Guitarist Johnny Bruhns joins us for an interview! We’ll be talking a bit about a recent album he played on titled Tempus Sidereum II, as well as his history with Yes music and Yes members! He used to be in Yes tribute band Roundabout with Jon Davison, rehearsed with Yes in 2008 as they waited for Steve Howe to join the In The Present Tour rehearsals, played with Tony Kaye and Billy Sherwood in both Yoso and Circa, was chosen by Chris Squire to play guitars when Chris was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Bass Player Live in 2012, played with Awaken: The Yes Music Experience, and has played with Yes tribute band Total Mass Retain. Join us as Johnny gives an update on how he’s been doing, and sheds light on the future of TMR.

Dan and Steven go live with the first Yesshift episode of the year, and also the first Yesshift News Desk Edition of the year. Off the top, we acknowledge the passing of Peter Banks' Flash bandmate Colin Carter. We also give January birthday shout-outs to Tony Kaye, Trevor Rabin, and Jon Davison. And the news items include how you can get involved in a Chris Welch Q&A we're hosting via www.DrumTalkTVBrilliance.com , a new set of tour dates for Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks (which includes changes in the personnel), and some upcoming releases pertaining to Yes, Yes members, and prog rock.

We talk about recent Christmas releases (Trevor Horn's 40th anniversary mix of Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" available at https://bandaid.lnk.to/BA40 Steve Howe's "12 Guitars of Christmas" available with lyrics at https://yesworld.com/ and John Lodge's Christmas single "Love Will Conquer All.") Then we'll do a 2024 year in review, recapping Yes and Yes member-related events and releases of the past year, and then look over the horizon to what we have to look forward to in 2025.

Today sees the announcement of live album and video Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks - Live - Perpetual Change! This will be released March 14, 2025 via Frontiers Music. This show was recorded at the Aracada Theater in St. Charles, Illinois on their August 2023 summer tour. Pre-order here: https://ffm.to/jonandersonperpetualchange And check out the "And You And I" video here: https://youtu.be/nTGt2rr0o74

Steven shares his thoughts on The Jethro Tull Christmas Album - Fresh Snow at Christmas, which you can order here: https://jethrotullband.lnk.to/JethroTullChristmasAlbum This includes the original 2003 mix of the album, the 2024 remixes, Christmas Live at St. Braide's 2008, and The Ian Anderson Band Live at St. Bride's 2006. The physical deluxe box set includes these on four CDs, PLUS the blu-ray includes Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound & High Resolution 24/44 Stereo Mixes of The Jethro Tull Christmas Album, as well as High Resolution 24/44 Stereo Mixes of ‘Christmas Live at St Brides 2008’. All packaged in a hardcover bookset, with brand new artwork & liner notes.

Ahead of its 50th anniversary, we talk about the legendary 1974 Yes album Relayer! This was such an interesting period for the band, featuring a lineup of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Patrick Moraz, Chris Squire, and Alan White. We'll be reading some comments reflecting on this album! Where does the album rank for you?

Steven gets caught up on recent Yes and related news. One thing covered midway through will be the "Dare to Know" situation, and the band's response. (You can read Jon Davison's statement here: https://www.yesworld.com/2024/11/jon-davison-statement-november-2024/ and Steve Howe's statement here: https://www.facebook.com/yestheband/posts/pfbid02jJDLTcTRFF5BqSQ1PqQPd9PUEnyihYmPqBURWPdXoXKjumVuSfzsRacW6feTidSxl ) Other topics include the passing of Peter Sinfield, an ABWH rerelease, updates that have come out about Jon Anderson's projects, and more.