Esa Ahola's Posts - Heepvention!2024-03-28T10:35:54ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esahttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2788802420?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://heepvention.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=esa&xn_auth=noJohn Lawton with Uriah Heep in 1995tag:heepvention.ning.com,2011-02-05:2259424:BlogPost:210742011-02-05T21:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<p>Discovered on YouTube by Martti Suhonen</p>
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<p>Discovered on YouTube by Martti Suhonen</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://koti.mbnet.fi/k-40/"><img width="484" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804083529?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></a></p>
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UPDATE: Dates are now listed on the <a href="http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/livedates.php" target="_blank">official site</a> and <a href="http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133560" target="_blank">news sites</a> have picked up the press release. It's official!<br />
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<s>It's not official until you see it on the official site, but</s> looks like a small U.S. tour is in the works. First spotted by Iain Barnes on Travellers in Time…
UPDATE: Dates are now listed on the <a href="http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/livedates.php" target="_blank">official site</a> and <a href="http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133560" target="_blank">news sites</a> have picked up the press release. It's official!<br />
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<s>It's not official until you see it on the official site, but</s> looks like a small U.S. tour is in the works. First spotted by Iain Barnes on Travellers in Time "Heeplist", and now seen on <a href="http://www.pollstar.com/resultsArtist.aspx?ID=4551&SortBy=Date&SearchBy=uriah%20heep" target="_blank">Pollstar</a>:<br />
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Tapio Minkkinen writes on <a href="http://travellersintime.com/pipermail/heeplist_travellersintime.com/Week-of-Mon-20090921/027501.html" target="_blank">the Travelers in Time mailing list</a>:<br />
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The show was then verified as The Greyhound in Croydon on 21st of November 1971 on the Look At Yourself tour. The recording is ca. 30 minutes longs, it includes only two songs but these are among the longest and most legendary Heep Songs: Salisbury & July Morning.<br />
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This is a signicant find…</i>
Tapio Minkkinen writes on <a href="http://travellersintime.com/pipermail/heeplist_travellersintime.com/Week-of-Mon-20090921/027501.html" target="_blank">the Travelers in Time mailing list</a>:<br />
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The show was then verified as The Greyhound in Croydon on 21st of November 1971 on the Look At Yourself tour. The recording is ca. 30 minutes longs, it includes only two songs but these are among the longest and most legendary Heep Songs: Salisbury & July Morning.<br />
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This is a signicant find because it's a proof of something I wasn't aware of that they played Salisbury live even after the tour. Also this is the earliest live recordind of July Morning to surface. Enjoy!<br />
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2653106564?profile=original">1_salisbury.wma</a> (64Kbps)</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2653107416?profile=original">2_julymorning.wma</a> (64Kbps)</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2653114047?profile=original">1_salisbury.mp3</a> (320Kbps)</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2653120095?profile=original">2_julymorning.mp3</a> (320Kbps)</p>Easy Livin' in Salo 2009: Videos!tag:heepvention.ning.com,2009-09-04:2259424:BlogPost:111012009-09-04T21:39:02.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
Several <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/video" target="_blank">videos</a> from Salo have been posted by Tapio Minkkinen and Radio Kontula -- check them out if you haven't already.
