DON'T SHOOT ME...Ken Hensley
In his decade with Uriah Heep, Hensley was the primary songwriter on 13 studio albums, a live LP and several compilations. The group’s most acclaimed line-up comprised David Byron (vocals), Mick Box (guitar), Gary Thain (bass), Lee Kerslake (drums) and Hensley (mostly on the Hammond organ and sometimes on vocals). He sang on the 1971 single Lady In Black, one of Heep’s best-known songs, and composed the following year’s Easy Livin’, the group’s first American hit.
He had recorded two solo albums, Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf (1973) and Eager to Please (1975) while still with Uriah Heep, and once he left the band he toured America with his own group before embarking on a three-year stint with an outfit called Blackfoot. Sessions for heavy metal bands such as W.A.S.P. and Cinderella followed, as well as a post in artist relations with a musical instrument company, St Louis Music.
In 2004 Hensley moved to a farm near Alicante in Spain, where the couple kept livestock and established a charity for abandoned animals. He released albums at a prolific rate and continued to play live, often in Russia and Eastern Europe, where he had a dedicated fanbase. He also published an autobiography, Blood on the Highway, in 2007.
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