@msaintpc - I am with you on that. I could listen to such stories all day. Those were the glory years of rock and one wonders if we will ever see such times again. Imagine paying a mere dollar to see the genesis of Yes and Hendrix! Or to sit in such a crowd of rock royalty.
That was the world before internet, satellites, digital recording, real time infos. These people were in the business and never heard of Hendrix before. Great story, anyway. THX!
I loved your story! I will listen to your silly words any time. What else is there these days? Crazy days - thank the big "G" for you guys showing me right from wrong in the first darn place.
My first concert was Jimi at The Boston Garden in the sixties. I passed him in the hallway. That was when they (rock stars) weren't afraid to wander. Sophmore in high school. I still can't believe my Mom let me go. Scared the crap out of me when he set his guitar on fire. Still pissed she wouldn't let me go to Woodstock.
Mutual respect among musicians. A wonderful story and so glad it was told. So I say to all you young ones who weren't born when this happened, you too can have moments like that but first you have to respect each other. Simple really:)
Jonfrumthefirst Before you start being abusive with me,it was a light hearted comment I used to be a fan of the group,having seen there early performances at the Marqee in London when nobody had heard of them and they were a great band of the time.try being a little more subtle with your replies,because a can assure you would not say that to my face if you get my drift
@bustballz John Entwistle, But Chris (I love him and Yes, ok ?) is close 2nd. The only ones who play "another" song instead of tapping the chords' main notes
@thefansixties The only ones? Perhaps if you overlook a hell of a lot of other bass players. Squire & Entwistle are great, but let's not pretend they're the only guys with chops.
What a great story! I've never seen this before and what a treat to see this for the very first time - I like to think I've pretty much read everything there is to read about Jimi and then I found this!!! Awesome and I know there's more out there - I recently met Eddie Kramer in San Francisco and I wanted so badly to ask him about Jimi but I just couldn't - what could I ask him that hasn't been asked before?? So I refrained, but there's so many things I would have loved to know..
saw him tell this story live when he played with the syn about 5 years ago in San francisco. When he got to the part about Hendrix being the first black guy he had ever talked to... I exclaimed "what????" really loud! but believe me it didn't break Chris' stride for one moment! He was great playing and great telling this story!
and for those unaware of Yes' bandmates, each one of them is some of the best interviews ever,they are def the brainiest,smartest band maybe all time..today almost zero bands have ONE member who can read music,Yes had all 5 who could read...kids,even if you play tard-rock,learn to read/theory and your playing will take off.
for those who don't know Yes' early stuff, you are missing out and you're collection is NOT complete...there is no progressive rock w/o Yes and ELP...they have as much a place in rock history as anyone IMO...
Yeah to mindbodylightsound yeah I couldn't agree more I mean Noel was trying to make the group a democratic outing and Hendrix was having none of it rightly so as you can here on ladyland and axis were reading gets a song on each album they are the only songs that date the album little miss strange & she's so fine. So Hendrix was right to put his nose out. Plus if it wasn't for Jimi he'd be a milkman. He winged all his life about getting ripped of. He did deserve more credit though. Music reall
lol i wish squire played bass for hendrix instead of noel redding. hendrix deserved a real bass player instead of some whiny premadonna that always wanted to be a guitar player.
@MrNodzilla all i have to say is listen to noel play bass, listen to hendrix play bass and then listen to billy cox play bass. i don't know what YIP is and just because a lot of people know who noel redding is doesn't mean he had any genuine integrity as a bass guitarist or a guitarist/songwriter for that matter (see fat mattress). i'm sorry but i fail to see your logic. if noel redding had his way we wouldn't have more than 50% of the hendrix recordings we have today and that's a fact.
@mindbodylightsound10 ... Totaly agree!! Noel Redding was a silly little cry baby who was damn lucky Hendrix chose him to play bass!! Noels attitude caused him to leave the Experience to form his own band Fat Matress, wich was an epic fail!!
