 PM, "Tom" <tjcuda at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This is my first time posting, and I am glad I stumbled across this site.
> I remember the first Heep 8 track tape I heard, back in 1973, I believe.
> It was Sweet Freedom, and from the first few notes, I knew I had to hear
> more.  That summer, I picked up the previous albums, and copied them all to
> 8 track, that was the big thing back then, really high tech stuff.  In
> 1977, they came to my town, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and I remember that
> being a really loud concert, but very good.  After that, life happened, and
> here I am, nearly 40 years later.  The past few years, I have been picking
> up and downloading many You Tube Heep concerts and songs, and have been
> impressed how good they have sounded since Bernie Shaw began working with
> them.  After the Byron years, they were pretty much ignored by many,
> including myself, but my interest came alive again with the internet.
>
> Two bands I want to see before they pass on, or I do, are Black Sabbath
> and Uriah Heep.  I passed on the Rock Legends cruise, but saw Heep was
> playing various cities this year, and originally I planned on seeing them
> in Las Vegas.  This did not pan out, so my plan B was to drive 500 miles to
> Milwaukee to see them, but I had to see what the weather and seating were
> like.  The Sunday before the concert, I checked both, and saw that the
> weather was going to be great, and Ticketmaster must have had quite a few
> seats they were holding opened up, and I got a great booth in row three,
> dead center.  My wife and i attended this concert, and she, who really did
> not know who they were, was really impressed, as was I.  I think the band
> now is better than they were all those years ago.  They were tight,
> Bernie's voice was 100%, and the combination of new and old songs was
> great. Although most in attendance were grey haired folks, I was surprised
> at the numbere of younger people who were rocking with the band.  One thing
> my wife pointed out was that these guys actually looked like they were
> having fun performing, which made for a better show, yet.  The concert
> lasted an hour and 40 minutes, including a 10 minute encore, almost unheard
> of in too many casino shows.
>
> Even though they are off my bucket list, I will see where they are
> performing next year, and see them again.  I have been working on getting
> the manager of our city's new performance center to consider booking them,
> that would help with people in the midwest  as far as seeing them.
> Otherwise, a drive or flight will be worth it.
>
>
>
>      On Monday, March 23, 2015 9:13 AM, Kevin Julie <kevinj.1969 at yahoo.ca>
> wrote:
>
>
>  Stan, sorry I missed you in Akron, I was there. I thought the band was
> fantastic - very energy, very spot on, and very professional. they could be
> easily playing to mass crowds with the level they play at. loved the set
> it, and the fact that they include half the new album. A cool little venue
> there, though it seemed a bit closed in [lack of exits]. I posted a few
> pics and a lengthier review at my Universal Wheels fb page. K
>
>
>     On Monday, March 23, 2015 7:25 AM, Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>  I agree for those of us fortunate to see a show. However there are still
> many on the last starving for Heep. Like Pacific Northwest or Florida
>
>
> Bob Winward
>
> > On Mar 23, 2015, at 8:06 AM, Stan From Home <evens78 at chartermi.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I wrote a short note about the Akron show on March 8. I seen comments
> about Milwaukee, and one or two from the west. Not too much to say, they
> are always fantastic and once they start their tour, the set list doesn't
> very much, just sometimes they drop a song or two because of time
> restraints. I think everyone would agree, the excitement is still there,
> just re-hashing each show isn't done as much.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Stan
> >
> >> On Mar 23, 2015, at 6:47 AM, Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't think the list is working.  I wrote a post about being
> disappointed
> >> in the lack of and quality of USA Heep tour reports.  I also apologized
> to
> >> the Euro folk for our reports or lack thereof being more selfish and
> lame
> >> then theirs.  So I guess the excitement of seeing Heep live is a thing
> of
> >> the past.
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 3/22/15 11:03 PM, "Dave Sherod" <porcupineheep at cox.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> First off, is this working haven't seen and posts for a while. I keep
> seeing
> >>> things on Facebook about Trevors solo album but haven't seen it
> mentioned on
> >>> the list and I was wondering if anyone knew more than something might
> be
> >>> coming out sometime and it sounds like some tracks will be tributes
> while
> >>> others will be Trevor unfinished songs being finished by different
> guest's.
> >>> Dave.
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