I’d like to start this new version of the Distal Muse with a few words on the band that has been the center of my musical aesthetic for over 35 years.
How do you explain the connection made between audience and artist that is instant and somehow never fades? I don’t know. It’s the closest thing I’ve ever experienced to magic (with the single exception of falling in love…but, I suppose, they are related experiences).
I’ve been listening to YES since I was fifteen, maybe sixteen. It’s difficult to remember exactly now. It was shortly after I got my first stereo.Â