Rick Wakeman: No More Yes Reunions
The band\'s former keyboardist says that the classic line-up will never reunite again
Rick has been speaking to Classic Rock Revisited about the possibility of a reunion with his former bandmates at some point in the future, but it's not looking likely.
When asked if he will ever play with the band Yes again, Rick Wakeman answers with a resounding, "No." This one simple word is a huge statement coming from the man whose roots go back to the band’s 1971 classic album Fragile. Rick has made it known that he does not agree with the recent decision his former band mates made when they sought out a replacement for Yes vocalist Jon Anderson on YouTube during a time when Anderson was physically unable to perform.
"What Chris Squire, Alan White and Steve Howe do is their business and it is for them to decide what they do in the same way that I make my own decisions as to what I want to do," Wakeman continues, "All I will say is that I did have dreams as to how I saw Yes in it’s twilight years but those dreams are now passed and totally unachievable, so life moves on."
When asked if he is angry or hurt by his band mate’s behavior Rick says, "I’ve moved on."
Rick and Jon have indeed released an album titled The Living Tree. When the inquiry is raised that perhaps the two reunited out of spite against Yes, Wakeman unequivocally states, "Absolutely not. Jon and I enjoy writing together and we have been on a parallel musical route and journey for some years now. It was really the most natural thing to do. We didn’t simply do it because we could. We did it because we felt we had something together musically that was worthwhile; that’s the principal we work on."
You can read the interview HERE