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Meng

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Nov 11, 2003, 6:19:49 PM11/11/03
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Can anyone tell me who was in the touring band for Anderson's 1982
(Animation?) tour?

TIA.

KMCPro615

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Nov 11, 2003, 6:28:43 PM11/11/03
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Meng asked:

>Can anyone tell me who was in the touring band for Anderson's 1982
>(Animation?) tour?
>
>TIA.

I'm pretty sure Clem Clempson and David Sancious were involved. Don't recall
who the others were, but the boot I have is a great performance.

KMCc:)

TXYESBOY

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Nov 11, 2003, 9:19:58 PM11/11/03
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Those are the only two I can name as well. Man, Sancious can REALLY PLAY!

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Jeff Cox

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Nov 11, 2003, 9:28:32 PM11/11/03
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In article <20031111182843...@mb-m06.aol.com>,
kmcp...@aol.com (KMCPro615) wrote:


Album: Animation
Artist: Jon Anderson
1982 Atlantic
CASS: CS 19355

Band Members:
Jon Anderson- vocals, acoustic guitar
Stefano Cerri- bass
Clem Clempson- guitars
Chris Rainbow- backing vocals
Simon Phillips- drums and percussion
David Sancious- keyboards

Additional Musicians:
Jack Bruce, Dave Lawson, Ronnie Leahy, Brother James, Billy Kristian,
Bret Morgan, Blue Weaver, Ian Wallace, Delmay String Quartet
(arranged by David Ogden), John Giblin, Maurice Pert, Brazil Idiots

Brass section arranged by Dick Morrisey with Henry Lowther,
Chris Pyne, Tony Stanton

Produced by Jon Anderson and Neil Kernon
All songs written by Anderson except "All God's Children" by Jon
Anderson/Jennifer Anderson

Tracks:
Olympia
Animation
Surrender
All In A Matter Of Time
Unlearning (The Divided Line)
Boundaries
Pressure Point
Much Better Reason
All God's Children


Thanks to http://www.ziplink.net/~mputzel/animatio.htm

Jeremy Weissenburger

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Nov 11, 2003, 9:34:16 PM11/11/03
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On 11/11/03 6:28 PM, in article
20031111182843...@mb-m06.aol.com, "KMCPro615"
<kmcp...@aol.com> wrote:

Guitar- Clem Clempson (ex humble pie)
Keys- David Sancious (E-Street/Gabriel/Sting)
Bass-Stefano Cerri
Drums- Guy Schiffman

Jeremy

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True

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Nov 11, 2003, 10:11:33 PM11/11/03
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kmcp...@aol.com (KMCPro615) wrote in message news:

> I'm pretty sure Clem Clempson and David Sancious were involved. Don't recall
> who the others were, but the boot I have is a great performance.
>
Yes, it was David "clem" Clempson, on guitar, Stephano Cerri on bass,
Guy Shiffman on drums, along with David Sancious on keys. All except
Shiffman had played on the Animation record. There is a King Bicuit
recording out there which is pretty good.

KMCPro615

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Nov 11, 2003, 10:33:37 PM11/11/03
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y...@ulinx.com (True) said:

Yeah...that's probably the boot that I have. It was definitely a radio
broadcast. There was a reed player on this tour as well, whose name I don't
recall. Very well arranged Yes medley for the opener...well played, and quite
energetic. As I recall, it went on for quite sometime. I'm weeded that one out
a few times over the years.....

KMCc:)

Jeff Blanks

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Nov 12, 2003, 12:28:24 AM11/12/03
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Meng <nos...@NOSPAM.com> wrote:

> Can anyone tell me who was in the touring band for Anderson's 1982
> (Animation?) tour?

It was essentially the band used on the album; Sancious, Clempson,
Stefano Cerri on bass. Simon Phillips couldn't make it, so Jon hired a
drummer named Guy Shiffman (who recorded an album for Columbia seven
years later as "Guy Mann-Dude"--as a shred-head *guitarist*). It was
the first time I'd ever actually seen a Simmons drum in use.

