The current touring lineup of Yes includes (from left) Steve Howe (guitar), Geoff Downes (keyboards), Alan White (drums), Jon Davison (vocals), and Chris Squire (bass).
Photo: Rob Shanahan
Republican John Brabender has served as a strategist on presidential campaigns for Rick Santorum and Rudy Giuliani. Democrat Tad Devine helped steer such efforts for John Kerry and Al Gore. And Steve Capus, a Republican turned Independent, ran NBC News for almost eight years until this past February.
But this year, the three are blurring party lines to collaborate on a campaign: Getting the ’70s prog-rock band Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
“The fan base is astonished that the band is not in yet. Everyone we talk to says, ‘What do you mean they’re not in?’ ” says Capus, a New Yorker.
The band has been eligible for the Hall for almost two decades (acts are eligible 25 years after a debut release; Yes’ first album came out in 1969). But, despite having scored seven top-10 albums between 1971 and 1983, this year is the first time they’ve been nominated. (The Hall of Fame is expected to make its judgment in the next couple of weeks.)
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