The YES Story Bonus Interviews Keith Emerson

...the band called "The Nice" in the Sixties and... after David O' List had to leave I was looking for another guitar player and that guitar player was none other than Steve Howe and I think he was with a band called "Tomorrow" We did an audition and I felt that if anybody is going to replace Davy O' List then... he should be Steve Howe a brilliant musician. and... I really really hoped that... but he called me up about... two days after we played together and he said - No, I've got this opportunity with another band I didn't know what other band that was but it turned out to be YES and... later on when YES had established itself I was looking for a bass player to form my new band after I'd split up The Nice and... I approached Chris Squire and Chris said: - Well, you know? I'd feel uncomfortable handling lead vocals I'm ok on harmonies and Chris suggested some other guy that he would feel much happier working with but I disregarded that because I wanted to keep to the trio format and this would have meant making it into a quartet which didn't appeal to me. So basically, I was poaching it's kind of ironic that roundabout the Mid-Seventies when ELP were playing to sold-out 14000 seats stadiums in America I got back to England after a very successful tour and my phone went at 11:30 at night and he was that then manager Brian Lane - Hi Keith! - Hello? - Would you like to join YES? You got to imagine: it's 11:30 at night. And I'm in bed... almost... getting off a jet-lag and.. I've been asked if I would have joined... YES I had heard that... Rick Wakeman had... I think he left the band... or he was in between, or something... whether Patrick Moraz had left or whatever they had a lot of changes and... I couldn't believe I've been asked to join... YES! And my response was: "Brian?.. ...why would I want to do that?!" "I've just come off the tour. playing to 14000-seats stadiums. Is sold out! I've got my own band Why? "Why would I want to join YES?" He said: "Well... there is not harm in asking and... I don't know I heard that Jon Anderson didn't take offence by this, but... I just... I have my own band

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Keywords: Keith Emerson (Musical Artist)

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Length: 4min 36sec (276 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 29 2015