"Yes Version 23" - Progressive Rock Music Forum

richardh wrote:

I can guarantee it won't be as good as any of Glass Hammers last 3 albums so they needn't bother really.

...touche...

Many new versions of the lineup have been explored here: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=74916 Tongue

omphaloskepsis wrote:

Neelus wrote:

Robbie Shakespeare on bass, Sly Dunbar on drums, and I will call the group "Yes Mon"

Wake and bake with Yes Mon.

But wouldn't that lead to Teakbois Part II? We could call the band Patois.

The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"

Colin Bass (he sings too) and Nick D'Virgilio

Tony Levine and Klaus Schulze (nice couple isn't it?)

Jon Camp and Terry Cox (band name "Ye")

I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution

John Jowett on bass, Gavin Harrison on drums.

If you want to be the best, hire the best.

(Oh, and kick out that old fart Wakeman and plead with Martin Orford to take his place).

Edited by Hercules - November 07 2012 at 14:16

A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.

Carl Palmer on drums

Geddy Lee on bass

Band name

Yeah

Neelus wrote:

Robbie Shakespeare on bass, Sly Dunbar on drums, and I will call the group "Yes Mon"

Wake and bake with Yes Mon.

I was contemplating a second yes lineup, since it is possible that Wakeman, Rabin, and Anderson will eventually make another Yes album, even if it's not a Yes album in name. It's been done before. Who would you pick as a bass player and the drummer to join forces with Jon, Rick, and Trevor? Me?

I feel Billy Sherwood would be a good fit for a bass player. He's been in Yes before, he can write, he can sing, and Squire taught him everything he knows bass. I adore his bass grooves on the Circa albums.

How about Mike Portnoy for drummer? He writes, sings, and I feel he would add something to Yes, they have never had. He's no Bruford, or Alan White for that matter. He's something else!

The way I figure it. Portnoy and Sherwood would join "Yes Version 23", if offered. All five of these guys can write. Four of them can sing, so the harmonies would be incredible with Jon writing them. The only caveat is I can't know how rusty Trevor Rabin's guitar playing is... Who would you pick as your bass player and drummer? And what would you name your band's lineup?