Jon Anderson 'YES' Legend Talks New Album with The Band Geeks!

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28-08-2024 • 30 minutos

JON ANDERSON AND THE BAND GEEKS RELEASE NEW ALBUM ENTITLED ‘TRUE’

AND TOURING “YES EPICS, CLASSICS, AND MORE”

ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT WITH ‘YES’ LEGENDARY SINGER JON ANDERSON!

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho

After months of anticipation, the debut album from Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks, “TRUE”, has been released. The nine-song album, produced by Jon and Richie Castellano, is the album YES fans worldwide have been waiting for since Jon’s departure from the band in 2008. The album’s centerpieces are two epic tracks, the 16 and a half minute “Once Upon a Dream” and the nearly 10 minute “Counties and Countries”. To celebrate the release, a video for “Counties and Countries” recently premiered.

The video was created by Jon’s long-time videographer Michael Byrne.

PLEASE WELCOME LEGENDARY SINGER… SONGWRITER... MUSICIAN… MOST RECOGNIZED AS THE VOICE OF ‘YES’ JON ANDERSON TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS …

PURCHASE

The new album

by

JON ANDERSON

AND THE BAND GEEKS

entitled

‘T R U E’

Available at

https://ffm.to/jonandersontrue

and amazon.com

"TRUE the new album by Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks exceeds expectations.

I consider it the best album of the year. Poetic songwriting, extraordinary musicians, Classic Yes demeanor and vocalizations.

Every track is a triumph, a genuine Progressive Rock masterpiece!"

5 stars

…By music journalist Ray Shasho

FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

JON ANDERSON

AND THE BAND GEEKS

VISIT

https://jonanderson.com/

Official website

https://www.facebook.com/TheJonAnderson/

Facebook

https://www.instagram.com/jonandersonmusic/

Instagram

Twitter - @JonYesEpic

Twitter

TikTok - @JonAndersonYESEpic

TikTok

YouTube - Jon Anderson YES Epics & Classics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIvSkw_3SAs1Yy2Ro68GzLw

https://richiecastellano.com/bandgeek/

Band Geek official website:

JON ANDERSON & THE BAND GEEKS

THE TOUR 2024

Jon and The Band Geeks commence leg 3 of their summer tour September 11 in Beverly, Mass.

All remaining dates are below:

9/11/2024 - Beverly MA - Cabot Theatre

9/13/2024 - Glenside PA - Keswick Theatre

9/15/2024 - Glenside PA - Keswick Theatre

9/19/2024 - Portchester NY - Capitol Theatre

9/21/2024 - Montclair NJ - Wellmont Theatre

9/27/2024 - Staten Island NY - St George Theatre

*w/Special Guests The Return of Emerson, Lake & Palmer

DISCOGRAPHY

JON ANDERSON

SOLO

Olias of Sunhillow (1976)

Song of Seven (1980)

Animation (1982)

3 Ships (1985)

In the City of Angels (1988)

Deseo (1994)

Change We Must (1994)

Angels Embrace (1995)

Toltec (1996)

Lost Tapes of Opio (1996)

The Promise Ring (1997)

Earth Mother Earth (1997)

The More You Know (1998)

Survival & Other Stories (2011)

1000 Hands: Chapter One (2019)

True (forthcoming, August 2024)

Pre Yes

The Warriors

- Singles :

1964 : "You Came Along" / "Don't Make Me Blue" (7", Single)

- Album :

2003 : Bolton Club 65 - Recorded live in 1965 and published on CD in 2003 on Voiceprint Label.

Yes

Yes (1969)

Time and a Word (1970)

The Yes Album (1971)

Fragile (1971)

Close to the Edge (1972)

Yessongs (1973) (triple live album)

Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973) (double studio album)

Relayer (1974)

Yesterdays (1975) (studio compilation including rare cuts)

Going for the One (1977)

Tormato (1978)

Yesshows (1980) (double live album, originally intended as triple)

Classic Yes (1980) (studio compilation with two bonus unreleased live cuts)

90125 (1983)

9012Live: The Solos (1985) (live)

Big Generator (1987)

Union (1991)

Yesyears (1991) (quadruple CD compilation box set including rare and unreleased tracks)

Talk (1994)

Keys to Ascension (1996) (studio & live double CD album)

Keys to Ascension 2 (1997) (studio & live double CD album)

Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969–1970 (1997; a.k.a. Astral Traveller)

Open Your Eyes (1997)

Yes, Friends and Relatives (1998) (double CD album compilation including remake of Owner of a Lonely Heart)

The Ladder (1999)

House of Yes: Live from House of Blues (2000) (double CD live album)

Magnification (2001)

In a Word: Yes (1969–) (2002) (quintuple CD compilation box set including rare and unreleased tracks)

The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection (2004) (U.S. triple CD album edition including unreleased acoustic versions)

The Word Is Live (2005) (triple CD live album)

Live at Montreux 2003 (2007) (double CD live album)

Union Live (2011) (double CD live album)

Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two (2015) (14-CD live box set)

Jon and Vangelis

Studio albums

Short Stories (1980)

The Friends of Mr Cairo (1981)

Private Collection (1983)

Page of Life (1991)

Page of Life (1998) (Alternate version not approved by Vangelis)

Compilations

The Best of Jon and Vangelis (1984)

Chronicles (1994)

Anderson, Harley & Batt

Whatever You Believe (1988) (charity single)

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)

In the Big Dream - A Video Compilation (1989) (video)

An Evening of Yes Music Plus (1993) (double live album, recorded in 1989)

An Evening of Yes Music Plus (1993) (video)

Live at the NEC (2012) (2CD + 1DVD live album, recorded in 1989)

Anderson/Wakeman

The Living Tree (2010)

The Living Tree in Concert Part One (2011) (CD live album)

Jon Anderson & Matt Malley

Family Circle (2014) (download only charity single)

Anderson-Ponty Band

Better Late Than Never (2015) (CD/DVD live album)

Jon Anderson & Roine Stolt

Invention of Knowledge (June 2016)[8][9]

Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman

Live at the Apollo (2018) (2CD live album)

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