August brings a variety of classic rock acts to Indy stages, including the prog wizards of Yes, who plan to play three albums straight through at their Monday show at the Murat. I spoke with drummer Alan White, who played on some of the 20th century's most iconic albums (Imagine, All Things Must Pass, XYZ) before devoting his career to Yes.
NUVO: How do you prepare for a show that is three albums long?
Alan White: We played most of the material before in different years but we never actually played them in their entirety together or at the same time so it's quite an adventure for us. The first time we played wasClose to the Edge then was Going for the One then we usually take an intermission and we get The Yes Album ... It comes with a lot of years and Yes music but playing the albums in their entireties is a lot of pleasure.
Alan White: We played most of the material before in different years but we never actually played them in their entirety together or at the same time so it's quite an adventure for us. The first time we played wasClose to the Edge then was Going for the One then we usually take an intermission and we get The Yes Album ... It comes with a lot of years and Yes music but playing the albums in their entireties is a lot of pleasure.
NUVO: How did you settle on these three albums?
White: Pretty easy really. Close To The Edge is a very landmark album from the early '70s from the band. That was a great album in progressive music. Then Going For The One of course was around '76. It was just a different year, and then The Yes Album was the break- - the kind of album the band had prior to those two and it had a lot of hit radio play - "Starship Trooper," "Yours is No Disgrace" and those kinds of songs. [They have] given the audience a great show, expanding the life of Yes really over three albums.
White: Pretty easy really. Close To The Edge is a very landmark album from the early '70s from the band. That was a great album in progressive music. Then Going For The One of course was around '76. It was just a different year, and then The Yes Album was the break- - the kind of album the band had prior to those two and it had a lot of hit radio play - "Starship Trooper," "Yours is No Disgrace" and those kinds of songs. [They have] given the audience a great show, expanding the life of Yes really over three albums.
NUVO: You, like Journey, have taken on musicians from tribute bands - - people who are devoted to and love your music [in Yes' case, Benoit David and Jon Davison] - into your bands. What's the process of integrating someone from a tribute band into the original band?
White: Actually some of the guys from tribute bands know the music more than we do. It's pretty interesting. Jon Davison, the singer, was in a band called Roundabout, I believe, but he's singing in a few bands. He's singing in a band from Seattle, which is where I live, called Sky Cries Mary for a while.
White: Actually some of the guys from tribute bands know the music more than we do. It's pretty interesting. Jon Davison, the singer, was in a band called Roundabout, I believe, but he's singing in a few bands. He's singing in a band from Seattle, which is where I live, called Sky Cries Mary for a while.
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