Yes In California

[Damon Waitkus!]

What is the attraction to California that has kept Yes situated there
since the eighties? It seems their music was much more inspired in
the days when they all lived in some house in (England). Of course,
that wouldn't be practical today, but why not return to the landscape
that inspired "Roundabout" and such? Then again, California inspired
"In the City of Angels"...there's a winner...

[yesw...@aol.com]

The members of YES have been pretty clear in interviews that they have
ended up leaving England due to the extreme taxes leveed on them there.
They have come to the US not for inspiration -- they just want to keep
more of the money they earn. Gosh -- they must be human after all.

[Henry Potts]

In article <3294A7...@student.umass.edu>, Damon Waitkus!
<dwai...@student.umass.edu> writes

>What is the attraction to California that has kept Yes situated there
>since the eighties?

White lives in Seattle; Wakeman lives in the Isle of Man; Howe lives in
England. Presumably, one attraction of Calif is the proximity to the
heavy concentration of music industry.

>It seems their music was much more inspired in
>the days when they all lived in some house in (England). Of course,
>that wouldn't be practical today, but why not return to the landscape
>that inspired "Roundabout" and such?

[...]
"Roundabout" was inspired by Scottish landscape.
--
Henry

[Henry Potts]

In article <19961122201...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
yesw...@aol.com writes

Most of them seem not to be making enough money these days to worry
about high taxes! :) However, this may be a historical legacy of high
taxes in the late seventies when many musicians sought tax exile. Some
of the repercussions of tax avoidance then have been a problem for some
years afterwards. It seemed to take Wakeman ten years before clearing up
his tax. He now lives on the Isle of Man, which has very low taxation.
Presumably, having fled to the US, they've now all settled.
--
Henry
NP: "La Tour qui Chant", Maurice Horsthuis, on _Unknown Public 07 [the
netherlands connection]_

[yesw...@aol.com]

Right you are, Henry. I guess the interviews I refer to were with the
YESwest band.

[kevin....@nottingham.ac.uk]

In article <8BGx6NA+...@bondegezou.demon.co.uk>, Henry Potts
<he...@bondegezou.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Most of them seem not to be making enough money these days to worry
> about high taxes! :) However, this may be a historical legacy of high
> taxes in the late seventies when many musicians sought tax exile. Some
> of the repercussions of tax avoidance then have been a problem for some
> years afterwards. It seemed to take Wakeman ten years before clearing up
> his tax. He now lives on the Isle of Man, which has very low taxation.
> Presumably, having fled to the US, they've now all settled.
> --
> Henry
> NP: "La Tour qui Chant", Maurice Horsthuis, on _Unknown Public 07 [the
> netherlands connection]_

From what I gathered from Wakemans recent autobiog. his financial life
has been a real rollercoaster ride. I remember someone posting here that
Anderson has been declared bankrupt as well, but this might in itself be
some sort of tax fiddle.