I remenber YES many years ago in Rome. They opened the show with this song but, due the terrific acoustic on Palasport concrete-made, i never heard the bass...then tecnicians modified something to have a good concert...
They should have reversed the track order on CTTE - this has “album opener” written all over it - and concert opener too! Steve’s riff here is one of his best ever! Great cover!
I'm trying to play Heart of the Sunrise and Howe's playing is really weird, his picking style is really confusing to get down and his phrasing of riffs are hard to get down at some times, especially when its doubled by organ and getting in sync with it.
Nice job. This is a perfect demonstration of why Bill Bruford called Yes compositions "head arrangements." What made the band so great is how they made playing a song like this sound so effortless.
Why did TH-cam wait nearly 7 years to recommend this to me? Truly a superlative rendition! But now imagine singing the harmonies at the same time...even Howe has said he has a great deal of difficulty doing so.
Agree, Steve is the best. The way he fuses jazz and rock and effortlessly meanders around the fret board with jazz cords between time signatures (as if he's pondering what to play next or just improvising) is truly amazing. Even infusing rockabilly. For all his talent, he never lets you forget that his music has humble beginnings and it's a shame he's under appreciated. Masterful composer. Siberian Khatru is grounded in rock while at the same time, the lap steel transports you into a different world. You captured the song as it spoke to me after all these years. You have a great talent - thank you!
Truly awesome, I could never imagine playing that, Steve Howe is too hard for me to try, love the slide guitar, nearly got the Steve Howe head movement right too.
It is a pity that you will never be appreciated enough since even the Steve Howe himself could not get the appreciation he deserved.. for me he is the best guitarist ever. His ability of playing and composing is way beyond every guitar players and even guitarists you can name of. Well played July!
Thanks a lot. There is no problem in no being popular. I mean i make this videos becouse I love the man and his music. I think the same. I think Steve is incredible. He has amazing skills in the instrument but is even better in composition and arragment. I really love his music soo much! I'm soo happy that you enjoy the video The best to you
I could only move my body to this song for years this guy is actually playing it, pretty awesome!! Saw Yes 40 times live loved every show. Best band all-time in my opinion!!
Steve Howe has always been my favorite guitarist and you give me hope in carrying the torch so to speak on enlightening a new generation of musicians to Yes
Sharing on my FB feeds. Great performance. Love the tone as well. I realize this is from seven years ago. I hope you have enjoyed a phenomenal musical experience since!
:) thanks Matt . Yeah all what Steve Howe play is hard to play HAHAHA but I love so much to play his parts. He is really an amazing guitarrist . The best to you and thanks very very much to wach my videos
Isolation of instruments shows how each member of Yes served the song, and Siberian Khatru is easily the best example, since it's one of the most logically assembled of all YesSongs. There was no lead guitar break, but Steve was playing lead throughout! It can be argued that the lead instrument is the bass! But again, Chris served the song by playing what it required.
July you are amazing. Ive been playing since 1979 and I've always stayed away from Steve's stuff (my favorite guitarist and reason I play guitar today) but you have inspired me, now I can play Clap, Heart of the Sunrise and I'm working on Siberian Khatru and enjoying every minute of it. I guess I was intimidated, you've gotten me past that thank you so so much!
+David Kovak Hi David! thanks a lot really :) I try my best. What you have said is one of the best thing something could tell me, I'm very happy that I help you to get close of Steve amazing playing. Thebest to you !!
I just figured out Roundabout, and met a Drummer and Bass player who love Yes. Oh and just moved to Florida, life is good, I wish you well my new friend, if you ever come to the US you are always welcome in my house!
You definitely cover the subtle nuances of Steve Howe's guitar playing quite well. If I was not a looking at a video, I would swear it was the man himself playing. Excellent job!
Damn dude. Impressed. That song really puts you through the paces. You really showcase Howe's varied techniques and guitar shredding calisthenics. Well done.
Awesome! Hope you’re in a Yes cover band w like minded and talented musicians. We’ll need the music to go on long after all the original band members are gone. ❤
Truly Great! I'm an old Yes/Steve fan and a guitar player myself. Have to say congratulations for the more than excelent job... Great tone, great chops, very accurate and nice feeling. You've played very complex parts with no effort!! Amazing...
