YES - THE ANCIENT (exerpt) (Chris Lawley cover)

[WinstonKiva]

"Do The leaves of green stay greener

In the autumn?

In The summer, does the sun turn crimson white? ...."

[carlitoparadise]

Genius *****

[A7X4life1234]

Dude you do some of the best yes and genesis covers!!!! I got mood for a day down, but this one and the clap I'm still attempting. Keep it up!!

[NilezII]

Bravo!

[oldschoolordinary]

The Ancient is so obscure except to we true Yes fans. It is absolutely unique.

One of the true hallmarks of Yes' magical creativity. Thank you Chris.

[groeni100]

So good, i can't believe it

[66richardson]

This seriously sounds just like the real song!

[mdanderson1114]

One of my favorite Yes acoustic pieces. Thanks Chris.

[Lightmane321]

I love all these free concerts you give us. I feel like I should send you some money for all this wonderful entertainment. If I was independently I think I would - lol

[stevezardi]

great job, a little to fast.........

[LewisLovesMen]

Hey chris, what guitar is that, mine looks exactly the same.

[audioquadrant]

Wow.. Chris. excellent rendition of one of my favourite yes pieces.. ! Bravo

[cicciodinonnapapera5]

molto bravo, forse un po' accelerata e meccanica rispetto alla versione di steve howe, ma molto bravo.

[subshrub]

awesome Chris, got tabs for that? just kiddin, lol seems a little too fast though,

[AlexChernetsky]

Very good. I like this. One of the best covers on Utube.

Come check my version of this beautiful song.

Regards

[basswiz88]

Excellent, although you are rushing it a bit, relax and let it flow... then the parts will come out better, i know u can do it.

[magarblech]

cheer up buddeh you,re not that bad!!

[awaken1001]

Wow - nice job learning this by ear. I remember fondly AGONIZING over it as I learned it years back (like 20 years back!), and got it pretty close to the studio cut. I'm a bass player now and haven't played this on guitar for ages, but you've inspired me to pick this up again - let you know when it's up and we can swap notes! :)

[hokendog]

As a guitar player myself, I wouldn't even touch that piece. Way to go Chris, I am impressed.

[chris21125150]

thank you, hokendog

[camcon05]

steve you are awesome!

[CircaHQ]

Great piece of music ! Nicely played too !!

Come have a listent to CIRCA: if you have not already... take care

Cheers, Billy

[chris21125150]

Hey, thanks, Billy! I have checked out CIRCA on My Space. Great stuff! BTW, couldn't you pick up the vocals with YES so they can go ahead with the tour? :)

[beckycuto]

Absolutely fantastic mate - keep going

[chris21125150]

Thank you, beckycuto!

[julyvalls]

exellent version chris!!!! I did one version in my chanel If you want to listen it!!

[sledge999]

genesis cinema

[McAloonzebra]

This piece is in the book: "Steve Howe: Guitar Pieces in Tablature".

[tyrewesre]

You did a great job!

[DrumBass98]

Again, you've nailed it. Absolutely beautiful job. Thanks.

[ueaj123]

pretty awesome man! I've always wanted to learn this...

ear?? did you get sheet music or something?

[maximo2161]

eccezionale complimenti

[phuckthefcc]

hard song? I'm still learning it

[yixiazi]

I like your playing as it is very organic feeling and flows naturally. It feels nicely inprovizational.

[Hangcat]

your guitar playing makes me happy lol you are so amazing at what you do keep it up....5/5

[rushfan30]

While Dennis is an outstanding classical guitarist and his piece was played cleaner, I have to disagree with FChopin. I like Chris' playing better. It has better flow and the notes are more accurate to the original. But then again I'm a drummer so I may not be able to pick up on the minute things serious guitarists can.

[miguelbass]

I cared to check and I agree with rushfan30, this one is more accurate then again I'm a bassist :) Congratulations Chris!

[EzE0]

how did you learn how to play that?

[FChopin]

You did a good job but listen to Dennis mandarino, his playing is better IMO.

[chris21125150]

I agree! That was amazing! He is obviously classically trained. Thanks for the name. I hope he posts more Steve Howe songs! I would suggest anyone to view his work.

[rushfan30]

Come to think of it, I actually think this is better than the original. It seems to flow better than what Howe did on the album. Great job man.

[DiamondJoeQuimby]

f'n great, dude... i love it

[BTCharlie]

I've been watching all your Yes videos and all I can say is if Steve can't make a gig they, just need to phone you!!!!....Awesome.

[rushfan30]

I agree Steve Howe should see this. Wow. Sure, a few buzzing strings but this is all in one take. And I absolutely love your tone. I'll be checking out all your videos. Bravo.

[icarusinbrazil]

Steve Howe should see this.

[pestechoris]

Realy nice song you're doing . You have a great guitar I think , with a really nice sound and your technique is amazing . This entire song is an autentic machine with that tribal beginnigng and de melody progresion in same way .

Congratulations for your work . Salute .

[jackeminor]

Really nice. Your tone is superb. I only like this part of the song. I like the decending strumming chords and the end there around the time when Jon sings "And I hear a million voices singing". The first 12 minutes of this song. are a little much for me. I like Revealing and Remembering the best. Keep up the great work.

[scottytrotter]

Excellent. Yes Album/Fragile/Close to the Edge/Tales. Classic music that I'll never tire of. Nicely played.

[plugh1]

That's a realy great piece. Well played.