Not as much in the news as other great musicians that passed away recently, but Chris Squire of Yes was certainly a great source of inspiration for a whole generation, or perhaps several generations, of bass players.
When I started out, pretty much everyone I knew was a Yes fan. 90125 had just come out, so we got to know them in a sort of backwards way. A lot of their earlier stuff seemed a bit complicated and convoluted for our taste back then (it was the Mid-80s!), but Chris Squire's bass playing always seemed both virtuoso and solid at the same time.
His harmony vocals, too, were an integral part of the Yes sound. In fact he made Trevor Horn sound a lot like Jon Anderson on Drama (1980).
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/chris-squire-dead-yes-founding-member-and-bassist-dies-aged-67-10351273.html
When I started out, pretty much everyone I knew was a Yes fan. 90125 had just come out, so we got to know them in a sort of backwards way. A lot of their earlier stuff seemed a bit complicated and convoluted for our taste back then (it was the Mid-80s!), but Chris Squire's bass playing always seemed both virtuoso and solid at the same time.
His harmony vocals, too, were an integral part of the Yes sound. In fact he made Trevor Horn sound a lot like Jon Anderson on Drama (1980).
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/chris-squire-dead-yes-founding-member-and-bassist-dies-aged-67-10351273.html
