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YES digging deep into its music catalog for
50th anniversary tour
YES, from left: Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Alan White, Jon
Davison, and Billy Sherwood. The band (not to be confused with YES
featuring ARW, also ...
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Vince Neil & Yes playing concert stages
nearby
... plus keyboardist Geoff Downes (who first joined in
1980), vocalist Jon Davison (now in his seventh year) and bassist Billy
Sherwood, (guitar/keys in ...
YES
(official) - Steve Howe & Geoff Downes appearance on...
Steve
Howe & Geoff Downes appearance on BBC Breakfast this morning.
Yes/ABWH
Interviews: 1989 - Jon Anderson MTV Interview
Yes/ABWH
Interviews Date: 1989 Item: Jon Anderson MTV Interview For all my Yes
posts see here: ...
Yes: Steve Howe Talks Life, Steel
Guitars, and 50 Years of Yes
Steve Howe joined Yes in 1970, helping the
progressive rockers grow as an English band, flourish as musicians, and peak as
charting artists.
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Friday, 6 July 2018
A YES ROUNDUP
Thursday, 5 July 2018
A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT YES
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Yes, “Holding On” from Union (1991):
YESterdays
Still, the rhythm guitars clearly are not Steve
Howe. Despite cowriting the song with Jon Anderson, Howe's contributions are
limited to a total a brief 46 ...
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Yes
Miscellany: 9/9/89 - Mountain View - Jon Anderson Backstage
Yes
Interviews Date: 9/9/89 Location: Mountain View Item: Jon Anderson
Backstage For all my Yes posts see here: ...
FRANK ZAPPA NEWS
Frank Zappa's 'Chunga's Revenge'
Returns To Vinyl For First Time In Three Decades
LOS ANGELES, July 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Coming on the
heels of last month's vinyl release of his enigmatic Burnt Weeny Sandwich,
FrankZappa's ...
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In 1965, Ray Collins asked Zappa to take over as guitarist in local R&B band the Soul Giants, following a fight between Collins and the group's original guitarist. Zappa accepted, and soon assumed..
On September 19, 1985, Frank Zappa testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organizati..
In 1965, Ray Collins asked Zappa to take over as guitarist in local R&B band the Soul Giants, following a fight between Collins and the group's original guitarist. Zappa accepted, and soon assumed..
On September 19, 1985, Frank Zappa testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organizati..
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?
TELLING IS NOT LISTENING
Listening is respect .And equality.
To actually HEAR another person fully..
To absorb their aura so it becomes one with yours
To seek to fully comprehend their position
with active listening ear and full empathy.
"Let us compare Mythologies"(Leonard Cohen)
Let us listen before we speak.Wait to understand.
Absorb differences and divergencies.Adapt via integration.
Become transformed by abilities of comprehension and evolution.
The elixir has always been known .It is the richness of
conversation..
We do not have to agree.We do need to hear fully.Then see..
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
LEONARD COHEN NEWS
Mural artist Mr G paints portrait of
Leonard Cohen on Tauranga house
Over the course of two days last week, Hoete
spray-painted a portrait of Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist
Leonard Cohen. What made ...
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YES IN THE NEWS
Yes To Be Joined By Former Singer At
Upcoming 50th Anniversary Shows
... Summers U.S. fan convention on July 21ar at The
Foundry in Philadelphia, which will also include appearances from Patrick
Moraz and Tom Brislin.
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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?
"I AM THE WINGS OF GRACE"
(Desiree Henley)
SHE LEANED TOWARDS ME
and whispered"Gratitude"-
"That is the path i follow
every day and night-to give thanks
for still being here/in Light..."
I was not sure what to say
Who can dispute Gratitude?
Thankfulness paves the way
to Acceptance and Trust
(Both of which i lack,and need,and must
apply to the invisible footprints i seek..
leading me to Pastures of Plenty
upon which i can feed.Here,
there are ducklings and Mother Dragons
Little and the Large.I give thanks for every Harvest
She turned to me-and smiled..
Tuesday, 3 July 2018
MICHAEL BRUCE REVIEW
http://dmme.net/michael-bruce-with-billy-james-no-more-mr-nice-guy/
Michael Bruce with Billy James: No More Mr Nice Guy
Gonzo 2007-2017
No sickness, no
obscenity, no billion dollars: battle axeman’s memoir cuts to the chase and
tells it like it was.
The fall of 2017 saw the surviving members of
ALICE COOPER reunite for a short concert track, and it was a perfect opportunity
for the group’s guitarist Michael Bruce to update and reissue his autobiography.
Yes, the singer’s stage persona came out of the ensemble that had passed their
name onto the frontman to eventually produce a chasm which would leave the band
in the shadows and him in the spotlight, an unjust contrast that Bruce’s book
tries to balance out. Many will find Michael’s account weird because it avoids
the cheap-thrills sensationalism usually associated with both the collective and
the vocalist and, instead, focuses on their inner life, but that’s the whole
point of this slim tome: to remember the past events in a no-frills fashion.
