Peter Banks Timeline

Date within 1970 not established

• 1970 (approximate)Peter BanksEvent
  Guest on Chris Harwood, Nice To Meet Miss Christine (Birth Records): guitar on "Mama" and "Crying To Be Heard".
• 1970 (approximate)Peter BanksEvent
  Guest on Vivian Stanshall & Gargantuan Chums, "Suspicion" / "Blind Date" (Fly BUG 4), produced by Keith Moon.

January 1970

• 10 January 1970YesGig
  Opération 666 festival, Olympia, Paris (10–11 Jan)
• 19 January 1970YesRadio
  BBC session for the Dave Lee Travis show, Aeolian Hall, Bond Street
• 25 January 1970YesRadio
  Dave Lee Travis session broadcast

February 1970

• 5 February 1970YesRecording
  Last mixing session for Time and a Word (Advision)
• 7 February 1970YesGig
  Royal Festival Hall with the Nice
• 23 February 1970YesTV
  TV: Beat-Club, Bremen: "Time And A Word" (lip-synch; unreleased until 2009)

March 1970

• 12 March 1970YesRadio
  BBC recording for John Peel's Sunday Show (Paris Theatre): "Astral Traveller", "Then", "Every Little Thing", "Everydays", "For Everyone"
• 15 March 1970YesRadio
  BBC Sunday Show broadcast.
• 21 March 1970YesGig
  Queen Elizabeth Hall, with a youth orchestra conducted by Tony Cox.
• 26 March 1970YesTV
  TV: Disco 2 (BBC2) recorded at Television Centre.
• 27 March 1970YesRelease
  UK single: "Time And A Word" / "The Prophet"

April 1970

• 3 April 1970YesGig
  Progressive Pop Festival, Sporthalle, Cologne (start of a short German run, 3–5 Apr)
• 7 April 1970YesRadio
  BBC session for Sounds of the Seventies: "Sweet Dreams", "For Everyone". Broadcast 14 Apr
• 18 April 1970YesGig
  Banks's last gig with Yes: Luton College of Technology (with Mighty Baby and Tiny Clanger)
• 19 April 1970YesEvent
  Banks's time with Yes ends. Yes cancel their late-April to early-June dates "for lack of a guitarist".

June 1970

• 19 June 1970YesRelease
  UK single: "Sweet Dreams" / "Dear Father" (Banks plays)

July 1970

• July 1970 (approximate)YesEvent
  Steve Howe joins Yes.
• 24 July 1970YesRelease
  UK LP: Time and a Word (Banks plays throughout).
• 25 July 1970YesPress
  Melody Maker runs 'Yes: new guitarist, new material'. Bill Bruford on the change from Banks to Steve Howe: "Peter was a player who never said anything. Steve talks about it, so we know where we stand."

August 1970

• 15 August 1970Blodwyn PigPress
  Dutch press announces that Blodwyn Pig are back from America and that Pete Banks will replace Mick Abrahams. The date is the reported date, not proof of a first gig

September 1970

• September 1970 (approximate)Blodwyn PigPress
  US papers report, through the Gannett wire, that Banks and Barry Reynolds have joined "Blodwyn" (Jack Lancaster, Andy Pyle, Ron Berg) after Mick Abrahams left, with a US return planned for January
• 14 September 1970Blodwyn PigRadio
  Blodwyn BBC session (Sounds of the Seventies): "Moon's Gone", "The Lady Of Liberty"; Banks on lead guitar and vocals. Reissued on The Recordings 1969–1974 (Esoteric, 2026)

October 1970

• October 1970 (approximate)Blodwyn PigPress
  Blodwyn Pig bandmate Jack Lancaster writes in Beat Instrumental: "Pete Banks has proved to be the most individual sounding guitarist I have heard for years."

November 1970

• November 1970 (approximate)Blodwyn PigEvent
  Blodwyn Pig line-up ends.