[Heeplist] Fwd: Adam Wakeman

[Tapio Minkkinen]

Hi

I had a chat with Russell Gilbrook a few days ago as he had a gig here 
in Helsinki. He confirmed that Adam Wakeman will replace Phil on the US 
tour. There is nothing dramatic about it, Phil is still a member of the 
band and he will de doing all European shows before and after the US 
tour, apparently he just doesn't want to do such a long tour.

Russell also told that there will be a couple of songs from Chaos & 
Colour in the set at the European shows and a few more on the US tour. 
European shows are mostly as support of Judas Priest so the set is 
shorter.

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TapioM.
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Kevin Julie kirjoitti 21.1.2024 18:45:
> thanks Charles. Strange that there's been no mention of Phil not
> playing or why from Heep. I would presume there is something going on
> seeing as Phil is a permanent Heep member since 1986. 
> 
> 
>     On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 11:38:26 a.m. EST, Charles Ashmore
> <charlesashmore at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>  Hi all
> 
> Spoke to AW on Thursday evening after a gig.
> 
> He was really very chuffed indeed to be having the opportunity to step
> into the shoes of Jon Lord and Ken Hensley and said he was very
> pleased he had invested in a Hammond organ ten years ago.
> 
> Apparently Phil couldn't commit to being away for as long as required
> for the tour which which why Adam has been asked to fill in.  no
> suggestion of anything serious and Phil will be doing the UK shows
> apparently.
> 
> By all account he did a superb job on the Deep Purple show (there are
> some clips on Youtube which support this) - more Jon Lord than Don
> Airey in style and he was very respectful about both stand in roles. 
> I genuinely think you'll be n safe hands with him on keys.
> 
> Will be interested to hear views after he has performed....
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heeplist <heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com> On Behalf Of
> Dave Crookham
> Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 3:37 PM
> To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time) 
> <heeplist at travellersintime.com>
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Fwd: Adam Wakeman
> 
> He's had some big gigs. He was Ozzy's keyboardist and also played keys
> on the last Black Sabbath tour. He can also play guitar so they gives
> them some flexibility if they want to play some of the 70's stuff in
> it's original configuration.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On 1/9/2024 9:34 AM, Bob Winward wrote:
>>> I've never heard of this guy before, but did hear of his father and
>>> see his father once live with yes.  here is a link to his bio
>>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wakeman
>> 
>>> Bob Winward
>>> All Heep is good Heep!
>>> 
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