Chris Squire, Rest in Peace

One of the best bass players ever. I have had the pleasure of seeing Yes live several times and Squire's musicianship and song writing ability laid the foundation for very complex works. It takes real skill for a bass player to perform as the lead instrument in long solos that maintain the audience's interest- particularly when surrounded by other talented band mates like Anderson, White, Wakeman,and Howe. John Entwistle did it with the Who and Chris Squire certainly made his mark in the rock and roll genre. Most of all, I think that I will miss Squire's originality proving that rock can be more than just three cords. I guess I will order the new "progeny' disc from their 1972 tour.

Misspelled "chords'...sorry.

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.