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In keeping with the spirit of the autographed edition... Does anyone know if any or all of Fish Out of Water was ever performed live by Chris anywhere? Other than the Rickenbacker 75th Anniversary bash?

At the 75th Chris said he'd been waiting 30 years to play those songs live, so based on that I'd say no. On the other hand, it seems to me that there was a Yes tour around that time where a lot of the solo material got played.

Well, YES there was, Dane.

The song "Hold Out Your Hand" was performed only 10 times on tour compared to over 1300 times for "Roundabout" in the Touring Years.

It was performed between 5/28/1976 and 6/06/1976 at the following ten venues. I know for a fact because I was in attendance at the performance in Jackson MS

05/28/76 Roanoke VA Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum (9,000)
05/29/76 Hampton VA Hampton Coliseum (13,800)
05/30/76 Charleston WV Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (13,300)
05/31/76 Johnson City TNFreedom Hall Civic Center (8,500)
06/01/76 Nashville TN Municipal Auditorium (9,654)
06/02/76 Birmingham AL Birmingham Municipal Auditorium
06/03/76 Atlanta GA Omni Coliseum, The (17,000)
06/04/76 Memphis TN Mid-South Coliseum (12,035)
06/05/76 Jackson MS Mississippi Coliseum (10,000)
06/06/76 Huntsville AL Von Braun Civic Center (9,715)

Date : Saturday, June 05, 1976 (31 years, 3 months and 6 days ago)
City : Jackson, Mississippi, United States Of America
Venue : Mississippi Coliseum
Capacity : 10,000
Lineup :
Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Patrick Moraz (Keyboards)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Alan White (Drums)
Setlist : Apocalypse
Siberian Khatru
Sound Chaser
I've Seen All Good People
Song Of Innocence
Hold Out Your Hand/You By My Side
Leaves Of Green
Clap
Long Distance Runaround/Moraz Solo
Harp Solo
Heart Of The Sunrise
Gates Of Delirium
Roundabout
Sweet Dreams
I'm Down


Before Chris did "Hold Out Your Hand" and "You By My Side", Jon Anderson said "For his rendition, my sweet valentine, thank you.".... ? I never did understand why he said that exactly, but the songs were GREAT!!!!!!! (just no silk cool kimono like in the video )

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Yup - and here's a pretty good site that shows what recordings are available.

http://www.forgottenyesterdays.com/tour_listing.asp?s=5&tname=7&SortBy=tDate&so=asc&navb=4

i attended the memphis show of that tour-it remains one of my favorite productions-green lasers,3 headed roger dean dinosaur skull,and excellent sound and effort from the band,i think moraz was brilliant. i am having to go by memory,which is bad,but i thought jon did a song from "olias".

I attended that tour at the Washington DC show. No FOOW but I was very, very close to the stage. Good show but the venue pulled the plug before the end of Roundabout. Very strange indeed.

That is a great site Chris thanks for posting the link I have visited it many times but forget to bookmark it. It is done now though, thanks again.

Sure you didn't leave anything out, Elys?

http://www.forgottenyesterdays.com/date.asp?s=5&tname=7&tdate=516&navb=10

I was there and it was back when you could take in your camera!

You're welcome Tammy - I actually had to struggle to remember the exact URL, 'cause my story is the same as yours.

Wow, thanks. That really brings back some ancient memories, great site.

Hey Jerry! I apologize for abbreviating, I could have put in lots more Like what they were wearing, which instruments they used on which songs, what they had for breakfast that morning, practical jokes in the dressing rooms, and other boring stuff...

Elys, the way I see it, you have a Gift for Detail.

Tell us more!

I saw them at the Omni in Atlanta in '76 (and thank you Dean brothers for the brilliant stage set). They did 'Hold Out Your Hand / You By My Side'. Moraz did a piano piece from the 'I' album. Anderson did his harp bit with the lasers and after Roundabout they did 'I'm Down'! I saw them again a few weeks later in Tampa and they had dropped FOOW by then.

Chris also performs Hold out your hand/you by my side on the Conspiracy dvd. The Squire/Sherwood project. I have it and i think it was recorded during 2003/4. There is also footage at the rickenbacker 75th anniversary concert of Chris performing these 2 songs too on youtube