ARW Anderson Rabin & Wakeman The Meeting / Yes Awaken at Orpheum LA
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2016
- ARW performs beautiful rock ballad The Meeting (00:00) (from Anderson Bruford Wakeman & Howe album) and spectacular Yes progressive rock classic Awaken (1977 Going For The One) (03:30) featuring extended Rick Wakeman keyboard solo. ARW was live in concert for An Evening Of Yes Music And More at the Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, CA on November 22, 2016.
Former Yes band members Jon Anderson, guitarist Trevor Rabin and keyboardist Rick Wakeman haven't played together since the Yes Union Tour in 1990. Twenty six years later, ARW are touring North America, backed up by Lee Pomeroy of Jeff Lynne's ELO and Louis Molino III on drums.
Rick Wakeman @GrumpyOldRick Twitter update Dec 8, 2016:
Another sad loss with the passing of Greg Lake....You left some great music with us my friend & so like Keith , you will live on.
Greg Lake, English songwriter, producer and bassist known for his work in both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, has died at the age of 69 on December 7, 2016.
I just realized.... of all the ones we've lost the last few years - when Jon goes, it's going to devastate me. He is such a huge part of the past two-thirds of my life... irreplaceable.
me too...i live in FL so no doubt will have to disappear to a beach somewhere for a few days and reflect while listening to his amazing music
ProphetNine The thought is unbearable. Let's just enjoy his magic when we have him.
Used to sit on Hollywood Beach in the late 80s listening to 90125 on my walkman cassette player, discovering side 2 years after I had the tape. What an awesome masterpiece.
please don't even contemplate such a thing
When Jon goes, what a downer
Jon sounds much stronger during the tour - very glad indeed to hear....
indeed, when i first saw the tour dates, i was concerned 4 and 5 nights a week would be really tough on him physically (as well as rick) but so happy to see he looks great and has been singing amazingly the whole tour
Wow... The Meeting really stunned me. Jon is riveting singing that live. Love this!
dingoDAD It's so amazing that he's pretty much kept his voice.
I found the 1978 Awaken on YT lastvweek, now this one. Both super ballsy.
Happy, Jon hasn't lost it at all.
I was there but in late august same year watching the other yes version, in fact, is a fantastic venue
Stellar performance by these fine musicians !! I was there and 'YES' . . . it was magical !
Here's my story. Saw Jon and Vangelis on TOTPs doing I'll find my home.Thought what a unique voice. Heard Owner of a lonely heart on radio 1983. Thought is that that same singer? Saw Rainbow Edinburgh 1983. Several band members in programme mentioned Yes as an influence,1st concert etc. Being a Blackmore fanatic i thought if Rainbow members like them.....New years day 1984 asked my sisters boyfriend if he had anything by Yes? He gave me Going for the one on cassette. Awaken literally blew me away. From then on i was hooked. Fav guitarist Blackmore. Fav band Yes. RIP CHRIS X
John Barrett, you're spot on! The appreciation of Yes by Rainbow players has got to be that top quality musicians appreciate each other's work. Agree - Blackmore my favourite guitar player too and yes, Yes fav band by a long way, though got a little room left for The Stones that I grew up with, Steve Stills and Carlos Santana too - all different but all fab memories one way or another. Life without music like this would be intolerable.
Looking forward to seeing this live in 4 days at the Seneca Niagara Casino...Bravo!
thank you dude
When John Anderson goes . Yes will end . A real real shame when he passes
THANK YOU!!! This part was just unbelievable, I specifically came to UA-cam looking for this, so glad it got recorded!
Dammit. That is some FINE footage !!!
Thanks for uploading. I went to the excellent ARW show in Manchester UK last weekend and they didn't play The Meeting, which I love.
You absolutely must hear Jon sing "Awaken" with the Icelandic group of musicians called "Todmobile".
Find it here on youtube.
Its a MASTERPIECE!!!!!!
It certainly is. Their guitarist is brilliant, note for note and he smiles whilst playing it, has a rapport with Jon. Then the usual singer of the band who does backing vocals in among the female choir, looks like a Viking. I almost thought it was Rick circa 1973. Made me chuckle. Todmobile the band. Wish they came to the UK.
