FWIW to this day I still have a Yes 'Complete' book with the transcription to Six Wives of Henry VIII .. so I can relate to above also. I actually learned to play it years ago .. got me into more than one band.

First album I actually bought; Al Stewart Year of the Cat
Next - Steeley Dan AJA (and a ton of others later)
Then Tom Scott's Shadows
ELO (whatever the name of it was that had Telephone Line and a bunch of other hits)

About that time I started down the Pink Floyd and Yes road.

.. of course before that, the very first album I 'owned' (my parents bought it for me), was Chameleon by Maynard.
We went to his show at NAMM and left with the album, T-Shirt, you name it, as well as a few minutes with Stan Mark and Gordon Johnson. I was too young to even drive at that time.

This of course led me to get the rest of his catalog as well as a few Mark Colby albums, etc. etc.

Once I caught on to who did what and all the other stuff they did, I was hooked for a long time.
Mark Colby and Bob James via Maynard, Tom Scott via Steely Dan, Bruford's solo stuff and work with King Crimson via Yes, etc

I have been blessed in many ways due to my parents commitment to music and their business/store. They would sponsor shows by Doc, Maynard and others .. somewhere is a picture of little rharv sitting on Doc's lap ..
.. and sitting in an intimate 200 capacity show with King Crimson in the late 70's-80 range, and then Alan Holdsworth not much later.

They would have people like Michael Angelo Batio and such put on clinics for 20-30 people sometimes.
Like I said, I had a very musically fortunate upbringing.
That forged me more than my album collection. smile

I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Make your sound your own!