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KG Erwin -> Yes (5/3/2003 6:44:35 AM)
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Indulge me for a moment. Rhino Records issued a 5-CD retrospective of the band Yes, and its ups & downs from 1969 to today. This has been a band you either love or hate, and I think there are a few fans that populate this forum. Like the subject of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band", they've gone in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile. It was Yes' "Close to the Edge" album from 1972 that really inspired me to become a musician, and specifically a bass player. I fell in love with Chris Squire's sound on that Rickenbacker, and I wanted to capture it and learn how to do it. I was never fully successful, but it was a life-changing album, and within two years, still in high school, I started my career as a semi-pro musician. Meanwhile, my interest in wargaming, which started when I was a ten-year old in 1967, waned a bit while I indulged in my rock n roll fantasies. As I grew older, and started to balance a regular job and playing as a weekend rock n roller, my first love of the military and gaming began to resurface, and it stayed that way till 1997, when I retired from playing music and became a full-time dad to my then 1 yr old daughter, and concentrated on my family and the new world of PC gaming. The music never left, though, so I still practice regularly and learn new songs as they strike my fancy, but now I'm 45 and I still love Yes, and I still get chills listening to the classics from the Bill Bruford era (the "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge" albums, plus the fantastic cover of Paul Simon's "America" on the Rhino collection ). Bruford and Squire were somewhat strange bedfellows as a rhythm section, but they made it work, with no disrespect intended towards Alan White, who has been Yes' drummer since Bruford quit in July 1972. This is why I term myself "Wargaming Rock n Roller". I could go on and on about favorite bands, but thanks for reading this, and I welcome comments.
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