Geddy Lee and Yes...

[NancyJohnson]

Well this should get your juices flowing. Skip past all the blah-blah-blah and start reading from paragraph #5.

[url="https://www.yahoo.com/music/well-just-together-fun-yes-singer-jon-anderson-180505967.html"]https://www.yahoo.com/music/well-just-together-fun-yes-singer-jon-anderson-180505967.html[/url]

[TimR]

Nice.

It's a shame both bands weren't inducted sooner.

They're both very niche though.

[spectoremg]

Geddy playing Roundabout!!! He'll not need his Jazz.

[ezbass]

I have no words...

[bazzbass]

disgusted that the RRHoF waited til Chris died before inducting this legendary band who affected the sound of music since the late 60s !

tossers what the f do they know? Hip Hoppers got in before Yes..........

I'm guessing the bass community will implode at the magnificence of Geddy playing Roundabout.....

[Conan]

Dream come true for Geddy? Although the information in the article is contradictory regarding his participation... still, if Anderson says he will be joining them then that sounds pretty certain

[NancyJohnson]

Years ago in retirement, and alongside his bowler hat duties at Ascot Racecourse, my father in law took a job hand delivering, door knocking and verifying electoral roll documents on Wentworth. I suppose as a keen golfer he was drawn to the estate generally, enjoyed the walking and the occasional running into (the golfing fraternity) residents (Faldo etc.).

Via me, he knew who Chris Squire was (I used to look at his visit list) and he met him a a couple of times over the years, saying he was always rushing off somewhere, but came over as a thoroughly decent bloke. What you want to hear I suppose.

[bootleg]

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1489006610' post='3253749']
Well this should get your juices flowing. Skip past all the blah-blah-blah and start reading from paragraph #5.

[url="https://www.yahoo.com/music/well-just-together-fun-yes-singer-jon-anderson-180505967.html"]https://www.yahoo.co...-180505967.html[/url]
[/quote]

Of course, Rush's induction speech was all blah-blah-blah [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_waN3sAGw4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_waN3sAGw4[/url]

[TimR]

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1489009920' post='3253775']
Geddy playing Roundabout!!! He'll not need his Jazz.
[/quote]

Knowing the Rush sense of humour I bet he uses his Jazz but puts his Rick on a stand in a prominent place on stage.

And EQs it to sound exactly like the Rick.

[visog]

Yes this would have been great if it happened... but its been clarified Geddy and Alex are just inducting them.

[NancyJohnson]

[quote name='bootleg' timestamp='1489148720' post='3254746']
Of course, Rush's induction speech was all blah-blah-blah [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_waN3sAGw4"]https://www.youtube....h?v=O_waN3sAGw4[/url]
[/quote]

At least someone knew what I was alluding to...

[visog]

Well apparently it happened! Geddy played with Yes but he didn't use the Rick!!!

Interview here but I've not seen any footage of the playing yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3fiIbs4fQk

[visog]

Oh wait... here's some unofficial footage Ged and Yes whoop! And he sounds great

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfhI6nBZOLc"]https://www.youtube....h?v=bfhI6nBZOLc[/url]

Rest of Yes aren't really acknowledging him to much though!

Edited April 8, 2017 by visog

[spectoremg]

WTF's Trevor Rabin doing there!
Slightly trickier bass line done finger style I think. Well done Geddy.

[ezbass]

Teddy sounded good to me, not a million miles from Chris' tone. More evidence to support the 'it's in the fingers' argument, although I think amplification has a fair bit to do with it too (I'm guessing GL was using his SansAmp setup, configured to SVT).

[Kevin Dean]

I know it's Because Chris had fallen out with certain people .

[Cosmo Valdemar]

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1491641295' post='3274450']
WTF's Trevor Rabin doing there!

[/quote]

Why wouldn't he be there?

[visog]

Apparently the R&RHoF are inducting the 'Union' line-up which was Yes-West and ABWH so if you go with their logic, TR should be there. The question is where is Tony Kaye?

Anywho, on a bass related matter, who'd have thought that a turquoise Jazz would be more Rick than a Rick.

My guess is that Geddy felt this matched the tone best of Chris Squire's heavily modified Rick.

Whilst I'd have loved Geddy to play some righteous Rick, he made a very respectful tribute on a great sounding Jazz.

[spectoremg]

Chris striking with a pick and following through with his thumbnail on a Rick and Geddy's finger style on a Jazz. Of course it's all in the fingerzzzz....
Was Bill Bruford there?

Edited April 8, 2017 by spectoremg

[visog]

Yes - he's on the interview footage but I've not seen him on the performance vids. Consistent with his retirement from public performance.

[NancyJohnson]

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1489158630' post='3254837']
Yes this would have been great if it happened... but its been clarified Geddy and Alex are just inducting them.
[/quote]

Wrong!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjm10iXTon4

[White Cloud]

I can now die happy....sigh. Awesome in it's awesomeness...

[kevin_lindsay]

Rick Wakeman's acceptance speech from the 7:00 mark onwards is fantastic:

http://youtu.be/qfBtgEVxhTo

Edited April 8, 2017 by kevin_lindsay

[julesb]

RW is hilarious!

[Bassman Sam]

Just watch this. Brilliant and Rick was funny as feck as usual.