The French Canadian vocalist went from fronting a Yes cover act to singing for the real band, but things grew very tense when his voice started to give out.
Why do you think prog rock is so big in Montreal? I know bands like Genesis have huge followings there.
The Musical Box would painstakingly recreate Genesis shows with costumes and the same lighting and everything, down to small details, even the haircuts. How was your approach different in Close to the Edge? Oh yes. I was working hard. I had a family. Kids. I was selling appliances in a Sears store for a living. I was making a living.I had to work during the weekends at Sears, and I hated that. And so I started selling used cars across the street at Toyota. That freed up the weekends, which I spent with my kids.Yes was supposed to be playing this big festival in Quebec City, Summer Festival. It was a big thing. Everybody was telling me about it.
Did you have any concerns at this point? To many Yes fans, I’m sure the idea of replacing Jon was sacrilegious. The tour kicked off Nov. 4, 2008 in Hamilton, Ontario. What was it like walking onstage and kicking off with “Siberian Khatru?”I’m trying to remember. I think probably the second show would be more of a landmark for me, the one we played at Massey Hall in Toronto. The Hamilton gig was the first show, but we had been playing the songs over and over for two weeks. And each time I played a Yes concert, it started with “Siberian Khatru.
You played “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” too. That surprised me since I know Steve doesn’t love playing that song.to play this song.” But he’d play it in his own way. The guitar solo wasn’t the same. He played it the way he wanted.Unfortunately for Close to the Edge, I had to give that up. It didn’t feel right for me to be in a cover band when I was in the band. I knew that after being the singer in a band, I wouldn’t go back to being a cover singer.
How was Oliver doing? It had to be psychologically daunting to face hardcore Yes fans every night and play his father’s parts. Are you reading reviews of the concerts? Are you going online and seeing the fan reactions to what you’re doing? I get why Trevor wanted Geoff on the album instead of Oliver. They obviously go way, way back. But why did Oliver leave the touring band also?
That band is a hell of a band, I tell you. They’re tight. Way tighter than Yes was at that time. I shouldn’t say stuff like that. Can somebody sue me for this this shit?Yeah. OK. But Styx were great. That [Lawrence] Gowan guy, that Canadian…they were a really good band. They didn’t care much for me, though. I wasn’t part of the major band. I was like a hired hand. That’s unfortunate, so I didn’t get to spend much time with them. But hey, what a band!That’s a way of saying it.
Yes. My voice definitely started…something happened on the tour with Styx. That’s when I started feeling it.It must have been really stressful going onstage every night knowing you can’t rely on your voice like you did in the past. I really went crazy. I gave him shit like crazy. I’ve never done that with anybody. I haven’t done it to anybody since. He was saying, “Put yourself together, man. You’re going to ruin my career!” I started to understand how things were working. Something broke inside of me.It was on a double bill with Styx, which was perfect. They played first. We were playing after. We drove from New York City. It was a summer place on the beach…Jones Beach. It was a great outside theater on the water.
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