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Steve Howe hat geschrieben:
It’s hard to imagine the future without Chris! I sense that he will be in our thoughts & minds for sometime.

He was a one-off, larger than life human being, who brought a serious amount to everything he was part of.

Long may his memory resonate through the lands.

Trevor Rabin hat geschrieben:Hi everyone,
I am about as sad as I could be.
You all I’m sure know by now that Chris has passed.
I spoke to him about a week ago, and we were still laughing together.
Even though he had recently taken a turn for the worse, this was not totally unexpected, and the shock and sadness is extreme. I will miss him terribly.
An era is over. Music has lost a one of a kind, and I have lost a dear friend and brother. RIP

Patrick Moraz hat geschrieben:The news of Chris’s passing is very sad.
He was a special friend and a phenomenal musician, always eager to go beyond the outreaches of creativity.
During my years as a member of Yes and even outside of the band, strongly embedded in my memory, are some of the extraordinary sessions we used to have together; like an “empathy of minds and souls” jamming together to the rhythms of frequencies, all distances abbreviated by the pure spontaneity of spirits roaming freely, all barriers seemingly abolished!
My deepest heartfelt thoughts and condolences go out to Chris’s Family and loved ones.

Rock on, Chris!
Patrick

Oliver Wakeman hat geschrieben:This poster has a special meaning 4 me today. RIP Chris Squire, I enjoyed working & touring with you in Yes.

Tom Brislin hat geschrieben:RIP Chris Squire. Thanks for the memories, both on and off stage. Very sad to hear the news. I still sometimes can’t believe that I had the honor of being a part of Yes, my favorite band. Thanks for the memories, Chris Squire, from both on and off the stage.

Roger Dean hat geschrieben:Very sorry to hear the news that Chris’s died on Saturday night from leukemia. It was a great shock even though we were told it was likely. Chris was a huge force in Prog, in Rock and in Music, a major heartbeat has stopped. Chris will be missed by his family, by the band, by his millions of fans and friends and I will miss him.

Keith Emerson hat geschrieben:
It’s taken me some time to adjust to Chris’s passing. I probably won’t. He was a great friend and a great musician. God knows the grief that his family are going through – let alone Alan White and Geoff Downes and ALL of YES. My heart goes out to them. May God rest you in his musical heavens, Chris. Keith Emerson.

Greg Lake hat geschrieben:I am very saddened to hear about the recent passing of my old and respected friend Chris Squire. Chris was a decent and loving person, not to mention a great musician, bass player and singer. What most people are not aware of is that Chris and I shared an apartment together in London during the early nineteen seventies and as a consequence became very close friends. I will definitely miss him. Best Greg Lake. June 29, 2015

Billy Sherwood via Facebook hat geschrieben: This has to be the hardest message I've ever written, I'm devastated losing Chris

I met Chris in 1987, we became fast friends and remained so through all these many years. He was a big part of my world. He was my hero, playing bass and singing the way he did was such a huge inspiration. We made a lot of music together over the years, for which I'm eternally grateful. It was always something very special indeed to create with Chris, we seemed to always be on the same page with our ideas, Chris used to say to me "I guess it's because we are both Pisces, our music always has a watery sort of vibe to it" (I can hear his voice in my head as I write).


I went to visit with him (just before he fell ill) in Arizona, I got to spend time with him and his wonderful Family, we had an amazing dinner and many laughs together. Chris came to my hotel to record a bass track on a new record I'm making called "CITIZEN" and he nailed it in classic Squire style. 5 String in hand, playing great, with the amazing grin on his face. He was in the zone, little did I know at the time he was facing the battle that would eventually take him from us all.

1 week after I returned home from Arizona Chris phoned me and told me the worst news, he very bravely told me he had Leukemia. I feel apart, he remained strong and said he's got the fight in him and it's full steam ahead to battle it. A week or so goes by... Chris phoned me again, this time to say things had advanced to the point that touring in the near future was impossible for him. He began explaining that Yes had to continue for the fans and that while he had never missed a Yes show in 40 years this was one he would in fact have to sit out. Chris asked me at that point to step in and play with Yes while he dealt with his health issue. This was very difficult to hear... because I knew how heartbreaking it must have been for him to not be well enough to go out. I explained to him that because of my love for him and Yes music of course I would do it, but under the understanding that he would be returning to the band as soon as he had fully recovered. He agreed...

From that conversation forward we we're speaking on the phone about the various nuances of the music, bass parts etc... Just last week or so... he phone and for some reason the tone and tenor was different. It was as if he was the father telling his son a final farewell, cloaked in an upbeat voice and manner but never the less. This would be the final conversation we would have. My heart is broken for losing my friend, for his family's loss and the many many fans I know loved him

Chris said to me, "play the music, be yourself and make me proud". It's my true desire now live up to his wishes. He will forever live on in my heart and I will miss him terribly.

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Wilson hat geschrieben:Ich finde nicht, dass das etwas mit Pietätlosigkeit zu tun hat. Für mich war Squire der Inbegriff von Yes, nicht nur, weil er als einziger Musiker an allen Alben beteiligt war, sondern auch, weil sein Bassspiel ein Alleinstellungsmerkmal der Musik von Yes war. Es hat sich ja über die Jahre gezeigt, dass auch Anderson, Wakeman oder Howe ersetzbar waren. Für mich sind Yes mit Squire gestorben. Das ist meine persönliche Empfindung und ich bitte das zu respektieren.

jomo hat geschrieben:Here's a recent quote ( Rolling Stone magazine) from Chris Squire on how he sees Yes continuing:

" The group has been around for 44 years now, and Squire sees no end in sight. "It's quite an odd thing that Jon Davison is the 18th member to come into the circus ring of Yes," he says. "In many ways I think about the possibility that there could still be a Yes in 100 or 200 years from now, just like a live symphony orchestra. I don't think I'll be in it unless there is an extraordinary medical breakthrough. Just think of the Los Angeles Philharmonic: the members change, but the band keeps the same name."

With White,Howe, Davidson, Downes and Sherwood, I really hope we are seeing the new incarnation of Yes. I love the idea that Yes will be the first band in Rock history that will not be confined by time or trends. A band that could continually re-create itself - ´to be an ever opening flower´- a band beyond parallels.

Yes have constantly challenged and created music, visuals, recoding techniques, art and musical directions that have gone beyond the boundaries of a normal ´4 or 5 piece band´. They are indefinable to the standard corporate rock and roll market - hence the HOF snub - and long, long may YES continue.

Perhaps `Yes`the band is bigger than Yes the people.
Perhaps they really are bigger than the sum of their parts.

I for one would be delighted with the idea of my son listening to a new incarnation of the band and getting just as much life changing joy from the music as I did when I was 11 and heard `Survival´for the first time and had to wait 4 weeks till their first album ´YES ´ was delivered to the little Scottish island I grew up on.
It was worth waiting every second.
That joy has lasted my lifetime.

Jomo