Yes Talk with guitarist Fernando Perdomo – 435

Fernando with Steve Hackett on the Cruise to the Edge

Produced by Jeffrey Crecelius, Wayne Hall, Preston Frazier and Bill Govier

This week, Mark and I had a hugely enjoyable conversation with the amazing Fernando Perdomo. A long-term collaborator with a previous guest, Dave Kerzner, Fernando tells us about his fascination with Peter Banks, his work on the 50th Anniversary Yes tribute CD and his own music in the new Peter Banks continuation project, The New Empire whose album is out soon. Fernando has even given us permission to play a song from the new album exclusively here on the show so listen out for that later on - I’m sure you’ll agree it’s brilliant.

Mark and I also had time to record our thoughts in a two pence segment about the rumours around the producer for the new Yes album. Hold on tight for that as well.

Fernando in full flow

How does Peter Banks' style differ from Steve Howe's?What drew Fernando to the music of Yes?How is Fernando preserving the legacy of Peter Banks?

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Show notes and links:

Fernando's website - https://www.fernandoperdomo.com/

Order Faraway Friend - https://thenewempire.bandcamp.com/releases

https://youtu.be/skox3uaqjNU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAqLBrudiDE

Roger Dean's live painting:

https://www.rogerdean.com/news/

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Producers:

Jeffrey Crecelius

Preston Frazier

Bill Govier and

Wayne Hall

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Theme music

The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org