Now that Tour Fever has set in and the fandom conversation regarding ARW grows ever more lively and anticipatory, full of speculation - setlists, lineups, musical styles, are they yet another potential faction of Yes - I say as Rabinites what we really need to focus on is: what is the Maestro going to wear for his return to live performance after twenty-one years?! I believe I can state with a fair amount of certainty that Trevor still owns every shirt he ever wore on tour, so which ones are we likely to see (again)? Or will the love of his life and their drumming progeny gently advise him to invest in some new threads?
On the other hand, we wouldn't expect Trevor to hit the stage without his beloved Strat (to play "Owner" of course) so why would we think he wouldn't also pull out the well-worn and much-loved black-and-green buttondown?
Tremander rocks the ASCAP Awards
We first saw this infamous shirt on the Talk tour...
Post-Yes it seems Trevor began wearing it for (almost) every public appearance.
(Note also the Mission: Space hat.)
Trevor even donned it (along with the leather vest he wore for the cover of Can't Look Away and the club tour of 1989) for a scene in Jack Frost, his one-and-only feature film onscreen appearance.
It's probably his lucky shirt, or at least a shirt which knows how to behave in public. It just hangs there and looks good. Whenever we see it, we know Rock Star Trevor Rabin is in the building.
But I am also in favor of another shirt from the Talk tour; it is similar to the black-and-green shirt so I tend to think they came from the same source.
Seriously Trev, no. Just no.
I care about you enough to attempt to save you from yourself and your potentially disappointing shirt selections. Return as the conquering hero you are, in the fabulous style we know so well simply because you never get rid of anything. And that is why we love you!