Chris Squire, one of the unsung Bass Gods of Rock. Just listen to his work on Roundabout w/Yes. He, Hendrix, and Mitch Mitchell had incredible Jazz riffs going on in Rock that no one has touched since.
I like yes and saw them from the start, and at the marquee. I remember saying hello to chris squire at the lyceum london at the centipede concert with robert fripp and lots of others, and he was a bit gruff.
good story, what about Zappa? Any kind words about Frank? He was a guitar god too! Thanks Chris, you rock !! You bass god!!! ;) Thank God for you all l!!!!
I laughed at Chris' frustration at Noel having a tough time learning Purple Haze. He SHOULD'VE taken the bass from him. Can you imagine what that would've sounded like? Chris Squire and his Rickenbacher bass as part of the Experience?
look at dis guy he belongs over on the right sie with the lists of videos, a very enough story written o structure the chord of the progression but where you took it set you
I saw Yes last month. They rocked. No matter who the singer or the keyboard player is, that band's leader is Chris Squire, and they rocked the joint so hard! Great story about meeting Hendrix. "Dessert" LOL.
@freegie27 Maybe not; keep in mind Noel Redding was not a bass player, but a guitarist- and auditioned as such for Jimi and his producer. Keyboardists, horn players and others auditioned too as at that point Jimi had not decided upon what sort of combo he wanted. When the power trio format was suggested, Jimi asked Noel if he could play bass instead of guitar because he liked him.
I realise Chris was being ‘wise after the fact’ – he didn’t know he was watching a band who became what they were. and that’s the point of his story
As he says – 'Couldn’t learn 5 notes together, this guys got an awful band, and why are these people here to see this awful band'
My point was that Noel comes out as a non-musician in this, he was nowhere near Chris's class as a bass player but as I said Jimi deemed him good enough to play with him
@freegie27 I think Chris rather assumed people would understand his sarcasm towards Noel and the Experience... I guess I can see why you think he was being overly silly.
Anybody who knows anything about music would be able to dismiss his comments as silly anyway, but point taken there are people who watch youtube who know nothing about music, music history, or Jimi and might take him seriously. You've got a good point. It's a fair cop. You've got me on the run ;)
Yikes! The years have not been very kind to Chris! I still love the guy though! As a bassist, he is one of my biggest influences. Too bad he didn't rip the bass out of Noel's hands and take over! The Experience Music Project in Seattle is one of the greatest tributes to Jimi, and music in general, that you will ever see!! Its not far from the cemetary in Renton, where Jimi is buried and where a magnificent memorial stands,surrounded by plots for his family. Sucks his Mom isnt there though
We never see the interviewer let alone the audience... creates kind of a disconnect. Like frame in need of context, a single box, that CS in black fills quite adequately!
There should have been one follow up question at least: Did your opinion of Noel Redding improve during the performance. (I rather like his playing on Hendrix albums... doesn't just play root notes, sometimes far from it.) I'd like to have seen the whole interview, Squire seems more articulate and forthcoming then he often is.
I'm so glad the host or interviewer or whatever didn't interupt his great story. Jimi was/is a treasure. One or the all time originals, a truly great individual and entertainer and an inspiration to millions, literally. I don't even need to say this but I enjoy it all the same.
Noel was darn lucky to be in that group it could have been anybody I hope he realized that.
Chris is brillant and his playing has advanced bass playing which is no small thing.
I got to meet Yes at boarders bookstore in sydney australia 2003, Steve didn't want to talk, but Chris is like.....'Hey how you going Mate!', he seems to get a lot of enjoyment out of his creation,i'm 6'4 with big hands, Chris shook mine...i reckon he had a hand twice as big....., you made my day Chris, and the Yes gig the night before was just effing fabulous......cheers.
Abbey stJohn & "Yes" bassist Chris Squire are set to record the final tracks for Abbey stJohn's upcoming album "The songwriter" (release date 2010 TBA) in a State of the art private Scottsdale AZ. studio Sept 19thru 25th. The long time friends (who met in Hawaii 1980's) reunite for their 1st recording together since 2003.
