O/T, but what's it going to take for Yes to make it to the Hall of Fame?
I was having a conversation on NY's Eve with Frankie Valli's sax player...my 14 YO son thought I was cool, for all of 90 minutes...lol. It started when I toasted him and a few of his band mates in German. Turned out that Rick Keller, a world class sax player, lived and performed in Germany for two decades.
My jaw dropped when he was naming names of other artists he worked with, one of whom was Bill Bruford. I tried not to put a beatdown on him, but I told him that I start every walk with the opening from Yessongs, including Siberian Khatru, where the drummer just kicks a$$ for about 10 minutes.
I also told him that if I did have a band (I'm not a musician), I'd call it "Rearden Steel". Oh yeah, I bent his ear about Atlas Shrugged for about 10 minutes. Let's just say we had a wide ranging conversation, primarily comparing notes from our experiences in Germany.
Cool story - thanks for posting!
I saw Yes 3 times (all in Cincinnati) - the final was “In the Round” with the round stage rotating with Jon anderson standing in the middle. IIRC, Rick Wakemen was keyboardist in that first show...many, many moons ago.
Yes had so many great albums...and Cheap Trick IS in the Hall of Fame? What a sham...