What is your favorite Circa: album to date?
Current and former Yes members Billy Sherwood and Tony Kaye have been the mainstays of this ongoing group, both appearing on every album.
Early on, Sherwood was the lead singer and bass player, but for Valley of the Windmill, remained lead singer, and shifted over from bass guitar to lead guitar. Tony Kaye has of course always handled the keyboards. Alan White played drums on the first album, followed by Jay Schellen on the second and perhaps third albums (Ronnie Ciago is listed in connection with the third album in some places- I am not sure which is accurate), and with Scott Connor playing the fourth album. Jimmy Haun began as lead guitarist, with Johnny Bruhns to follow. When Bruhns left and Sherwood shifted from bass to lead guitar to replace him, Rick "Rat" Teirney became the group's bass player.
So, obviously the ties to Yes are considerable. By my count, they've had three Yes members, one Yes session musician, and one Yes touring musician over the years. Even the guys who don't formally have that connection often have ties to the music- for example, Bruhns is all over YouTube playing covers of Yes songs.
Sherwood and Kaye are reportedly hard at work on a fifth album. Early reports were that they were leaning towards keeping Teirney and Connor on board from the last album, but that was very early going, many months before they seem to have started work on the album itself, so it's unclear if they finalized that and were able to come to an agreement with those gentlemen. I'm looking forward to it. These albums are also auto-buys for me as long as they are released as paid downloads at standard prices.
The band has also put out two live albums and one album or compilation of songs that didn't make the first two albums, called Overflow. I didn't list that one as an option in the poll (Judgement call), but if it is really your favorite Circa: LP and you consider it a full studio album, feel free to lodge a protest in the comments below.
Early on, Sherwood was the lead singer and bass player, but for Valley of the Windmill, remained lead singer, and shifted over from bass guitar to lead guitar. Tony Kaye has of course always handled the keyboards. Alan White played drums on the first album, followed by Jay Schellen on the second and perhaps third albums (Ronnie Ciago is listed in connection with the third album in some places- I am not sure which is accurate), and with Scott Connor playing the fourth album. Jimmy Haun began as lead guitarist, with Johnny Bruhns to follow. When Bruhns left and Sherwood shifted from bass to lead guitar to replace him, Rick "Rat" Teirney became the group's bass player.
So, obviously the ties to Yes are considerable. By my count, they've had three Yes members, one Yes session musician, and one Yes touring musician over the years. Even the guys who don't formally have that connection often have ties to the music- for example, Bruhns is all over YouTube playing covers of Yes songs.
Sherwood and Kaye are reportedly hard at work on a fifth album. Early reports were that they were leaning towards keeping Teirney and Connor on board from the last album, but that was very early going, many months before they seem to have started work on the album itself, so it's unclear if they finalized that and were able to come to an agreement with those gentlemen. I'm looking forward to it. These albums are also auto-buys for me as long as they are released as paid downloads at standard prices.
The band has also put out two live albums and one album or compilation of songs that didn't make the first two albums, called Overflow. I didn't list that one as an option in the poll (Judgement call), but if it is really your favorite Circa: LP and you consider it a full studio album, feel free to lodge a protest in the comments below.
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