[Heeplist] Rock the Haus Set List?

Mon Nov 30 14:12:35 EST 2015

Thanks Pete for the great review.  

On 30 November 2015, at 18:33, Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:

Pete thank you for standing up and doing this review. It is nice to see a fellow old timer on the list here take it seriously and give us these reports that we so desperately seek!!

Bob Winward

> On Nov 30, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Pete Wharton <heeplistpete at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
> Tapio, I agree the set list looks boring on paper, but they have added a few
> tweaks here and there and it does work quite well. I've just got back from 4
> gigs in Germany and they are evolving it slightly as they go. I got to one
> sound check where Russell suggested a tweak to the opening of Look At
> Yourself which they tried out then and incorporated that night.
> Gypsy is interesting as an opener, Phil starts it with what appears to be
> the middle section where the guy has been whipped etc. before reverting to
> the heavy opening we all know and love :-)
> Look At Yourself follows on nicely from it, especially now that Mick
> augments the opening to it more.
> Rainbow Demon seemed to develop that lower toned more menacing sound it
> deserves between the first night and second.
> The Law is my least favourite track from Outsider but it's done well, I'd
> still prefer any other track instead of it though.
> Wise Man to me was the stand out track from the set. The rest of the band
> leave the stage after Magician's Birthday to the "surprise" of Phil and
> Bernie, who then proceed to do Wise Man as just Phil on keys and Bernie
> singing. It really does work beautifully and if it's on Youtube or anywhere,
> then it's well worth a look and listen.
> 
> All four of the gigs were well received. Stuttgart was very busy, I'd
> estimate about 800 or so there. I have to say how Davey Rimmer has grown
> into his role now. I had a good opportunity to watch him during July Morning
> (as I always did with Trevor) and there was one point when he lifted his
> guitar and I really thought he was gonna do a Trevor slide but no, not quite
> yet. Talking to him afterwards, he said how difficult he thought it was to
> do that. One thing that came out of the conversations I had with both Davey
> and Russell was just how much respect they truly had for the work that Lee
> and Trevor had done. Bernie was very talkative after the show too. UK fans,
> nothing is confirmed yet, but there is a possibility of them doing some UK
> gigs as support to Bad Company that could give them good exposure in the UK.
> In Ulm there was no support band, so Rich Wagner and I got caught out a bit
> expecting to be able to get space when we turned up to see the support band
> and had to stand at the back of the venue, by the doorway, even the upstairs
> balcony was full. 
> Mosbach was a nice venue, but seated. Well it was until Heep appeared and
> Bernie got everyone standing up right from the off! Fortunately I'd been put
> on the guest list and they'd given me a seat in the upstairs balcony rather
> than the seat right at the back I'd bought, so I was able to fully enjoy
> being able to see the show properly without tall people bobbing round in
> front of me :-) and give my weary legs a rest at the same time! I'm not sure
> about numbers downstairs, but the balcony had spare seats.
> At Oberhausen I got a chance to meet up with some of the Dutch Heepsters and
> wee Joe from Scotland too, so it was back to the normal near the front
> bopping away during the gig this time. It was the first time Mick was using
> his new amps too and they sounded good. It's also cool I think that his
> speaker cabinets have Mick Box on them where you might normally see Marshall
> or whatever.
> 
> Talking to Russell and Davey in the bar after Ulm, they were definitely
> committed to taking the Heep cause forward. I can't think of any other good
> gossip that came out of the chats I had, although I believe that Heep now
> have new management. Martin Darvell having sold up his interest in Liscombe
> Park etc and moved to Devon to concentrate on his horses. 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of
> Tapio Minkkinen
> Sent: 25 November 2015 13:34
> To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Rock the Haus Set List?
> 
> Hi Scott
> 
> This is the set list they have been playing on the German tour. I have to
> say this has got to be the dullest set list from Heep I have ever seen. The
> previous set they had used for one year so it's of course good that they
> make changes.
> 
> Four songs from Outsider and the rest is all stuff from the early 70's
> (except Wise Man). The Magician's Birthday and Wise Man are the interesting
> points for me in the show, all the other old songs are those they've done on
> almost every tour since 2007 when Russell joined the band.
> 
> 
> 1. Gypsy
> 2. Look At Yourself
> 3. Rainbow Demon
> 4. The Law
> 5. The Outsider
> 6. Sunrise
> 7. Stealin'
> 8. The Magician's Birthday
> 9. Wise Man
> 10. The Wizard
> 11. One Minute
> 12. Can't Take That Away
> 13. July Morning
> 14. Lady In Black
> 15. Bird Of Prey
> 16. Easy Livin'
> 
> 
> --
> TapioM.
> tapio at uriah-heep.fi
> 
> www.uriah-heep.fi
> 
> 
> 
> Lainaus Scott Manion <scottmanion at earthlink.net>:
> 
>> Have checked Setlist.fm but haven't seen anyone post what they are 
>> playing on the Germany Tour.
>> Any insights?  Any special bits making the show?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Scott
>> 
>> 
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