--
"There is no excellent beauty which hath not some
strangeness in the proportion." --Sir Francis Bacon

Paul Goodwin

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Nov 12, 2003, 2:07:06 AM11/12/03
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"Jeff Cox" <jd...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Very impressive. But do you know "who was in the touring band for Anderson's
1982 (Animation?) tour?"

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Paul "sheesh" Goodwin


Rob Allen

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Nov 12, 2003, 7:47:18 AM11/12/03
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there was no reed player on that tour.

Rob "5-piece" Allen


KMCPro615

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Nov 12, 2003, 8:31:10 AM11/12/03
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Rob Allen said:

The radio broadcast concert boot that I have has a reed player on it, unless
I'm having another "senior moment". I'll be happy to burn you a copy if you
promise to weed it out on the list here.

KMCc:)

Father Tiresias

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Nov 12, 2003, 9:06:38 AM11/12/03
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Keyboards perhaps?

Father "David Sancious is the world's best keybaord player" Tiresias


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KMCPro615

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Nov 12, 2003, 10:20:34 AM11/12/03
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>"Father Tiresias" asked:

Nope...no way...no how.

KMCc:)

Rob Allen

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Nov 12, 2003, 10:24:43 AM11/12/03
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>I'll be happy to burn you a copy if you
>promise to weed it out on the list here.

uh, I saw the show and have several copies of the radio broadcast, including
the original cassette I made at the time of the broadcast.

But thanks for the offer...I think.

(what does "weed it out on the list here" mean?)

Rob "*the* _true_ Yesfan attended *all* the shows" Allen

KMCPro615

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Nov 12, 2003, 10:53:19 AM11/12/03
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>rob...@aol.compromisa (Rob Allen)
>Date: 11/12/03 9:24 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <20031112102443...@mb-m19.aol.com>

It is a term used in trading lists. It is a one of many methods of distributing
a given boot amongst interested people.....I'm kind of suprised that you are
unfamiliar with the term. I've been involved with several trading circles for
quitetime. They are all over on Yahoogroups, and fairly open to new members as
long as you play by the rules, the biggest rules being that money is never
exchanged...only cds... & that you don't trade stuff that is in commercial
release currently. If you can live with that (at least for the record) you
collection can grow exponentially in a very short period of time and with
minimal expense (postage, time & disks).


KMCc:)

Steven Sullivan

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Nov 12, 2003, 11:23:48 AM11/12/03
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What's the setlist? You might be talking about a different show.

--


-S.


Rob Allen

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Nov 12, 2003, 12:25:40 PM11/12/03
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kmcp...@aol.com (KMCPro615) wrote:

>>"Father Tiresias" asked:

>>Keyboards perhaps?
>>
>
>Nope...no way...no how.

there was no reed player.

Rob "there was no reed player" Allen

KMCPro615

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Nov 12, 2003, 1:52:03 PM11/12/03
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Steven Sullivan asked:

So I go rummaging through the boxes where I keep this kind of stuff, and when I
located it...lo and behold....it was the 12/1/80 show at the Royal Albert Hall,
a show I'm sure Rob attended as well. So I stand corrected. At least I wasn't
halucinating about the reed player....just the date. I guess if you can really
remember what you were doing in the 80s, you couldn't have been having that
good of a time....wait a second...I think I said that about the 50s, 60, 70s &
90s too....shit !!!

Anyway, the setlist began with two extensive Yes medleys which included TBO,
PC, ?, LDR, WS, Rejoice, YM/AGP, Revealing excerpt, AGP, & a cool Topographic
medley. After that it was all solo stuff. Its a great performance. It's too bad
they never released this, as the FM broadcast quality is the only thing that
detracts from this recording, and even that ain't too bad.

KMCc:)

Rob Allen

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Nov 12, 2003, 2:09:28 PM11/12/03
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kmcp...@aol.com (KMCPro615) mumbled:

>
>So I go rummaging through the boxes where I keep this kind of stuff, and when
>I
>located it...lo and behold....it was the 12/1/80 show at the Royal Albert
>Hall,
>a show I'm sure Rob attended as well.

SoS tour...and yes, I was there.

--

>So I stand corrected. At least I wasn't
>halucinating about the reed player....just the date. I guess if you can
>really
>remember what you were doing in the 80s, you couldn't have been having that
>good of a time....wait a second...I think I said that about the 50s, 60, 70s
>&
>90s too....shit !!!

