This week, I'm away for work so it's been impossible to create a full episode. However, there are two important Yes updated we need to cover so I attempted to connect with Mark from my hotel room - which worked, a bit...

So what we have is a very short episode covering the announcement of the US Tour dates for 2020 and the press release from Dave Watkinson which I've copied below:

JON

ANDERSON and THE WARRIORS

The Book, Vinyl

EP Record and Accrington Display

March – April –

May 2020

28 - March - Paperback Book

release

30 - March - Jon & The Warriors

Vinyl Demos EP Record release

27 - April - Accrington Library

Display Opening Day and Signing

30 - May - Accrington Library Display

- Warriors member - Signing 

 JON ANDERSON BOOK

Jon Anderson and The Warriors - the road to Yes

A meticulously researched book about Jon Anderson

and his early band The Warriors (who also featured future King Crimson drummer

Ian Wallace).

Published by Sonicbond Publishing in the UK it has

208 pages. It features 175 black and white photos and 44 in colour, most not

seen for more than 50 years.

Jon Anderson is the enigmatic lead singer and founding

member of Yes. He is also a composer, artist, writer, dreamer, lyricist, poet

and musician, with a career spanning more than fifty years. Many books have

been written about the band Yes, but until now none have covered Jon's early

years in his first band, The Warriors, in any detail. This group played a key

role in developing Jon's Anderson’s vocal range, work ethic and determination

to succeed, as well as giving him valuable experience in the music business, which

was of invaluable help as his career blossomed.

David Watkinson takes us on a journey from the

Lancashire beat music scene in the early 1960s to the vibrancy of London later

in the decade. In the short time The Warriors existed - from 1963 to 1967 -

they released a single, appeared on TV and in a movie, and spent a year

following in the Beatles footsteps as a working group in Germany.

As well as providing a complete history of The

Warriors, this book also follows Jon's subsequent career in London, his

appearances with Gun and his brief solo career as Hans Christian. He finally

met Chris Squire and found a home in Mabel Greer's Toyshop, as that group

gradually morphed into Yes during the summer of 1968. The book includes new

interviews with Jon and many members of The Warriors, through its various

line-up changes, most for the very first time. It also features a newly

researched family tree, long forgotten photographs, of both the Warriors and

the first line up of Yes, many items of memorabilia and an exclusive look into

the band’s diaries. It closes with a comprehensive discography and a

collectables section.

This unique and meticulously researched book will

delight both Yes and Jon Anderson fans as well as students of the 1960s music

scene. It is essential reading for all lovers of the world's greatest

progressive rock band, and fans of the genre's finest vocalist - Jon Anderson.

The Paperback edition signed by the author is

exclusively available through…