Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius
The Dark Days Of Yesterday - Projekt Gemineye - the new album by our own Mark Anthony K!
Mark says: "This is the 10th studio album! Wow…if you would have told me that id release 10 albums..I'm not sure if I would believe it.This is a rather personal album for me….lyrically speaking. Its talks about some of the darker times in my life….i dont get too specific about things..not only because they are difficult memories…but also so that they can be relatable other people as well.Musically and production wise.. I'm very pleased with it and i hope you enjoy it as well."
https://projektgemineye.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark-days-of-yesterday
From a tiny idea I had about Jon Anderson’s use of instruments live with Yes, Mark and I managed to bang on for ages again this week. Hopefully, you will find the discussion as interesting as we did, particularly as I noticed some definite links between the band’s sonic changes over the decades, Jon’s development as a musician and the instruments he used.
In order to create some kind of helpful structure to the conversation, I managed to find the earliest examples of each kind of instrument Jon uses live in the photos on the amazing Forgotten Yesterdays website and I have embedded them into the show notes here - do take a look at those and add a comment if you can think of any other Yeskit Jon used live with the band - or add a comment even if you can’t.
* What are all the instruments Jon used live with Yes?
* When did he start playing tuned instruments?
* What can we glean about the band amd about Jon from his choice of instruments?
See if you agree with us and then leave a comment below.
All images from the wonderful
Forgotten Yesterdays website:
Screen capture from video 1969 Wiesbaden DE - Tambourine
Screen capture from video11/23/1969 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre FR - Tambourine with skin
11/26/1969 Basel CHBenito De Juan Dolio - Claves
1971 Photo by Michael Putland - Dewtron Mr Bassman pedals
Jill Furmanovsky 1971 - Cowbell
07/31/1971 London UK. Geoffrey Mason - Maracas
02/14/1974 Uniondale NYPhoto by RDZK - The ‘bus stop’ percussion kit for Ritual
02/10/1974 Columbia SC - Benito De Juan Dolio - Acoustic guitar
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