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Check it out, he has registered and posted over at the Rickenbacker forum. http://www.rickenbacker.com/forum_view_thread.asp?thread_id=7082&forum=General_Forum&thread_name=Chris%20Squire%20BLOG

Can't wait to check out the Christmas CD.

I guess I liked him in the early days of Yes, but now I really can't stand him. The last few times I've seen him he's been a huge ham and the playing was not up to par.

I'm probably one of YES's biggest fans - but I havent heard Squire's work in years since the hayday of YES, so I really can't judge. Any recommendations for CDs?

I've never heard any of his non YES stuff so I can't comment on it. I picked up their 35th anniversary concert DVD and it was pretty awesome. They're all old and fat now except Howe who isn't fat but looks kinda like the crypt keeper LOL. They can still rock it though.

It's amazing, the power of their music. They were popular at their height in the 70s and I have still not heard any act since then that has equalled their beautiful sound and song-smithing.

"Wondrous Stories" STILL sends me back.....

I hear ya. I saw em live at the old Salt Palace in 76 when I was 14, I sat 12 row back right in front of Squire and it kinda changed my life. After that the only thing I ever wanted was to be a bass player. I never came close to his level of playing but even now if you listen to my music it's obvious who inspired and influenced me.

I quite like Endless Dream at the moment!!

I've see Yes twenty times, first time when they opened for Black Sabbath (72 or 73). But my favorite period was ABWH when Jeff Berlin played bass. Now there's an awesome bassist.

I have to admit that the two people in YES I found most impressive were Rick Wakeman (well duh, I'm a keyboardist) and John Anderson. Not to diss Howe and Squire, but it seemed to these ears that Wakeman and Anderson created the wraith that everything else advanced from.