Steven goes live to talk about some Yes news and also do some looking back. Topics include Rick Wakeman's final solo tour, Ed Sciaky, the Yes 35th Anniversary marketing, recent articles featuring Yes musicians, and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yesshift/support ..read more

On this episode, we are joined by Joe Luca, keyboardist of the Yes tribute band Awaken! The band has some shows coming up where their set list will recreate the 9012Live tour. Watch and tell us what you consider the highlights of that era! Check the band at the links below: https://www.awakenyestribute.com/ https://www.facebook.com/awakenyestribute https://www.instagram.com/awakenyestribute/ https://www.youtube.com/ @awakentheband9479  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yesshift/support ..read more

Legendary DJ Jim Ladd would have been 76 today, born Jan. 17, 1948 and passed away Dec. 16, 2023. Were you a listener of Jim Ladd? Steve and Dan share their stories as two generations of fans and will cite some work Jim did with Billy Sherwood of Yes. Below is info from Wikipedia:"Jim was one of the last of the "Freeform" rock DJ's the United States Rock Radio. Ladd began his career in 1969 at KNAC, a small Long Beach rock station. After two years there, he moved to Los Angeles station KLOS. In 1974 he moved to KMET, known to its legions of listeners as "The Mighty Met", where he would remain ..read more

Celebrating Yes vocalist Jon Davison's birthday! Steven will be reading people's favorite moment from each of the Yes studio albums featuring Davison: Heaven & Earth, The Quest, and Mirror to the Sky. And here's the Anyone song "Symptom of a Miracle": https://youtu.be/EaDVC1Jz7ZA?si=qMzxF_53T4ip019D --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yesshift/support ..read more

Happy 70th birthday to Trevor Rabin! Steven goes live to read your favorite Trevor Rabin moment from each of these Yes West albums: 90125, Big Generator, and Talk. People are also free to give nods to Union and other works involving Trevor. Tune in and celebrate his career! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yesshift/support ..read more

Steven went live to celebrate founding Yes keyboarist Tony Kaye's birthday and read fans' favorite Tony Kaye moments from each of the first three Yes albums: Yes, Time and a Word, and The Yes Album! Dan sent in his favorites as well, which Steven read. Tune in and celebrate Tony Kaye today! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yesshift/support ..read more

Join us for this special holiday/end of year episode as we talk about...holiday stuff and end with a recap of Yes-related activities of the year 2023! We'll be discussing the 1998 film Jack Frost and Trevor Rabin's involvement in it. Steven also recently attended another Zoom chat with Jon Anderson, who shared some music for the holidays! And of course, we'll be going month by month (in quick succession) looking back at Yes-related activities of the year. And we're also looking forward to the next! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yesshift/support ..read more

We are celebrating a little album you may have heard of called Tales from Topographic Oceans! This double album was released by Yes 50 years ago today! What are your memories of this album? Tune in and join the discussion! And check out Dan's tribute to TFTO and Brain Salad Surgery via www.facebook.com/DrumTalkTV at 4:30pm PST! Relevant Links: Dan's Drum Talk TV celebration of TFTO and Brain Salad Surgery: https://youtu.be/kUCC5mrzXAE TFTO 50 merch: https://yesofficial.manheadmerch.com/ Classic Tales of Yes 2024 European Dates: https://www.yesworld.com/live/ TFTO feature: https://www.louders ..read more

David Cross joins us for an interview! The David Cross Band has an album out titled Ice Blue, Silver Sky, which contains new tracks along with new versions of King Crimson classics "Exiles" and "Starless." And as far as Yes connections go, Cross worked with Bill Bruford in King Crimson and also collaborated with Peter Banks on recordings later released as an album titled Crossover, which also featured Geoff Downes, Tony Kaye, Jay Schellen, Billy Sherwood, and Oliver Wakeman! Find Cross' music here: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/artist/david-cross/ Cruise to the Edge snippets from here: https://y ..read more

Aaron Emerson joins us again, this time to talk about the Keith Emerson: Variations box set, the "Lucky Man" video project that was released in the lead-up to it, ELP, and some memories. You can buy the career-spanning box set here: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/keith-emerson-variations-20cd-box-set/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yesshift/support ..read more