Yes support acts that were not crap
Jim
I'm a fan of John Martyn - seen him live a few times - and I know he was
support sometime somewhere but I missed it.
Donovan? I remember some rambling anti-drug song which resulted in him
being booed comprehensively.
Gryphon were good at QPR as far as I can remember but I'd never heard them
before and I can't remember who else was there.
There must be more...
Brian Bernardini
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yesyadda
Man could he wail. That was the first Yes show I attended.
Jim Lawrence
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Rob Allen
>
>Charlie Starr played back in '72. A one-man act. Blind guy with a guitar.
>Man could he wail. That was the first Yes show I attended.
he was crap...maybe the *only* crap act I've ever seen open for them.
Rob "but APP *was* kinda _crappy_" Allen
Rob Allen
>
>Gentle Giant in '76
and Renaissance and Gary Wright, that same year.
Rob "not crap" Allen
fiberman
Ger
King Crimson and ELP were pretty good. And I think Queen had some
success too after opening for Yes.
KeithinMO
*Renaissance*? I didn't know they'd ever opened for the boys...definitely not
crap.
Garron Teed
Nic Caciappo
openers I recall.
Ace in 1975. They reminded me of a bar band opening for Yes. Sucked.
Gentle Giant - I just remembered! They were GREAT!
Felix Papilardi's Mountain in 1976 in Fresno California. Sucked even worse.
By the end of their set, about 30-some-odd minutes in they actually
introduced their final tune, "Johnny B. Good", which received a round of
boo's from the crowd as well as a a couple of beer bottles tossed on stage.
I can't recall if they played the tune or not, but Felix was pretty pissed
at the crowd, walked off the stage flipping the ol' middle finger to all,
and then he killed himself (a couple years later)
Donovan in 1977. Boring, until he did the Intergalactic Laxative ("will get
you from here to Mars"), had the crowd singing and laughing ("if shitting is
your problem"). Great lyrics, almost Dylan-like, eh?
Thankfully that was the end of opening acts for Yes whenever I saw them
again. I never saw the Alan Parsons/Yes tour.
I have always thought that the death of Prog-Rock in the 70's was largely
due to the bands themselves not touring together. I'm not talking about Yes
with ELP or King Crimson with Genesis, but it would have been very wise to
have a bill like Yes with Camel, or Genesis with Barclay James Harvest,
Focus with ELP, King Crimson with The Village People.....
Nic
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> Sucked = Hootie and the Blowfish. Didn't suck = Popeye!
Popeye WAS awesome, and that babe Olive Oil too! The audience was frying and
really into it.
Nic
Rob Allen
Aladdin Theater, Las Vegas.
Rob "it was fantastic" Allen
Jimbo
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Living in the UK is the reason.
OT but suddenly I am reminded that I used to fancy Annie Haslam, so I've
just found her web site. Seems she's become an artist. I've been looking
at her somewhat abstract oil paintings and I can see er... well perhaps I'm
seeing things that aren't there. The doctors said this might happen.
http://www.anniehaslam.com/ah_home.html
Steven Sullivan
> > There must be more...
> King Crimson and ELP were pretty good.
ELP wasn't Yes' support act; it was the other way around.
Ditto KC.
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Jeff
>Felix Papilardi's Mountain in 1976 in Fresno California. Sucked even worse.
>By the end of their set, about 30-some-odd minutes in they actually
>introduced their final tune, "Johnny B. Good", which received a round of
>boo's from the crowd as well as a a couple of beer bottles tossed on stage.
>I can't recall if they played the tune or not, but Felix was pretty pissed
>at the crowd, walked off the stage flipping the ol' middle finger to all,
>and then he killed himself (a couple years later)
Felix Papilardi murdered. Shot dead by his wife, you idiot.
- Jeff
"Strength. Just projecting strength..."
-Derek Smalls
Jeff
>Felix Papilardi murdered. Shot dead by his wife, you idiot.
Sheesh, leave out one word and something like this really reads strange!
Meant: Felix Papilardi was murdered.
I believe his wife Gail killed him around 1979 or 1980.
Chip Palmer
till many years later. Ace was a bore in '75, didn't make much sense. I
tried to get into Kansas when they opened a few years back- bought a few
discs, now long gone. Alan Parsons was a great opener in my view-- sort of
progressive, lots of history, a strong Beatles connection. He was a real
treat.
However All in all--- the best opening act is no opening act.
Chip Palmer
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Alan Parsons was good, and Kansas was good too
( bugs bunny didn't suck )
Ken R
www.kenrobertson.net
KeithinMO
>seeing things that aren't there
Not with a title like "Opening to Love" you're not...
True
I also thought Kansas were pretty good.
Kevin Muckenthaler
I agree.
YesSmurf
Henry Potts
Yes in London this summer, but the gig was cancelled...
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Kirk Lott
Bugs Bunny cartoons on the 2nd leg of the 90125 tour. Awesome.
Armoose
Seeing 17,000 people at Nassau Coliseum saying "Come back here bunnnnny
rabbbbittt" was effin hysterical.
Steve
Michabo
the early 70s?
Or at Reading Festival 1975 - Supertramp were on before.