Abbey stJohn & "Yes" bassist Chris Squire are set to record the final tracks for Abbey stJohn's upcoming album "The songwriter" (release date 2010 TBA) in a State of the art private Scottsdale AZ. studio Sept 19thru 25th. The long time friends (who met in Hawaii 1980's) reunite for their 1st recording together since 2003.
I've followed YES for many years, and not meaning anything "ugly" at all, but doesn't Chris look like he's been drinking heavily? He's really swollen in his face...poor guy.....could be other health complications...anyone know?
I never heard Squire speak this much before. He's as funny as Wakeman. Seems like a very normal sort of fellow considering the number of inhuman impossible bass lines he's come up with over the years.
@wardka I think he was always the jokester in YES. According to Trevor Rabin, he was always doing something to make people laugh. I believe Trevor & Chris are really good friends and have been for years (according to Trevor's interviews).
Nice one!! real and honest too : ))
HopeWithPandora 9 minutes ago
He looks a bit road worn!
Lookup2Wakeup 5 days ago
Thanks for this.I love yes.what a story!Jimi Hendrix!
chaosmos1971 1 week ago
wonder if this guy can play...? Roundabout baseline is amazing...one of the best I have ever heard.
fuzzypige222 2 weeks ago
Can you imagine if Squire was on bass in the Experience??!!!
dorne 2 weeks ago
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Two self-evident truths guitar players should know about guitar playing:
1. When it comes to JIMI HENDRIX no one even comes close.
2. The closest anyone has yet come to Hendrix' brilliance and boundless originality on guitar was the late great MICHAEL HEDGES.
icecreamforcrowhurst 3 weeks ago
Awesome interview. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. Now this is the youtube I love.
msaintpc 3 weeks ago 4
@msaintpc - I am with you on that. I could listen to such stories all day. Those were the glory years of rock and one wonders if we will ever see such times again. Imagine paying a mere dollar to see the genesis of Yes and Hendrix! Or to sit in such a crowd of rock royalty.
bent139 3 weeks ago
First black guy he ever talked to: Jimi Hendrix. Lucky ass
Dani1love 1 month ago 4
Well,,,, Chris Squire ,,,, he seems to be a regular diamond geezer, ini ?
pbstratocaster 1 month ago
Incredibly entertaining and damn funny! A joy to watch, thanx...
DoctorAxe 1 month ago
Great video. I love it.
lovereactionsong 1 month ago
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ybot1983 1 month ago
one person likes justin bieber
carlythelovely 1 month ago 2
Hendrix was a great showman, but all his solos sound the same to me. Hendrix doesn't compare to Chris Squire or Steve Howe.
greatseaofcyan 2 months ago
@greatseaofcyan .Yeah,haven't you heard machine gun or anything he's stormed through?
MrNodzilla 1 month ago
@greatseaofcyan When's the last time you consulted your Psychiatrist?
msaintpc 3 weeks ago
@greatseaofcyan
You do realise that Chris was primarily the Bass player for Yes?
And that he is talking about how awestruck he was here?
Maybe not :(
JMH#1
freegie27 1 week ago
That was the world before internet, satellites, digital recording, real time infos. These people were in the business and never heard of Hendrix before. Great story, anyway. THX!
greatbighand 2 months ago
WOW... What a great story.
MarvinSheats 2 months ago
I loved your story! I will listen to your silly words any time. What else is there these days? Crazy days - thank the big "G" for you guys showing me right from wrong in the first darn place.
Paaah! Go Go Go!
