Acoustic Yes
Posted by Richard on September 24, 2014
My old friend John shared this with me. In 2004, Yes performed an all-too-brief (38 min.) acoustic concert that was shown live via satellite in theaters across the US after the premier of the documentary Yesspeak. This is the 1972-73 lineup (arguably the best): John Anderson (vocals), Steve Howe (guitar), Rick Wakeman (piano), Chris Squire (bass), and Alan White (drums). Enjoy!
Let’s start with a wonderful version of “Roundabout” that gives Steve Howe a chance to show off a bit.
“Southside of the Sky” ends with a fine Rick Wakeman solo.
Everyone’s sounding fine on “Long Distance Runaround,” but pay particular attention to Chris Squire’s fine bass work.
I’ll finish as the concert did, with this simply amazing version of “I’ve Seen All Good People.”
Rick Shultz said
Thanks for the acoustic concert. Definitely some great music, but I think the electrified YES was always best. I will NEVER forget seeing them during the “In The Round” tour at the Omni in Atlanta. That MAY have been the very best concert I ever went to, not counting, of course, the time I saw Jethro Tull at the Omni during the “Broadsword And The Beast” tour, and the Rush concert in Huntsville, and………….damn, those were the days.