Yes #1

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Drie complete albums (Close To The Edge, Going For The One en The Yes Album) achter elkaar en de stukken in de precieze volgorde. De eerste tien minuten is het geluid nog niet optimaal (vooral de bas van Squire giert door m'n kop), maar dan is het prachtig uitgebalanceerd. De muzikanten zijn, ondanks hun leeftijd, in topvorm. Ik sta bijna hardop te janken tijdens And You And I en dan zijn we nog maar net begonnen.
Steve Howe is altijd precies en geconcentreerd en goed, Squire ragt en bromt op z'n bas, maar de ware held blijkt Jon Davison, de nieuwe zanger. Hij doet Jon Anderson niet vergeten, maar ik ben erg onder de indruk. Zijn stem is wat zachter, fluweler, ronder, zonder rauw randje, met een tremolo in de lange noten. Maar allemachtig, als hij in het titelnummer van Going For The One uithaalt, krijg ik kippenvel: wat enorm hóóg en zuiver ook! Daarnaast heeft hij zichtbaar voortdurend plezier en overal zien we zijn tanden omdat hij onophoudelijk staat en loopt te stralen en te lachen.
Na anderhalf uur en twee complete albums verwacht ik een pauze, maar nee: de band knalt gewoon verder. We zijn inmiddels bij The Yes Album aanbeland en Yes is dan volledig op stoom. Tjonge, dit is écht goed.
Natuurlijk is Roundabout de toegift. Allemensen, dit had ik toch niet willen missen. Mijn onderkaak ligt na meer dan tweeënhalf uur zowat op de grond van verbijstering.

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Former Yes star Jon Anderson has suffered another setback in his recovery from a respiratory illness that forced him out of the band - he now needs surgery to correct a severe sinus issue.

In a new Facebook post, the singer assures fans he will be "a different person" after the operation, insisting, "I will be better very soon."

It is not yet clear if his latest ailment will affect summer (15) dates he has planned with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, as the Anderson-Ponty Band.

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[...] Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman (the current working name for the time being).
Jon, Trevor and I have been talking about this for some time and following the very sad passing of Chris, felt it was the right time to get together and produce both new music and perform some of the classic material as we feel it should be performed.
We have no connection with any other former members and indeed intend this to be very fresh in every approach. We will have other experienced side musicians working with us and it does appear that musicians are lining up wanting to be a part of it. We know what sort of musicians we are looking for and so hopefully in the not too distant future we will be able to make an announcement accordingly.
The band, (or super-group as some papers are already calling it), will be managed by Brian Lane at United Stage Artists. Brian managed the original YES during the 1970s and was also instrumental in putting ABWH together and has managed my musical side of things for the last three years.
We are already writing new material and swapping ideas back and forth and what I’ve heard so far is quite amazing. Very fresh, full of life, energy and melody. I have sent stuff to Jon and Trev who will hopefully add some great ideas on top of my ideas.
The plan is to play a few festivals in the summer and then to tour fully in 2017.

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....and then of course you have to factor in the Anderson/Rabin/Wakeman project which is really gathering momentum. The music that has been flying back and forth between the three of us is so exciting and some of it quite amazing. We are working on starting to free ourselves up from the second half of the year onwards so that ARW can take our main focus and the plan for recording and touring is suitably ambitious and so it should be!

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Op maandag 8 februari 2016 19:51 schreef bazbo het volgende:

Rick Wakeman's Tribute To David Bowie - Life On Mars

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Op vrijdag 25 maart 2016 12:47 schreef bazbo het volgende:
Nee, dan dit!

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