1. Jon Davison was born on January 16,1971 and is an American singer, musician and songwriter who has been the lead vocalist of progressive rock band Yes since 2012.
20 Facts About Jon Davison
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Jon Davison was previously the lead singer of progressive rock band Glass Hammer from 2009 to 2014, and the bass guitarist of Sky Cries Mary from 1993 to 2016, in which he was credited under his nickname of "Juano" Davison.
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Jon Davison then attended the Art Institute of Seattle to study audio and video production, where he became bassist for Northwest group Sky Cries Mary.
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In 2009, Glass Hammer discovered Jon Davison singing Yes music online and asked him to join the band.
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Jon Davison went on to record five albums with them, If, Cor Cordium, Perilous, a new version of The Inconsolable Secret and Ode to Echo.
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Jon Davison was the lead vocalist on the first three, and sharing that role on Ode to Echo given his engagements with Yes; he subsequently left the band to focus on Yes.
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Jon Davison guested on one track of Glass Hammer's 2022 album At the Gate.
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In February 2012, Jon Davison was announced as the new lead singer of Yes, replacing Benoit David, who left the group because of illness.
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Jon Davison wrote or co-wrote seven out of the eight tracks.
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In July 2020, Jon Davison said the band were at work writing their next album, stating that it was still in the early stages of compiling demos, but the band has half an album of material ready.
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The Quest, Yes's second studio album to feature lead vocals by Jon Davison, was released in October 2021.
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In February 2019, during the Cruise to the Edge music cruise, Jon Davison became friends on board with John Lodge of the Moody Blues when Jon Davison began dating John's daughter Emily.
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Jon Davison has since toured with John as an additional vocalist.
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Jon Davison appears on Lodge's live album The Royal Affair And After.
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Lodge wrote and recorded the song in his home studio, and Jon Davison appears alongside John's son, Kristian, and his wife, Kirsten.
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In 2015, Jon Davison appeared at a Foo Fighters concert, playing with Hawkins, to perform the Rush song "Tom Sawyer" with them.
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Jon Davison has guested on two of Hawkins' projects, The Birds of Satan's eponymous album and Get the Money by Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders.
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Jon Davison performed at the Los Angeles tribute show to the late Hawkins in 2022.
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In July 2020, Jon Davison described a new side project with fellow Yes member Billy Sherwood and Yes touring drummer Jay Schellen called Arc of Life.
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Jon Davison has worked more broadly with Kerzner, including singing in his In Continuum project.