Who is the sixth member of Yes? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

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So, that's none of the other 15 or so musicians who have actually been members of Yes, but the guy who painted some of their album covers. Makes sense.

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Rabin, Kaye, of course Bruford. All three were very significant. Kaye probably deserves it though for being with the band on more records than the other two and being apart of both the 70s and 80s lineup.

EDIT: misread the question. I thought you meant in terms of significance which member is outside of the most stable lineup if you can call it that. Not really sure if Yes gets a sixth member. Genesis definitely had one with Tony Stratton Smith.

Edited by fudgenuts64 - June 01 2015 at 20:52

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Think how many prog bands since have utilised that signature sound. It denoted Yes (and prog) as much as anything.

I suppose though the serious answer has to be Roger Dean. Any other bands that were so tightly associated with the artwork as Yes were? I would struggle to think of any.

According to this http:////progarchy.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/prog-mag-yes-poster-at-9401.jpg the sixth member of Yes was Dave Potts (no, me neither) as the first five were Banks, Squire, Anderson, Bruford and Kaye. He appears to have been in the band for 5 days in place of Bruford.

This appears to be the chap in question - http://www.praying-mantis.com/mantis/davepotts.shtml

" I was actually with Yes for about a week. What it was, was they were looking for a drummer and I lived with Jon Anderson. I rehearsed with them for about a week. At the end of the week they had to make a decision about which drummer they kept and Jack Barry tells me that he suggested they keep this drummer called Tony Kelly that used to be with the Koobas."

So Dave Potts is the Pete Best of Yes!

Edited by chopper - June 03 2015 at 05:08

Dean wrote:

So, that's none of the other 15 or so musicians who have actually been members of Yes, but the guy who painted some of their album covers. Makes sense.

For or us of the older generation, vinyl album covers were part of the listening experience. Btw, I once saw this sorry chap who wore an embroidered sweater that featured Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon prism refracted album cover art plastered on it.

Now, that doesn't make much sense either, does it?

Edited by SteveG - June 03 2015 at 16:54

^I'm quite sure that this bloke had a sweater, not a jacket. I would have emphasized the distinction had I known that you also had similar attire that made little sense. My apologies.

Edited by SteveG - June 04 2015 at 15:02

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^That stuff is dope! Roger Dean is Dabomb!

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