Tuesday 8 March 2011

YES FAMILY TREE

This family tree is the work of Bruno Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by John H Warburg and Steve Rogers, to whom I'm most grateful.


YES #1 (AUG 1, 1968 - SEPT 22, 1968)
1) Peter William Brockbanks (aka Peter Banks) vocals, lead guitar
2) Christopher Russell Edward 'Chris' Squire vocals, bass, piano
3) John Roy 'Jon' Anderson lead vocals, tamburine, harmonica, percussion
4) William Scott' Bill' Bruford drums
5) Anthony John Selridge (aka Tony Kaye) organ, piano


YES #2 (SEPT 23, 1968 - SEPT 27, 1968)
1) Peter Banks
2) Chris Squire
3) Jon Anderson
4) Tony Kaye
5) Dave Potts drums


YES #3 (SEPT 28, 1968 - NOV 23, 1968)
1) Peter Banks
2) Chris Squire
3) Jon Anderson
4) Tony Kaye
5) Tony O'Reilly drums
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6) Ian Wallace drums (filled in for Tony for one gig in November)


YES #4 (aka #1) (NOV 24, 1968 - APR 18, 1970)
1) Peter Banks
2) Chris Squire
3) Jon Anderson
4) Tony Kaye
5) Bill Bruford


YES #5 (APR 19, 1970 - JUL 1970)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Bill Bruford
3) Chris Squire
4) Tony Kaye


YES #6 (JUL 1970 - JUL 31, 1971)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Tony Kaye
4) Bill Bruford
5) Stephen James 'Steve' Howe vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar 


YES #7 (AUG 1, 1971 - JUL 19, 1972)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Bill Bruford
4) Steve Howe
5) Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman organ, piano, mellotron, synthetizer


YES #8 (JUL 20, 1972 - MAY 18, 1974)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Rick Wakeman
5) Alan White drums, percussion, vocals


YES #9 (MAY 19, 1974 - AUG 6, 1974)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Alan White


YES #10 (AUG 7, 1974 - OCT 1976)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Alan White
5) Patrick Phillipe Moraz keyboards


YES #11 (aka #9) (OCT 1976 - NOV 1976)
 1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Alan White


YES #12 (aka # 8) (NOV 1976 - JAN 1980)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Alan White
5) Rick Wakeman


YES #13 (JAN 1980 - FEB 1980)
1) Chris Squire
2) Steve Howe
3) Alan White


YES #14 (FEB 1980 - DEC 1980)
1) Chris Squire
2) Steve Howe
3) Alan White
4) Geoffrey 'Geoff' Downes keyboards
5) Trevor Charles Horn bass, guitar


YES #15 (JUN 1983 - OCT 1983)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Alan White
4) Tony Kaye
5) Trevor Charles Rabinowitz (aka Trevor Rabin) guitar


YES #16 (OCT 1983 - JAN 1984)

1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Alan White
4) Trevor Rabin
5) Edwin 'Eddie' Jobson keyboards

YES #17 (aka #15) (JAN 1984 - SEPT 1988)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Alan White
4) Trevor Rabin
5) Tony Kaye


YES #18 (EARLY 1991 - MAR 5, 1992)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Rick Wakeman
5) Bill Bruford
6) Tony Kaye
7) Trevor Rabin
8) Alan White


YES #19 (aka #15, #17) (SPRING 1994 - OCT 11, 1994)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Tony Kaye
4) Alan White
5) Trevor Rabin 


YES #20 (aka #8, #12) (MAR 4, 1996 - 1997)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Rick Wakeman
5) Alan White


YES #21 (1997 - MAR 25, 2000)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Alan White
5) William Wyman 'Billy' Sherwood keyboards, bass, guitar
6) Igor Khoroshev keyboards


YES #22 (MAR 26, 2000 - AUG 4, 2000)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Alan White
5) Igor Khoroshev


YES #23 (aka #9, #11) (AUG 5, 2000 - JUL 21, 2001)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Alan White


YES #24 (JUL 22, 2001 - DEC 13, 2001)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Alan White
5) Tom Brislin keyboards, vocals


YES #25 (aka #9, #11, #23) (DEC 14, 2001 - APR 2002)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Alan White


YES #26 (aka #8, #12, #20) (APR 2002 - SEPT 22, 2004)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Alan White
5) Rick Wakeman


YES #27 (2008)
1) Jon Anderson
2) Chris Squire
2) Steve Howe
4) Alan White
5) Oliver Wakeman keyboards (Rick's son)


YES #28 (2008 - JAN 2011)
1) Chris Squire
2) Steve Howe
3) Alan White
4) Oliver Wakeman
5) Benoit David vocals


YES #29 (JAN 2011 - FEB 5, 2012)
1) Alan White
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Geoff Downes
5) Benoit David


YES #30 (FEB 6, 2012 - MAY 2015)
1) Alan White
2) Chris Squire
3) Steve Howe
4) Geoff Downes
5) Jon 'Juano' Davison vocals


YES #31 (MAY 2015 - PRESENT)
1) Alan White
2) Billy Sherwood
3) Steve Howe
4) Geoff Downes
5) Jon Davison
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7) Jay Schellen drums (filled in for Alan White from time to time since summer 2016)


7 comments:

  1. YES #23
    1) Alan White
    2) Chris Squire
    3) Steve Howe
    4) Geff Downes
    5) Jon Davison vocals

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  2. Yes has always been a great band, over the years all musicians who have had the pleasure to play with them has participated in their progression. But unfortunately, it has changed these last few years, Jon isn't there anymore and it shows. They still call themselves Yes, but it isn't the same, really. I think that the three remaining members of the band are Steve, Chris and Alan and whoever plays with them, Oliver Wakeman was a member and they threw him out, Benoit David also even though they said he had respiratory problems but I doubt it really. Who will be next to leave ? Too bad, because I think that Fly from here is a great album but...
    Maybe it would be time for them to retire, just like Pink Floyd and Genesis did...

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  3. What is your source for Dave Potts on drums? That should be Ian Wallace, who replaced Bill on drums for 1 week in '68. And there are several other errors throughout, such as Eddie Jobson's first name is Edwin, not Edward. You have Billy listed as Bill. Billy Sherwood's first name is William, etc. Eddie was in Yes from Oct. '83 until Jan. '84, when Tony rejoined. Eddie told me that himself.

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    1. Ian Wallace just subs for Tony O'Reilly one night (he's offered the drum spot but declines).

      You're right about Jobson. Correct!

      You're right about Sherwood too. Correct!

      You're probabily right about Eddie's tenure in Yes. Corret!

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  4. YES #31
    1) Alan White
    2) Billy Sherwood, bass
    3) Steve Howe
    4) Geoff Downes
    5) Jon Davison

    with
    6) Jay Schellen, drums

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