Several <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/video" target="_blank">videos</a> from Salo have been posted by Tapio Minkkinen and Radio Kontula -- check them out if you haven't already.Photo Updates 30-Aug-2009tag:heepvention.ning.com,2009-08-29:2259424:BlogPost:105852009-08-29T20:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<h3>30-August-2009</h3>
Added images to <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-main-event" target="_blank">Main Event</a> album<br />
Added <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-john-lawton" target="_blank">John Lawton Shreds His Set List</a> album<br />
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<h3>29-August-2009</h3>
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/ken-hensley-on-the-rocks" target="_blank">Ken Kensley Past Present & Future @ On The Rocks (Helsinki)</a> &…
<h3>30-August-2009</h3>
Added images to <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-main-event" target="_blank">Main Event</a> album<br />
Added <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-john-lawton" target="_blank">John Lawton Shreds His Set List</a> album<br />
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<h3>29-August-2009</h3>
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/ken-hensley-on-the-rocks" target="_blank">Ken Kensley Past Present & Future @ On The Rocks (Helsinki)</a> & meet-and-greet<br />
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/ken-hensley-salo-19aug2009" target="_blank">Ken Hensley Past Present & Future in Salo 19-Aug-2009</a><br />
Completed <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-main-event-1?id=2259424%3AAlbum%3A9111&page=4" target="_blank">Carballo Brothers album</a><br />
Added Circle of Hands pictures from <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-jari-perko" target="_blank">Friday</a><br />
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<h3>28-August-2009</h3>
Friday night at the Rockin' Hood:<br />
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-jari-perko" target="_blank">Jari Perko, Fan Jam, Innocent Victims</a><br />
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-the-fatal" target="_blank">The Fatal Error and friends<br />
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<h3>27-August-2009</h3>
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-meet-and" target="_blank">Meet and greet part 1 of 2</a><br />
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-meet-and-1" target="_blank">Meet and greet part 2 of 2</a><br />
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-main-event?id=2259424%3AAlbum%3A9055&page=2" target="_blank">Main event</a><br />
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-ken-hensley-1" target="_blank">Ken Hensley Songwriting Class part 2 of 2 (meet-and-greets)<br />
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<h3>26-August-2009</h3>
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-ken-hensley" target="_blank">Ken Hensley Songwriting Class</a><br />
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-main-event-1" target="_blank">Carballo Brothers</a><br />
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<h3>25-August-2009</h3>
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/easy-livin-in-salo-main-event" target="_blank">Main Event</a>WANTED: Shots that I missedtag:heepvention.ning.com,2009-08-27:2259424:BlogPost:91492009-08-27T00:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
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<li><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804083653?profile=original" style="float:right; padding-left:10px" width="200"></img> Anybody get a good "curtain call" shot from the audience? The guys lined up perfectly, but there was no way I could make it to the middle of the floor for the shot.</li>
<li>I missed <b>all</b> of Deiggj band's sets! :-( I was in Helsinki for Hensley-on-the-Rocks on Thursday, and on an airplane back to the U.S. Sunday night. :-(</li>
<li><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2703360374?profile=original" style="float:right;padding-left:10px" width="200"></img> Shots of Lee Kerslake from the VIP seats (bleachers) -- I was so paranoid of the "photo pit" closing up on me that I forgot to…</li>
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<li><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804083653?profile=original" alt="" width="200" style="float:right; padding-left:10px"/> Anybody get a good "curtain call" shot from the audience? The guys lined up perfectly, but there was no way I could make it to the middle of the floor for the shot.</li>
<li>I missed <b>all</b> of Deiggj band's sets! :-( I was in Helsinki for Hensley-on-the-Rocks on Thursday, and on an airplane back to the U.S. Sunday night. :-(</li>
<li><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2703360374?profile=original" width="200" style="float:right;padding-left:10px"/>Shots of Lee Kerslake from the VIP seats (bleachers) -- I was so paranoid of the "photo pit" closing up on me that I forgot to make the climb like I had done for Circle of Hands' drummer shots.</li>
<li><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2703389163?profile=original" width="200" style="float:right;padding-left:10px"/>Pictures of Baba Salama with a smile. He was one deadpan dude!</li>
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<p>If you have any of these, please upload.</p>Men at Worktag:heepvention.ning.com,2009-08-25:2259424:BlogPost:92772009-08-25T12:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804082769?profile=original" style="float:right;padding-left:10px" width="200"></img> Note the photographer's silly grin, and the slightly inaccurate caption "Uriah Heep played the following songs in Salo."<br />
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<img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804082769?profile=original" width="200" style="float:right;padding-left:10px"/>Note the photographer's silly grin, and the slightly inaccurate caption "Uriah Heep played the following songs in Salo."<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804082769?profile=original" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804082769?profile=original" alt="" width="1280" height="960"/></a></p>Photos of the Daytag:heepvention.ning.com,2009-08-24:2259424:BlogPost:91502009-08-24T12:26:26.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2703365744?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" width="200" height="133" style="float: right; padding-left:10px"/>Here come the <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/search?q=salo" target="_blank">photos</a> from Easy Livin' in Salo - a few samples are up, the rest to follow over the next several days (hopefully not weeks.)
