Chris Squire, bass player and founding member of Yes has died

[Beaverhausen]

Lieukemia. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/chris-squire-dies-yes/

[bluesbassman]

1. Sad news.

Innovative player and band. Saw them at Winterland in '74.

RIP Chris.

[onecaliberal]

2. :

[truebrit71]

3. Damn.

Brilliant bass player...

[BeyondGeography]

4. That hurts

if you were a 70s kid who found refuge and new musical horizons in Yes. His bass playing as much as anything is what gave them a unique sound. And you can tell from this clip how much personality he had. Thanks for the music and RIP, Chris.

[reflection]

23. You said it better than I could.

70s kid here. Yes was an integral part of the tapestry of my childhood. This hurts.

[Miles Archer]

5. Just saw that

The 1975 Yes solo albums were all pretty much a bust except for his "Fish Out Of Water." It's still an amazing work of art. He also did a couple of nice albums with Billy Sherwood after he left Yes under the name "Conspiracy."

Sad news, another "founding father" of Prog Rock gone.

[exboyfil]

6. A great artist

[KG]

7. Starship Trooper down.

[xocet]

8. ....

[shenmue]

9. Rest in peace

[Oilwellian]

10. RIP Chris Squire

Yes will always be one of my all time favorite bands. It's so sad to hear of so many rock and roll greats who are now dying.

[calimary]

11. Aw shit. Another loss for the rock world.

Yes was such a great band. Any group of musicians who could keep up with their keyboardist, Rick Wakeman, was a group that was absolutely World-Class.

"I've Seen All Good People..." And we're seeing too many of 'em leave us, dammit.

[zappaman]

12. That sucks and it completely unexpected.

I knew he was sick but didn't know it was that bad.
RIP to one of my favorite bassists.

[etherealtruth]

13. RIP

[Initech]

14. No! I love that band!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. I have this framed in the guest bedroom...

[ballabosh]

16. Too sad

Yes was the soundtrack of my youth.

[SunSeeker]

18. +1

[nolabear]

17. ...

[vkkv]

19. Chris Squire WAS Yes. They never toured as Yes without C.S. - They toured as AWBH

Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford and Howe.

Yes did tour with several vocalists not named Jon Anderson though.

This is very sad news in the world of music.

Chris Squire could write a melodic bass line that could weave independently for 4 measures all while harmonizing with every chord change and then come looping back around.

Squire's phrasing was just unimaginable by anyone but him.

Yes and Beatles have been my all time favorite bands for decades.
I just saw Yes about a year ago doing their three album series tour of the "Yes Album", "Close To The Edge" and "Going For The One".
I would have bet money that they were going to open with Siberian Khatru (from Close To The Edge) as they often did, but they opened with Perpetual Change at the Golden State Theater in Monterey, CA, if my memory serves me right.

Thanks for all of the great music. You will be missed.

[SoapBox]

20. Oh my gosh...

Sorry to hear this.

And while I was in high school and college during the 70's, I was one of those weirdos that pursued anything "dance" (ya, one of those)...but the sound of Yes was distinctive.

I've run those clips of Roundabout, 4 times...now we've been racking out brains how and where we heard it so much (would have been in Portland, Corvallis and/or Eugene), that we automatically knew that intro and most of the words are on autopilot.

RIP Chris.

[shanti]

21. RIP, Mr. Squire

Yes was one of my faves back in the 70's, and I saw them play at Angel Stadium in Anaheim. Memorable music....

[PowerToThePeople]

22. RIP.