Posted on 08/10/2013 6:50:28 PM PDT by virgil283
"...All I saw were old farts like me. Thousands of them. Some ex-hippies, some corporate bankers and yet others not definable. But rarely very rarely younger than 30-40. I was surrounded.
And then the music started. Three of the five original members of Yes played for three hours straight. Close to the Edge was performed in its entirety, from beginning to end. They then played from The Yes Album and their encore was one of my favorites; Roundabout.
The lead singer was no Jon Anderson, but he did try hard. And the keyboardist was not Rick Wakeman, but still enjoyable. The other three original band members, Steve Howe, Alan White and Chris Squire were fantastic...."
Yes Album;
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[Promoter DJ voice] "Their music is cutting edge, at the top of the charts and coming to South Florida on Friday night, yes coming to the Hollywood Sportatorium" [/Promoter DJ voice]
I must have heard the commercial 10 times and never figured out who was playing that night.
-PJ
Might wanna take a listen to Drive By Truckers.
Kinda Southern rock/metal/country/goth (lol)
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