Where are they now? - Jon Davison
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| Davison guests on 3 albums from In Continuum (Facebook;
Twitter;
YouTube),
a project by Dave
Kerzner (Sound of Contact,
worked with Jon Anderson, Steve Hackett, Steven Wilson, ex-Giraffe).
Already out is Acceleration Theory Part One and Part
Two, a 2-part, science fiction, concept album about a
female alien named AlienA (Leticia Wolf), who falls in love
with a human, Kai (Gabriel Agudo). She warns the Earth that
we are in danger of being annihilated by aliens who have
been responsible for man's evolution over millions of years.
The project arose from material by Kerzner had originally
written for Sound of Contact, including with Matt Dorsey,
Simon Collins (son of Phil Collins)
and Kelly Nordstrom, before that band split up. The band are
working on a third album (no longer using any Sound of
Contact leftovers) and Davison has already recorded parts
for it, Kerzner said in Aug 2020. In a Feb
2021 interview with SOAL Night Live, Kerzner said the
album was "on the back burner" due to the pressure of other
work and because he was keen to record some vocals, e.g.
with Agudo, in person, which has not been possible during
COVID. He talked about a possible 2022 release. Asked
whether anything was going on with In Continuum in a Jun 2021
interview, Kerzner said, "Well, there is. I'm
backlogged", and he went on to say he was currently mixing a
live album from the band (see next paragraph) and is also
busy with several other mixing projects. He continuned,
"Once I'm done with all that, then the new music
will come", but did also say they had already "started work
on" the new album. He mooted a possible 2022 release. In a Feb 2023 interview,
Kerzner said John Mitchell (It Bites,
Frost*) is guesting on the third album.
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Yeah, I do, I've got so many bits, but I really feel like I need to collect a band around me [...] I write better just in a collective. [...] there comes a time when I hit a wall and I think, I need to bounce these ideas off other people. I need outside stimuli and creativity from other musicians I trust and respect. And Yes have been so busy lately that they have filled that void, beautifully, but we'll see, yeah, I would like to, if time allows, you know, piecing together a band. It's all also a financial thing. You know, when it's your own thing, you're at the head of it, so you're responsible for [...] how do people get paid, can I afford to do that? You know, there's a lot of logistics involved and I haven't ever done that before, so that would be a huge learning curve. And I can just settle in comfortably with Yes, you know, all that's taken care of and that's a beautiful thing that I'm so grateful for. I really don't look outside of Yes much, for that reason.In a Jul 2020 interview, Davison talked of work with keyboardist Claudio Pesavento (worked with Chris Squire, Frank Marino): "We have [...] some songs sort of in the wings waiting to be further developed and hopefully we can do more together". Asked if this would be a solo project, Davison replied, "I think it would be a solo project [...] solo of mine, but he would be certainly involved [...] I've got a lot of irons in the fire. Not always enough time, but." In a May 2023 interview, Davison said, "I hope to do a solo album at one point".
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relating to Taylor Hawkins/Sylvia The Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died in Mar 2022. He and Davison were friends since childhood. Davison was at the second Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert on 27 Sep 2022 in Los Angeles, which raised money for MusiCares. The concert was organised by the Foo Fighters and Hawkins' family. Davison sang "Owner of a Lonely Heart" with Chevy Metal (with Mick Murphy, guitar; Wiley Hodgden, bass; Greg Kurstin (worked with Adele, Sia, Paul McCartney, Pink, Lily Allen, Foo Fighters), keys; Nate Wood (Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders), drums; and two backing singers) and The Police's "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" with Stewart Copeland (ex-The Police) and the Foo Fighters. In an interview published Sep 2022 but conducted shortly after Hawkins' death, Davison said, "Through all the phases of our career, we were always doing something together. We recorded a lot of odds and ends. There's some Coattail Riders stuff that's unreleased that I've played bass on and sing vocals on. We did some stuff with Chris Squire, cos Taylor was friends with him even before I joined the band." In an Aug 2014 interview, Davison said he, Hawkins and Squire had "done some demo work. Chris has played bass on some of Taylor's stuff [...] And Chris has done some stuff that actually hasn't been released." The Sep 2022 interview continued, "It was really just a jam. We never did vocals, but we did record it. I'd like to approach the rest of the guys in Yes and see about finishing it off. I'd love to bring that music to life and share it with the public. I hope it will come out in some form one day, as a tribute to Taylor and to Chris." Davison, Hawkins and Riz Story were in a band called Sylvia in the late 1980s. Story continued Sylvia as Anyone, with the band re-emerging in 2014. Davison has guested with the band a number of times. Miracles in the Nothingness (TogethermenT Records) is due late Nov 2023. Story wrote, performed, produced, mixed and mastered the album, with a guest vocal from Davison on "Symptom of the Miracle". Other projects In the May 2023 interview with Yes Music Podcast, asked about whether Jay Schellen writes material, Davison replied, "[Schellen] and I have already worked on a few things, in years past, that we're going to re-visit." It's unclear what the context here is. Davison appeared on a track each of the latest two Prog Collective albums from Billy Sherwood, Seeking Peace and Songs We were Taught: see main page for details. Davison appeared on "Pigs on a Wing 2" on the Cleopatra Records release, Animals Reimagined – A Tribute to Pink Floyd: see on main page for details. Leon Alvarado had mentioned work with Davison and Sherwood: see details on main page. Davison recorded vocals for a track with Edison's Lab, but has talked to the band about the possibility of an EP or album together: see details on the main page. |
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