[Heeplist] Lee Kerslake: Eleventeen

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Thanks for that info, Tapio!

Ed



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>From: Tapio Minkkinen <tapio at heepfiles.net>
>Sent: Dec 5, 2020 3:09 AM
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>Subject: [Heeplist] Lee Kerslake: Eleventeen
>
>Finally!
>
>https://www.cherryred.co.uk/artist/lee-kerslake/
>
>
>Released February 26, 2021.
>
>Standing down from drumming full-time for Uriah Heep in 2007 due to 
>ill-health, Lee Kerslake commenced his debut solo album in 2015 with 
>Jake Libretto, completing the album in 2019. According to Lee’s notes 
>from the album, “WOW, I have to say now the album is finished there is a 
>great sense of achievement. It’s been a little over three years to 
>record and finish it, it took so long because I could only manage two 
>days a week and sometimes nothing for a period of time as the 
>chemotherapy without my permission kept me away. Never mind it’s done 
>and I am very proud of the songs.”
>
>“ELEVENTEEN” is a collection of eight songs, seven of them written or 
>co-written by Lee.
>
>
>• With a career that goes back to the 1960s, Lee Kerslake’s first step 
>into the rock limelight was with The Gods, recording “Genesis” in 1968 
>and “To Samuel A Son” in 1969. Joining Toe Fat for their self-titled 
>debut in 1970, via 1970’s “Orgasm” by Head Machine, so far Lee had 
>shared his musical journey with multi-instrumentalist and song writer 
>Ken Hensley. This musical connection and friendship would be further 
>cemented in 1972 when Lee joined Ken in Uriah Heep for the classic 
>“Demons & Wizards” LP, remaining behind Heep’s drum kit for the best 
>part of 30 plus years. Lee also found time to make cameos drumming for 
>Ken Hensley and David Byron solo records along the way, and most notably 
>as a founder member of Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band, drumming on the 
>multi-platinum “Blizzard Of Ozz” in 1980 and “Diary Of A Madman in 1981. 
>He also appeared with super group Living Loud, a band featuring bassist 
>Bob Daisley, guitarist Steve Morse, singer Jimmy Barnes and keyboard 
>player Don Airey.
>
>• Standing down from drumming full-time for Uriah Heep in 2007 due to 
>ill-health, Lee commenced his debut solo album in 2015 with Jake 
>Libretto, completing the album in 2019. According to Lee’s notes from 
>the album, “WOW, I have to say now the album is finished there is a 
>great sense of achievement. It’s been a little over three years to 
>record and finish it, it took so long because I could only manage two 
>days a week and sometimes nothing for a period of time as the 
>chemotherapy without my permission kept me away. Never mind it’s done 
>and I am very proud of the songs.”
>
>• “ELEVENTEEN” is a collection of eight songs, seven of them written or 
>co-written by Lee, and starts with CELIA SIENNA. Lee offers notes and 
>insights for each track, and TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED “is based around 
>my wife and then some,” evidently with tongue firmly in cheek. WHERE DO 
>WE GO FROM HERE, which according to Lee, “It’s all to late to realise… 
>where do we go from here? I’ve had to many argumentative girls in my 
>life!!!” YOU MAY BE BY YOURSELF (BUT YOU’RE NEVER ALONE), “This song was 
>written when Bob Daisley gave such a loving look to squish his daughter 
>it moved me all those years ago.” PORT AND A BRANDY, according to Mick 
>Box’s dedication on the album, “The song ‘Port And A Brandy’ made me 
>smile as we have shared many of them together over the years.” Next up 
>is a heartfelt rendition of Carole King’s timeless YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND, 
>which Lee dedicates to, “all of my friends past and present who I have 
>loved through music.” “ELEVENTEEN” concludes with the instrumental MOM, 
>which Lee wrote for, “all the mums in the world who we should never take 
>for granted.”
>
>• Lee sadly passed away in September 2020 at the age of 73. Leaving the 
>last word to his friend and long-time Uriah Heep bandmate: “It fills me 
>with great pride that he achieved this as his last final musical 
>legacy.”
>MICK BOX, 2020
>
>Track Listing:
>
>1. CELIA SIENNA
>2. TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED
>3. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
>4. YOU MAY BE BY YOURSELF (BUT YOU’RE NEVER ALONE)
>5. PORT AND A BRANDY
>6. YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND
>7. HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
>8. MOM (INSTRUMENTAL)
>
>Produced by Lee Kerslake
>
>
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