URIAH HEEP LIVE IN SINGAPORE

Highlights in one's lifetime do not happen all  that often.Special
times,such as the birth of your children,wedding day,you  know....
I was born in Canada and just happened to move  in next door to Bernie Shaw in 1960.We played together like brothers for  years,even dressed up for a local Hippy contest one day in 1967 at the local  park,posing for photos,Bernie of course had his old guitar in  hand.

We finished school ,Bernie left for London and  I headed to the land
downunder where I lived for about 16 years before  moving to Singapore.I was always on the lookout for the boys  touring in Australia but this did not happen so it was recently while on the  way to work,I heard that Uriah Heep were coming to town.of all places  Singapore !!

After surprising Bernie at the bands hotel and  having some time to catch
up ,on came the day of the show.
The place,Fort Canning Park,located near the  city's centre and suitably
located at Fort Canning is the Battle  Box,which was Singapore's largest
underground military operations complex  during WWII.This is where the top
brass of the day (Feb 15,1942) decided to  surrender Singapore to the
Japanese.

Let me tell you that Singapore surrendered  again,this time to Mick Box and
Uriah Heep.
The boys played like they were possessed.The  croud numbered up to 3,000 but you could have been mistaken for having  30,000 there.
Every song,every minute in the sweltering heat  was played with shear
intensity and the croud loved every  second.

It was for me one of those times in life,when  it was nothing short of
unbelievable and will remain in that special place  of great memories.
I told Bernie later,that the show was better  than when I saw Zepplin in
72'.and that was dammed good.So keep on Rockin  ,every one of you !
I will make a point of travelling somewhere in  the world to see the boys
again.

B.M.(Buzz) Wells
Singapore