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Yes Singer Jon Davison ‘Deeply Hurt’ Over ‘Frivolous’ Copyright Claim

Yes lead singer Jon Davison blasts copyright infringement lawsuit as "defamatory," says former friend is trying to "steal a credit on our album."

Jon Davison, the lead singer of the legendary progressive rock band Yes since 2012, is firing back at a copyright infringement lawsuit filed last week over the group’s 2021 single “Dare to Know.” In a lengthy statement posted on the band’s website Wednesday, Davison says the new legal claim from fellow prog-rock musician Riz Story — someone he says he previously considered a friend — is an “utterly fictitious” and “defamatory” attempt at a “shakedown.” “While my initial reaction is to say nothing in the face of these blatant lies and this frivolous lawsuit, I feel I must address the personal slander that has been included within it as I have been so deeply hurt,” Davison wrote in his highly detailed letter to fans. “With the honored responsibility I’ve been tasked with to be a prominent songwriter for [Yes], a band known for its rich complexity of music, why on earth would I ever jeopardize all that by stealing a simple melody so commonplace?

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