I remember everything...and for the most part, I was always having a good time.

Rob "high tolerance" Allen

Rob Allen

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Nov 12, 2003, 2:54:49 PM11/12/03
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kmcp...@aol.com (KMCPro615) wrote:

>It is a term used in trading lists. It is a one of many methods of
>distributing
>a given boot amongst interested people.....I'm kind of suprised that you are
>unfamiliar with the term.

I'm not a trader and have never seen a trading list.

>I've been involved with several trading circles for
>quitetime.

is quitetime anything like Yesmonths?

>They are all over on Yahoogroups, and fairly open to new members
>as
>long as you play by the rules, the biggest rules being that money is never
>exchanged...only cds... & that you don't trade stuff that is in commercial
>release currently.

neeto...I have no interest in trading.

>If you can live with that (at least for the record) you
>collection can grow exponentially in a very short period of time and with
>minimal expense (postage, time & disks).

I have money to spend...and some suggest that my collection is already far too
big.

But thanks for the info...

Rob "hilltop" Allen

Steven Sullivan

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Nov 12, 2003, 2:59:49 PM11/12/03
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Anyway, as I suspected, you were talking about the '80 (Song of Seven) tour.....
and this confirms it.

> Anyway, the setlist began with two extensive Yes medleys which included TBO,
> PC, ?,

The Prophet

> LDR, WS, Rejoice, YM/AGP, Revealing excerpt, AGP, & a cool Topographic
> medley. After that it was all solo stuff.

Well, there's also a couple of Vangelis/Anderson tunes, and a cover of
the fourth movement of Stravinsky's 'Petrushka'.

Its a great performance. It's too bad
> they never released this, as the FM broadcast quality is the only thing that
> detracts from this recording, and even that ain't too bad.

I agree. It's a great boot.

--
-S.


Steven Sullivan

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Nov 12, 2003, 3:00:29 PM11/12/03
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Rob Allen <rob...@aol.compromisa> wrote:
> kmcp...@aol.com (KMCPro615) mumbled:

> >
> >So I go rummaging through the boxes where I keep this kind of stuff, and when
> >I
> >located it...lo and behold....it was the 12/1/80 show at the Royal Albert
> >Hall,
> >a show I'm sure Rob attended as well.

> SoS tour...and yes, I was there.


At the UK show? Cool.

That tour never made it to the States, AFAIK.

--

-S.


KMCPro615

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Nov 12, 2003, 3:18:03 PM11/12/03
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>Steven Sullivan ssu...@panix.com
>Date: 11/12/03 1:59 PM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <bou3fl$nja$3...@reader2.panix.com>

Were it that I could have actually been there.....I'd be home by now!

>> Anyway, the setlist began with two extensive Yes medleys which included
>TBO,
>> PC, ?,
>
>The Prophet

Ah yes.....thank you.

>> LDR, WS, Rejoice, YM/AGP, Revealing excerpt, AGP, & a cool Topographic
>> medley. After that it was all solo stuff.
>
>Well, there's also a couple of Vangelis/Anderson tunes, and a cover of
>the fourth movement of Stravinsky's 'Petrushka'.

Petrushka was a highlight....

>
> Its a great performance. It's too bad
>> they never released this, as the FM broadcast quality is the only thing
>that
>> detracts from this recording, and even that ain't too bad.
>
>I agree. It's a great boot.
>--
>-S.

It's a step above most boots, in performance and the fact that its a board mix,
in spite of the FM hiss.

Most Yes boots of that timeframe (more or less) that I have aren't anywhere
near as listenable, although there are some notable exceptions.

