R.I.P. Chris Squire

Boilk

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R.I.P. Chris Squire

29-06-15, 15:38

Yes co-founder and hugely influential bass player Chris Squre dies at just 67...

Chris Squire, Yes Bassist and Co-Founder, Dead at 67

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-squire-yes-bassist-and-co-founder-dead-at-67-20150628

Chris Squire, the co-founder and longtime bassist of prog rock icons Yes, passed away just over a month after revealing that he was battling leukemia.

Along with Genesis & ELP - Yes effectively defined Prog Rock in its golden era. Yes "torchbearer" Squire was famously the only member to appear on every Yes album.
He trained as a chorister, arranged a lot of Yes's complex vocal harmonies ... and his last album had the unlikely and tongue-twisting title of Chris Squire's Swiss Choir

Thanks and R.I.P. Mr. Squire.

Last edited by Boilk; 29-06-15, 16:07.
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EdgeleyRob

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29-06-15, 22:06

Thanks for posting this Boilk.

The bass line (oh so much more than that) to the soundtrack of my teenage years and beyond.
The anchor of YES.
How to describe his playing,I dunno,virtuosic,aggresive,piercing,chromatic.

I am at a loss.

RIP Chris squire and thank you maestro

Last edited by EdgeleyRob; 29-06-15, 22:17.
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