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Join Dan and Steven for a celebration of Oliver Wakeman's birthday and a conversation about the time he was with Strawbs, another one of his dad's old bands! Did you ever get to see Strawbs with Oliver in the lineup? He was on the 2009 album Dancing to the Devil’s Beat and joined them live that year, even appearing on a couple tracks from the live album Strawberry Fayre!

Steven talks mainly about the first concerts he's attended in 2024, which featured Earthside, Caligula's Horse, and Fake Band Practice. And maybe also sprinkling a bit about Yes/prog news.

Steven provides a review of the memoir Backstage Pass by Harvey Lee, which comes out February 14th. You can order it from various outlets listed here: https://harvey-lee.com/book Harvey has had a fascinating life within the music business and even within the video game industry, and you can read all about it in this gripping book! Update: This episode does mention an upcoming interview with Harvey...

Steve Hackett joins us for another interview! We’ll be talking about his new upcoming album The Circus and the Nightwhale. Pre-order the album here: https://stevehackett.lnk.to/TheCircusAndTheNightwhale And we’ll also talk about his touring, as he’ll be on Cruise to the Edge next month, finishing up Foxtrot at 50 + Hackett Highlights with a North American tour March-April, and then gearing up for...

Steven goes live to talk about some Yes news and also do some looking back. Topics include Rick Wakeman's final solo tour, Ed Sciaky, the Yes 35th Anniversary marketing, recent articles featuring Yes musicians, and more.

On this episode, we are joined by Joe Luca, keyboardist of the Yes tribute band Awaken! The band has some shows coming up where their set list will recreate the 9012Live tour. Watch and tell us what you consider the highlights of that era! Check the band at the links below: https://www.awakenyestribute.com/ https://www.facebook.com/awakenyestribute https://www.instagram.com/awakenyestribute/ https...

Legendary DJ Jim Ladd would have been 76 today, born Jan. 17, 1948 and passed away Dec. 16, 2023. Were you a listener of Jim Ladd? Steve and Dan share their stories as two generations of fans and will cite some work Jim did with Billy Sherwood of Yes. Below is info from Wikipedia:"Jim was one of the last of the "Freeform" rock DJ's the United States Rock Radio. Ladd began his ca...

Celebrating Yes vocalist Jon Davison's birthday! Steven will be reading people's favorite moment from each of the Yes studio albums featuring Davison: Heaven & Earth, The Quest, and Mirror to the Sky. And here's the Anyone song "Symptom of a Miracle": https://youtu.be/EaDVC1Jz7ZA?si=qMzxF_53T4ip019D

Happy 70th birthday to Trevor Rabin! Steven goes live to read your favorite Trevor Rabin moment from each of these Yes West albums: 90125, Big Generator, and Talk. People are also free to give nods to Union and other works involving Trevor. Tune in and celebrate his career!

Steven went live to celebrate founding Yes keyboarist Tony Kaye's birthday and read fans' favorite Tony Kaye moments from each of the first three Yes albums: Yes, Time and a Word, and The Yes Album! Dan sent in his favorites as well, which Steven read. Tune in and celebrate Tony Kaye today!

Join us for this special holiday/end of year episode as we talk about...holiday stuff and end with a recap of Yes-related activities of the year 2023! We'll be discussing the 1998 film Jack Frost and Trevor Rabin's involvement in it. Steven also recently attended another Zoom chat with Jon Anderson, who shared some music for the holidays! And of course, we'll be going month by month (i...

We are celebrating a little album you may have heard of called Tales from Topographic Oceans! This double album was released by Yes 50 years ago today! What are your memories of this album? Tune in and join the discussion! And check out Dan's tribute to TFTO and Brain Salad Surgery via www.facebook.com/DrumTalkTV at 4:30pm PST! Relevant Links: Dan's Drum Talk TV celebration of TFTO and Bra...

Dave Kerzner joins us for another interview! As the co-founder of Sound of Contact and keyboardist of Arc of Life, he has a new album out titled Heart Land Mines Vol. 1, which you can check out here: https://sonicelements.bandcamp.com/ And check out http://vimeo.com/davekerzner 00:00 - Intro 03:40 - Personnel on the album 06:40 - Heart Land Mines backstory 20:20 - Influences 28:18 - Future volumes...

David Cross joins us for an interview! The David Cross Band has an album out titled Ice Blue, Silver Sky, which contains new tracks along with new versions of King Crimson classics "Exiles" and "Starless." And as far as Yes connections go, Cross worked with Bill Bruford in King Crimson and also collaborated with Peter Banks on recordings later released as an album titled Crosso...

Aaron Emerson joins us again, this time to talk about the Keith Emerson: Variations box set, the "Lucky Man" video project that was released in the lead-up to it, ELP, and some memories. You can buy the career-spanning box set here: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/keith-emerson-variations-20cd-box-set/

Join us as we share our thoughts on the newly released box set titled John Wetton: An Extraordinary Life! This set contains six solo albums plus two bonus discs of rarities! Check it out here: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/john-wetton-an-extraordinary-life-8cd-12x12-box-set/ And check out Lisa Wetton's blog at www.johnwettonlegacy.co.uk

Steven gives an overall review of Geddy Lee's new book My Effin' Life, as well as the book tour stop that happened at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles! Book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/my-effin-life-geddy-lee?variant=41044095303714 Tour Dates: https://www.rush.com/geddy-lee-my-effin-life-north-american-dates/

Steven Shinder reviews the concert he went to November 18, 2023 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. This was part of Steve Hackett's tour Genesis Revisited: Foxtrot at 50 & Hackett Highlights. Plus, Hackett has a new solo album on the horizon titled The Circus and the Nightwhale!

Trevor Rabin joins us for another interview! Between Rabbitt, his solo work, Yes, and film scores, this guy has has done A LOT! We talked about various facets of his career and read comments! Buy his new solo album Rio here: https://trevorrabin.lnk.to/RioID 00:00 - Intro and Rio's Reception 03:10 - Parameters in film 04:50 - Is "Big Mistakes" intentionally Squire-esque? 07:03 - Worki...

Join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of 90125, the album that put Yes back on the map in the 1980s and featured a lineup of Jon Anderson, Tony Kaye, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire, and Alan White. Comment your favorite songs and memories of this album!

On the late Keith Emerson's birthday, we are talking about the new 20-CD box set titled Keith Emerson: Variations. This career-spanning set has a lot of amazing recordings, including solo albums, soundtracks, and concerts! You can order it via the links below: https://burningshed.com/keith-emerson_variations_boxset https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/keith-emerson-variations-20cd-box-set/ Drum...

Steven gives his review of the Yes show that took place at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on October 30, 2023. He even got to see friends, meet Roger Dean, and buy the Gottlieb Bros' latest tourbook (which will also be reviewed here)! Facebook photo album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.390845859939984&type=3

Stephen Lambe joins us once again, this time to talk about the newly revised edition of his book, Yes: Every Album, Every Song! His company Sonicbond also hold the Summer's End and Winter's End Festivals. We will touch on all this and whatever other Yes-related topics come up! - https://www.amazon.com/Yes-track-every-album-song/dp/178952282X/ -https://burningshed.com/store/sonicbond/stephe...

Steven talks about the (mostly) London Philharmonic Orchestra album Symphonic Music of Yes (1993), which features Anderson, Bruford, Howe, and more!

Join us in celebrating Jon Anderson's 79th birthday as we read fan-submitted setlists for a Jon Anderson solo show! This is based on a suggestion by Margaret Johnson. We asked that people focus on solo works and include a Yes song as an encore, but we'll still read the ones that include works from amazing collaborations. And you might notice a common trend...