<img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2703365744?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" width="200" height="133" style="float: right; padding-left:10px"/>Here come the <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/search?q=salo" target="_blank">photos</a> from Easy Livin' in Salo - a few samples are up, the rest to follow over the next several days (hopefully not weeks.)Lively Legendstag:heepvention.ning.com,2009-08-23:2259424:BlogPost:90452009-08-23T21:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2703357325?profile=original" style="float:right; padding-left:10px" width="200"></img> Back in the U.S.A from Salo, sleep-deprived and jet-lagged but exhilarated - what a weekend! I have a HUGE amount of pictures to sort through and process, but here are three shots that give an idea of the main event venue. Attendance was excellent -- the main event was heavily promoted locally as "Uriah Heep Legends Live" and drew a large crowd outside of the "heepvention" attendees. (NEWSFLASH: Tapio just reported that it was a sold-out show, 1000 tickets!)<br />
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<img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2703357325?profile=original" width="200" style="float:right; padding-left:10px"/>Back in the U.S.A from Salo, sleep-deprived and jet-lagged but exhilarated - what a weekend! I have a HUGE amount of pictures to sort through and process, but here are three shots that give an idea of the main event venue. Attendance was excellent -- the main event was heavily promoted locally as "Uriah Heep Legends Live" and drew a large crowd outside of the "heepvention" attendees. (NEWSFLASH: Tapio just reported that it was a sold-out show, 1000 tickets!)<br />
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Click on each image to view supersized version.<br />
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<img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2703357217?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="float:right; padding-left:10px" width="200"></img> Lee Kerslake and Paul Newton have arrived in Salo. Ken Hensley, on the other hand, is leaving Salo for the night to perform Past, Present & Future in Helsinki.<br />
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John Lawton is arriving on Friday.<br />
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I'm shooting Ken Hensley's Helsinki show tonight, which means I won't have any shots from the opening meet-and-greet celebration of Easy Livin' in Salo. Hopefully other attendees will fill the gap for me.<br />
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<img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2703357217?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="float:right; padding-left:10px"/>Lee Kerslake and Paul Newton have arrived in Salo. Ken Hensley, on the other hand, is leaving Salo for the night to perform Past, Present & Future in Helsinki.<br />
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John Lawton is arriving on Friday.<br />
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I'm shooting Ken Hensley's Helsinki show tonight, which means I won't have any shots from the opening meet-and-greet celebration of Easy Livin' in Salo. Hopefully other attendees will fill the gap for me.<br />
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<p></p>Ken Hensley: Past Present & Future in Salotag:heepvention.ning.com,2009-08-19:2259424:BlogPost:89802009-08-19T23:00:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
Ken Hensley performed a well-received "Past Present & Future" solo acoustic show night before the main festivities kick-off.<br />
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Here are a few <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/ken-hensley-salo-19aug2009" target="_blank">pictures</a> before I pass out - more to come.<br />
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Ken Hensley performed a well-received "Past Present & Future" solo acoustic show night before the main festivities kick-off.<br />
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Here are a few <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/albums/ken-hensley-salo-19aug2009" target="_blank">pictures</a> before I pass out - more to come.<br />
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Leaving on a jet plane to visit relatives <a href="http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/in_english" target="_blank">and some easy livin'</a> in Salo. Watch this space for pictures next week!<br />
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Leaving on a jet plane to visit relatives <a href="http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/in_english" target="_blank">and some easy livin'</a> in Salo. Watch this space for pictures next week!<br />
<img src="http://heepfiles.info/photo/elisban3.jpg" style="float:bottom; padding-left:10px"/>Last known live shots of Gary Thaintag:heepvention.ning.com,2009-05-23:2259424:BlogPost:86612009-05-23T19:00:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<img src="http://www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/Uriah%20Heep%20october%2026th%201974%20Granada%20East%20Ham%20England/album/slides/granada1974_01.jpg" style="float:right;padding-left:10px" width="240"></img> Seen on the <a href="http://www.travellersintime.com/">Travellers in Time</a> mailing list, originally from <a href="http://melodicrock.com">melodicrock.com</a>:<blockquote>Archivist Konstantinos Takos from Greece found this great unseen series of 1974 concert photos of Uriah Heep, with the last known shots of Gary Thain (check his haircut). Special is the photo where he leaves the stage with a cigarette in his mouth and the guitar in his hand...mixed feelings:…</blockquote>
