Mike Reiss

Sunday, January 19, 2014 3:13 AM

I was at this show. It was part of WMGK's let freedom rock fest series that they do every year on July fourth. Despite wearing earplugs I could tell it was an off night especially for Benoit David who's voice missed the mark a few times. In all honesty Yes were pretty bad that night and was definitely a low point for me and I definitely feel Styx blew them off stage. It didn't really hit me until after the show how lame Yes were and how good Styx were. I think one thing that disappointed me was Yes's set list which was pretty standard except for maybe one or two songs from Drama. The band just weren't really into it. They tried but Yes has seen better days. Another thing was that most of the fans there seemed to be very casual Yes fans at best. I'm guessing most of the die hards were not interested because of who was not in the Yes lineup. Still I know of a few hardcore fans who did attend.