KMCc:)

Jeremy Weissenburger

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Nov 12, 2003, 10:08:54 PM11/12/03
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On 11/12/03 2:59 PM, in article bou3fl$nja$3...@reader2.panix.com, "Steven
Sullivan" <ssu...@panix.com> wrote:

> KMCPro615 <kmcp...@aol.com> wrote:
>> So I go rummaging through the boxes where I keep this kind of stuff, and when
>> I located it...lo and behold....it was the 12/1/80 show at the Royal Albert
>> Hall, a show I'm sure Rob attended as well. So I stand corrected. At least I
>> wasn't halucinating about the reed player....just the date. I guess if you
>> can really remember what you were doing in the 80s, you couldn't have been
>> having that good of a time....wait a second...I think I said that about the
>> 50s, 60, 70s & 90s too....shit !!!
>
> Anyway, as I suspected, you were talking about the '80 (Song of Seven)
> tour..... and this confirms it.
>
>> Anyway, the setlist began with two extensive Yes medleys which included TBO,
>> PC, ?,
>
> The Prophet
>
>> LDR, WS, Rejoice, YM/AGP, Revealing excerpt, AGP, & a cool Topographic
>> medley. After that it was all solo stuff.
>
> Well, there's also a couple of Vangelis/Anderson tunes, and a cover of
> the fourth movement of Stravinsky's 'Petrushka'.
>
>> Its a great performance. It's too bad
>> they never released this, as the FM broadcast quality is the only thing that
>> detracts from this recording, and even that ain't too bad.
>
> I agree. It's a great boot.

Say, who was in the band on _that_ tour?

Jeremy

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If I can avoid being killed by a tree, I will.
The pain of dentistry is a pain I know real well.
And if I can avoid being stung by a bee, I will. I will." -- Mike Keneally


DLC

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Nov 12, 2003, 10:38:36 PM11/12/03
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"Jeremy Weissenburger" <jweisse...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Album: Song Of Seven
Artist: Jon Anderson
1980 Atlantic
CD Japan: AMCY-24

Band Members:
Jon Anderson- vocals, acoustic guitar, and keyboards

Additional Musicians:
Drums and percussion: Maurice Pert (1-3, 6-8, 9)
Bass: John Gilbin (1, 6, 7-9)
Guitar and backing vocals: Ian Barinson (1, 3, 5-8)
Keyboards: Ronnie Leahy
Sax: Dick Morrisay (2, 4)
Backing Vocals: Christopher Rainbow (2-4, 6, 8, 9)
Alto Sax: Johnny Dankworth (3)
Bass: Jack Bruce (4)
Guitar: Clem Clemson (4, 9)
Drums: Simon Phillips (4)
Bass: Mel (5)
Keyboards and vocals: Damian Anderson (5,9)
Delme String Quartet arranged by David Ogden (9)
Backing vocals and harmonies: Jade and Deborah Anderson (9)


Produced by Jon Anderson
All songs written by Anderson except "Heart Of The Matter" by Anderson/Leahy

Tracks:
1. For You For Me 04:23
2. Some Are Born 04:06
3. Don't Forget (Nostalgia) 03:02
4. Heart Of The Matter 04:21
5. Hear It 01:51
6. Everybody Loves You 04:03
7. Take Your Time 03:09
8. Days 03:30
9. Song Of Seven 11:16

Thanks to http://yescography.tripod.com/songofse.htm

HTH ;-)

Matthew S. Putzel

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Nov 12, 2003, 10:45:59 PM11/12/03
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Jeff Cox <jd...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Doesn't answer who the touring line up was....but I must point out that the
Ziplink links for Yescography are out of date. Yescography is at
http://yescography.tripod.com . I've been trying to reach Ziplink to have
them remove the old files, but I haven't been successful. Those have to be
at least four years old.

Matt


Norbert Becker

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Nov 13, 2003, 6:57:47 PM11/13/03
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I was at the Asbury Park show, and there was no sax. It was the great
Sancious.

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Rob Allen

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Norbert Becker" nlbe...@earthlink.net wrote:
>
>I was at the Asbury Park show, and there was no sax. It was the great
>Sancious.

some others guys were at Royal Albert Hall a couple of years earlier...they
were great too.

Rob "the reed player was *great*!" Allen


Henry Potts

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Nov 12, 2003, 3:30:55 PM11/12/03
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Jeff Cox <jd...@comcast.net> wrote [...]
>Thanks to http://www.ziplink.net/~mputzel/animatio.htm

That's an old link -- the most up-to-date version of the Yescography is
at <http://yescography.tripod.com>, although I don't think the entry for
_Animation_ has been updated.
--
Henry

guyman...@gmail.com

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On Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:22:13 PM UTC-8, Meng wrote:
> Can anyone tell me who was in the touring band for Anderson's 1982
> (Animation?) tour?
>
> TIA.

