Monday, August 24. 2009
One British Musical Magician, No Beatle, Still Birthday Greetings
Someone's very much alive in the music business. August 24th, 2009, and it's Ken Hensley's birthday, guess which one.
We fans all truly loved Ken, didn't we? And true love never dies. But we won't believe it, it's been 40 years since he and his mates founded a rock band in Britain that was named after a character in Dickens's "David Copperfield". (How old we are!)
Of course, not everyone knows this guy, or "Uriah Heep", even though just about everyone can intone Ken's "Lady in Black". You mention this title, and they all nod vigorously, aah, aah, aah, aaha-aah, aaha-aah. Just fans will again, sorely afflicted, raise their eyes, because the song is so untypical for this band, and still, notwithstanding, a unique master piece.
Ken left Uriah Heep in 1980. It was when they had the worst of times, I'm sure. He did solo stuff, of course, as they all do, and he went to the US, where also many went. There he joined Blackfoot, W.A.S.P., Cinderella, bands that not too many people will know. It went on all through the nineties, "From Time To Time", and "A Glimpse of Glory" with Visible Faith, and then Ken jumped into the next millennia with John Lawton and Paul Newton, back to the roots, so to speak.
"Running Blind", "The Last Dance", "Cold Autumn Sunday", the rock opera "Blood on the Highway" and much, much more; always playing keyboard, singing, writing, Ken never had to have a come-back. He just never stopped being what he is, a full born musician. 64 or not, it's his destiny.
Ken's Website
Interview 2009 and part of July Morning (Live)
We fans all truly loved Ken, didn't we? And true love never dies. But we won't believe it, it's been 40 years since he and his mates founded a rock band in Britain that was named after a character in Dickens's "David Copperfield". (How old we are!)
Of course, not everyone knows this guy, or "Uriah Heep", even though just about everyone can intone Ken's "Lady in Black". You mention this title, and they all nod vigorously, aah, aah, aah, aaha-aah, aaha-aah. Just fans will again, sorely afflicted, raise their eyes, because the song is so untypical for this band, and still, notwithstanding, a unique master piece.
Ken left Uriah Heep in 1980. It was when they had the worst of times, I'm sure. He did solo stuff, of course, as they all do, and he went to the US, where also many went. There he joined Blackfoot, W.A.S.P., Cinderella, bands that not too many people will know. It went on all through the nineties, "From Time To Time", and "A Glimpse of Glory" with Visible Faith, and then Ken jumped into the next millennia with John Lawton and Paul Newton, back to the roots, so to speak.
"Running Blind", "The Last Dance", "Cold Autumn Sunday", the rock opera "Blood on the Highway" and much, much more; always playing keyboard, singing, writing, Ken never had to have a come-back. He just never stopped being what he is, a full born musician. 64 or not, it's his destiny.
Ken's Website
Interview 2009 and part of July Morning (Live)
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