| Author | Message | ||
| jzstephan
Advanced Member Username: jzstephan Post Number: 295 Registered: 1-2012 |
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/125601/In-Memoriam-Yes-Bassist-Chris-Squire | ||
| jcdlc72
Senior Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 431 Registered: 11-2009 |
It was very very recently that I knew about his illness, but certainly I wasn't expecting this to happen so soon. Well, it is always "so soon" when it is about someone you love and admire. This is a sad, sad loss... | ||
| jimmyj
Senior Member Username: jimmyj Post Number: 576 Registered: 8-2008 |
Big loss. Such an inspirational and innovative player - the notes he chose and the sound he made. We are lucky to live in a time where all that recorded music is still available for us enjoy and for others to yet discover. | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4301 Registered: 5-2009 |
This is indeed very SAD ! He was one of the "Cats " that I choose to make a difference in my perception of what the Bass Guitar can do . Like Jaco, and like Jack Bruce, one of the "Cats" . Chris , your contributions and music will eternalize your essence for ever . Thanks ! Wolf | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1532 Registered: 1-2005 |
Knew of his illness but didn't realize it was so serious - shocked and saddened - he was such a huge influence on me - just saw him last Fall with Yes, glad my wife and I got to go. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11816 Registered: 5-2002 |
It is impossible to measure just how influential the music of Yes has been in my life. I am very grateful for Chris Squire and the contributions he has made to our music and to my own journey. Thank you Chris. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11817 Registered: 5-2002 |
This is delightful; Chris talking about the famous night when they opened for Hendrix at the Marquis Club. | ||
| essenceman
Member Username: essenceman Post Number: 74 Registered: 10-2002 |
Three great bass players gone in less than a year. Jack Bruce last October, Andy Fraser in March and now 'Fish'. All three very different, all three wonderful bass players and all three sadly missed. | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 416 Registered: 6-2014 |
I just posted on another forum earlier today when I first read the news... it's sad when these guys leave here, but deeply comforting to know that their music lives on in us, especially those of us that play it. | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4302 Registered: 5-2009 |
Gregory , so true ! It is up to us to carry on their chops and technique. In addition show and present their music to younger and beginning players . | ||
| wishbass
Advanced Member Username: wishbass Post Number: 340 Registered: 5-2011 |
Saddened, a big influence on my playing and attitude about music... | ||
| jcdlc72
Senior Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 432 Registered: 11-2009 |
It was very very recently that I knew about his illness, but certainly I wasn't expecting this to happen so soon. Well, it is always "so soon" when it is about someone you love and admire. This is a sad, sad loss... | ||
| eastcoastepic
Advanced Member Username: eastcoastepic Post Number: 275 Registered: 10-2003 |
Everyone has a top 3, 4 or 5 bassists who were the biggest influences in their playing style; Squire was one of my top 5, as I developed my chops in the late 1970s. A truly sad day, Godspeed my friend....... | ||
| smokin_dave
Senior Member Username: smokin_dave Post Number: 418 Registered: 10-2002 |
See you on the other side Fish.RIP. Nothing I can say that already hasn't been said. A monster bass player and true legend. Now I must listen to Going For The One. | ||
| tncaveman
Advanced Member Username: tncaveman Post Number: 296 Registered: 2-2011 |
My favorite bassist and person that inspired me to play bass. My purchase of a Rick 4001 in 81 at the ripe age of 17. RIP Chris Stephen | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3681 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hi was very shocked to hear of Chris' passing yesterday, despite having posted of his illness a month ago. I guess we hadn't been informed just how ill he was and I was looking forward to next year's tour in the hope that Chris would be performing as he has at every Yes gig there's been. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. There's a touching tribute from Brian May on his blog Graeme | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 2385 Registered: 11-2004 |
Sad loss indeed, 'Close To The Edge' still is my favourite prog rock album. RIP Mr Squire | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1523 Registered: 6-2006 |
Dang! I got goose bumps when I saw this thread . . . And then tears in my eyes when reading the news. Huge influence. Schindleria Praemeturus May the waters guide you home. (Message edited by Pauldo on June 29, 2015) | ||
| rjmsteel
Advanced Member Username: rjmsteel Post Number: 245 Registered: 7-2008 |
Just read this!!! My son and I were just listening to Fragile yesterday. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8559 Registered: 6-2000 |
Crushing news. Truly one of the greats, and gone far too soon. | ||
| peoplechipper
Senior Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 609 Registered: 2-2009 |
Bummer...I really haven't listened to Yes in years but some songs pop into my head on occasion and they always have a killer Chris Squire bass line in them... | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 981 Registered: 5-2007 |
I still remember hearing "Roundabout" for the first time and trying to learn the bass-lines VMG | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Senior Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 563 Registered: 6-2012 |
I remember hearing "Roundabout" many times on the radio and not realizing that the bass was making "that" sound until I saw a live performance on TV...made me realize that there could be so much more to a bass part beyond "thud, thud, thud". A true innovator and an inspiration to us all to think differently. | ||
| hifiguy
Senior Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 448 Registered: 10-2006 |
Very sad. He and Jack Bruce were my first bass heroes. They were the players who convinced me I wasn't "settling" for anything by taking up the bass guitar. When I was a teenage bass player I played a Ric with Rotos because Chris did. Used cabs with 12" speakers because Chris did. Even used the same Herco picks. I was proud of myself to an unseemly degree when I was able to play "Close To The Edge," "Siberian Khatru" and "Roundabout" correctly and from memory. He was an idol, an inspiration, a music teacher and a Bass Hero to me. RIP, sir. | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2401 Registered: 9-2002 |
Great musicians reach across many genres and influence people you just would not think would be listening. Like most of us in the 70's, FRAGILE and the first single 'RoundAbout' made big impressions. I was working in a music store, and a local black bassist who was already a slap/pop master was a regular customer, he could Bootsy and Stanley and Larry Graham and Louis Johnson you to death, just fabulous at it and fingerstyle ala' Jamerson as well. One of my favorite guys and players, he just had 'it' for days. He came in one day, and 'RoundAbout' was playing on the FM radio feed we kept playing as background music. So he picks up an axe and plugs in, and begins playing it, letter-perfect, in slap, and it was just hair-curling. Not funked up, but Squire's lines precisely. He went on to rave about Squire, pointed out the cooler little bits that told me he'd really woodshedded this. And his slap tone was obviously not unlike Squire's tone on the recording. What a blast ! I later begged him to teach me to slap 'The Wanton Song', but we never got 'round to it. So when it comes to great players, you just never know WHO's digging on it. Joey | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2366 Registered: 10-2003 |
It's been a month, and I still tear-up when I think about it. Lift Me Up has Chris playing Trevor Rabin's Alembic. I can't believe he's gone. John |
