[Heeplist] Ken Hensley 2021 guest release: Blind Golem

[Pete Wharton]

The mad Italian, Enrico has just loaned me the Blind Golem CD and I have to say I really like it. I'm still on my first listen to it but so far I would say it reminds me more of Deep Purple than Heep, or maybe Heep with Ian Gillan doing the vocals. Not sure what song you mean by Sarah, Bob. It does have a lot of the Heepy trademarks and it's a long cd, so there is a lot of variation in which bit of Heep  you'd pick on, but certainly the first few tracks remind me more of the "High And Mighty" era.  You would know immediately which track features Ken if it didn't tell you, that slide guitar is so typical of him!

He has also loaned me a cd of another Italian band called Vanexa which also features Ken Hensley on a track "The Traveller". The album is called "Too Heavy to Fly". I have only listened to a couple of tracks so far, but it seems more like a heavy metal band album than a classic rock one so far. I haven't listened to Ken's track yet.

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of Bob Winward
Sent: 15 June 2021 15:14
To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time) <heeplist at travellersintime.com>
Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Ken Hensley 2021 guest release: Blind Golem

Yeah I listen to it on Amazon unlimited and it is an awesome recording Sarah reminds me of early Styx, Sabbath anf magicians birthday era all rolled into one. I finally stop talking about it because only a few commented however Esa you are the first to provide links. 

Bob Winward
All Heep is Good Heep!


> On Jun 15, 2021, at 9:42 AM, Tapio Minkkinen <tapio at heepfiles.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Esa
> 
> There was a lot of talk on the list when the album was released. Check the list archives from March.
> 
> ---
> TapioM.
> Email tapio at heepfiles.net
> The HeepFiles website www.heepfiles.net
> 
> 
> 
> Esa Ahola kirjoitti 13.6.2021 21:19:
>> Searched my inbox, didn't find any past discussion on the list. A 
>> friend sent me the link this morning, I was previously unaware:
>> Ken Hensley guests posthumously on one track of Italian band Glind 
>> Golem's
>> 2021 "A Dream of Fantasy" album. The band and the album appear to be 
>> a gushing love letter to Uriah Heep, with heepy elements everywhere: 
>> Hammond B3, heepy choirs, familiar riffs. Then you look at the album 
>> cover and band name and wonder if the whole thing is a prank AI 
>> experiment that was fed the song "Sunshine" as the seed. Regardless, 
>> made me smile often. Check it out.
>> Available in all streaming services, or listen on the web at 
>> https://maracashrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-dream-of-fantasy
>> Backstory here
>> <https://kickassforever.com/blind-golem-their-album-a-dream-of-fantas
>> y-hard-prog-rock-featuring-the-late-great-ken-hensley-out-now-via-and
>> romeda-relix-blindgolem/>,
>> among other googlable places.
>> --Esa
> 
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