Geoff Downes

Geoffrey Downes (born August 25, 1952 in Stockport, Cheshire, England) is a rock keyboard player. He is best known as the keyboardist for the band Asia, and his stint with Yes in 1980. Image File history File links Geoff7. ... Image File history File links Geoff7. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester in England, traditionally within the county of Cheshire. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester) [1] is a... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... Asia is an arena rock/progressive rock group. ... Yes are an English progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. ...

The son of musical parents (his father was a church organist and his mother a pianist), Downes also took up the keyboards, playing in a succession of local bands before studying at music college in Leeds. After graduating he moved to London, where he played sessions and composed advertising jingles. A 1977 appearance live with the Gary Boyle band was released as Live at the BBC by Isotope & Gary Boyle in 2004. Statistics Population: 443,247 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE297338 Administration Metropolitan borough: City of Leeds Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Ambulance service... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...

In 1976, he met Trevor Horn while auditioning for pop singer Tina Charles' band. They continued to work together, eventually forming The Buggles in a successful attempt to have a hit single ("Video Killed the Radio Star"). Trevor Charles Horn, born July 15, 1949 in Durham, England, is a pop music producer and musician. ... Tina Charles (born Tina Hoskins on March 10, 1954, in Whitechapel, London) is an English singer, who achieved success as a disco artist in the late 1970s. ... The Age of Plastic The Buggles were a New Wave band formed in 1977 consisting of Geoff Downes (percussion, keyboards), Trevor Horn (bass guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals) and Bruce Woolley. ... Video Killed the Radio Star is a New Wave song released in 1979 by the British group The Buggles that celebrates the golden days of radio. ...

The success of The Buggles led to Downes and Horn joining Yes for one album (Drama) and the associated tour. Surprisingly, Downes was the first member of the band to have completed a music degree. Yes then split at the beginning of 1981. Downes subsequently joined forces with Yes' Steve Howe, Carl Palmer (from ELP) and John Wetton (from King Crimson) to form Asia in 1981. Asia was an immediate success upon the release of its eponymous debut record in 1982, and has formed the backbone of Downes's career since then. For many years, he remained the only founder member of the band. In recent years, Downes has teamed up with Wetton in a separate project. Yes are an English progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. ... Drama is the twelfth album by British progressive rock group Yes. ... Yes guitarist Steve Howe in 2004 Stephen James Howe (b. ... ELP Logo Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) was a British progressive rock group. ... King Crimson is an English musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. ... Asia is an arena rock/progressive rock group. ...

In addition to recording and touring with Asia, Downes has also recorded a number of solo albums and collaborated with other artists, including with Trapeze in 1991 for a tour that produced the live album Welcome to the Real World, and a very brief appearance on Kate Bush's Sat in Your Lap. In 2005, he joined Yes drummer Alan White's eponymous band White. Trapeze were an English rock band formed in March 1969. ... Welcome to the real world is the 12th album by the band Trapeze Album You Are The Music Way Back To The Bone Welcome To The Real World Coast To Coast Midnight Flyer Homeland Touch My Life Your Love Is Alright Black Cloud Categories: ... Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent (now part of Greater London), is an English singer-songwriter with an expressive four-octave voice. ... Yes drummer Alan White Alan White (born June 14, 1949 in Pelton, County Durham, England and now resident in Seattle, USA) is a rock and roll drummer best known for his 34 years of work with the progressive rock band Yes. ...

Ride the Tiger

Ride the Tiger was a project involving Downes and Greg Lake. The pair had worked together during Lake's brief stint in Asia and subsequently recorded material together. Drums on the sessions were by Lake's former band mate in King Crimson, Michael Giles. Nothing was released at the time, although some tracks later turned up on Lake's anthologies From The Beginning—The Greg Lake Retrospective (1997) and From the Underground Vol. II—Deeper Into the Mine. Some of the material from the project was re-worked by Asia (on Aqua) and by ELP (on Black Moon). Greg Lake. ... King Crimson is a musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1968. ...

Discography

Solo albums

• The Light Program, 1987
• Vox Humana, 1992
• Welcome to the Real World with Trapeze 1993
• Evolution, 1996
• Hughes/Downes: The Work Tapes, 1998
• The World Service, 2000
• Shadows & Reflections, 2003
• The Collection, 2003
• Live at St. Cyprian's
• Icon (with John Wetton), 2005, Melodic Symphony
• Icon Acoustic TV Broadcast (with John Wetton), 2006
• Icon II: Rubicon (with John Wetton), 2006

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Yes

• Drama, 1980/expanded and remastered, 2004
• Yesyears, 1991
• Yesstory, 1992
• Highlights—The Very Best of Yes, 1993
• In a Word: Yes (1969- ), 2002
• Yes Remixes, 2003
• The Ultimate Yes—35th Anniversary Collection, 2003/2004
• The Word is Live, 2005

Buggles

• The Age of Plastic, 1979
• Adventures in Modern Recording, 1981

Asia

• Heat of the Moment (single)
• Only Time will Tell (single)
• Sole Survivor (single)
• Don't Cry (single)
• The Smile has Left Your Eyes (single)
• The Heat Goes on (single)
• Asia, 1982
• Alpha, 1983
• Astra, 1985
• Then & Now, 1990
• Live Mockba 09-X1-90, 1991
• Aqua, 1992; Aqua Special Edition, 2005
• Who'll Stop the Rain (single)
• Aria, 1994; Aria Special Edition, 2005
• Arena, 1996; Arena Special Edition, 2005
• Archiva 1, 1996
• Archiva 2, 1996
• Now - Live in Nottingham, 1997
• Live in Osaka, 1997
• Live in Philadelphia, 1997
• Anthology—The Best of Asia 1982-1997, 1997; Anthology Special Edition, 2005
• John Wetton—Geoff Downes—Asia—UK Compilation CD, 1997
• The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment (1982-1990), 2000
• The Best of Asia Live, 2000?
• Aura, 2001
• Alive in Hallowed Halls, 2001
• Asia/Boston: Winning Combination, 2001
• Estoy Listo Para ir a Mi Casa, 2001 (single)
• Alive in Hallowed Halls, 2001
• Live at Budokan, 2002
• Quadra, 2002
• Anthologia, 2002/Gold, 2005
• Armada 1, 2002
• Live Acoustic
• Live at the Town & Country
• Different Worlds
• Dragon Attack
• History of Asia, 2004?
• Live in Buffalo, 2004?
• Live in Hyogo, 2004?
• Different Worlds, 2004
• Silent Nation, 2004
• Long Way from Home, 2005 (single)

EPs

• Heat Of The Moment 05 (with John Wetton), 2005

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External links

• Official webpage
• Official Asia site
• Geoff Downes discography