Yes guitarist Steve Howe said that the secret to the band's success is their approach to collaboration and song arrangement, arguing that the quality of their material was improved by those measures. The prog vets are currently touring to mark their 50th anniversary, with dates confirmed in the U.K. and ...
Yes review – prog-rock giants take virtuosic tour through golden oldies
Then there's this one, kept going (after founding bassist
Chris Squire's death in 2015), by guitarist Howe and drummer Alan White,
whose back surgery has left him unable to perform for long. The rival band have
branded them a tribute act, although flowing-haired singer Jon Davison (who once
was in a ...
Rockers Yes share emotional tribute to late
band member with Glasgow fans on 50th Anniversary ...
Even after five decades on the road the band – including
Steve Howe, Billy Sherwood, Alan White, Geoff Downes and Jon Davidson –
clearly still have the edge. They kicked off the night with Yours Is No
Disgrace, before sliding effortlessly into I've Seen All The Good People. The
crowd couldn't get ...
The Story of Gibson EDS-1275 Double
Neck
Steve Howe, the guitarist of Yes, is another white
EDS-1275 user. He also owns two other Gibson doublenecks, an EMS-1235 in black,
and a very old doubleneck antique harp guitar. Howe used the white 1275
extensively on tour in the seventies on songs like “And You And I,” and
“Starship Trooper.
Prog rockers Yes talk ahead of Birmingham gig
Prog rockers Yes talk ahead of Birmingham gig
Topographic Oceans tour, with Patrick Moraz coming
in during August 74. The Relayer album came out in November the same year,
introducing the new line-up and a more jazz-fusion musical direction. The band
took a brief break after this, with members recording solo records, before they
reconvened ...
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Yes drummer Alan White says band has
no plans to retire
Yes drummer Alan White has said the prog rockers
have no plans to retire despite the majority of the current band being
pensioners. The 68-year-old musician was forced to take time away from music in
2016 after undergoing urgent back surgery but has vowed to continue playing. As
the band embark ..
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Meet the County Durham lad who hung up on
John Lennon - and then became a rock star
Can the young Alan White, growing up in the
village of Pelton, near Chester-le-Street, and later Ferryhill in the 1950s and
early '60s, ever have imagined the career that ... Alan White (centre)
with, from left, Yes members Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Jon Davison and Billy
Sherwood (Image: Gottlieb Bros.).
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