I didn't get to see them until the 9012Live tour. He wore this doctor smock during his solo set.
-PJ
Posted on 06/28/2015 2:50:55 PM PDT by LS
A rock icon, Chris Squire, bassist of "Yes," died at age 67 of leukemia, which was only recently diagnosed.
“I was fortunate enough to see them in “the round” at the Philly Spectrum in the’70’s. Fantastic show.”
I saw them at the Capital Centre on the same tour - August 1977. I was 15 and went with my older brother and a bunch of his friends. I totally agree - fantastic show. The music was awesome and the round stage was very cool. As a father of three boys, I can’t believe my nice conservative white-collared parents would let my brother take me, but I had already seen the Dead with the same group of my borther’s friends at the Cap Centre the year before...I saw a lot of shows there, including the Who and more Dead shows than I care to remember...
One huge regret - they got me a ticket to see Zeppelin in ‘77, but I viewed myself as a ‘Deadhead’ (Ha! I was a kid!) and didn’t care at the time...still don’t really like Zeppelin, (my brother’s room was above mine and he BLASTED them 24/7), but wish I had seen them...
Some great songs on that.
I didn't get to see them until the 9012Live tour. He wore this doctor smock during his solo set.
-PJ
Good news. I met Rick over 20 years ago.
The thing about Squire-—and while I would classify him as a first class, absolute top musician but NOT as one of the top 3-4 “bassists”-—is that he really didn’t play bass the way it’s meant to be played, as a rhythm instrument in tandem with the drums. He played it as a low solo guitar. Again, nothing wrong with that. It absolutely fit “Yes.” But as a bassist I wouldn’t put him with Jack Bruce or Clive Chapman or (in his prime) Tim Bogert and certainly not with Paul McCartney, who (pardon the pun) basically invented rock bass.
Good Lord………Boones Farm. There’s a memory I could have done without.
Darn good singer, too.
My 1st concert was from this tour. An interview with the band at that time said the concept was an hour & a half album w/4 movements. So in that sense they succeeded.
The crowd did a lot of booing because it wasn’t anything they heard before. I felt bad for the band. And Rick Wakeman bolted immediately after.
“Tales” is one of my top 10 all-time favorite albums. First Yes tour I saw live.
Have it on vinyl. Want my copy?
RIP Chris. Yes was/is one of my all around favorite bands.Saw them perhaps half dozen times always a good show.
Same here, and I concur with your opinion. They were all amazing musicians.
You’d be surprised what old vinyl sells for these days. In good condition yours might go for 20-40 bucks.
Yes. That baseline was just one example of how talented he was.
The base line on that was a romp. He was flying. Didn't sound picked either.
The Moody Blues were pikers alongside of Yes.
Now here it is 2015...
RIP Chris Squier.
Yep. Never got into the Moody Blues; kind of depressing, actually.
Now, give me Pink Floyd ANY day of the week and I’m Happy Happy! :)
Close to the Edge, Relayer and Fragile are their best albums IMO. Topographic Oceans actually has a few nice sections that are unfortunately spread across four sides of bloated music in need of some serious editing. Back in the 70s Yes would improvise more in concerts which was a joy to behold.
Saw them on the Relayer tour. At first I couldn’t believe all that music was being made by just those guys on stage.
A great loss.
RIP Chris.
Yes didn’t start playing in the round until 1979- ‘77 was the Going for the One tour and they used a conventional stage...
i’m a big Yes fan but HUGE Zeppelin fan...saw them opening night at Madison Square Garden in ‘77 (6/7/77)...greatest band of all time imo...
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