By Andy Greene If Jon Davison hadn’t grown up just three blocks away from Taylor Hawkins in Laguna Beach, California, his life would be unimaginably different. They became best friends in grade school, discovered bands like Rush and Queen together, picked up instruments at the same time — Hawkins on drums and Davison on guitar — and saw their first concert together when Hawkins’ mother brought them to the Forum for David Bowie’s Serious Moonlight tour. But the big moment came in 2012 when Yes were looking for a new singer, and Hawkins told bassist Chris Squire that his lifelong friend was the man for the job. He wasn’t bullshitting him. Davison has a natural tenor singing voice eerily similar to a young Jon Anderson, fronted the Yes tribute band Roundabout, and was more than ready for the rigors of the road after playing in the groups Glass Hammer and Sky Cries Mary. Yes has been at the center of Davison’s life for the past 14 years.…