Stand For The Frail (Demo)

It took a while, but this sixth entry in the series of "unreleased Nashville demo recordings" was recently discovered, making a complete double trilogy of "Bobby & the Yup family" acetates from 1959. But this one just features Bobby solo: a voice (of sorts), a guitar, and a mouth harp... exploring the "protest song" genre way back when.

He thought YES would be a good band name. . .

(1947-2013)

To Peter Banks,

With a wave and a thanks,

We say goodbye to all that.

The Brotherhood of the Traveling YesPants

The tale... no, the legend... of The Brotherhood of the Traveling YesPants begins in the hazy 1970s with none other than the iconic Jon Anderson:

Over the decades, several have tried to join The Brotherhood, with varying success:

“Look, Christopher! I am wearing Jon’s YesPants! Trés chic, no?” “No. You’re fired.”

“I thought the memo read white specs, not white slacks.”

(Alan read the memo correctly and was a skillful ballplayer in his day.)

Ideally, the Traveling YesPants should always remain with the lead singer...

... because they might otherwise get stretched out beyond repair!

The Traveling YesPants, today...

... and perhaps tomorrow? Joining The Brotherhood, Will?

Postscript: Until the Traveling YesPants are returned one day to the founder of The Brotherhood, they seem destined to be saddled with a curse:

Owner of a Lonely Shart.