From an interview with Alan White by Mike Tiano, 1993: MOT: Going back to just before 90125 Eddie Jobson was invited to join the band, in fact he's the one we see in the "Owner of a Lonely Heart" video. Did he actually ever play with the band? AW: Just in rehearsal. I don't think he got on with a couple of the members in the band, maybe I should just leave it at that! He was just a funny character to have to deal with in a band, it just didn't seem right. And really I think Tony Kaye really never left the band or anything, it was just a real odd thing that came down; I think Tony Kaye didn't fall out with the rest of the band, he fell out with [90125 producer] Trevor Horn and they hadn't got on to well. And now it's pretty solid. MOT: Did Eddie ever play violin in those rehearsals? AW: Yeah he did, a couple of times he worked the violin and it was quite interesting...you had to see a solo electric violin played along with Yes, but he did, he had it out a couple of times. And he's not a bad guy, I mean I don't mind him at all, it's just like he was a little bit of a prima donna kind of thing. You know we all turned up for the video and he had to have his own room and put his own makeup on himself and stuff and we were kind of looking at each other, going, "He's putting his own makeup on, he doesn't want to use the makeup artist!" (laughs) And those kind of things, you know, and I thought we might be getting ourselves into some hot water here, but I think that's what everybody [else in the band] thought. The entire contents of this Alan White interview are (c) 1993, Mike Tiano 200 SW Clark St. #C Issaquah, WA 98027 for Notes From The Edge, Jeff Hunnicutt, Editor All rights reserved ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive From: afirmin@Ingres.COM (Anthony Firmin) Date: 16 Jun 93 00:51:49 GMT Matt Thallmayer (mathias@elroy.ocis.temple.edu) wrote: : I was looking over the Pete Frame family tree for Jethro Tull : from the 20th Anniversary box set, and I noticed that Eddie : Jobson played with Yes in June of '83. Let's see now that makes You are correct he was a member of Yes, for about 2 months. However I thought it was later in the year !? : Curved Air, Roxy Music, King Crimson, Zappa, UK, Jethro Tull, : and Yes. What's next? Eddie(Job)son, Lake & Palmer 8-). (I'm : sorry, I couldn't resist.) From what I remember there were some problems Tony Kaye and the 90125 tour (that is he didn't want to!!) so Jobson joined and did rehearsals with the band. - own up now, who cheered - There was an extensive interview with Yes in the English rock newspaper 'Sounds' around the time of EJ's arrival and I distinctly remember a picture of CS sitting in a large chair surrounded by the rest of the band. Can't remember much more about it other than TK changed his mind a few weeks after the interview was published, rejoined the band and the rest ( as they say) is history. - okay, who booed ? - I don't believe anything was recorded, but, considering the (reported) availability of studio outtakes - I don't have any myself - somebody, somewhere must have a bootlegged tape of the rehearsals. I guess this now prompts more questions than it answers !! ..Anthony (I am not anti-Kaye but I know others are. If you are listen again to the first record - it has some excellent playing on it). I also love UK/Jobson's playing but don't hold it against me !! ----------- / MMMM GGGG \ | M M M GG | Anthony Firminafirmin@ingres.com | M M M G | Ingres Technical Support | M M M G GG | 510 748 2905 | M M M GG | / \ M M GGGG / "MGB's and current raves"-8-) ----------- \ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: craigs@pyrtech.mis.pyramid.com (Craig Shipley) Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive Date: 15 Jun 1993 20:53:03 -0700 Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation NNTP-Posting-Host: pyrtech.mis.pyramid.com In article <1993Jun14.171410.11287@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> mathias@elroy.ocis.temple.edu (Matt Thallmayer) writes: > >I was looking over the Pete Frame family tree for Jethro Tull >from the 20th Anniversary box set, and I noticed that Eddie >Jobson played with Yes in June of '83. Let's see now that makes >Curved Air, Roxy Music, King Crimson, Zappa, UK, Jethro Tull, >and Yes. What's next? Eddie(Job)son, Lake & Palmer 8-). (I'm >sorry, I couldn't resist.) > >Anyway, my querys are: What were the circumstances of Jobson/Yes? >Why didn't it work out? Was any material recorded? Did they perform? > Well, I'll be damnned! Guess what I just happen to have in my briefcase? The July '84 issue of KEYBOARD, with an interview of Tony Kaye!! Let's see, ah, here it is, the Jobson situation. Seems that Jobson was proclaimed the keyboardist for the 90210, errr, 90125 tour lineup. Kaye apparently did do tthe majority of the keyboard parts, but at some point, his involvement was "interrupted", reason unexplained. The article states that in the interum a number of the keyboard parts were in fact recorded by Rabin and Trevor Horn, prior to Jobson's involvement. Jobson flew to England for the "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" video shoot and a photo session. Somewhere during that time, Kaye got back into the group. But within two months, Jobson was out and Kaye was _the_ keyboardist. Seems that the band was going to go on the road with both keboardists, but Jobson objected to the arrangement and resigned. As for the material recorded, beats me. From what the article states, the keyboard work on 90125 is by Rabin, Kaye and Horn. It dosen't seem likely that Jobson recorded anything with Yes. Did they perform; no, not at all from what this article states. It was Kaye all the way on the tour (with a little off-stage help from Casey Young, the keyboard systems designer & off-stage synthesist). The article also talks about the band Cinema. It was Squire, White, Kaye & Rabin to start with. Rabin did the vocals. The band felt that there was something missing in the vocal department, so Squire got Anderson to do some additional vocals. At some point in time, Anderson became an intregal part of Cinema. Shortly thereafter, Cinema became Yes. Confused? That's OK, me too! >Mathias ----m------- Craig Shipley aka: craigs@pyrtech.pyramid.com ---mmm----- Pyramid Technology Corporation***std disclaimer apply*** --mmmmm--- 10010 Junction Dr. Suite 112 -mmmmmmm- Annapolis Junction, MD 20701 (301) 725-5705