<img width="240" style="float:right;padding-left:10px" src="http://www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/Uriah%20Heep%20october%2026th%201974%20Granada%20East%20Ham%20England/album/slides/granada1974_01.jpg"/>Seen on the <a href="http://www.travellersintime.com/">Travellers in Time</a> mailing list, originally from <a href="http://melodicrock.com">melodicrock.com</a>:<blockquote>Archivist Konstantinos Takos from Greece found this great unseen series of 1974 concert photos of Uriah Heep, with the last known shots of Gary Thain (check his haircut). Special is the photo where he leaves the stage with a cigarette in his mouth and the guitar in his hand...mixed feelings: <a href="http://www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/Uriah%20Heep%20october%2026th%201974%20Granada%20East%20Ham%20England/album/index.html">www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/Uriah%20Heep%20october%2026th%201974%20Granada%20East%20Ham%20England/album/index.html</a></blockquote>
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<p style="text-align:left"><a href="http://www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/Uriah%20Heep%20october%2026th%201974%20Granada%20East%20Ham%20England/album/index.html"><img src="http://www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/Uriah%20Heep%20october%2026th%201974%20Granada%20East%20Ham%20England/album/slides/granada1974_09.jpg"/></a></p>Easy Livin' In Salo, Finland: official web site is LIVEtag:heepvention.ning.com,2009-03-28:2259424:BlogPost:79662009-03-28T12:00:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<p align="center"><a href="http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/">http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/<br/></a><a href="http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/in_english">http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/in_english<br/></a> <a href="http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804083783?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" width="300" height="243"/></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/">http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/<br/></a><a href="http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/in_english">http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/in_english<br/></a> <a href="http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804083783?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" width="300" height="243"/></a></p>Easy Livin' In Salo, Finlandtag:heepvention.ning.com,2009-03-05:2259424:BlogPost:77212009-03-05T12:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
Finnish Heepsters are <a href="http://travellersintime.com/pipermail/heeplist_travellersintime.com/Week-of-Mon-20090302/023062.html">planning a Heep event in Finland</a> for August 20-23 2009. <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/profile/TapioMinkkinen">Tapio Minkkinen</a> <a href="http://travellersintime.com/pipermail/heeplist_travellersintime.com/Week-of-Mon-20090302/023062.html">writes</a> on the <a href="http://travellersintime.com/mailman/listinfo/heeplist_travellersintime.com">Travellers…</a>
Finnish Heepsters are <a href="http://travellersintime.com/pipermail/heeplist_travellersintime.com/Week-of-Mon-20090302/023062.html">planning a Heep event in Finland</a> for August 20-23 2009. <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/profile/TapioMinkkinen">Tapio Minkkinen</a> <a href="http://travellersintime.com/pipermail/heeplist_travellersintime.com/Week-of-Mon-20090302/023062.html">writes</a> on the <a href="http://travellersintime.com/mailman/listinfo/heeplist_travellersintime.com">Travellers in Time mailing list</a>:<br />
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<i>"Some of you may have heard something about this. Soon it will be public news when the website is launched. Meanwhile you can check out my website <a href="http://heepfiles.net/">www.heepfiles.net</a> but here's some advance info. [ ... ]<br />
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This will NOT be a Heepvention, we are trying not copy the formula and hopefully we will be able to bring something special and different in but of course there will be similarities since the basic idea is the same. The Heep fans getting together, enjoying Heep music and having a good time. Hopefully there will be also a lot of fans from outside of Finland."</i>New gallery: Circle Of Handstag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-10-09:2259424:BlogPost:50362008-10-09T19:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:4913">Circle of Hands</a> performed Salisbury, live!!!
<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:4913">Circle of Hands</a> performed Salisbury, live!!!New Galleries: Heepster Jamstag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-10-05:2259424:BlogPost:44052008-10-05T16:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
Added to <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/list">albums</a>: Heepster Jams parts <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424%3AAlbum%3A4401">one</a>, <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:4403">two</a> and <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:4404">three</a>.
