Yes Co-Founder and Bassist Chris Squire 1948-2015

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Chris Squire, the highly respected bass player best known for his work with Yes, has died aged 67.
Squire had been undergoing treatment for cancer in his hometown of Phoenix after being diagnosed with a form of acute myeloid leukaemia.

Following the news of his illness Yes announced their summer tour would go on as planned, with Billy Sherwood stepping in as a replacement for Squire.
Squire was born in London in 1948, was a founding member of Yes, and is the only musician to have played on every one of the band’s albums. The band’s upcoming tour with Toto would mark the first time the band had ever performed live without him.

The band also released a statement on their Facebook page, which reads: "It’s with the heaviest of hearts and unbearable sadness that we must inform you of the passing of our dear friend and Yes co-founder, Chris Squire. Chris peacefully passed away last night in Phoenix Arizona, in the arms of his loving wife Scotty.

"For the entirety of Yes' existence, Chris was the band’s linchpin and, in so many ways, the glue that held it together over all these years. Because of his phenomenal bass-playing prowess, Chris influenced countless bassists around the world, including many of today’s well-known artists.

"Chris was also a fantastic songwriter, having written and co-written much of Yes’ most endearing music, as well as his solo album, Fish Out of Water.

"Outside of Yes, Chris was a loving husband to Scotty and father to Carmen, Chandrika, Camille, Cameron, and Xilan. With his gentle, easy-going nature, Chris was a great friend of many … including each of us. But he wasn’t merely our friend: he was also part of our family and we shall forever love and miss him."

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Rockers React to Yes Legend Chris Squire’s Death

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Classic rock legends are lining up to pay tribute to Yes bassist Chris Squire, who died yesterday after a short battle with acute erythroid leukemia at age 67.

Some — like Steve Hackett, Styx and Tony Levin — played with Squire in the studio or onstage. Others, like Geddy Lee and Geezer Butler, shared a passion for the bass. Then there are those who simply recognized Squire’s lasting impact on rock music.

Then there was longtime Yes bandmate Rick Wakeman, who helped create some of the band’s best-known music with Squire: “We have now lost, who for me, are the two greatest bass players classic rock has ever known. John Entwistle and now Chris,” he said today. “There can hardly be a bass player worth his salt who hasn’t been influenced by one or both of these great players. Chris took the art of making a bass guitar into a lead instrument to another stratosphere and coupled with his showmanship and concern for every single note he played, made him something special. Although Chris is no longer with us in human form, his music has not gone with him and that will be around long after all who read this will also have departed this mortal coil. That’s the great gift of music. That gift can be passed on with what has been created and so Chris will always live on.”

Here’s a collection of other memories and well wishes …


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Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman Remember Yes' Chris Squire

"Chris was a very special part of my life; we were musical brothers," band's co-founder Anderson writes in tribute
By Daniel Kreps June 29, 2015

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Following the death of Yes' Chris Squire, his former band mates Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman have penned touching tributes to the late bassist Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns

Following the death of Yes bassist Chris Squire, the co-founder of the prog rock legends and the only member to appear on every studio album, Squire's former band mates have penned touching tributes to the late bassist. Former singer Jon Anderson, who founded Yes with Squire in 1968, and keyboardist Rick Wakeman both remembered Squire, who passed away Sunday after a brief battle with a rare form of leukemia.
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"Chris was a very special part of my life; we were musical brothers," Anderson wrote on his official site. "He was an amazingly unique bass player - very poetic - and had a wonderful knowledge of harmony. We met at a certain time when music was very open, and I feel blessed to have created some wonderful, adventurous, music with him. Chris had such a great sense of humor... he always said he was Darth Vader to my Obi-Wan. I always thought of him as Christopher Robin to my Winnie the Pooh."

Anderson and Squire co-wrote many of Yes' greatest hits: "Yours Is No Disgrace," "Starship Trooper," "I've Seen All Good People" and "Owner of a Lonely Heart." "We travelled a road less travelled and I'm so thankful that he climbed the musical mountains with me," Anderson wrote. "Throughout everything, he was still my brother, and I'm so glad we were able to reconnect recently. I saw him in my meditation last night, and he was radiant. My heart goes out to his family and loved ones."

Wakeman, who spent five separate tenures with Yes after first appearing on 1971's Fragile, also saluted his longtime bandmate with a note posted on his official website. "We have now lost, who for me, are the two greatest bass players classic rock has ever known. John Entwistle and now Chris," Wakeman wrote. "There can hardly be a bass player worth his salt who hasn't been influenced by one or both of these great players."

Wakeman added that while he knew Squire was seriously ill, he was encouraged by reports that Squire "felt optimistic that with treatment, love and prayer, he would beat it." "Chris took the art of making a bass guitar into a lead instrument to another stratosphere and coupled with his showmanship and concern for every single note he played, made him something special," Wakeman continued.

"Although Chris is no longer with us in human form, his music has not gone with him and that will be around long after all who read this will also have departed this mortal coil. That’s the great gift of music. That gift can be passed on with what has been created and so Chris will always live on."

While Yes still have tour dates mapped out for this summer and into 2016, Wakeman notes in closing that "Chris’s passing truly marks the end of an era."

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