One of the founding members of a band I have loved and followed since I first heard them over 44 years ago has died.
Peters Banks was the original guitarist for Yes. As noted in the obituary, he recorded the first two albums with them before being asked to leave, to be replaced by Steve Howe.
The video below is from 2007 and shows a performance by Banks of a piece from his first solo album, Two Sides of Peter Banks, which was released in 1973.
I have written elsewhere about the peculiarity of certain musicians within certain milieu. …