Yes Bassist Has Paassed away.

Fish Out of Water is a good record; lots of strident orchestration with the bass guitar high in the mix. Mel Collins and Bill Bruford are nice additions to the backing band, and Squire’s lyrics are a pleasant change to Jon Anderson’s impenetrable writing.

Thanks for the heads up, 1batfastard. I’ve seen bits and pieces of the acoustic Yes material, but I tend to view it the same way as the orchestral Yes material. For me, the solid Yes albums are with Eddie Offord sitting behind the mixing desk.

Picked this news up 29/6/15 – promptly stuck his solo album “Fish Out Of Water” on – early Yes albums were a big part of my ‘life soundtrack’.

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Hi All,
Meddle,
Have watched the 2004 acoustic set (Below) yet ? If you haven’t you should his bass playing is superb…;)

Geoff.

I was very saddened to hear this. 67 seems much to young, especially for such a larger than life character. A consummate musician who gave the bass guitar an authoritative voice and moved it away from the dull secondary role typical of most ’60s music. Chris treated his Rickenbacker like a chamber instrument, and I cannot see how Yes will be able to continue without him.