When Steve plays it, you can feel his deep connection to this song. Tucked away in the song The Ancient is a little segment they like to call Leaves of Green. It would not be a Yes concert without at least one Steve Howe solo. It was nearly 20 minutes of seat gripping bliss. When the performance started again they opened with possibly their most inspiring song from Tales from Topographic Oceans The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn). The band took an intermission and fans made their way to the wine tables in the lobby still high from the opus they just experienced. But Jon Davison’s soaring vocals match so well you may never know you were listening to a different person. I would have never imagined that anyone could fill Jon Anderson’s shoes. If anyone in the audience had any reservations about seeing them live without their original line up those reservations were a distant memory. The first set was inspiring and immaculately performed. The Drama album was followed up by You and I from their 1972 Close To The Edge album and Perpetual Change from their 1971 The Yes Album. Nearly every song yielded a standing ovation from the crowd and some people stood up alone when the feeling moved them to do so. “Shying away from their main stream hits for this tour, as a gift to their fans base, they began their set by playing all six songs of the Drama album. YES ‘Album Series’ Tales/Drama USA Tour Reviews
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