BigWhiteTurkey 2 months ago
My first concert was Jimi at The Boston Garden in the sixties. I passed him in the hallway. That was when they (rock stars) weren't afraid to wander. Sophmore in high school. I still can't believe my Mom let me go. Scared the crap out of me when he set his guitar on fire. Still pissed she wouldn't let me go to Woodstock.
green3825 3 months ago
@green3825 I would have snuck out and left a note on the kitchen table "be back in a few...days"
WavyGravyTrain1 3 months ago
Mutual respect among musicians. A wonderful story and so glad it was told. So I say to all you young ones who weren't born when this happened, you too can have moments like that but first you have to respect each other. Simple really:)
daverow49 3 months ago
At least a taste of how good Hendrix was wasn't obvious from seeing them rehearse?
mrJimCharles 3 months ago
THANKS FOR POSTING THIS VIDEO,CHRIS,WHAT A GREAT STORY..THANKS.
rjlnell88 3 months ago
Awesome interview. Thank you so much for posting this!
wedgem 3 months ago
Heard he knew how to party hard in his younger years, too!
gymman1031 4 months ago
The great Chris Squire...
joyfulexistence 4 months ago
This guy is the man!!
mar777ism 4 months ago
Dude Chris is a freaking bass god!!!!!!!! It's awesome he got to see Jimi! One master watching another.
expandwhatyousee 4 months ago
Jonfrumthefirst Before you start being abusive with me,it was a light hearted comment I used to be a fan of the group,having seen there early performances at the Marqee in London when nobody had heard of them and they were a great band of the time.try being a little more subtle with your replies,because a can assure you would not say that to my face if you get my drift
juanbbien 4 months ago
The greatest bass player of all-time , bar none...
bustballz 4 months ago
@bustballz John Entwistle, But Chris (I love him and Yes, ok ?) is close 2nd. The only ones who play "another" song instead of tapping the chords' main notes
thefansixties 1 month ago
@thefansixties The only ones? Perhaps if you overlook a hell of a lot of other bass players. Squire & Entwistle are great, but let's not pretend they're the only guys with chops.
Ziphoblat 3 weeks ago
@bustballz Of course there is Jaco, but that's another story...
thefansixties 1 month ago
Chris try having a haircut
juanbbien 4 months ago
@juanbbien Try stop being a total dick. For once in your life.
JonFrumTheFirst 4 months ago
@juanbbien
Christ....are you being serious?......you sound like my Dad
This is a brilliant interview with a rock legend talking about a rock God
freegie27 4 months ago
laziest thought wall of sound and honestly awful industraial canal some mardi gras gas or brass nobody rides 4 free
SuperMegaUberGenius 4 months ago
Great interview. What a great narative of the times
hartles99him 4 months ago
Its amazing to me that as Chris ages he is starting to look like Benny Hill with long hair.
LeStraTele 4 months ago
poor chap has too many too often.... sympathies....
finalnexus 4 months ago
Great to hear the candor from the top.
BowdenSpace 5 months ago
My favorite bassist and I loved Stanley Clarke back in the day!
gmuny2010 5 months ago
Just for the record, the bass guitar was not Noel Redding's first instrument. He was a 6 string guitarist.
Apilgrim108 5 months ago
Yeah, noel redding sucked at bass
MerkinMuffly 5 months ago
Great story.
lovereactionsong 5 months ago
Man, all these white rock and rollers admiring Hendrix....it's a shame no more black rockers followed in his footsteps. it seems he was an anomoly.
DCussen 5 months ago
@DCussen ever hear of Eddie Hazel ( Funkadelic) or Lenny Kravitz ?
mysterymediacorp 4 months ago
@mysterymediacorp yeah Hazel is amazing, Kravitz not as much.
Bucketheadhead 4 months ago
LOL, the way he looks, he did enough to drugs to almost marry Cher.lol
RyanKuhlmann 5 months ago
its actually a bad thing to change your strings every show XD
honk1390 5 months ago
Squire was my favorite bass player right after Pastorius, even if its not the same music range ......
pewploid 5 months ago
so cool.
FrequentlyFried 6 months ago
What a great story! I've never seen this before and what a treat to see this for the very first time - I like to think I've pretty much read everything there is to read about Jimi and then I found this!!! Awesome and I know there's more out there - I recently met Eddie Kramer in San Francisco and I wanted so badly to ask him about Jimi but I just couldn't - what could I ask him that hasn't been asked before?? So I refrained, but there's so many things I would have loved to know..
rogersdrums 6 months ago 8
saw him tell this story live when he played with the syn about 5 years ago in San francisco. When he got to the part about Hendrix being the first black guy he had ever talked to... I exclaimed "what????" really loud! but believe me it didn't break Chris' stride for one moment! He was great playing and great telling this story!
