Uriah Heep - The Hanging Tree

[ingareinar007]

sinner man! I grew up on this.. :D

[MrDavidrobinS]

John Lawton's a great singer, a very clear singer too, probably clearer than David was. You have to remember though that Heep were at their absolute peak with David at the helm & the songs were stronger.  With John up front, Firefly was a good album, but the next two after that were patchy & by then Heep had passed their peak as well & that made a difference as well. And yes, John definitely sings "Sinner Man". Crystal clear!

[wrabit79]

that people like new silly bands like foo fighters,nickelback than this kind of music is beyond me.....

[risingfr]

great.

[vinsvinyl]

sinner man NOT CINNAMON???

[vinsvinyl]

hey holy stop trying to read words and take the song fro whats its worth ?????

dio "s lyrics all make sence???????????

Vin

[levediagyermeke]

Byron is Chraisma, Power and Voice. Lawton is voice only. He is very good anyway, that's true.

[axelorde]

great song great band

[Doobie1975]

I don't understand why many Heepsters tend to overlook John Lawton, I personally think Lawton is just as great as David Byron was although I slightly prefer Byron over Lawton but I thought Lawton was an excellent replacement for David Byron

[jimmywires500]

Lawton has a great voice, but Byron had great timbre to his voice & charisma somehow, just by hearing him

[santyrush]

yes, absolutly ...estoy de acuerdo completamente.... byron or lawton.....y despues Shaw. ah y goalby tambien me gusta...

[AceOfHeart2012]

@Doobie1975 Because John Lawton was an prick. I was staying in the Hotel Pfister on KISS 1976 Rock and Roll Over Tour and Heep was opening. Mick Box bought us a shoeshine and I had a drink with Lee Kerslake at the pool and we got Ken Hensley baked in HIS room. But when we approached an elevator that Lawton was on with just one other guy they wouldn't let the three of us on. Byron of course was the original chemistry but a total flake (so they say) and Bernie (Shaw) totally spanks Lawton ass.

[Doobie1975]

@AceOfHeart2012 What exactly do you mean by flake? Sorry to hear about your experience about meeting John Lawton, I can now see why he and Ken Hensley weren't getting along very well towards the end of Lawton being in Heep, too bad John Lawton is such an ass cause I've always thought he has a great singing voice

[AceOfHeart2012]

@Doobie1975 Byron was fired because of his increasingly unpredictable behavior due to his alcoholism. I don't dispute that Lawton was a good singer, it was most likely ego that inflated his sense of self worth as the replacement for David Byron. Ken mentioned it himself to us that David had become a total jerk and that the whole band was suffering. David was very unique but you only abide an asshole for so long before something's gonna give.

[Veggos89]

hE'S OUTLAW OF MAJORITY...

[Veggos89]

It's one of my favourites

the top of heavy rock!

[holydiver73]

some say that he's a cinnamon???? that makes no sense!!!

[MacSebbe]

" some say that he's  SINNER MAN ". At least what I can make out. Maybe you should put up a version with misheard lyrics. XD

[confederatecolonel1]

You are correct! He does say "sinner man". I checked it out on lyrics download. Check them out, if you want to see other lyrics.

[AceOfHeart2012]

@MacSebbe It's 'sinner man'. It makes sense contextually.

[SBF12006]

@MacSebbe

Cinnamon? Well who knows eh?? lol

[floydrose42]

I haven't heard this song in a long time. One of my favourites by Uriah Heep.

[MATTMUDORCK]

Legal p/caramba.

[Doobie1975]

The intro almost reminds me of the intro to Foreigner's "Love on the Telephone" which came out 2 years after this great song.

[GreekPicker]

You are so very right and you know what? Foreigner only made one tour as a support band before they started selling-out arenas. This was in 1977 when they supported Uriah Heep in their "Firefly" tour in USA. Can it only be a co-incidence?

[Doobie1975]

You gotta be kidding me about Foreigner being the support band for Uriah Heep on their "Firefly" tour, I know Foreigner became an overnight success when they first came out, I thought Foreigner's debut album was their best album.

[GreekPicker]

Haha! Check your mail, you 'll be surprised :-)

[Doobie1975]

While I like Foreigner (mainly during their earlier years) Uriah Heep is one of my all time favorite bands

[whoopdeedoodude]

thanks so much for uploading! fuckin awsome song!

[levradio]

awesome just awesome

[dioniz82x]

Awsome song, god band, i recently started to listen uriah heep, although i listen to melodic metal, but this is quite god too..

Cool intro and ending of this song..