Added to <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/list">albums</a>: Heepster Jams parts <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424%3AAlbum%3A4401">one</a>, <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:4403">two</a> and <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:4404">three</a>.Gallery updates: Q&A Session; HLKNDtag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-10-04:2259424:BlogPost:40082008-10-04T03:00:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<img alt="" height="143" hspace="5" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675954173?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="float: right;" width="200"></img><br />
Added new <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424%3AAlbum%3A3994">gallery</a> from HV2008 Q&A session with John Lawton, Lee Kerslake, Ken Hensley, Paul Newton, and Jan Dumee.<br />
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Added new <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424%3AAlbum%3A3994">gallery</a> from HV2008 Q&A session with John Lawton, Lee Kerslake, Ken Hensley, Paul Newton, and Jan Dumee.<br />
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Added 20 additional images to the <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424%3AAlbum%3A1949&page=5">HLKND "main event"</a> gallery.New Galleriestag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-10-01:2259424:BlogPost:34702008-10-01T08:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
Heepsters and only Heepsters, parts <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:3196">one</a> <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:3467">two</a> <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:3468">three</a> and <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:3469">four</a> (there's a limit to 100 images per album.) These are mostly candids and "stolen" poses. Heepster jam shots will be…
Heepsters and only Heepsters, parts <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:3196">one</a> <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:3467">two</a> <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:3468">three</a> and <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:3469">four</a> (there's a limit to 100 images per album.) These are mostly candids and "stolen" poses. Heepster jam shots will be posted separately.<br />
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<br/><small><a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/photo">Find more photos like this on <em>Heepvention!</em></a></small><br/>Site update: messaging between memberstag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-09-28:2259424:BlogPost:25012008-09-28T07:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804083446?profile=original" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="187" hspace="4" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804083446?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="float: right;" width="200"></img></a> <a href="http://www.ning.com/">Ning</a> (the web platform that this site runs on) has changed the way you send private messages to other members: instead of the funky dropdown from the top of the screen, click the "Inbox" link that appears at top right corner of every…
<a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804083446?profile=original" target="_blank"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2804083446?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" width="200" height="187" hspace="4" style="float: right;"/></a><a href="http://www.ning.com/">Ning</a> (the web platform that this site runs on) has changed the way you send private messages to other members: instead of the funky dropdown from the top of the screen, click the "Inbox" link that appears at top right corner of every page.Brief hiatus - back next weektag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-09-26:2259424:BlogPost:21332008-09-26T14:00:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
I had good intentions to complete my HV2008 photo processing and uploading before this weekend when I'm photographer for a local <a href="http://progpowerusa.com/site/">music festival</a> (and end up with even MORE pictures to process), but that didn't happen -- apologies. On the other hand, everyone else is doing a great job uploading theirs. Keep up the good work!<br />
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Back Sunday with more photos.<br />
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In the meantime, I challenge everyone to…
I had good intentions to complete my HV2008 photo processing and uploading before this weekend when I'm photographer for a local <a href="http://progpowerusa.com/site/">music festival</a> (and end up with even MORE pictures to process), but that didn't happen -- apologies. On the other hand, everyone else is doing a great job uploading theirs. Keep up the good work!<br />
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Back Sunday with more photos.<br />
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In the meantime, I challenge everyone to <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/profiles/blog/new">write a blog post</a> about some part of your HV2008 experience, or just to comment on some photos or videos that you recently uploaded.New Gallery: HLKND Main Event (part 1)tag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-09-25:2259424:BlogPost:20002008-09-25T20:06:31.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
First half of the <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:1949">HLKND set</a> is up.
First half of the <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:1949">HLKND set</a> is up.New Gallery: HLK Acoustic Settag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-09-24:2259424:BlogPost:14202008-09-24T14:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675931226?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" width="200" height="133" style="float: right;"/><br />
Complete <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:1412">gallery</a> of the Hensley/Lawton/Kerslake acoustic set is now up.