The presence of JON will always make the "YES factor" higher than any other combination of Yes band members
Dont like it when Jon replacement of the week acts like the man himself ,,Its very insulting to the Jon fans who know he is unique and a one off
Yeah it doesn't tho for real Yes fans.
that's bullshit @@kevcatnip7589
Beautiful songs!
Saw at the Scnitzer, Portland, OR, last night!! Awesome!
glad to see trevor rabin playing some steve howe´s classical tunes, never I would believe that
yeah.... but he's not very good!
why do you say that?
because, from the start of the tour and up till now, he's been unable to mimic the yes sound....
Where were you when Rabin was playing old Yes material in the 80's and 90's?
Don't be ridiculous, Rabin always played in his own style, and ARW is ARW, they intentionally want to change the flavour of the songs. The only minor flaw of this band is that Rabin is rusty after two decades without touring, but he'll get most of his mojo back by the end of the tour. He used to be blindly fast with his alternate picking technique, and very very tight. He rarely missed a note and he could emulate and improve on Howe's playing with ease.
One of their greatest songs from AWBH.
Yes
the meeting of..ANDERSON/WAKEMAN
My biggest complaint, which may be because all the footage thus far has been recorded on phones, is the lack of a thick low end.It may be the absence of Chris ... there seems to be alot of "unfilled space" in the mix.
Rick es un genio
Modern Yes is kind of cover band playing covers on themselves. This is the real Yes
THat's 100% bullshit. The current Yes members have WAY more combined years in Yes and way more combined studio albums. you obvisouly don't know shit about Yes. Look it up. It's all in black and white. Plus ARW is history now. But the real Yes will be around for YEARS to come! Suck on that for a while.
@@donutcookiepie They'll be around because there is a huge demand for cover bands these days. Yes can't be Yes without Anderson. And before his death, Yes couldn't be Yes without Squire. Squire brought in Rabin. If Squire were alive it would have been ARSW - the real Yes.
You are correct. The fact is, one is the Steve Howe show. It’s fine but the Jon factor is the soul of Yes. ABWH is Yes. Rick has so much to do with the compositions that I love the most. Lou has chrome drums as a nod to Bruford and his playing pays homage to Bruford (and White) while being something new. Lee is brilliant, he’s nailing parts that are damn near impossible thanks to Chris. This band kicks the other band around the room. Period. Fight me;)
Mr. Donatcockiepie, ich weiß nicht wieviel Ahnung sie von Musik haben, aber ARW sind spieltechnische der noch bestehenden YES Besetzung Lichtjahre voraus. ARW sind tight, rythmisch auf den Punkt. Howe ist nur noch ein Schatten seiner selbst. Der Rest von YES ist weit unter dem Niveau. Downes kann Wakeman's Können nicht erreichen. Die noch existierende YES Besetzung ist inzwischen schlechter als viele Yes Cover Bands.
Yes!
more of a no
Pomeroy had more recently been with Hackett and Genesis revisited
I don’t know how I managed to miss this show when they came to Nashville! As a matter of fact, I would still be in the dark about this lineup if I hadn’t just seen the Live At The Apollo concert on the AXS channel on tv. I chose not to see the other lineup that toured playing Going For The One and another album from start to finish. I just couldn’t do it. This would’ve been great though, in my opinion. I recognize the drummer’s name from the liner notes in Trevor Rabin’s solo album, “Can’t Look Away.” Lou Molini III is the drummer and he played on a few songs from that album.
Anyway, I’m kinda pissed that I somehow managed to miss this show, especially because I now know that they played “The Meeting” at the Nashville show. Had I been in the audience in Nashville that night, I think I would’ve been in tears when I heard the first few notes of “The Meeting.” It’s on the Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe album of the same name and every time I hear it I’m taken back to good ol’ 1989. And it’s such an amazing song. So, there’s my comment on the ARW/Yes tour that I missed. I did manage to see them on the Union tour with two drummers, two guitarists, two keyboardists, Jon, and Chris, so that takes away some of the pain.
