Been here
many times now, not knowing what to say.
I never met Jim and there is nothing what
will give any comfort or softenes
the pain .
Stay strong and Remember Jim in all the good
he done for You all.
I'm Sorry .
Uriah Heep, Jim's family, Sandra, and Jim's
friends .
Evelyn
What a terribly sad e-mail to be writing.
I've not been able to log on to the
site for a while and I hope this message
of condolence is not too late. I was very
saddened to see Jim's photo at the bottom
of the page, with dates superimposed.
Indeed, it was quite a shock, as Jim's
face at soundchecks, stageside and
aftershows had become well known to me: he
had been part of the Heep family for all
the gigs I have attended, bar my very
first. He seemed to have had a knack for
quickly gettings things fixed for Mick
without ever looking flustered, even
mid-song. A rare talent! I hope his family
may take some comfort from the affection
with which Jim was regarded, as these
messages testify. It's his friendly smile
we remember most, and that speaks volumes.
I'm
really sorry to heard the news, it's a
very sad way to end the year, my
greatest sympathy to all of you.
Rafael
Coutinho, Caracas, Venezuela
Hello
Jim's Familiy and hello Heeps,
my big condolence about. This very bad
news reached by an E-mail from Iris
Chudaska in the office which was named
"Jim".
I opened it waiting for joke of stuff like
that and Shock.
I remenbered about the lots of time
backstage with the band, John, Charlie and
Jim and i felt much sorrow.
I wish you all the power you need in the
next about this hard lost.
Martin
Klett from the German fanclub
I
was so shocked when Mick told me about
poor Jimbo.My heart goes out to his
family.Jimbo will be sadly missed.
Carol
xxx
Dear
Jimbo we miss You !
In deep friendship
the German Crew
Yogi Monitor
Gerrit FoH
Another
good man gone...I talked to Jim
only once, but I think he was a very
warmhearted and nice guy. A great loss
for the band and his friends. I think,Iīll
sit down and write some lyrics
for(about) him and mail them to you.
I canīt imagine a Heep concert without
seeing him working around on stage
and in the back.
Jim, we all will miss you!!
Mani
I'm
very sorry for Jim passing away. I met him
in Akersberga, Sweden in 1999. We talked
about Heep's
playset. I got some nice photos of him
playing flipper there. A girl I know
shouted to me: "There he is: Phil
Lanzon!!" She thought Jim was Phil,
seeing his long hair from his back side
when he stood there at the flipper
board.
I saw
Jim also on a ferry between Stockholm and
Helsinki. Heep was playing on the night
club scene. And the fans was crazy. One
heavy boosted idiot tried to enter the
scene twice in the middle of the show. Jim
warned him and next time Jim placed
his boot in his chest and kicked him
right back in the crowd where he stayed
after learning some respect.
I
saw that Jim on the rehearsel in
Akersberga was very concentrated on his
job. He must have been a very hard
working man. And on the rock boat
the night after the gig when the boat was
turning back to Stockholm when we met
Bernie in a bar, suddenly Jim was there
and showed Bernie a bottle of wine he had
fixed for him.
I can
sure understand that this must be a very
great loss for the group. I hope that Mick
and the boys still ceep their working
spirit high after this shock. Making more
good rock music is a good way to relieve
the sorrow. I think that Jim would have
apreciated a hard work on the next studio
CD.
Filip,
In
Stockholm 2002-01-27
(Still
hoping to hear Pilgrim live someday.)
Hello
Mick and band, we are all very sad.
Jim was a lovely man and one of the most
warmhearted and loveable persons we
know.
If thereīs a heaven, he must be there. He
lives in our hearts.
In deepest sympathy with you.
Eileen,
Helmut (the last Bavarian Indian),
Christine, Gerhard and Christine
We
are shocked and saddened.
For us, Jim was a miracle - a fantastic
person, a part of Uriah Heep
who helped us into the world of Uriah Heep.
Memories of Jim go back to gigs in Holland,
Germany, Norway, Belgium
and England.