Seriously nice job covering this upscale piece of music. Btw: Have you ever heard the "live version" of this song on the "Yessongs Album"? Mr Howe completely slams it outta the ballpark with the lead guitar in the last 2 minutes of the song. Listen to it & I guarantee you'll want to play it it.
mark korhin 1 second ago when I was around four years old a few members of yes came to our house. Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, bill buford, chris squire, They were looking for ideas for songs and I remember all of us placing our hands together as we were in a circle, a way to signify the forming of the band or should I say new band as steve was the new guitarist for the album. Jon was indeed a sound chaser and we had an old piano that had one low note that would only play if you hit the key real hard. listen to the cresndo of the piano at the end of and you and I and you will hear the note added in. our upstairs sink had a unique drip sound but only when you could get a drop of water to go straight down the drain to plop into the water at the bottom. you can hear this on close to the edge during the water dripping part towards the middle of the song. we had a microscope and my dad told us to go get a drop of water from outside in the bushes. jon and I got a dew drop which is mentioned in close to the edge, anyway a dew drop from a spiders web provided interesting viewing under the microscope clips of which are on the yessongs video live version of close to the edge towards the beginning. I pieced this together many years after but my dad put some of his seed as jon put it on one of the slides to look at under the microscope. It can be seen also on live video of close to the edge yessongs version. They look as if they are deformed sperm but are in fact almost 100 percent testosterone with the story being that you can see forms of every animal on earth in the sperm. thus jon called them the seeds of life on and you and I. we talked a lot about different topics such as the color of the sky mentioned on close to the edge. It was a summer evening as the sun set and I called it a magenta color sky. I wasn't even in grade school at the time in Michigan but remember mentioning the distinct seasons in Michigan. this is a subtitle on close to the edge: seasons of man. I was asked what I do with myself and in my bedroom I said here is where I get up in the morning and where I lay down at night. jon changed it to I get up I get down for the album. being the sound chaser jon searched for sounds to put on tape and I said well the birds sing. so on tape they went to start close to the edge. later my cousin had an annoying flute like thing he recorded that ended up on the beginning of sound chaser on the relayer album. my cousin said it would be difficult to put the annoying flute noise to music but it fits in nicely. many more stories to tell of this time period. you see I am the Man jon sings about on and you and I although I was only a boy at the time jon said I was a man or male gender I think he meant. but jons sings about me throughout the song and I am indeed now the man maturing in his eyes. my dads friend at the time was mr clay forget his first name now but he lent 2000 dollars to them to get the Yes album under way and my name was mentioned on the origal green sleeve of the close to the edge album. It simply gave thanks to mark dressler and jon bates my friend at the time whose family had a Hammond organ in their basement we used to fool around on and made music like the chords played while jon sings I get up I get down during the middle of close to the edge. Bill left some brushes some drummers use and my neighbor ray ended up with the brushes. my mom had the Styrofoam head that held wigs and that is on the back album cover of the yes album. too much to say to put here
July, I've seen some of your Yes videos and your grasp of Steve Howes playing is amazing! I'm a Yes fan from waayy back (before Steve) & I must say I've never seen anyone do this. Keep playing and I'll keep watching and learning. Thank you!
Excellent job by the way. You remind me of myself back in the 70's. I learned a lot of Yes. Close to the edge side 2, one of my favorites. Too bad I sold my pedal steal guitar. Nice.
Very accurate and great tones you have... Sad that there is 4 thumbs down from jealous haters with no skills. Their thumbs down is their way of crying in frustration. I have played guitar for 35 years and only have played prog rock, all I can say is it brings me joy to see a person more talented than myself.... Keep playing never put it down.
Hi Barret!! Thanks a lot! Don't worry about the 4 thumbs down, I'm really happy that you enojoy it, thats the important thing :) I will I promise! The best to you : D
Llevo 6 años o más admirando a July. No me canso de admirar tu interpretación de la guitarra de Siberian Khatru. La disfruto regularmente y seguiré... Lo siguiente a corto plazo en mi vida, visitar alguna vez Buenos Aires, Argentina. Es mi sueño.
I remember watching Yes in the Boston Garden in 1979. They opened with this song on the round stage. I was just 10 rows away, I was mesmerized.
Amazing! You are very lucky
Madison Square Garden for me in NY! I also was in the first 10 rows . Sending vibrations right on through me. YES! ❤
I remenber YES many years ago in Rome. They opened the show with this song but, due the terrific acoustic on Palasport concrete-made, i never heard the bass...then tecnicians modified something to have a good concert...
They should have reversed the track order on CTTE - this has “album opener” written all over it - and concert opener too! Steve’s riff here is one of his best ever! Great cover!
Saw them in July that year. Best concert ever for me.
Impressive. People don't realize the skill & complexity of The phenomenal Steve Howe. Enjoyed your playing.
I don't think I've ever met someone who hears Howe era Yes and said "that doesn't sound too hard"
I'm trying to play Heart of the Sunrise and Howe's playing is really weird, his picking style is really confusing to get down and his phrasing of riffs are hard to get down at some times, especially when its doubled by organ and getting in sync with it.
