The Prog Rock thread

[mrushton]

Graham Nash was from Salford but when he got to Laurel Canyon that was it. He knew he was home and took up with Joni Mitchell. Win/win there.

 

[Webbo2]

Graham Nash was from Salford but when he got to Laurel Canyon that was it. He knew he was home and took up with Joni Mitchell. Win/win there.

Just been listening to Joni Mitchell the river.

 

[Drago]

Golden age of Yes from Fragile to ? I don't know when the big break up was

Late 70s. Reformed with Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes for Drama, which was an unexpectedly decent album.

Anderson returned for 90125 in 1984ish. That started as a solo project by Trevor Rabin but by the time Squire and Anderson had been invited to participate it became Yes again.

Ownership of the name as been confusing. I think at one point there were more ex Yes band members in Anderson Wakeman Bruford Howe etc than there were in the official Yes line up.

But various permutations and spin offs have all been entertaining.

 

[Beebo]

It was stress/lifestyle related and he was young when it happened

Aged 25 when he had his heart attack! That is amazingly young.
He’s been T total since 36. He’s 77 now. So over 40 years without booze.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Keith Emerson was from Todmorden. Doubt Anderson has been back to the area for ever.

I can't remember any reports of Jon Anderson returning to his home town. Unless he has been back just to visit family and friends, but didn't make it public . I think he's lived in California for decades.

Edit....I've found the below after looking it up. It seems he was last back here in 1998. They mention in his Wikipedia page that he's a keen Manchester United supporter and has been for years. Mmmm, Why's he not support t' Stanley?!

Yes, Jon is back! Singer tours with 70s supergroup | Lancashire Telegraph https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6159494.yes-jon-back-singer-tours-70s-supergroup/

 

[Accy cyclist]

I can't remember any reports of Jon Anderson returning to his home town. Unless he has been back just to visit family and friends, but didn't make it public . I think he's lived in California for decades.

Edit....I've found the below after looking it up. It seems he was last back here in 1998. They mention in his Wikipedia page that he's a keen Manchester United supporter and has been for years. Mmmm, Why's he not support t' Stanley?!

Yes, Jon is back! Singer tours with 70s supergroup | Lancashire Telegraph https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6159494.yes-jon-back-singer-tours-70s-supergroup/

The Warriors featuring Jon Anderson, formed in Accrington in must be the mid 1960s.


View: https://youtu.be/eOu9C5302Sg?is=Qq7cvcqkiCy6hf7Z

 

[mrushton]

90125!!! What a great album that was Changes was spectacular and Lonely Heart an unexpected hit. Love those stabs and the gtr solo

 

[mrushton]

Not a Yes fan either but can't deny Fragile was a good record. I like the Rabin era line up. Saw Yes once in 1977. Dreadful venue though, Bingley Hall in Uttoxeter. Might have been Going for the One era. Relayer was hellishly good with the arrival of Moraz

 

[Webbo2]

My Yes era was Tales from a Topographic Ocean. Roger Deans art work was something else. However Genesis were my main band till Peter Gabriel left. I never got see them till after he left. Then punk came along so I got rid of my long hair and flares.😎

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Golden age of Yes from Fragile to ? I don't know when the big break up was

I think their best album (by far) was Time and a Word. I can understand the changes and don't know if a subsequent album with the same line-up would have come up to similar standards.

 

[mrushton]

My Yes era was Tales from a Topographic Ocean. Roger Deans art work was something else. However Genesis were my main band till Peter Gabriel left. I never got see them till after he left. Then punk came along so I got rid of my long hair and flares.😎

So did Genesis as they moved into a new era and more success

 

[Drago]

So did Genesis as they moved into a new era and more success

They did, but they sold their soul in doing so.

 

[Webbo2]

So did Genesis as they moved into a new era and more success

But they sort of went a bit sh!t. Quite listenable but no longer a band to base your life choices on anymore.😂😂😂

 

[ianrauk]

90125!!! What a great album that was Changes was spectacular and Lonely Heart an unexpected hit. Love those stabs and the gtr solo

Was at Wembley show on that albums tour. Still have the programme

 

[Hilldodger]

Have recently been listening to Pendragon and enjoying it.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBAzBJhpwXQ