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Subject: Re: Where have you gone, Mr. Wakeman? - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 22:50:37 EST
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uicsg!gmk    Mar  6 09:33:00 1984

I saw an import album by Rick last year, but I don't recall
its title.

By the way, I saw YES in concert last night and it was an
excellent show except for the fact that they concentrated too
much on the new material and not enough on the old.

Also, I was totally unimpressed by Tony Kaye on "90125" and his
performance last night hasn't changed my mind.
He was very hyper--frequently banging on his keyboards and
jumping around--even though he wasn't playing anything
interesting. I got the impression that the band didn't have
much confidence in him either, since the keyboards had a very
low status in the mix, Jon Anderson frequently
helped out on synthesizer, and his "solo" was really a
duet with Trevor Rabin.
If Rick Wakeman is still out there I wish YES would look him up.

I was impressed by Trevor Rabin's performance. His duet with
Tony really showed his skill and versatility.
On the other hand, he is no Steve Howe, and his style on the
older YES songs was too heavy metal for me.
He did manage a credible performance, however, on "And you and I"
*without* a pedal steel!

Chris Squire was in top form, as usual, and mesmerized the audience
with his bass solo on "The Fish".
He is a bit of a ham, though, and played to the audience every
step of the way.

If YES hasn't reached your area yet, I would highly recommend
seeing them.

					Gary Koob
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