[Heeplist] Heepvention and preaching the Heep gospel

[Don Malecic]

Hi Bob!
You were fortunate to be able to meet Heep like that and actually have
conversations with them, I think Hensley would be interesting to talk to ,
especially about music, keyboards, guitars and such.
Don

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 2:41 AM Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:

> Richard, my last Heepvention was 2008 in Spain. I had such a great time
> one night I saw Lee sitting there outside the  hotel.  I sat down with him
> and Tapio at 11 o’clock, next thing I know it was 4 AM!! I was up all night
> listening to his tales and the stories.  I’ll never forget that night. Ken
> Hensley, John Lawton and Paul Newton Were also at that event. They were so
> great and  made sure they got to talk to hang out with everybody. Was worth
> it for me. I can entertain you for about three or four hours with stories
> of the heepventions,  I’ve been to in the past. I’m in New Jersey so I
> can’t be that far away from you by some of the towns you mentioned in your
> post.
> There was one heepvention in Trenton New Jersey 2002 where the band
> actually did attend.
>
> Bob Winward
> All Heep is Good Heep!
>
>
> > On Jul 1, 2019, at 10:49 PM, RICHARD Barrett <RICH937 at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Before I get to the Heepvention I do have a little story. I was wearing
> my Uriah Heep shirt at all of these events
> >
> > We went to a local cover band show. The guitar player said I needed to
> see one of his guitars. It was painted with the wizard on the Demons and
> Wizard cover.
> >
> > The next night we saw Styx on the beach in Ocean City. On the way out
> someone said "Uriah Heep? That's a blast from the past. My wife proceeded
> to tell him they
> >
> > were still touring and they had a new album.
> >
> > We went to a cover band show at Rams Head in Annapolis.  There was a guy
> that noticed my Heep shirt and said he saw them there about 3 years ago.
> Then my wife
> >
> > told him about LTD and had him look it up on his phone. Also the band
> said they loved Heep. They used to do Easy Livin but they had too much
> other stuff to do.
> >
> > Now to the Heepvetion. We would love to go but we have a few questions.
> Will the band be there and will there be a show. We would love to meet
> everyone but if
> >
> > we are going to Europe we need to have a concert and a meet and greet.
> >
> > I just took my bride through the Lawton years the other night. We are
> trying to get caught up.
> >
> > Rick
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