[Heeplist] 2001 Heep Story in reply to Stan, and for Don!

[Don Malecic]

Bob that's one hell of a Heep story !
Keep them coming .
I'll put another log on the fire!
Don


On Friday, 6 January 2017, Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:

> Don asked for stories and will over the next few weeks take us on the
> journey. More of my dreams came true about meeting Uriah Heep and other
> fans
> than I could have ever imagined before 1996 (when I first got on the net).
>
> 2001 show in Ohio was an amazing one for me.  Barry Lombardo (another
> heepfan legend) and I drove to Ohio for the show.  When we pulled up to the
> hotel we were astounded!!  There was the maroon Heep bus in the parking lot
> of the same hotel we were staying at!!!  We knew it was the heep bus,
> because the whole week before the Ohio show, Lannis and Mac were attending
> shows and described the bus.
>
> I got to meet the band in the lobby and that was so cool.  They were just
> hanging.  I talked to Trevor for awhile about his new  Bowie project.  I
> have a good follow up story, but will save that for my story about the
> Virginia show.  Anyhow Barry and I went super early, and there was a
> fireworks warehouse adjoining the concert field (it was and outdoor show) .
> I was walking through the aisles and I picked up a package of fireworks
> marked Sunrise.  I turned to Barry and said hey look Uriah Heep type
> fireworks.  Just then 2 guys turned around and said "Let me see".  It was
> Phil and Trevor, so funny.
>
> Then we went to soundcheck and after awhile it was just Mick and Lee and
> Lee
> started playing and singing My Sharona (the Knack???)
>
> As show time approached, Barry and I secured front row chairs and that is
> when I met Stan.  Wow very impressive, cool guy, with an immense amount of
> musical knowledge and someone (like Jay Pearson as well) that was close in
> my musical tastes.  So I always know if Stan likes, I will too.
>
> Just before the show we met 2 interesting characters.  One guy was carrying
> an urn with the ashes of a dead friend.  They had got tickets for the show,
> but the one guy passed that week, so his friend brought him (Between Two
> Worlds?).  The other character I noticed was stumbling all over the place,
> as was wearing a tee shirt with a pic of a bee and the saying "I'm Buzzed".
> There was an honest man, lol!!!
>
> Show was terrific, even though Trevor blew his bass amp again, and Phil
> filled in basslines on the keyboards during Stealin'.  Wow!!
>
>
> Bob "All Heep is Good Heep" Winward
>
>
>
>
> On 1/4/17, 9:21 PM, "Stan" <evens78 at chartermi.net <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Sounds > like me, I'm 60 and started listening to them in 1972, my first
> Heep
> album was
> > Look at Yourself!, later I got Demons and Wizards on 8 track and was
> hooked
> > for life!
> >
> > Gave up interest in Heep after Lawton left and re-found them in
> > 1999 thanks to the Internet! I bought Sea of Light and Sonic Origami, and
> > found out they had an excellent band still or once again depending on
> your
> > opinion! After that I filled in the rest of the music I had missed.
> >
> > I
> > seen Heep for the first time in 2001 in Ohio, setting in the front row
> next to
> > Bob Winward!  He recommended the Heeplist to me!, thanks again Bob!! I
> was
> > mesmerized and the band was awesome! Even got to meet the entire band
> while
> > they milled amongst the crowd, I couldn't believe it! It was a dream come
> > true!
> >
> > Stan
>
>
>
>
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