[Heeplist] Heeplist Digest, Vol 140, Issue 20

[Bob Winward]

This would bring us to the discussion whom is the better keyboard player in
Heep etc. 

Nothing beats the song writing Ken did for the classics and the passion he
played with on the Hammond.  Phil is a fantastic keyboard player and has
evolved over the years, as the Heep sound has.

In 2008 (I missed Belgium this year) I saw Hensley, Newton, Lawton and Lee
play together.  What a treat and it was closer to the classic sound of Heep
we all came to love!  Interestingly enough though, Lee or John  never played
at the same time, Paul did.  But what a bass presence.  I wish he was
joining the line up in Russia as well.


On 8/20/15 4:36 AM, "Norbert von Fransecky" <news at musikansich.de> wrote:

> Hi Dave!

I like your vote for the recent HEEP! And I think is very important
> not 
to put they behind any of the past formations.

But I can not accept your
> statement that "Phil Lanzon has created ... 
the logical progression of Uriah
> Heep better than Ken Hensley ever could 
have". All the later HEEPs (perhaps
> except SEA OF LIGHT) haven't been 
able to recreate the magical atmosphere
> full of fantasy taht made the 
"Roger Dean"HEEP an outstanding act among the
> pther founders of hard and 
heavy rock.

The new line up with Gilbrook and
> Rimmer has given HEEP a punch they 
didn't have since ABOMINOG and HEAD FIRST
> . the hardest records before 
Gilbrook. So I would like to get more songs of
> this both records (and 
RAGING SILENCE) to hear live by the recent line up -
> and I would like to 
be oin Moscow to hear the old classics sung and played by
> Ken.

Norbert



On Aug 19, 2015, at 7:05 PM, Dave Wilkes Booth
> <dwbrocks at yahoo.com> 
wrote: I for one cannot say I am enthusiastic about this
> event. Do not 
get me wrong as I am probably Lee Kerslake's biggest fan, and I
> am a 
huge fan of the magic that Ken Hensley created when he was in Heep, but
> 
why now and what are they going to do, re-create the old classics they
> 
dominated in their twenties, now in their seventies? Yes it would be 
great
> to see our heroes back in action, but for whatever reason, they 
left, and
> ultimately have been replaced by magnificent personnel. Phil 
Lanzon has
> created in my opinion the logical progression of Uriah Heep 
better than Ken
> Hensley ever could have,