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I would have been curious what Rick thought of Tony Kaye's work on the first two Yes albums and if he knew him then, and also his recollections with Keith Emerson.

My wonderful Yamaha upright has 85 keys.

Wish they included songs from Southern Sojourn here but probably still recording it. Three minutes to tune after arriving on the stage?

Moog Sonic 5?

There was something of a thing that if you played Moogs you didn't play ARPS and Vice Versa.

Wurlitzer. That was easy.

You're not going to label it HAMMOND are you? 😬 No wait...I think there is a Hammy in there...never mind.

Yuk color.

I'm just curious why there's a Gator case but the keyboard hasn't travelled one time.

I have a very used Kronos 61 I use extensively. My C#2 key plays but doesn't spring up. Is it somewhat easy to get to and repair the spring? I'm not very DIY but with YouTube help I've been able to replace the joystick a couple times and key pads. Thanks.

Be careful from now writing a song going from G to C. It could sound like Jump.

I'm pretty sure Jimi Hendrix owns the E7#9 chord.

There's some very horrible crap these days that people call music and rally behind it. Despite some good quality performances by legitimate musicians you couldn't pay me to watch this shite of an awards show.

I've been in two rock bands with guitarists who used JC-120 amps and both sounded screechingly terrible! Maybe it doesn't handle distorted guitar well, or the players are deaf.

Huge Yes fan as well. Remember hearing Roundabout on the radio, bought Fragile and then every album thereafter when it came out. Prog bands were my favorite then and now. Finally way later, maybe 20 years ago I finally got copies of the first two albums Yes, and Time And a Word. I've got to say, and I'm sure I'm well in the minority here that these have been my go to Yes records for a long time! Of course Fragile, CTTE are masterpieces, and Relayer is jaw dropping at times but there's something about the first two records that has a period character that's so different. Still in the first couple innings of what became prog without a blueprint; scents of 60's psychedelia, experimentations and arrangements of copy songs, a sound combination of jazz drumming, lead bass, pinched distorted but interesting guitar, and especially the growling Hammond organ! Love Tony Kaye's aggression, taste. This first Yes generation came up with something at the start, laid the creative blueprint to be greatly expanded later by monster mufos Howe and Wakeman. Not everything worked, not all the singing is on key. They jumped in and were hungry, no success guaranteed. I hear the beauty and innocence on these records, they are seldom mentioned, and I love 'em!