Great job it's good to see the younger generation digging Yes
Thanks a lot Michael! very happy that you enjoy it : D
Ditto
great👍👍👍!!
Nice job. This is a perfect demonstration of why Bill Bruford called Yes compositions "head arrangements." What made the band so great is how they made playing a song like this sound so effortless.
Why did TH-cam wait nearly 7 years to recommend this to me? Truly a superlative rendition! But now imagine singing the harmonies at the same time...even Howe has said he has a great deal of difficulty doing so.
Agree, Steve is the best. The way he fuses jazz and rock and effortlessly meanders around the fret board with jazz cords between time signatures (as if he's pondering what to play next or just improvising) is truly amazing. Even infusing rockabilly. For all his talent, he never lets you forget that his music has humble beginnings and it's a shame he's under appreciated. Masterful composer. Siberian Khatru is grounded in rock while at the same time, the lap steel transports you into a different world. You captured the song as it spoke to me after all these years. You have a great talent - thank you!
Truly awesome, I could never imagine playing that, Steve Howe is too hard for me to try, love the slide guitar, nearly got the Steve Howe head movement right too.
Thanks a lot !!! very happy that you enjoy this video :) The best to you : D
This made me cry my fucking eyes out. I grew up with this song. Well played, sir, damn well played.
It is a pity that you will never be appreciated enough since even the Steve Howe himself could not get the appreciation he deserved.. for me he is the best guitarist ever. His ability of playing and composing is way beyond every guitar players and even guitarists you can name of. Well played July!
Thanks a lot. There is no problem in no being popular. I mean i make this videos becouse I love the man and his music. I think the same. I think Steve is incredible. He has amazing skills in the instrument but is even better in composition and arragment. I really love his music soo much!
I'm soo happy that you enjoy the video
The best to you
I could only move my body to this song for years this guy is actually playing it, pretty awesome!! Saw Yes 40 times live loved every show. Best band all-time in my opinion!!
Damn good. Fun to watch.
Awesome! Steve Howe would be proud! If Steve goes on vacation you could step in.
Bravo, ma bravo proprio. E che suono stupendo.
Fruisciante called this outro the best solo... being disconnected yet perfect
merci et bravo, ça fait tellement plaisir de voir des jeunes reprendre ces vieux morceaux !
Fantastic job! Keep rockin"!
Excellent …
Steve Howe has always been my favorite guitarist and you give me hope in carrying the torch so to speak on enlightening a new generation of musicians to Yes
+Jon Finger thanks a lot Jon!!! :)
44 k views! I’v only watched it maybe ten times. - Boyce Webb - well done 👏
That opening riff is jaw dropping, heart stopping, awesome. Pops up pleasantly in my head from time to time. Been that way for years now. Thank you.
Sharing on my FB feeds. Great performance. Love the tone as well. I realize this is from seven years ago. I hope you have enjoyed a phenomenal musical experience since!
Nice work! 👍🏻👍🏻
Once again we see why there are not many YES cover bands. 😄
Very nice, looks a hard song to play.
:) thanks Matt . Yeah all what Steve Howe play is hard to play HAHAHA but I love so much to play his parts. He is really an amazing guitarrist . The best to you and thanks very very much to wach my videos
Steve Howe is the best !! and your videos deserve views.
Thanks a lot matt I try my best happy that you like them :)
Isolation of instruments shows how each member of Yes served the song, and Siberian Khatru is easily the best example, since it's one of the most logically assembled of all YesSongs.
There was no lead guitar break, but Steve was playing lead throughout! It can be argued that the lead instrument is the bass! But again, Chris served the song by playing what it required.
Right on. . .one of my fav pieces!
BADASS!!! Killed it man
Superb cover and exercise. Great good job July!
Wow! I am stunned. What a performance! Brilliance, accuracy and just happy playing! You've got it!!
Thanks a lot my friend :)
Grande! Bravissimo!
Fantastic how you nailed this classic.......
Congratulations, great job
God bless
This is one of the best covers I have listened on TH-cam of any song. Amazing sounds!
fantastic guitar work, very polished and original.
Amazing playing dude! You crushed it!
Fantastic!
Nice playing Mr Howe😃
Genio total July!
Hola Axel!! jajaja gracias ya estoy ansioso de subir lo nuestro!
Wow! Just WOW! Amazing,,, and it makes me appreciate the complexity of the song and their music
Brilliant job, one of my favourite Yes tracks superb
Thanks a lot :)
clean 👌🏽
Excellent! Very smooth! You make it seem so effortless. I enjoyed it immensely! Thank you! One of my favorite pieces of music.
