So Kostas over at Urbanaspirines does his usual reliable profile of Yes! Nine albums of the prog rock band par excellence and for me with real heroes of music not least Jon Anderson with that uniquely beautiful voice, Alan White (first drummer) Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Rick Wakeman (Tony Kaye, Patrick Moraz keyboard players) and as Kostas tells us an ensemble cast over the years of some twenty players
Now I found we enjoyed the first two or three album and bought them pretty much as they came out checked the later albums but didn’t really buy them from the fifth Close To The Edge onward I stopped listening so avidly and cannot really explain why
Kostas tells us . . . .
"Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968. Comprising 20 full-time musicians over their career, their most notable members include lead singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarists Steve Howe and Trevor Rabin, drummers Bill Bruford and Alan White, and keyboardists Tony Kaye and Rick Wakeman. Well-known and influential mainstream progressive from the 1970's, and still around in some form ever since, they were highly influential in their heyday, especially notable for the really creative "Relayer", which included at the time Swiss keyboardist Patrick MORAZ who replaced Rick Wakeman. Yes didn't invent progressive rock, but they helped bring it to mainstream audiences, steering the development and definition of the genre. “
Now I have said before I think that I asked Roger Dean to come to my Art and Poster shop (Blackwell’s Oxford) and he was one of the most agreeable artists to ever come to the shop amongst many and engage with one of the most extraordinary group of fans (SciFi Yes fans Osibisa fans - ME!, and so on) he was so tolerant of the geekiest of fan base and a thoroughly pleasant agreable man
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Hello my lovely friend 😊. Thank you for the repost and I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Gotta love a bit of Yes. As you say those first few albums were awesome, and like you I gave up around Going for the one. As my mate said at the time "they're going up their own arses", which I thought summed it up beautifully!!!
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