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The Yes Album is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Chet Atkins and Mason Williams. Those roots explain a lot about how The Yes Album arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Going for the One, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Geddy Lee and Tony Banks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around The Yes Album, reaching back through Chet Atkins and forward to Geddy Lee. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Yes Album is the third studio album by English progressive rock band Yes, released in the UK on 19 February 1971 and in the US on 19 March 1971 by Atlantic Records. It was the band's first album to feature guitarist Steve Howe, who replaced Peter Banks in 1970, as well as their last to feature keyboardist Tony Kaye until 1983's 90125.
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The Yes Album grew out of Chet Atkins and Mason Williams, shares an orbit with Going for the One, went on to shape Geddy Lee and Tony Banks. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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