It was David Sancious Keyboards, Clem Clempson Guitar, Stefano Cerri Bass, Guy Shiffman Drums
I was the drummer on this tour...

ye...@hotmail.com

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Dec 11, 2013, 12:34:55 AM12/11/13
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Thanks for the reply, even if it did take over 10 years lol.

Unfortunately you're a bit late to the party, pretty much everyone has left, just a few stragglers, here & there......

--

Paul "crickets chirping" Goodwin

MarkF

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Dec 11, 2013, 11:38:12 AM12/11/13
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On November 11, 2003, Meng wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell me who was in the touring band for Anderson's
>>> 1982 (Animation?) tour?

On December 10, 2013, guyman...@gmail.com wrote:
>> It was David Sancious Keyboards, Clem Clempson Guitar, Stefano
>> Cerri Bass, Guy Shiffman Drums
>> I was the drummer on this tour...

On December 10, 2013, ye...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, even if it did take over 10 years lol.

And I predict he will be back to say "you're welcome" in 2023.

--
Mark "Guy Mann-Dude, now traveling near light speed" F

Tales From TopBLOGraphic Oceans
<http://markf-yeselpkrimson.blogspot.com/>

ccjemmett

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Dec 11, 2013, 6:06:05 PM12/11/13
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On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 11:38:12 AM UTC-5, MarkF wrote:
> On November 11, 2003, Meng wrote:
>
> >>> Can anyone tell me who was in the touring band for Anderson's
>
> >>> 1982 (Animation?) tour?
>
>
>
> On December 10, 2013, guyman...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >> It was David Sancious Keyboards, Clem Clempson Guitar, Stefano
>
> >> Cerri Bass, Guy Shiffman Drums
>
> >> I was the drummer on this tour...
>
>
>
> On December 10, 2013, ye...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the reply, even if it did take over 10 years lol.
>
>
>
> And I predict he will be back to say "you're welcome" in 2023.
>
>
>
> --
Read the whole thread. Gave me a big smile.


True

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Dec 11, 2013, 7:45:10 PM12/11/13
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Guy S: you are a terrific drummer. I caught 2 of those shows (NYC and NJ), they were great.
Can you talk a bit about the tour? Did you enjoy it, what was it like to work with JA and the others on that tour?

inelegy

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Dec 11, 2013, 10:55:46 PM12/11/13
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On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:06:05 PM UTC-6, ccjemmett wrote:

> Read the whole thread. Gave me a big smile.

Me too. The "good" old days of AMY . . .

Speaking of the old days, for those that haven't heard it, here's AMY veteran Steven Sullivan being interviewed about Voices For Yes and Forgotten Yesterdays on the Yes Music Podcast :

http://www.mulryne.com/yesmusicpodcast/episodes/episode-112-an-interview-with-steve-sullivan-from-forgotten-yesterdays-and-the-voices-for-yes-campaign/

ccjemmett

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Dec 12, 2013, 5:32:15 PM12/12/13
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Thanks!

JJ (UK)

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Dec 15, 2013, 7:05:18 PM12/15/13
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This used to be quite the hive of activity.

Along with many other newsgroups. It seems webpage based forums are the
preferred choice these days...

JJ (UK)

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guyman...@gmail.com

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Former drummer Guy Shiffman was signed to MCA as Guy Mann-Dude.

mechip...@gmail.com

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May 6, 2018, 4:16:58 AM5/6/18
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On Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at 3:19:49 PM UTC-8, Meng wrote:
> Can anyone tell me who was in the touring band for Anderson's 1982
> (Animation?) tour?
>
> TIA.

Well i was there for that tour with Jon, Chris Rainbow, Clarence, David Sancious back in 1982 at the rumble seat garage on the corner of PCH and Ximino in my hometown in Long Beach. Just a strip mall but the venue was cool. It once was a Music Plus store next to a laundry mat and a liquor store. what was cool, was that John Wait from the Babys was also in line. He played the next night. so very cool. i even had a chance to touch David S foot, no shoes just very white socks. AWESOME
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