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Blackfoot After leaving Uriah Heep, in 1980, Ken Hensley spent some time with his own band Shotgun, and after some UK gigs, he moved to the US. There, he also played some gigs under the name "Ken Hensley Band", and then joined the great Southern Rock band Blackfoot.
Together with Rickey Medlocke (lead vocal
and guitar),
"Siogo" was a great album, actually one of Blackfoot's best albums. Ken's keyboards and composing
skills gave a fresh input to the band. "Send Me An Angel", "Teenage Idol" and other
strong tunes made it a very powerful work.
After this album, original member Charlie Hargrett
left the band, and they released "Vertical Smiles", a good album,
but not as strong as "Siogo". It's said that some of the best (and
heavier) songs were left out this work, due to the record company's
pressure. "Livin' In The City" was one of these great songs,
and it was played live constantly. Anyway, there were also some
great tunes on this album, like "Morning Dew" and "A Legend
Never Dies".
After knowing about David Byron's death (original Heep's singer), Ken left the band, and retired
from touring since then. Blackfoot kept going, but without Ken.
Now, King Biscuit Flower Hour Records, famous for releasing some great live CD's, including
bands like Uriah Heep, ELP, Deep Purple, and many more, puts another CD out: Blackfoot live in
Hollywood, 1983 !!!
The set list: See below some photos taken on October 24th,
1984, live at the Agora, Cleveland, OH:
Spires, Hensley and Walker...............Greg
T. Walker..................Rickey Medlocke
Ken with a handy keyboard.....Ken
& Rickey rockin'............Ken on
the Hammond !
Listen here to Rickey Medlocke presenting Ken
Hensley... and Ken thanking him in return (and the Queen!) here...
(Many thanks to Tim "Stem" McGuinness, who took and scanned most of the
photos and contributed with some of the sound files, and to Julie Jackson, from
the King Biscuit Flower Hour
Records staff) |
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