Michabo
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Jeremy Weissenburger
20030924233616...@mb-m06.aol.com, "Kevin Muckenthaler"
<sierr...@aol.com> wrote:
>> and Kansas was good too
>
> I agree.
I would have liked Kansas more if they had picked some of their proggier
stuff off of _Somewhere to Elsewhere_. I mean, they're on a tour where Yes
is playing "Gates of Delerium" * "Ritual," and Kansas whips out the stinker
"Not Man Big"? Come _ON_.
_Freaks of Nature_ was a better album anyway, IMO.
Jeremy
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Kevin Muckenthaler
>I would have liked Kansas more if they had picked some of their proggier
>stuff off of _Somewhere to Elsewhere_. I mean, they're on a tour where Yes
>is playing "Gates of Delerium" * "Ritual," and Kansas whips out the stinker
>"Not Man Big"? Come _ON_.
>
"Icarus II" is one of the proggier tracks on STE. I love "Not Man Big", though.
At least they didn't play "Grand Fun Alley" instead.
>_Freaks of Nature_ was a better album anyway, IMO.
STE and Freaks are both good for different reasons, but I give STE the edge.
Jeremy Weissenburger
"Kevin Muckenthaler" <sierr...@aol.com> wrote:
> Jeremy Weissenburger wrote:
>
>> I would have liked Kansas more if they had picked some of their proggier
>> stuff off of _Somewhere to Elsewhere_. I mean, they're on a tour where Yes
>> is playing "Gates of Delerium" * "Ritual," and Kansas whips out the stinker
>> "Not Man Big"? Come _ON_.
>>
>
> "Icarus II" is one of the proggier tracks on STE.
True, but if Kansas was trying to get Yesfans interested in their new stuff,
I don't think "NMB" was a good indicator of the album. What about "Myriad,"
or "Distant Vision"?
> I love "Not Man Big", though.
> At least they didn't play "Grand Fun Alley" instead.
>
>> _Freaks of Nature_ was a better album anyway, IMO.
>
> STE and Freaks are both good for different reasons, but I give STE the edge.
Whereas I give the other. To each his own. Would have liked them to have
played something off of that, as well.
Jeremy
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SINsabBADical
"Chip Palmer" <ch...@palmerins.com> wrote
> I do remember John Martyn opening for Yes in Feb 74. Didn't know who he
was
> till many years later. Ace was a bore in '75, didn't make much sense.
I don't know if Poisette Darts (sp?) has been mentioned, opened for Yes in
76. I thought they were only fair, but my friend went out and bought the
ablum after the Roanoke concert. Last I ever heard of them was about 1981
when they played at the smallish auditorium of the college I was going to
then.
Hugh Macpherson
"Michabo" <mic...@pavilion.co.uk> wrote
> The Bugs Bunny Cartoon at Birmingham (UK) NEC in the 80s
Wembley 84 and my rapidly diminishing brain cells tell me two Roadrunner &
Coyote toons?? The only time I've seen Yes *with* a support act.
Hugh
Captain Beyond
two Saturday's ago. I flew over from NZ and my was it worthwhile. Hardie
in a way somehow reminds me of former Whitesnake guitarist and co-founding
member Bernie Marsden.
FVD.
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> Charlie Starr played back in '72. A one-man act. Blind guy with a guitar.
> Man could he wail. That was the first Yes show I attended.
>
>
Steve
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> I was very impressed with Sebastian Hardie when he opened for Yes in
Sydney
LOL. Which one's Pink?
The Time Traveler
...the Aladdin Ampitheater, '76, Las Vegas
~~*
(Chet)
Moose&Squirrel
Universal Ampitheatre circa 2000.
Moose&Squirrel
(Comes Alive) at Anaheim Stadium circa 1977. Interesting enough, I went to
see yes and the stadium was pretty empty after Frampton was through. By the
way, Frampton was excellent.
Moose&Squirrel
Rob Allen
your memory is failing...that show was in '76 and the stadium remained well
packed to the rafters for Yes' set.
Rob "the main difference was people stopped pitching shit at the stage and just
stood up instead" Allen
Jeff
> "Moose&Squirrel" we...@nevernever.land wrote:
>>
>>Thought of another one. Actually, Yes was the support act. Peter Frampton
>>(Comes Alive) at Anaheim Stadium circa 1977. Interesting enough, I went to
>>see yes and the stadium was pretty empty after Frampton was through. By the
>>way, Frampton was excellent.
>
>your memory is failing...that show was in '76 and the stadium remained well
>packed to the rafters for Yes' set.
And Yes were in no way supporting Frampton.
Rob Allen
lol, that one slipped right past me...certainly Yes was the headliner.
Rob "as the rest of that guys post clearly implies" Allen
Jeff
Yeah, it was one of those events where the headlining act goes on before the
opening act. lol
andy...@gmail.com
> hmmm
>
> I'm a fan of John Martyn - seen him live a few times - and I know he was
> support sometime somewhere but I missed it.
>
> Donovan? I remember some rambling anti-drug song which resulted in him
> being booed comprehensively.
>
> Gryphon were good at QPR as far as I can remember but I'd never heard them
> before and I can't remember who else was there.
>
> There must be more...
Claus Freckmann
Howe "Learn to play the guitar!" - that's all I remember.