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Close to the Edge: The Story of YES

The B format edition of the classic rock biography updated to include details of the group's activities over the last 18 months including their forthcoming box set In a Word and International Tour. Yes have been on the rock circuit for almost 35 years and Chris Welch was there for the whole crazy journey, interviewing the changing band members many times over the years. Now he tells their complex and often hilarious story with the help of interviews with the band members past and present.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 307 pages

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