After basketball, I checked my mail quickly in my car. One email – from Rolling Stone (magazine) – shared links to a number of articles about the Rock and Roll Hall Fame Induction ceremony that took place at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn Friday eve.

Many years, the ceremony lacks interest for me. Folks who know me rather well including many readers of this blog know my strong feelings about who belongs there (and not) and the absolute outrageous omissions of worthy artists.

One glaring omission got fixed this year; albeit a key member gets inducted posthumously. And I fear that will continue to occur considering who we lost this year, including two-thirds of Emerson Lake and Palmer.

This year the Rock Hall inducted Yes. As with many bands the induction ceremony reunited bandmates who toured separately. The current touring Yes only includes guitarist Steve Howe and second and long-time drummer Alan White. Founding vocalist Jon Anderson, 1980s era guitarist Trevor Rabin and second Keyboard player Rick Wakeman toured recently as ARW. Many hope the reunion will trigger something akin to “Union” lineup. Besides the late Chris Squire, until his death, the only constant in Yes, the other inductees include original drummer Bill Bruford who left for King Crimson after the Close To The Edge LP and original keyboard player Tony Kaye who got pushed out for refusing to play more than organ and piano during early session for the Fragile LP.

The real reason I opened the link to the Yes article involved a desire to find a link to their Rock Hall induction performances. Yes played Roundabout with Geddy Lee from Rush on bass who inducted the band with his bandmate Alex Lifeson. I listened to the video on my car stereo while watching the video on my iPhone.

Later I listened again at home using my Apple TV to view the performance on the big screen. Then I watched them perform Owner of a Lonely Heart. Roundabout sounded as great as the version on the live Yessongs three LP set.

While I remain happy that Yes got in the hall, so many glaring omissions remain, starting with Poco (their sound heavily influenced Eagles and their original and current bassists first played successively in that seminal band) and The Moody Blues.

You may suggest some others; I might even agree.