This week Mark and I enjoyed thinking about what Billy Sherwood has contributed on bass to the last two Yes albums, The Quest and Mirror to the Sky. We each chose three examples of songs from those two records to talk about and shared our thoughts on whether Billy has continued the tradition of Chris Squire bass playing or gone his own way - or a combination of the two.
Is Billy channelling Chris?
What do we want from a 'new' bass player?
How does Billy's multi-instrumentalist pedigree affect his bass playing with Yes?
Billy Sherwood © William Mulryne
There wasn’t enough time to review the posts on the YMP Facebook discussion group this week but hopefully I’ll be able to get back to that next week.
Also, apologies to those who sent in entries to last week’s quiz. I haven’t forgotten and I’ll be announcing the winner next week.
Let us know if you agree with us!
https://youtu.be/um6t8pPsdCs?si=Q7bKYSQH4EAYkCik
https://youtu.be/9tqGzhLo0Fw?si=v6t-2YXWqh9LTR0I
https://youtu.be/jj2CulCC-uk?si=JvNCu-3aIoR1rldD
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