“He played this beautiful guitar work on it. We met up at the Hall of Fame and everything. I kept looking at him, saying ‘We’re gonna sing together. We’re going to work together again.’”
Jon Anderson Reunites With Former YES Band Mates On New Albumhttps://t.co/HXWDBrvuks
— YESofficial (@yesofficial) March 11, 2019
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Checked in at Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, #Yes50
Thinking about Chris Squire today…
Not This Crap Again
“‘It would help prevent confusion among the fan base if the other Yes band would identify their key members as we have,’ it read. ‘If you just want to see the original Yes this summer, Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman is the band for you.’”
There is no confusion here. One band is Yes and the other is ARW. These people should not be behaving like idiots at this time of their lives and careers.
I’ve seen all good people…
Back to the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow to see Anderson Rabin Wakeman (ARW)…
I upgraded my seat from the one in the gods to this much better view…
It was a great show. I surprised myself at how emotional I got when Jon Anderson entered the stage. He really is in great voice and skipped around the stage like someone fifty years younger.
Rick Wakeman is as good as ever. His parts in Awaken were stunning.
Trevor Rabin is a very different kind of player than Steve Howe and it showed in the older songs. The overall sound was excellent though.
Special mention should go the “hired hands” especially bass player Lee Pomeroy who is just amazing. His extended solo during The Fish was spectacular and a wonderful tribute to Chris Squire.
It was a great night and, unlike some fans, I’m very happy to have two bands out playing this music. Another union would be nice though. We can dream.
Roundabout
I wonder if they drove through East Kilbride.
I had smoked a joint, so everything was vivid and mystical. As we drove along, we encountered a fair number of “roundabouts,” what you in the States call traffic circles.
Source: The Inspiration Behind ‘Roundabout,’ the 1972 Hit Song by Yes – WSJ
Anderson Rabin Wakeman
I’ve only read good and positive things about the ARW tour which makes me excited about next week’s show in Glasgow. There’s only one Yes as far as I’m concerned but we’re lucky to have two bands currently playing the music and doing it justice.
Here’s a good review of the first night of the UK tour.
The Isle Of Man Post Office has brought out these stamps to celebrate the work of Roger Dean who is, probably, most famous for the iconic artwork he designed for a lot of the classic Yes albums.
Steven Wilson’s remix of Yes’s notorious Tales From Topographic Oceans has been finished and is due out this year. I wonder if there is another album that has been lambasted as much as TFTO by people who have never even listened to it.
Yes, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
To Glasgow on Wednesday to see Yes performing the Drama and Fragile albums in their entirety. I bought a ticket for this show over a year ago but my enthusiasm took a large dip after the tragic death of Chris Squire.
It turned out to be a great show though. After a very moving Chris tribute to the strains of Onward they launched into Machine Messiah which sounded great. After a rousing version of Tempus Fugit it was time for another tribute. This time it was Peter Banks and a reallly nice version of Time And a Word.
The run through of Fragile in the second half continued the great pace. There was none of the sluggishness that Yes seemed to have in recent performances. Billy Sherwood nailed the complicated bass parts and Jon Davison is continuing to prove himself a good front person. I wish he was allowed to speak in between songs a bit more though.
Don’t Kill The Whale, Owner Of A Lonely Heart, and Starship Trooper finished a fantastic concert.
I hope this lineup gets to record some new stuff in order to put that insulting “tribute band” label out of it’s misery.