<img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675931226?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" width="200" height="133" style="float: right;"/><br />
Complete <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:1412">gallery</a> of the Hensley/Lawton/Kerslake acoustic set is now up.Memorabiliatag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-09-23:2259424:BlogPost:12362008-09-23T22:00:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<img alt="" height="150" hspace="5" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675928118?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="float: right;" width="200"></img> I lied to Ken Hensley (accidentally; dementia etc) at HV2008: I told him that the <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2259424%3APhoto%3A1216">set list</a> which I was asking him to sign after Saturday night's performance was my first-ever piece of music memorabilia of any kind.<br />
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It's actually my second. The first one was the <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675921579?profile=original">MBP2001 poster</a> I had signed by all…
<img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675928118?profile=RESIZE_320x320" hspace="5" alt="" width="200" height="150" style="float: right;"/>I lied to Ken Hensley (accidentally; dementia etc) at HV2008: I told him that the <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2259424%3APhoto%3A1216">set list</a> which I was asking him to sign after Saturday night's performance was my first-ever piece of music memorabilia of any kind.<br />
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It's actually my second. The first one was the <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675921579?profile=original">MBP2001 poster</a> I had signed by all participants.<br />
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I added a few to what is now the "collection" by having John and Lee autograph some of my MBP2003 and MBP2004 photos on Sunday.<br />
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Boris had an <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2259424%3APhoto%3A855">interesting John Lawton album</a>. Any other cool memorabilia sightings?Back in the USAtag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-09-22:2259424:BlogPost:9802008-09-22T22:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
Changing planes at JFK airport in New York.<br />
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We have more <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/profiles/members/">Heepsters</a>! And <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=1welzq3doswh0">videos</a> from <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/xn/detail/u_1welzq3doswh0">Tapio Minkkinen</a>!
Changing planes at JFK airport in New York.<br />
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We have more <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/profiles/members/">Heepsters</a>! And <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=1welzq3doswh0">videos</a> from <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/xn/detail/u_1welzq3doswh0">Tapio Minkkinen</a>!Goodbye Spaintag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-09-22:2259424:BlogPost:8932008-09-22T00:00:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675929346?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" width="200" height="142" style="float: right"/>Final HV2008 <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:891">preview gallery</a> from Spain.
<img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675929346?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" width="200" height="142" style="float: right"/>Final HV2008 <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:891">preview gallery</a> from Spain.Quest for the "Money Shot"tag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-09-21:2259424:BlogPost:8072008-09-21T13:00:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<img alt="" hspace="5" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675924698?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="float: right;" width="200"></img> Heepventions and Heepsters rock in so many ways, but HV2008 was special for me from a photography perspective: prior to HV2008 I had never photographed Ken Hensley live in concert (<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:335">Evening with Ken Hensley</a> at <a href="http://photopit.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=934571:Album:899">MBP2004</a> was great but not really a live concert. No Hammond B3, for one.)<br />
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I have hours of work ahead sorting through the…
<img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675924698?profile=RESIZE_320x320" hspace="5" alt="" width="200" style="float: right;"/>Heepventions and Heepsters rock in so many ways, but HV2008 was special for me from a photography perspective: prior to HV2008 I had never photographed Ken Hensley live in concert (<a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:335">Evening with Ken Hensley</a> at <a href="http://photopit.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=934571:Album:899">MBP2004</a> was great but not really a live concert. No Hammond B3, for one.)<br />
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I have hours of work ahead sorting through the gigabytes of HV2008 "footage" in search of the Ken Hensley + Hammond B3 "Money Shot." A quick pass came up with a couple of <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:808">decent ones</a>.HV2008 Day 2: Revenge of the Flamenco Dancerstag:heepvention.ning.com,2008-09-21:2259424:BlogPost:7732008-09-21T01:30:00.000ZEsa Aholahttp://heepvention.ning.com/profile/esa
<img alt="" hspace="5" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675924834?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="float: right;" width="200"></img> I suggested in an earlier blog post that the cancellation of the flamenco dance troupe Friday night was not much of a loss compared to the gain of an impromptu Hensley/Lawton/Kerslake acoustic set.<br />
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Somebody must have told the dance troupe, because they came and <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:1198">kicked some serious heepster butt</a> with their performance on Saturday. Jaw-dropping awesome.<br />
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HLKND band was awesome too - couple pics further…
<img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2675924834?profile=RESIZE_320x320" hspace="5" alt="" width="200" style="float: right;"/>I suggested in an earlier blog post that the cancellation of the flamenco dance troupe Friday night was not much of a loss compared to the gain of an impromptu Hensley/Lawton/Kerslake acoustic set.<br />
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Somebody must have told the dance troupe, because they came and <a href="http://heepvention.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2259424:Album:1198">kicked some serious heepster butt</a> with their performance on Saturday. Jaw-dropping awesome.<br />
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HLKND band was awesome too - couple pics further below. More later.<br />
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