Qué lindo ver a un pibe joven haciendo Yes. Felicitaciones July
Graciass 😁
Nice work thanks for posting.
That was awesome! You must really love Yes. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent
July you are amazing. Ive been playing since 1979 and I've always stayed away from Steve's stuff (my favorite guitarist and reason I play guitar today) but you have inspired me, now I can play Clap, Heart of the Sunrise and I'm working on Siberian Khatru and enjoying every minute of it. I guess I was intimidated, you've gotten me past that thank you so so much!
+David Kovak Hi David! thanks a lot really :) I try my best. What you have said is one of the best thing something could tell me, I'm very happy that I help you to get close of Steve amazing playing. Thebest to you !!
I just figured out Roundabout, and met a Drummer and Bass player who love Yes. Oh and just moved to Florida, life is good, I wish you well my new friend, if you ever come to the US you are always welcome in my house!
Very very nice, spot on mate
Wow, brilliant.
Really impressive.
Muy bueno .Muchas Gracias por mostrar tu talento
Your majesty-I am speechless.
You definitely cover the subtle nuances of Steve Howe's guitar playing quite well. If I was not a looking at a video, I would swear it was the man himself playing. Excellent job!
thanks a lot DrJonAngus :) very very happy that you like it : D
Wow this is too good. Didnt know there were other younger yes fans out there and you NAIL this man. Kudos!
Also what a great tone.
Thanks a lot! I love Yes if you look at my chanel you will se lot of collaborations :)
Damn dude! I don't think I ever appreciated how tough this song would be to play for those of us who are not Steve Howe :-) Well done!!
BRAVO July!!! Absolutely nailed it!!!!!
-Tom
Thanks Tom! I'm glad that you like it : D
Bravo! So good! Thank you!
Fantastically done!! Bravo..
Oh my God! Wasn't expecting the lap steel too!! Extraordinary!
Thanks a lot really :)
I just picked my jaw up off the floor! Damn...That was INTENSE! One of the BEST guitar covers I have ever seen! Truly a MASTERPIECE!
Great job, and better taste. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks to you :)
A very fine job! Great dedication and feel on a magnificent piece of music. Makes me appreciate Steve Howe even more.
excellent work and also what is rare in this kind of video excellent balance between the CD playing and the guitar of this excellent musician !!
Wow flawless intro. Literally nailed it.
@@johnwhittaker346 thanks a lot :)
Best version I've heard. Big Steve Howe fan here. Also love your classical version of The Ancient. Beyond fabulous.
thanks!
Your tone is outstanding on this recording. If I had your chops I'd want to do a cover of "The Nature of the Sea". Spot on as usual.
Boyceeeeeeeeee :) Thanks very very much :) happy that you like it, thanks too wach most of my videos : D
Well done brother.Feels so good that art isn't lost♥️
Wow, so many hidden harmonies and musical ideas. Thanks for this!
thanks to you!
Damn dude. Impressed. That song really puts you through the paces. You really showcase Howe's varied techniques and guitar shredding calisthenics. Well done.
+Marshmanification thanks a lot :)
Great job!
Awesome!!! ;) You must be a true Steve Howe aficionado. You have the technique, the moves, the feel, the mannerisms...everything!! Excellent job!
HAHAHAHA you make me laught! I love Steve he is amazing :)
July Valls 😀 Yes, he is. And you're pretty amazing yourself!
thanks a lot Greg : D, and happy new year :)
*****
You're welcome. ;) Thanks, and Happy New Year to you, too!
Yet another amazing cover by Mr. July!
Hi thanks a lot my friend, the best to you :)
Your timing is excellent
Great! Very Nice, man. Thanks
Killer performance dude. You've got yourself a subscriber!
Thanks a lot Jon :) really
Such a great song, well played
great job on a great song 👌
*Amazing*
Well done 👍
I SO enjoyed your playing! This is what they call 'vicarious learning'! Hope to follow your example some day.
THANKS A LOT :)
Awesome! Hope you’re in a Yes cover band w like minded and talented musicians. We’ll need the music to go on long after all the original band members are gone. ❤
Saw Yes in the round. !!! PERFECT COVER. !!!
Thanks a lot 😁👍
Truly Great! I'm an old Yes/Steve fan and a guitar player myself. Have to say congratulations for the more than excelent job... Great tone, great chops, very accurate and nice feeling. You've played very complex parts with no effort!! Amazing...
Bloody Flawless!
Thanks very much :D
great job!!
Good God you're as relentless as the man himself! Great job.
Seriously nice job covering this upscale piece of music.