Fashion of their own was a vital part of AC’s
existence, and the quintet made a conscious effort to come up with original
ideas – visual, aural, lyrical – and entertain audience and themselves. That’s
how the legends about the band were born. Michael addresses every rumor the
ensemble amassed over the years, yet mythbusting isn’t major part of his book –
simply because most of the stories prove to be true, even though the
circumstances of those events didn’t seem so scandalous. In fact, scandals
didn’t play too important a role in the group’s routine at all – possibly,
because the players tried to concentrate on its creative aspect, leaving
personal issues and agendas on the roadside.
Basically, the only thing the musicians had in
common was a background in the arts, and the collective image – as well as
albums sleeves, songs arrangements and, of course, the stage show – that stood
out of rock crowd and pulled the public was a result of great attention to
detail. Their public stood out, too, as the quintet became “the type of band
that attracted a lot of lost souls” which could hardly be surprising given the
subject matter of “Dead Babies” or other pieces whose genesis Michael’s digging
into here. In his words, “It was a lot of hard work but it was always fun,” and
there are funny moments on these pages that didn’t seem to make it to the
group’s lore, what with Bruce switching his pedal with Frank Zappa’s and then
with Eric Clapton’s, and tragic elements such as the unraveling of Glen Buxton,
the sole casualty of the line-up’s ascension to fame, if not glory.
A few other artists land here, too, but
luminaries like Jim Morrison, “a real asshole” Harry Nilsson or Elton John are
little more than bystanders in Michael’s story, unlike Bob Ezrin: depicted by
him with due respect, despite their many clashes, the producer appeared to be
the villain of this volume, getting in the way of some musical decisions and
contributing to the group’s drift from rock ‘n’ roll theater to something more
Broadway-esque and to the eventual rift between Alice and the ensemble. Bruce
provides a sound reasoning for creating a monster, as he puts it, by allowing
Vincent Furnier morph into Alice, the name Michael’s using when he refers to the
vocalist, albeit he never really admits it was a mistake rather than a natural
course of the shock-rock combo’s development.
The guitarist takes his reader from the group’s
early days, with just a bit of pre-AC background, through the band’s halcyon
period and beyond, to the "Battle
Axe" extravaganza and the ensemble members solo meandering,
such as Michael’s "In My Own
Way" and the reformation of BILLION DOLLAR BABIES with the
book’s co-writer Billy James, although not to this moment of their life when
their footnote status got reversed, and the listener’s interest in these
veterans’ achievements, not apocryphal shenanigans, increased enough to take
them where they belong. This tome couldn’t be more timely, then, to help the
artists get their due and dancing from the attic into full view. Rough yet
essential read.
***3/4
Monday, 2 July 2018
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?
"THERE ARE ENOUGH ANGELS"
(Michael Fitzgerald-Clarke)
Split Light from the witness eye/add to a waking watchfulness
Grains of Blakean sand on a Newtonian beach
Jesuits strolling though a Philosophical Garden
Angels come in,dancing on the head of a pin
Sufi Meditators,Lotus position,levitating
Everywhere Magickal!Light spills in/(sunshine with everything..)
The Invisible World claims us all in Dreams
Morning birdsong chimes the tolling bell attention
It is as if the New is Continuing Consciousness
in the form of wings,owned by angels and birds
All singing in divergent tree orchestras
Filled with the joy of feathers- and flight!
(Even day is in love with Clear Sight...
LEONARD COHEN IN THE NEWS
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Leonard Cohen's Songs Become Modern
Dance at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival on July 6
“Dance Me,” Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal's tribute to the
late performer Leonard Cohen, is taking place at the Prospect Park
Bandshell on July 6 as ...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY | Zach De Pue & Time
for Three – Leonard Cohen 'Hallelujah' [2008]
Incredible 2008 footage of the genre-crossing trio, Time
for Three, comprising violinists Zach De Pue and Nick Kendall and bassist Ranaan
Meyer ...
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BARBARA DICKSON IN THE NEWS
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Barbara Dickson cuts ribbon on
Nordoff Robbins Scotland unit
Barbara Dickson cuts the ribbon on the new
facility with help from Ian Moir (left), Ben Davidson (centre, 8) and Janet
Halton (Nordoff Robbins).
Exhibition review: Rip It Up, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Barbara Dickson deserves her glass case exhibit just as much as the more credible likes of, say, Primal Scream. A striking green trouser suit worn by ...
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YES NEWS
Yes turns 50, gets set to rock
Foxwoods
It was 1968 when Jon Anderson and the late Chris
Squire co-founded Yes, one of the biggest bands in progressive rock's
history. This year marks the ...
Yes at the Fox, 5 Things To Know
Advertisement. • After bassist Chris Squire's
death in 2015, Howe inherited the job of putting Yes' concert set list together.
“I make a set list generally ...
YES Announces Former Member Trevor Horn To
Join Band in Philly
... late Chris Squire's choice to take over
bass/vocals in 2015)--recently kicked off this summer's tour, billed as #YES50:
Celebrating 50 Years of YES, ...
CHRIS
SQUIRE Fish Out Of Water music review by Rivertree
Now
that Chris Squire isn't with us anymore may have provided the impetus to
re-master the original tapes once again. Anyway, it was his long held ...
