[Heeplist] Sellersville Show Review

[Alan Keetley]

Great review as always Bob. Many thanks for writing it for us Heep starved
Spanish fans  !!@

On 22 Feb 2018 6:21 am, "Bob winward" <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:

> I arrived at the Sellersville PA Venue about 6:15 and ran into Lannis and
> Bobbi at the front door.  We talked for a long time, as doors did not open
> until 7:30 and it has been years since I have seen them.  I also saw Barry
> Lombardo briefly, took a picture with David Bateman and his grandson, also
> met the 2 sisters from Germany.  They have been to almost 200 shows since
> 2014.  After the show I ran into Keith Shaw, it was good to catch up,
> haven't seen him since Trenton in 2002..  Keith is on the Harms Way Project
> and also played at HV2015 in Belgium and HV2002.
>
>
> The show started at 8:10 and ran to 10, so they played an hour and 45
> minutes.  The set list is same as reported last week from the Orlando
> show.  It is Brilliant that they open with Gypsy and they play it really
> hard driving!  Look at Yourself was totally amazing, they keep refining
> this song live. Micks solos are incredible on it, and Davey and Russell
> take rhythm section to a whole new level. Seems like they improvised solos
> during LAY and Magician's Birthday.  I thoroughly enjoyed the incredible
> interplay on MB by Mick and Russell. The drumming was fierce and powerful,
> the guitar work crisp and searing!!  After LAY was Shadows of Grief.  First
> time for me to see them do this live and it was even better than the
> version on LAY the album  After SOG, was Stealin', Bernie encouraged the
> audience to sing along.  4 people in front of me got up and left after the
> song.  I felt like yelling "Heep Haters" but thought better of it.
>
> I was surprised when they got to Lady in Black, it was really pumped up
> and rocking, and Bernie worked the crowd to encourage a sing along.
>
>
> Overall, the sound was phenomenal, the venue is perfect and not a bad seat
> in the house.  This is the most pumped up and energetic I have ever seen
> Uriah Heep.  They played loose and with conviction.  I previously mentioned
> Russell and his fierce drumming, but he is also smoother than when I first
> saw him live.  Davey has become very dominant sound wise on bass and seems
> to be playing and soloing quite often as opposed to some bassists who just
> strum. In my opinion he does real justice to the tradition of strong Heep
> bassists.  He  moves around quite a bit now since I last saw him (2015),
> and during July Morning, he lit up his bass with a blue light, it looked
> really cool.  Bernie's voice was exceptional tonight and he really nailed
> the high note on BTW.  Phil was killer on the keyboards, especially on
> Shadows of Grief.  He also moves a lot now and makes hand motions to the
> music as well.  He has really evolved as a showman.  Lastly Mick seems to
> be playing more loosely on the guitar and better than I have ever seen
> him.  I think the energy Davey and Russell display spurs Mick to another
> level. The enthusiasm of all 5 was pervasive through out the show.  They
> had it really going tonight and kept the pace constant for an hour and 45
> minutes of solid balls to the wall, no holding back rock n roll!!
>
>
> Overall the band is full of energy, drive and enthusiasm and totally
> enjoyed their performance and fed off the crowd of 350 that packed the
> place.  Now time for bed, could not go to sleep so excited and not writing
> a review first.  Tomorrow I have to work til about 1 then meet JC Richards
> and another Heep fan Bryan Gardner at a train station in Edison, NJ and
> then get to enjoy another thrilling evening of Uriah Heep Live!!!
>
>
> Bob "All Heep is Good Heep"  Winward
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