Chris Squire, Rest in Peace


I just learned that we have lost yet another Rock icon. As the only member of YES that played on each release plus some solo works, he will be missed. At age 67 he lost his battle with Leukemia yesterday. As a YES fan, it is sad that any future releases will be void of the innovative bass rifts and signature work of this musician.
Rest in Peace, Chris. You leave behind many fans that now are Owners of Lonely Hearts...
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A true loss who will be greatly missed from a group that should have been in the Rock Hall years ago. I'll have to listen to The Fish in memoriam.
One definitely didn't hang around with us for too long. Wish he could stay longer. RIP Chris.
I was a wanna-be musician at 15 when I saw the Anderson-Squire, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford YES when "Roundabout" was just making its mark.

They played a taped "Firebird Suite" into the chime at the beginning of Roundabout and 3 minutes later, I was in tears in the presence of something greater than my wildest dreams. I figured I'd better study harder in school and leave the bass playing to those greater than I could conceive. The next day, my bass playing friends gave up their P-basses and LaBella flat wounds and started looking for Rick 4001s with Rotosounds.

Thanks for the memories, Chris. I still played bass for another 30 years, but never gave up listening to CS when I needed to hear a bassist get front and center.

And yes, I worshipped Entwhistle too. Both sadly gone now.
I live near Phoenix, and saw him with Yes twice at the Celebrity Theatre in the last two years, and he was as exciting as ever. I had seen Yes on the east coast a couple of times over the years, and have been admired and enjoyed his playng for well over 40 years.
I was hoping to see him again in the future, and along with many of us, I will truly miss him. It comes so soon after th passing of Jack
Bruce, my all time favorite.