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Quest for the "Money Shot"

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 (Evening with Ken Hensley at MBP2004 was great but not really a live concert. No Hammond B3, for one.)

I have hours of work ahead sorting… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on September 21, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

HV2008 Day 2: Revenge of the Flamenco Dancers

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.

Somebody must have told the dance troupe, because they came and kicked some serious heepster butt with their performance on Saturday. Jaw-dropping awesome.

HLKND band was awesome too -… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on September 20, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

HV2008 Day 1: Flamenco Dancers vs. Hensley/Lawton/Kerslake

The flamenco dance troupe had to cancel, and we got an acoustic set of Hensley/Lawton/Kerslake instead. Nobody demanded a refund of their ticket money; wonder why.

Added by Esa Ahola on September 19, 2008 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

HV2008 Day 0: Meet and Greet

John Lawton meets and greets Lee Kerslake, with love. More pictures coming up.

Added by Esa Ahola on September 18, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

It has begun...

Added by Esa Ahola on September 17, 2008 at 12:59pm — No Comments

Heepvention 2008 Journal

Barely two weeks until Heepvention 2008!

I will post my photo crop and experiences from hv2008 here; everyone is welcome and invited to do the same.

To get things started, I have uploaded three galleries from past Heep-related fan gatherings, including a previously unpublished (except selected images on heep.com) gallery of Evening with Ken Hensley from…

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Added by Esa Ahola on August 30, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments