Yesshift

We review the newly released album from Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks titled TRUE! You can order the album here: https://ffm.to/jonandersontrue

Steven goes live to talk about some news and things that have gone on lately! The current Yes tour with Deep Purple is underway, but the details on the setlist will be saved for the end! Steven also talks about a couple of live streams that happened over the weekend: Total Mass Retain's Alan White tribute concert at The Royal Room in Seattle, and Mandoki Soulmates' Budapest concert celebra...

Author Stephen Lambe joins us again, this time to talk about his recently published book, Rock Classics: Yes - 90125 from SonicBond Publishing! You can order the book from Burning Shed here: https://burningshed.com/stephen-lambe_rock-classics-yes-90125_book

We review the Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks concert we attended last night at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona! Tune in and hear our takes on the experience! And pre-order their new album True here: https://talkshop.live/channels/jonanderson

Steven recounts a concert he attended at Zebulon Cafe this past Saturday featuring Raspberry Blonde and Ruth Radelet!

As a bonus release before the next regular Yesshift episode, here's something from Drum Talk TV. Scott Higham joins Dan Shinder for some gear talk! Scott has worked in the realms of prog rock, pop rock, metal, and musicals. He has worked with Oliver Wakeman, having recently drummed on Oliver's new solo album Anam Cara, and he drummed for Pendragon from 2008-2014! Others he's performed...

Happy birthday to drummer Dylan Howe! For this occasion, we're talking about Steve Howe's Remedy, in which Dylan played alongside his father Steve Howe and his brother Virgil Howe, as well as guitarist Ray Fenwick and bassist Derrick Taylor! Steve Howe's Remedy includes the studio album Elements (2003) and concert film Remedy Live recorded in March 2004!

Steven goes live for a news round-up (including info on a Relayer 50th anniversary pressing, a Bill Bruford box set, Rick's Yessonata, and more) before talking about his vinyl copies of Earthside's Let the Truth Speak and Ruth Radelet's The Other Side. Plus, a little bit of info on a couple of the episodes one can expect this month! (Also may have (AGAIN) mispronounced at least one nam...

Join us as we celebrate 55 years since the release of Yes' self-titled debut album! We also go over the following questions: What are your favorites from this debut album? What are your top five Yes album covers? What are your top five highlights from Yes' history (could be a song, album, etc.)? How many times have you seen Yes? What's your favorite Yes performance that you saw?

Dan and Steven look back at the 2014 Yes album Heaven & Earth on its 10th anniversary! Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and mixed by Billy Sherwood, this album featured the lineup of Jon Davison, Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, and Alan White. Do you have any favorites from this album? Did you get to see the material they played live? Check out the conversation! Plus, we also share news of...

Steven reviews a few concerts he watched online and in-person. On July 13, he watched the Total Mass Retain concert streamed by ProgStock via Stageit from the Williams Center in Rutherford, New Jersey. Afterward, he went to the Forever '80s concert at Pershing Square in Los Angeles, managing to catch When in Rome UK and Asia Featuring John Payne. And just this morning, with today being Trevor...

We are joined by John Perez of Texas-based tribute band Close to the Yes! Based in Dallas, Texas, the band played live a bit back in March and is playing its first full set on August 24th at The Maverick. The show will also include Rush tribute band Clockwork Angels! Event details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/408069202152232/

Celebrating the third anniversary of Yesshift with a few topics! An icebreaker topic Dan came up with is the question of what one ABWH song we'd each have liked played on the Union Tour. Then we'll touch on July birthdays by talking about what Peter Banks era Yes songs we'd like to see on a new tour as a nod to him, notable Igor Khoroshev keyboard moments on The Ladder, and Trevor Horn...

Steven gives a little update on activities and talks about the experiencing of playing his vinyl copy of the Caligula's Horse album Charcoal Grace!

Steven talks about some of the latest Yes and related news, sharing thoughts on Play for Chris 10, waxing nostalgic about his first Yes and Asia concert experience, reviewing the upcoming Focus 12 album, and mentioning other releases and touring tidbits!

John Mitchell and Harry Whitley of the new Asia lineup join us to talk about the Heat of the Moment Tour, which commences July 3rd in North America! They go into connections with and thoughts on John Wetton and Geoff Downes, and how the new lineup of Downes, Mitchell, Whitley, and Virgil Donati came together! Check out the North America tour dates at https://originalasia.com/tour-dates

In celebration of Patrick Moraz's birthday, Dan and Steven review the self-titled album Refugee! Released in 1974, this album featured Moraz alongside The Nice alumni Brian Davison (drums) and Lee Jackson (bass, guitar, lead vocals).

Steven talks about the vinyl records he got from a Soft Machine Show at The Baked Potato, as well as the show itself!

Join us as we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe album titled...Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe! What are your favorites from this album? Any memories of the band?

Continuing to experience vinyls on his recently acquired record player, Steven talks about the Emerson, Lake & Palmer Singles collection, which he's had for a while and finally gotten around to playing.

Dan and Steven remember the late great Yes drummer Alan White on what would've been his 75th birthday. They play a game of AntithhesYes, naming songs that feel like opposites of each other and highlighting Alan's contributions on them. Chime in with opposites that come to mind and how Alan stands out on them!

Steven talks about some news again! The Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks single "Shine On" is out now! But before going into that, Steven touch on other news topics. There's a surprising addition to the Cruise to the Edge lineup, for example, and Bill Bruford will be involved in a conversation in conjunction with the upcoming Progject tour. Steven will even review the Jazz Sabbath S...

We are joined by multi-instrumentalist Richie Castellano for a Yesshift interview! Richie has been a member of Blue Öyster Cult for 20 years, and for the past year he's also been playing bass on Yes classics live along with other members of The Band Geeks as they tour with original Yes vocalist Jon Anderson! Jon and the Band Geeks are currently touring the US and have worked on a studio album...

Before going on a weekend trip, Steven does another instalment of Steven's Vinyl Adventures, sharing his experiences finally playing the vinyl records he owns on a newly acquired record player. This one is a "Future Double Feature," spotlighting both Thank You from the Future by Moon Letters and A Memory of Our Future by Mandoki Soulmates. Steven will be back with Dan next week to in...

Steven finally owns a vinyl record player. So now he's beginning a subseries for the podcast titled Steven's Vinyl Adventures. The first album that he's played on this record player is Yes' Talk, part of the 30th anniversary release he ordered here: https://burningshed.com/store/yes Here's the story of his first of various upcoming vinyl experiences!