You are the typical fake and clueless Yes fan. Im just surprised to see anyone be so open about being so clueless.
The bassist and drummer had to meet the exacting standards of musicianship required to match Anderson, Wakeman and Rabin. Lee Pomeroy has not only played with AWR but also ELO and Steve Hackett. He was also the in the house band on the Diamond Jubilee concert. One hell of a CV. Louis Molino III is also up there with the very best drummers. Technically, both are top class.
He's great, no doubt, as are Rabin and Wakeman and Molino. But my 13 year old kid has more musical ability than Anderson, as do probably many 13 year old kids.
"I just close my eyes and paint pictures" says Rick.... carolodayblog.wordpress.com/my-interview-with-rick-wakeman/
geez, some who want to be videographers really need some lessons... surely there must be some educational classes on shooting video out here... no offense, just fyi
Steve Howe used to be a very very good guitarist, but he is old now, and already in 2002 when I saw them live, he had toubles to keep the speed of the songs. He had become a bit slow.
The truth just is, this band has it's best times quite behind them. They are all around 70yo, and Chris Squire is unfortunately dead. I will go on to love the classic recordings of YES, and now and then there is a new live recording like the Jon Anderson + Todmobile recording of "Awaken" that is thrillingly good, but those are probably last pearls before it is over. They have almost 50 years on stage behind them, and in less than 10 years, Jon will no longer be able to sing, and so will the rest of the band. God bless them. Their contribution to rock music is incredible.
Mr Happy!
You seem to be talking about Yes. But this video is of ARW.
would like to see all members who were on recorded albums live on stage together.
You should have seen the Union tour then - the DVD is still available - just what you asked for!
Well go see the REAL Yes, which features 5 members, all of whom HAVE played on actual Yes studio albums, as opposed to this fake Yes which features two members who have NEVER played on ANY Yes album and then one dude who was on three plus a few songs of another and another dude who quit the band five times and is only on one third of their albums.
I miss Chris that sucks
We all do. But keep in mind he never played in this bullshit band. But the real Yes, with his own chosen replacement, endures.
Awaken in D???!!!
Too much bath salts taken by Mr Wakeman
This whole Rabin vs. Howe thing is making me ill. This is from someone who got on the YES bus in '74. Steve is as good an acoustic player as there can be but from an electric perspective his pallette is somewhate limited. He perfected that trebble-y/picky sound which worked very well on fragile through GFTO. When he tried to expand to a more sustain oriented sound it kind of fell flat as exhibited by Drama and the Asia stuff. Rabin brings a broader variety of tonal qualities to the table. I liked some of his interpretations on 9012-live and union. He also put out a piece of music in the endless dream that has some amazing guitar work. They are both very good. I will say that Rabin's work thus far on the tour shows a lot of rust as compared with the union era. But the next leg I would suspect will show marked improvement.
Marc Perillo
Steve Howe won "Best Overall Guitarist" 5 years in a row in Guitar Player magazine. Not best acoustic guitarist, best OVERALL guitarist. (Did Rabin ever win a reader's poll? Get nominated?) That was the best award they could have given Howe, because his style was so diverse-- he could dazzle on acoustic, dazzle on slide guitar, freak you out with this stange solos, add touches of sitar guitar-- you name it. And stylistically he could bring in elements of classical, country, jazz, and ambient music into a rock framework. THE reason for the band's arrangements, for which they are reknowned, was Howe. When 90125 came out my reaction to Rabin was-- it's decent enough playing, but it's all variations of rock styles. And the keyboards are buried. The album had a one dimensional feel, like most albums in the 1980s. The problems on Big Generator were worse. Even a delicate little song like "Holy Lamb" was given huge power chords by Rabin. It's ridiculous. Then he referred to that song as a "blot" on the album, when HE actually ruined it! I think the guy has issues with beauty, and thinks it's not "cool" or that it doesn't belong in rock music. That's why his albums with Yes are not really considered in the league with their work during the classic prog era. Having a hit single is not important to creating a lasting legacy within the band. Yes were an album band, not a singles band.
