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My problem with the Welch book is that he didn't really exploit his relationship with the band to do some real digging. He repeats all the same plaudits, and then sort of gave them a pass with some lukewarm criticisms. He's the one British journalist who spent a lot of time with, and would have really know these guys way back when. But you wouldn't really get that by reading his book. And I'm not talking about the rock star crap, but what the hell DID happen with the rumored near-split between Chris and Jon in '73? If anyone should have been able to find out it would have been Welch. Was he sworn to secrecy? If so he had no business writing the book.
I'm holding out for the Wilson-mixed 5.1 super-duper walletbuster special anniversary extra adjectives edition.
The average accounting firm has more drama and "rock star stuff" than Genesis ever did.
I'm not saying that Yes in their heyday were choirboys (Squire was actual ex-choirboy, of course...), but it was nothing like what many of their contemporaries were doing.
Part of the problem might also be that we've had very few Yes autobiographies (and I confess not to have read the Wakeman or Banks books yet). Yes kept their business very private, so it's tough for an outside writer to get much of a glimpse into the machine. I don't know how interested Anderson or Howe would be in total honesty, but I'd be interested in reading whatever they had to say. Bruford's book was fascinating. It's such a shame that we'll never get a Chris Squire memoir, because I think he had the best tales to tell and would have been the most willing to do so.
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Did John Kirkman write the intro to this or something?
The Hedges is by far the best but if you can't get it (or afford it) then the Welch book is the next best thing.
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