Eight Yes shows in ten days; Joe Fisk, Steve Schaffer and I clearly had a Yes obsession in 1979. The beauty of the Yes “ in the round” tours was that while the set lists pretty much remained the same, the revolving stage and different vantage points allowed one to concentrate on the individual band members from a variety of views and angles.. The members of Yes were all great musicians in their own right so there was not a bad seat in the house. The arguably greatest touring line up of Jon Anderson, Chris Squier, Alan White, Rick Waksman, and Steve Howe were on top of their game in the late 1970’s and quite amazingly versions of Yes playing the extraordinary Yes catalog of amazing progressive rock music were still on the road right up until the pandemic hit. Unfortunately Chris Squier passed before he could enjoy the band being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but the music lives on.

Fish Out of Water

Rock on!

GQ