Both of them are good . But being nominated in a magazine does not mean anything at all . You will have numerous magazines with different nominations as you have hundreds of lists with this or that are the best albums of all time . All meaningless . In the end it is what you like , not a list or nomination . I saw f.i. Al di Meola twice and Guthrie Govan , and for me , they both are waaaaaayyyyy better guitarplayers . But , that is my opnion and not someone else his opinion for that matter. Let's just be happy with music.
Rabin's electric tones are certainly more "rock" than Howe's. But to my ears Steve has the far wider palette, with jazz, country, psychedelic, flamenco, and classical as well as rock, all expressed across a wide and unique variety of instruments and tone colors. Seems like the only thing on Trevor's palette is 80s shredder.
Kind of idiotic basing an argument on guitar player magazine. Trust me there are probably dozens of session players that are better than both of them. They are just working session musicians that you've never heard of.
(^_^)
It should say "and more" in the vid title and not "Yes". Lol.
Not the best version I've ever heard . Middle section goes on to long.
Rick your a little to old with the cape it was when I was 12 give me a break
Then you are too young to appreciate Yes! Go away!
Anthony Dimattei you are too young to know were you a round in the 70 yes or no if yes cool if no shut the he'll up and go away...
been a fan since 1972
and you kid what 1982
relax, he has been poking fun at his old self with the capes during the tour
sub par
This is actually worse than Steve Howe Yes, just people are more complacent when Anderson is involved (most people do not know how the guy demands like 50 % of the money of the tours and the other 50% to his mates).
THATS A MIGHTY CLAIM
. . . . and he told you this over a pint one night no doubt?! Haha
the 50% claim is very true. IF you know Yes, then you know. @@kevcatnip7589
the 50% claim is very true. IF you know Yes, then you know.@@richardbird2873
Awaken... no on second thoughts go to sleep! the worst version I've ever heard, it shows how limited Rabin is playing Howes subtle intricacies.
Agreed... True Rabin is no Howe and Howe is no Rabin, but geez, the parts are there to learn, if there is the inclination to play the written music correctly, otherwise it just sounds like some garage band member attempting to play the song, albeit lazily. I actually think Howe's parts are harder to play than Rabin's, as the fingerings are somewhat incorrect, but Steve pulls it off as they are his fingerings, so they are correct for him. Rabin trashes the emotional content that Howe is great at and hacks up the parts into garbage. I say all this from experience of actually learning Howe's parts note for note, just to prove I could do it. Steve was a longtime influence to me and many players, and I have respect for all who play the tunes honestly, as close to the written form as humanly possible. Trevor, learn the parts, or at least listen to them!!
You need to whine to Anderson about this. He says he told Rabin not to try to play like Howe. He said the same to Wakeman about parts Tony Kaye did. If you need note for note stick with recordings. If you think note for note playing is the highest level of playing, pick a different instrument and join an orchestra. And don't pull rank on posts about music by telling people what an awesome musician you are. Instead put a link to your awesome music so others can enjoy. I heard this band a couple weeks ago and was highly impressed. I miss Chris Squire, and Steve, and Alan and Bill and Tony and even Igor. But this current configuration (including the drummer and bassist) is doing an excellent job of keeping the music alive and relevant. I would certainly choose to see them again rather the current version of Yes.
REAL fans of Yes will go and see both bands. I sure have. But I MUCH prefer the real Yes over ARW. I am glad I saw ARW five times but I am also glad they folded. They were a sham. I am looking forward to seeing Yes this summer. @@sbearly
Trevor is not even on same level as Steve Howe
I think he is actually. He just chooses to fuck the Howe stuff up. He CAN play it correctly. But he chooses not to.
Suono orribile registrazione irritante
Trevor Rabin can ruin a great piece of music
Anthony Dimattei comments as reductive as these are pathetic. You really just ruined this for me. I am blessed because as a musician and 25 plus YES CONCERTS under my belt, Neither guitarist has remained true
owner of the lonely farts lol
big generator suck and Talk computerized sterile shit