Ken Hensley's birthday is today as well.

[JohnnyRingo]

Who is Ken Hensley? He was the keyboardist and guitar player for Uriah Heep and today is his 74th birthday.

I'll never forget the first time I heard Heep. I was 16 and peaking my brains out in the parking lot of the local burger joint back in '70 when a friend arrived with this song cranked up on his 8 track. I'd never heard anything like it to that point. I hopped into his SS Chevelle and repeated the track until he threw me out.

[louis-t]

1. There I was. On a July morning.

Saw them at Cobo Hall in the '70s. Or might have been Olympia.

[JohnnyRingo]

2. I saw them later in the '70s as well.

I don't remember when, but it was after "Magician's Birthday".

I do remember it was Ken Hensley's birthday because they wheeled out a cake, so it must have been in late August. Maybe 1973 considering who I went with. We haven't changed a bit! hahaha

[louis-t]

3. When I saw them, Mick Box had fallen off the stage

the night before. His right arm was in a cast. He looked all doped up, but played flawlessly.

[JohnnyRingo]

4. We all looked pretty doped up back then.

Probably why he fell off the stage to begin with. LOL