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“I always loved Bill’s contribution to the early Yes albums. Alan later took over from him and did great things but there was something about Bill’s concept of the thinking musician that we’ve never had since Bill left.” quote by Chris Welch — Download Open image

““I always loved Bill’s contribution to the early Yes albums. Alan later took over from him and did great things but there was something about Bill’s concept of the thinking musician that we’ve never had since Bill left.””

Chris Welch

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