Remembering Yes' Chris Squire
Yes' Chris Squire passed away three years ago
today (June 28.) When the iconic bassist and founding member of Yes lost his
battle with leukemia, ...
Ex-Yes singer Trevor Horn to rejoin group
for prog-rockers' two Philadelphia shows in July
The re-imagined record also includes a previously
unreleased track called “Don't Take No for an Answer,” which features guitarist
Steve Howe on lead ...
Geoff Downes opens up about the 50th
Anniversary Tour of Yes
Westbury - British singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Geoff Downes chatted with Digital Journal about the 50th anniversary tour
of the progressive ...
Sunday, 1 July 2018
YES feat. ARW NEWS
Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman releasing first live album and concert video in ...
Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman also performed
the Chris Squire-penned “The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)” at the show
as a tribute ...
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Yes
Featuring Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman releasing first live album and concert
video in ...
Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known for hi..
Starmus is a festival of music and astronomy on the beautiful island of Tenerife. It is the brain child of Garik Israelian (the astrophysicist who led the team which found the first observational..
On this extraordinary album, legendary keyboard player teams up with an Italian singer named Mario Fasciano. Stavros Moschopoulos writes: 'Recorded on the Isle of Man, the CD contains 8 new..
With special guests Various artists including: Ian Paice, Rick Parfitt, Steve Hackett, Andy Fairweather Low, John Entwistle etc..
Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known f..
Musician, producer and former Yes member Billy Sherwood has put together what he’s dubbed “the biggest super group of progressive rock players ever assembled,” to form ..
26 tracks in all, of which 10 are previously unreleased (these including an epic version of Matthew the Man - live in Tokyo 2001 and Beijing - widescreen remix from Iona, and other unreleased tra..
Yes
Featuring Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman also performed the Chris
Squire-penned "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" at the show as a
tribute ...
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Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known for hi..
Starmus is a festival of music and astronomy on the beautiful island of Tenerife. It is the brain child of Garik Israelian (the astrophysicist who led the team which found the first observational..
On this extraordinary album, legendary keyboard player teams up with an Italian singer named Mario Fasciano. Stavros Moschopoulos writes: 'Recorded on the Isle of Man, the CD contains 8 new..
With special guests Various artists including: Ian Paice, Rick Parfitt, Steve Hackett, Andy Fairweather Low, John Entwistle etc..
Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known f..
Musician, producer and former Yes member Billy Sherwood has put together what he’s dubbed “the biggest super group of progressive rock players ever assembled,” to form ..
26 tracks in all, of which 10 are previously unreleased (these including an epic version of Matthew the Man - live in Tokyo 2001 and Beijing - widescreen remix from Iona, and other unreleased tra..
PLAYLISTS: 24-06-2018 – SHOW 264 – Burning Britain
Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds some new delight to sample.
The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College’s Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks).
Neil Nixon, the founder and presenter of the show has released a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia.
The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight.
24-06-2018 – SHOW 264 – Burning Britain
Hardrock Gunther: I’ve Done Gone Hog Wild
Throbbing Gristle: Hamburger Lady
Mya PB: Crystal Eyes
Xtract: Blame it on the Youth
Vice Squad: Last Rockers
The Alexander Rabbit: Malaguena
Jonathan Richman: Affection
Jimi Hendrix/Steve Stills: Woodstock
Grant Lee Buffalo: Arousing Thunder
The Jesus Abyss: The End Effector
Edwin Starr: Abyssinia Jones
Abrasive Wheels: Urban Rebel
Newtown Neurotics: Mindless Violence
The Handless Organist: The Lord is my Shepherd
Shocking Blue: Hot Sand
Big Youth: Be Careful
Nirvana UK: Black Flower
Lords of Black: Icons of the new Days
Yes: Close to the Edge
Helen Merrill with the Pierre Umiliani Trio: These Foolish Things
Poison Girls: Pretty Polly
Dead Man: Toleration Street
Dosti Music Project: Lullabye/Leeper/
Suficore
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Θεέ συγχώρα μας (" God Forgive Us" - Armenian Hymn)
Being Sunday I always post sacred music. The name of the deity may change, or even the deity Him/Herself but the spirit remains the same.
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?
"COMBINATORY PLAY"(Albert Einstein)
"COMBINATORY PLAY"(Albert Einstein)
You add creativity ,discovery to new permutations and combinations
Voila!The old is new again and what you see is fresh as temporary
rainbows
Stagecoach becomes car becomes space capsule a la Marshall
McLuhan
A geodesic dome geometric shape becomes a Buckminster Fuller house
A dream becomes a plan becomes an art /artifact.Sometimes,spontaneous as
clouds
Sometimes,with years of Pyramid planning.The act of aiding and abetting the
New
is Necessary Bravery.This the best use of YOUTUBE ,Facebook and
Internet-
to spill new possibilities upon current intransigent problems,and by
innovation
solving them.Pablo Neruda said-"The engineer wants to be a poet"-but
sometimes,
poets need engineers -to birth the dream into "reality"(which is itself a
shared dream
and could always be dreamed better ...
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