YOSO: Changes and Yes Medley (2010)

YOSO is was a Billy Sherwood project with ex-Toto frontman Bobby Kimbal, and ex-Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye. Augmented by Jimmy Bruhns (Yes tribute ‘Roundabout’) on guitars and Scott Connor (Genesis tribute ‘Gabble Ratchet’) on drums, they released an album of new music in 2010 and toured the US and Europe. The set was a mix of new songs along with Yes and Toto standouts.

Here’s “Changes” and a Yes medley containing excerpts from Yes, Time and a Word and The Yes Album. It was recorded on August 19, 2001, at The Kent Stage in kent, Ohio. Enjoy!

Source/quality: Audience/A-

Changes
Yes Medley

Yesshow of the Month updated

Hey everyone! I’ve updated the Yesshow of the Month with a complete Tales From Topographic Oceans show. Check it out!

Some wonderful news!

Just read this in an interview with Chris Squire about the upcoming Rite of Spring tour: “Yes have a really large library of material that we have amassed over the years so we are able to do a lot of different things. Obviously, we have to combine playing the more popular songs that people want to hear with songs that are not so well-known. We have been looking at different eras of the band and we are going to be playing some very interesting things on this short tour.”

Looks like the setlist will be seeing some much-needed revitalization. Can’t wait to hear what they’re gonna play! Any ideas??

Rich.

Yesshow of the Month updated

I’ve posted the first night of the Big Generator tour as the Yesshow of the Month for February. Check it out!

Hosting space for full shows?

Hey everyone. I’d like to provide links to full shows but don’t have the hosting space nor the money to upgrade the account the MP3s live on. Can someone recommend a good free option? I’ve looked at sites like MegaUpload and other similar sites but they have so many bandwidth limitations, file size restrictions, and spam that I don’t want to go that route for the long run. If someone can provide the storage I can provide complete shows in lossless format that the MP3s on here are taken from. In the meantime, I’m gonna set up sharing via ADrive  for a ”Yesshow of the Month” feature. Click here for more details.

Rich.

Starship Trooper (1991)

From the wonderful Union tour and a show I was actually at…here’s “Starship Trooper” from the Philadelphia Spectrum on April 16, 1991. This was the second encore, after “Roundabout”, and wasn’t played at all Union shows. “Wurm” solos by Tony, Rick, Steve and Trevor. Enjoy!

PS – They’re in the process of tearing down the historic Spectrum. So sad. I have wonderful memories of Yes, the Grateful Dead and many other bands in that building. RIP.

Source/quality: Audience/A-

Starship Trooper

Owner of a Lonely Heart (2004)

Here’s a wonderful version of “Owner of a Lonely Heart” from the Prince’s Trust/Trevor Horn Tribute show in November, 2004. The band was Trevor Rabin, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, Geoff Downes and a host of side players including one wicked cowbell player. It’s in HD too! (For HD, click the YouTube logo on the bottom-right of the player window. Once in YouTube, click on 360p and select 1080p. Set to full-screen and enjoy.)