Speaking of validation, as it is Grammy Season (the nominations having been announced on December 6th), I wanted to write about those coveted shiny objects again in regards to Trevor's career, as he is fortunate enough to be able to put "Grammy-winning musician" in front of his name if he so chooses. When one considers how many works and the people associated with those recordings are eligible in any given year, to make that final field of five is a very special thing - although to win is even better - but there is definite cache in being able to cite the nomination, plus there's a nifty certificate!
To elucidate a somewhat obscure historical detail, 90125 was rather well-represented in the field at the 1985 awards. We know "Cinema" won for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, but it hasn't been widely noted there were additional nominations: "Owner of a Lonely Heart" for Best Pop Vocal Group, 90125 for Best Rock Vocal Group, and one category they definitely should have also won: Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices, for "Leave It."
Technical nominations were also lacking but as those tend to follow trends, the nominations went to the works most represented in the overall field (i.e. total number of nominations). But I will unequivocally state that Gary Langan absolutely deserved a Best Engineering nod for his work on 90125.
In 1987 the band received recognition for both documents of their globetrotting 9012Live tour which took place in 1984-85 with two nominations: Best Rock Instrumental Performance for "Amazing Grace" from 9012Live: The Solos (in a relational aside, Mr. Horn and his colleagues made off with that one, for The Art of Noise's version of "Peter Gunn") and Best Music Video Long-Form for 9012Live. This might have been Steven Soderbergh's very first professional recognition; he would of course go on to win numerous awards including the Palme D'Or for Sex, Lies and Videotape and the Best Director Oscar for Traffic.
In 1988 Yes racked up another nomination in the Best Rock Vocal Group category for Big Generator, and I find it interesting that for as many people who believe the album was a drop-off in quality for the band, apparently the members of NARAS did not.
Trevor's only solo nomination to date is for Best Music Video Short-Form in 1990 for "Something To Hold On To." This calls for more screencaps!
Sadly the rest of the YesWest catalog did not see any recognition in the years to come (but there are those who would say Union is a trainwreck of an album so it's just as well), but an examination of Trevor's overall history reveals so many awards he has probably run out of places to display them, and that is no surprise to those of us who believe there's still plenty for him to obtain.
