Today comes the news that Yes’ Alan White is being replaced for the next run of shows with a relative unknown, due to White needing urgent surgery to deal with a back injury. Though the plan is for White to return to the band once he’s fully fit, it does leave guitarist Steve Howe as the only remaining member of the classic 70s band.
I know the music is greater than the musicians, and they’re already without any remaining founder members since the tragic death of Chris Squire. But isn’t it getting a little bit silly now?
Yes
And you win the prize for the most succinct and appropriate comment in the history of this blog…
Rather disappointed that this post wasn’t titled “Going For(th) (with) The One”.