Jon Davison (singer)

Jon Davison
Jon Davison performing with Yes in São Paulo, May 2013.
Background information
Also known as	Juano Davison
Born	(1971-01-16) January 16, 1971 (age 46)
Genres	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, symphonic rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, bass, guitar, percussion
Years active	1991–present
Associated acts	Yes, Glass Hammer, Sky Cries Mary

Jon Davison (born January 16, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist musician, who is the current lead vocalist of progressive rock band Yes (since 2012), and the bass guitarist of Sky Cries Mary (since 1993), where he is credited as Juano Davison. He was also the lead singer of progressive rock band Glass Hammer from 2009 to 2014.

He has, since childhood, been a friend of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. He currently lives with his wife Maewe and his son Aleph in Laguna Beach.

Davison's earliest involvement with music began when he sang in the church youth choir led by his mother. From an early age, she instilled in him an appreciation for music and love for singing. Soon after he took up guitar and bass, which eventually led him during High School to perform in various original and cover bands with his childhood best friend, Taylor Hawkins (currently the drummer for Foo Fighters). It was Hawkins who gave Jon the nickname "Juano" that has stuck to this day.

Davison then attended the Art Institute of Seattle to study audio and video production where he landed the gig of bassist for Northwest group Sky Cries Mary. Throughout the 1990s, he continued recording and touring with the band. Some highlights of this period were traveling to Japan, and appearing on late night talk shows including Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Daily Show.

In 1998, Davison met his wife, Maewe, in Seattle at a meditation circle. In 2001, they moved for a year to Maewe's home of Brazil. While living there, Davison played bass with Ronald Augusto.

Davison remained a member of Sky Cries Mary, but also joined the now-disbanded Yes tribute band Roundabout. In 2009, Glass Hammer discovered Davison singing Yes music online and asked him to join the band as "the voice we were always writing music for", according to founding members Steve Babb and Fred Schendel. He has since recorded five albums with them, If, Cor Cordium, Perilous, a new version of The Inconsolable Secret and Ode to Echo. He was the lead vocalist on the first three, and sharing that role on Ode to Echo given his engagements with Yes. He has not worked with the band since.