JON DAVISON
(Vocals)
“What will matter, in the end, is how much love did we give, were we good to others, did we strive to include others rather than just our own personal motivations. There’s a call to everyone to reach beyond, to go beyond the complacency, to perfect our relationships, and go for the real meaning of what life is all about.”
Jon Davison is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist musician. Jon’s earliest involvement with music began when he sang in a church youth choir led by his mother, who, from an early age, had instilled in him an appreciation for music and love for singing.
Jon studied audio and video production at the Art Institute of Seattle, where he landed the gig of bassist for Northwest group Sky Cries Mary. Throughout the 1990s, he continued recording and touring with the band. Davison remained a member of Sky Cries Mary, but also joined the now-disbanded Yes tribute band Roundabout. In 2009, the Tennessee band Glass Hammer discovered Davison singing Yes music online and asked him to join the band as “the voice we were always writing music for”, according to founding members Steve Babb and Fred Schendel. He sang in Glass Hammer from 2009 to 2014″
In February 2012, Davison was announced as the new lead singer of Yes, replacing Benoît David, who left the group because of illness.”Strangely enough, Jon’s name came up when we started working with Benoit,” Yes bassist Chris Squire recalled. “In fact, my friend, Taylor Hawkins, had been telling me for years: ‘If you ever need a replacement (singer), I know exactly the guy.'”
Davison has described how the band had a tour booked when David dropped out, “so there was sort of this frantic race to resolve this matter because they weren’t going to back out of the tour. So in the same moment, perhaps even the same hour, of the same day, Chris is calling Taylor to get my phone number, because he’s gonna give me a call, and then the manager is also working on contacting me, so I got contacted by both of them.” Davison has toured with Yes since joining the band.
