Yes Cofounder Peter Banks Dead at 65
. Banks, performed on the first two Yes albums, and went on to go on to form Flash and release 3 well-received albums (Flash, In The Can, Out Of Our Hands). With an admitted fondness for improvisation, music critics touted Banks as a cross between Pete Townshend and Wes Montgomery. Even Pete Townshend, one night after witnessing a YES performance, walked up to Banks, slapped him on the back and said, "You're great!" During his career, Banks released 5 solo albums and had been active recently with acts such as Harmony and Diversity, Prog Collective, ANT-BEE and Days Between Stations. Banks first solo album Two Sides Of Peter Banks is considered by many as one of the great prog records of all time and features an all-star line-up of Jan Akkerman, Phil Collins and John Wetton. Peter was putting on the final touches of the long awaited live recording FLASH - IN PUBLIC CD set for release on Cleopatra Records at the time of his passing. more on this story Gibson.com is an official news provider for the antiMusic.com.
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