Btw: Have you ever heard the "live version" of this song on the "Yessongs Album"?
Mr Howe completely slams it outta the ballpark with the lead guitar in the last 2 minutes of the song. Listen to it & I guarantee you'll want to play it it.
mark korhin
1 second ago
when I was around four years old a few members of yes came to our house. Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, bill buford, chris squire, They were looking for ideas for songs and I remember all of us placing our hands together as we were in a circle, a way to signify the forming of the band or should I say new band as steve was the new guitarist for the album. Jon was indeed a sound chaser and we had an old piano that had one low note that would only play if you hit the key real hard. listen to the cresndo of the piano at the end of and you and I and you will hear the note added in. our upstairs sink had a unique drip sound but only when you could get a drop of water to go straight down the drain to plop into the water at the bottom. you can hear this on close to the edge during the water dripping part towards the middle of the song. we had a microscope and my dad told us to go get a drop of water from outside in the bushes. jon and I got a dew drop which is mentioned in close to the edge, anyway a dew drop from a spiders web provided interesting viewing under the microscope clips of which are on the yessongs video live version of close to the edge towards the beginning. I pieced this together many years after but my dad put some of his seed as jon put it on one of the slides to look at under the microscope. It can be seen also on live video of close to the edge yessongs version. They look as if they are deformed sperm but are in fact almost 100 percent testosterone with the story being that you can see forms of every animal on earth in the sperm. thus jon called them the seeds of life on and you and I. we talked a lot about different topics such as the color of the sky mentioned on close to the edge. It was a summer evening as the sun set and I called it a magenta color sky. I wasn't even in grade school at the time in Michigan but remember mentioning the distinct seasons in Michigan. this is a subtitle on close to the edge: seasons of man. I was asked what I do with myself and in my bedroom I said here is where I get up in the morning and where I lay down at night. jon changed it to I get up I get down for the album. being the sound chaser jon searched for sounds to put on tape and I said well the birds sing. so on tape they went to start close to the edge. later my cousin had an annoying flute like thing he recorded that ended up on the beginning of sound chaser on the relayer album. my cousin said it would be difficult to put the annoying flute noise to music but it fits in nicely. many more stories to tell of this time period. you see I am the Man jon sings about on and you and I although I was only a boy at the time jon said I was a man or male gender I think he meant. but jons sings about me throughout the song and I am indeed now the man maturing in his eyes. my dads friend at the time was mr clay forget his first name now but he lent 2000 dollars to them to get the Yes album under way and my name was mentioned on the origal green sleeve of the close to the edge album. It simply gave thanks to mark dressler and jon bates my friend at the time whose family had a Hammond organ in their basement we used to fool around on and made music like the chords played while jon sings I get up I get down during the middle of close to the edge. Bill left some brushes some drummers use and my neighbor ray ended up with the brushes. my mom had the Styrofoam head that held wigs and that is on the back album cover of the yes album. too much to say to put here
mark korhin lol, why should i believe you, sound very fake
@@sebastianibanez3206 hmm, I wouldn't believe them.
July, I've seen some of your Yes videos and your grasp of Steve Howes playing is amazing! I'm a Yes fan from waayy back (before Steve) & I must say I've never seen anyone do this. Keep playing and I'll keep watching and learning. Thank you!
+cvidaud Thanks a lot really :) i will and very happy that you enjoyed my videosss! :)
awesome man
July, verdaderamente espectacular!
muchas gracias!! un abrazo :)
The best Siberian Khatru versión IMO
Excelente ejecución hermano!
Dude. Really good. Steve Howe is no joke
Excellent job by the way. You remind me of myself back in the 70's. I learned a lot of Yes. Close to the edge side 2, one of my favorites. Too bad I sold my pedal steal guitar. Nice.
Very accurate and great tones you have... Sad that there is 4 thumbs down from jealous haters with no skills. Their thumbs down is their way of crying in frustration. I have played guitar for 35 years and only have played prog rock, all I can say is it brings me joy to see a person more talented than myself.... Keep playing never put it down.
Hi Barret!! Thanks a lot! Don't worry about the 4 thumbs down, I'm really happy that you enojoy it, thats the important thing :) I will I promise!
The best to you : D
Llevo 6 años o más admirando a July. No me canso de admirar tu interpretación de la guitarra de Siberian Khatru. La disfruto regularmente y seguiré...
Lo siguiente a corto plazo en mi vida, visitar alguna vez Buenos Aires, Argentina. Es mi sueño.
No me canso de oírte. Cada vez disfruto más. Impecable tu interpretación
Very well done!
Thanks :)
Great job man, your tone is amazing !
Good work!. Congratulations.
Cool! Nailed it!