[Heeplist] Fwd: Adam Wakeman

[Bob Winward]

Tapio thanks for sharing this. I checked Setlist.fm and the last Heep gig is from December. I would be very curious as to what the C&C songs played in Helsinki are?  

Bob Winward 
All Heep is good Heep!


> On Feb 22, 2024, at 7:15 AM, Tapio Minkkinen <tapio at heepfiles.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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> 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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