Michael Dearing

@Rhino_Records My favorite Yes album to this day!

ALBUM OF THE DAY: Yesshows by Yes Six years after Yes’ first live album, bassist Chris Squire was asked to comb through hours of tapes for a follow-up; YESSHOWS arrived in late 1980 shortly before the group (temporarily) disbanded. With no duplicated songs from the previous set, the double album drew from tours supporting RELAYER, GOING FOR THE ONE and TORMATO and, except for a couple cuts with Patrick Moraz on keyboards, featured the Anderson-Howe-Squire-Wakeman-White line-up in its prime. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers were legendary for virtuoso performances that could recreate – and top - even the most complex studio arrangements, and epic versions of “The Gates of Delirium” and “Ritual” will wow even hardcore fans. Complemented by cover art from Roger Dean, YESSHOWS distills the golden age of progressive rock into a concert album brimming with passion and invention. rhino.com/aod/yesshows-y…

@DefLeppard I saw them (and Scorpions) opening for Ted Nugent - Nashville 1980!

"It just clicked." Joe talks early days of Def Leppard. When did you first discover the band?

@MarkMittelberg @HeidiMitt Happy Birthday!!!

A huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my wonderful and amazing wife, Heidi @HeidiMitt!! 🥳🥳 I love you with all my heart!! ❤️‼️

A classic!

This one came up today from David Coverdale’s much missed X page - Classic! 😆

@ThePoliceBand The hardest song to get right I’ve ever played in a cover band to this day!

"It's very very simple but very very challenging because it's on the knife's edge" - Stewart on Spirits in the Material World 🥁

@_paulrodgers @JimmyPage @ChrisSladeDrums @FretlessMonster I guess a reunion is out of the question - might box sets and/or remasters be possible?

The Firm by The Firm was released on this day in 1985. @jimmypage, @chrissladedrums on drums and @fretlessmonster Tony Franklin on bass. What funk we had!

@ProgMagazineUK @yesofficial Fish Out Of Water!

So what's your favourite solo album from a member of @yesofficial then? Tell us here, or get involved in the debate in the comments section of the story itself... loudersound.com/music/albums/b…

@20th_Centurygal Has Fight Fire With Fire from Kansas been mentioned yet?

Keeping it simple today Name a song that mentions “fire” in the title or lyrics… 🎶🔥 Let's see how many gems we can come up with...🔥

@MarkMittelberg So sorry to hear Mark, but glad there’s celebration also!

Hi, friends. Earlier this week I lost my father, friend, and much-loved mentor, O. H. "Mitt" Mittelberg. He was 98 years old, had been a devout follower of Jesus for almost 8 decades, and he was beyond ready to go home to his Savior (and to my mom who died 6 years earlier). We're very sad at his loss, but also thankful that he has graduated to the heavenly home he was so confident of (see John 14:1-4, 1 John 5:11-13). If you'd like to know more about this wonderful man, I talk about him in both the Confident Faith and Contagious Faith books—as well as in the obituary linked below. Hug your loved ones today, friends. Really cherish them in ways they can see and feel. God's most important gifts to us are his offer of eternal life through Christ and the people he surrounds us with. And the only thing we can take with us into heaven is... people. 🙏🏼❤️ pikefh.com/obituaries/orl…

The weapon of choice this AM at @BelleAireBC - the lightest one I own! Services are at 9:00 & 10:30 and thankfully we have a LOT of baptisms today - come see us!

@Mikehomeseller Hemispheres, because it was my first Rush album - and that tour was the first time I got to see them!

Which Rush album do you prefer? #mikesquestions #Rush

@Mikehomeseller Yes - in Memphis at Mid-South Coliseum and in Nashville at Municipal Auditorium. Both in 1982 about six months apart on the Ghost In The Machine tour! And both were great, as you would expect.

Have you ever seen the band The Police in concert? #mikesquestions #ThePolice

@Mikehomeseller Yes - the Double Trio in the mid 90s in Cincinnati and the last lineup at the Ryman in Nashville in 2019. Very different, but both were stellar shows!

Have you ever seen the band King Crimson in concert? #mikesquestions #KingCrimson

@RushHistory2112 I saw both those tours in Nashville within a few weeks of each other!

September 23, 1980, Rush played with Saxon at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio 🇺🇸 for the Moving Pictures warm up tour.

Apparently it’s my X Anniversary - celebrate accordingly… 🤓 Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

@RushHistory2112 @rushtheband Mission is my favorite on that one - I was fortunate enough to see the tour also!

September 8, 1987, Rush release ‘Hold Your Fire’ What is your favorite song or memory from this album and tour? #RushFamily #HoldYourFire

@ALANJARDINE Happy Birthday, Al - hope it’s a great one and thanks for the music!

Happy Birthday Al Jardine! 🎉🎁🎈Al will read all of your birthday wishes when he returns to Earth! 🚀🌎☀️ Photo by Mary Ann Jardine 📸 #beachboys #aljardine #birthday 🥳

@BlackSabbath I was just listening to that yesterday!

August 20, 2002 ‘PAST LIVES’ was released

@BrianWilsonLive That tour was the first time I saw Brian (at Fontanel in Nashville) - and thankfully not the last! Tremendous show.

10 years ago! The great Rodriguez opened for Brian on his 2015 Summer tour. Who was there?