Certainly, Jim means a lot to Mick and the
band, and he has a special
place in the hearts of the fans as well.
Jim helped make great shows possible.
He not only took good care of
Uriah Heep,he took good care of us.
We are pleased and proud to have met Jim, to
have known him and will
miss him.
Our sympathies to everyone who knew and
worked with Jim, especially his
family and close friends.
Janice
& Henk
All
German fans and of course all fans around
the world knew the friendly Jimbo.
I have to tell you that we are all very sad
about his death and we will keep his
memories alive.
Heinz
Biennek
JIM WAS
MY YOUNGER BROTHER ONLY BY A YEAR. SUCH A
LOSS TO ME AND MY FAMILY.
I HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE OF GROWING UP WITH
JIM, STARTING SCHOOL AND WORK TOGETHER, WITH
MANY MORE MEMORIES OVER 46 YEARS, WHICH I
WILL ALWAYS TREASURE. MY CHILDREN, SALLY,
LEE AND KATHERINE MISS HIM TERRIBLY.
HE
HAD SO MUCH PATIENCE AND LOVE FOR THEM AS HE
DID FOR EVERYONE. MY SON SAID "WHY
UNCLE JIM, MUM? HE WAS SO EXCITING AND SUCH
GOOD FUN". WHEN VISITING US IN SOUTHEND
IN BETWEEN HIS TOURS WITH THE BAND HE USED
TO TAKE THEM DOWN TO THE SEAFRONT TO PLAY
BINGO! ONE OF HIS SECRET PASTIMES.
I
REMEMBER IN OUR TEENS WE USED TO PLAY THE
GUITAR TOGETHER AND ALTHOUGHT I FIRST TAUGHT
HIM WHAT I KNEW, HE SOON FAR SUPERCEDED ME.
I WOULD LIKE AT THIS MOMENT TO EXTEND MY
PERSONAL THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE SAID SUCH
KIND AND COMFORTING THINGS ABOUT JIM. IT HAS
GREATLY HELPED EASE THE TERRIBLE PAIN OF
LOSING HIM.
THEIR WILL NOT BE A DAY THAT PASSES WHEN I
WILL NOT HAVE JIM IN MY THOUGHTS
AS HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE SINCE I CAN
REMEMBER.
I LOVE AND MISS YOU JIM
FROM HIS SISTER
BARBARA. X
We
didn't know him very well; we just saw him e
few times at the gigs.
What we do know is that if someone, who has
been an part of your lives
for so long, almost suddenly passed away,
the place he left behind is to
big to fill.
There will be a emptiness for a long time,
and we hope that the family
and te band will find the strenght to cope
with it.
We wish the loved ones who stayed behind all
the strenght and wisdom
for the future.
Jan
Martin & Thea
Dear
people of the Uriah Heep community,
We at YesFocus would like to express our
deepest feelings and thoughts for everyone
of you when losing someone like Jim Hughes.
Although we never knew him, it is always a
sad thing to lose one of those people who
work every day so hard backstage, never be
in the spotlights... He was one of those
people who keep bands like Uriah-Heep and
Yes on the road these days.
We are with you guys, please remember that.
Jasper
Joppe Geers
President and Creative Director YesFocus,
Yes Appreciation Society Holland
I
am very glad I had the chance to meet Jimbo
this summer in Inianapolis and Chicago. He
was very nice and seemed very content with
what he was doing. We stayed up late at the
Hampton Inn in Chicago after the gig and all
were sitting around chatting. Jimbo told the
story of them being on the road in one of
those European countries ;-) Anyway, they
were towing a trailer with the band's
equipment behind them, and at some point in
time, the trailer fell off and they didn't
know it had happened for a bit. He finally
got suspicious because of the vehicle's
different handling charactaristics and
pulled over. The trailer was gone and
nowhere to be seen! So they backtracked,
expecting the worst, and found it had slid
to the side of the road, but it was still
upright and all the equipment was ok. He was
really good with a story, and I enjoyed his
tales of the road very much.
