![]() SLADE in the SEVENTIES – with author, Darren Johnson.Folk-rock: album review – Merry Hell ‘Let The Music Speak For Itself’.Lust for Life 2024: Clem Burke, Glen Matlock and Katie Puckrik reunite for second UK tour.Uriah Heep’s 50th anniversary – interview with Mick Boxīlog categories Blog categories Recent posts Uriah Heep – let’s do it! Ken Hensley 1945-2020 Ken Hensley image by Paul Hasselblatt Related posts:Īlbum reviews: four recent solo releases from the extended Uriah Heep family How appropriate, however, if Uriah Heep were to actually play the song at a dawn gathering on July 1st here Britain one day – celebrating the anniversary of the song and paying tribute to the life of of one of its creators, Ken Hensley, who sadly died in November 2020. It’s loved as a great rock song in Britain but that’s as far as it goes. Now the song has never enjoyed anything like this degree of significance in the country where it was actually created. Although formal protests were banned under the Communist regime, the gatherings and by extension the song, were seen as a subtle way of expressing one’s defiance towards the authoritarian regime and celebrating life and freedom.īulgarian communism may have collapsed in 1989 but there is no sign of a collapse in the popularity of the song – or indeed of the dawn gatherings which have remained an important part of the summer calendar each year. It is said that the song grew in popularity during the 1980s and became a feature of impromptu summer gatherings of young rock fans. Here is a July Morning celebration from 2019. ![]() In 2012 some 12,000 people were said to have greeted the sunrise at Kamen Bryag where July Morning was performed live by former Uriah Heep singer John Lawton and his band. In Bulgaria, however, the song has taken on a significance all of its own.Įvery year on 1 st July thousands flock to the Black Sea coast before dawn for their own ‘July Morning’ celebrations built around that 1971 song by Uriah Heep. In most places the song is taken at face value for what it is – a classic slice of early 70s hard rock with lyrics celebrating the beauty of an early morning sunrise. Box, however, observed that all three were in the same key and suggested joining the them together and adding a dramatic introduction to create something really special. When he returned the remaining musicians had worked up three separate pieces. Introducing the song on Uriah Heep’s 2019 UK tour, Mick Box recalled the time the band were in the studio working on the Look At Yourself album but he had to take a few days out due to contracting some sort of bug. Written by the band’s keyboard player, Ken Hensley, and vocalist David Byron with its distinctive organ sounds it has remained a significant highlight of the band’s live set. July Morning is a 1971 song by English hard rock band Uriah Heep.
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