Lewis1key 7 months ago
who would've know it- chris squire is a CARD!!!
Interst890 7 months ago
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Interst890 7 months ago
and for those unaware of Yes' bandmates, each one of them is some of the best interviews ever,they are def the brainiest,smartest band maybe all time..today almost zero bands have ONE member who can read music,Yes had all 5 who could read...kids,even if you play tard-rock,learn to read/theory and your playing will take off.
cykoaudio777 7 months ago
for those who don't know Yes' early stuff, you are missing out and you're collection is NOT complete...there is no progressive rock w/o Yes and ELP...they have as much a place in rock history as anyone IMO...
cykoaudio777 7 months ago
Haha what great story. Love that they just let him talk.
stockjonebills 7 months ago
Luv Yes,Jimi,Mr Chris Squire,..Wonderful Post!!,..Great Story!
bongnbud 7 months ago
this is one of the best fucking interview i have ever seen, thanks for posting this, it was excellent!~
userboy6 8 months ago 33
yeh , but pretentious as hell - but forgive him cuz he's stoned again.
AdolfShitlerite 8 months ago
"Great... get off" ;)
AstralPixie 8 months ago
Well, knock me over with a feather...Chris is drunk again.
maxcohen13 8 months ago
Chris is hilarious.
DerGlaetze 8 months ago
this guy has been hip all of my life.
JohnAllanification 8 months ago
good story --front row super groups members
rollingstopp 8 months ago
Cool guy
weavehole 8 months ago
Enjoyed that, lol.
lewars1912 8 months ago
Hilarious
heavy420metal 9 months ago
Music really is young mans game idologicly
annabatarowicz 9 months ago
Yeah to mindbodylightsound yeah I couldn't agree more I mean Noel was trying to make the group a democratic outing and Hendrix was having none of it rightly so as you can here on ladyland and axis were reading gets a song on each album they are the only songs that date the album little miss strange & she's so fine. So Hendrix was right to put his nose out. Plus if it wasn't for Jimi he'd be a milkman. He winged all his life about getting ripped of. He did deserve more credit though. Music reall
annabatarowicz 9 months ago
One of the greatest little stories I've heard - brilliant!
klebash 9 months ago 2
That story is priceless. Thks for posting.
schon66 9 months ago 2
Very cool story from Chris Squire.
TXMusicDrummer 9 months ago 2
that was unreal !!
nirvgardengod 9 months ago
chris is the only good bassist born with a pic in his right hand
poopy1239 9 months ago 2
Wow, one more reason to be thankful for EMP! This was a great story, thanks for sharing!
bugradio 10 months ago
This is priceless!
rhythmrancher 10 months ago 2
awesome
XavierBrezniak 10 months ago
This was a real treat. thank you for posting!!!
jtincubus 10 months ago
Thanx for posting this...fukken awesome
sixtiksix 10 months ago
Saw Yes on 3.20.2011. He was great and kicked ass.
ih8suvs 10 months ago
lol i wish squire played bass for hendrix instead of noel redding. hendrix deserved a real bass player instead of some whiny premadonna that always wanted to be a guitar player.
mindbodylightsound10 10 months ago 3
@mindbodylightsound10 .Noel Redding was a guitar player you idiot,that's why he was chosen!
MrNodzilla 10 months ago
@MrNodzilla and look at how that turned out.
mindbodylightsound10 10 months ago
@mindbodylightsound10 .And how did that turn out?I think more people know about Noel Redding than some fuck from YIP!
MrNodzilla 10 months ago
@MrNodzilla all i have to say is listen to noel play bass, listen to hendrix play bass and then listen to billy cox play bass. i don't know what YIP is and just because a lot of people know who noel redding is doesn't mean he had any genuine integrity as a bass guitarist or a guitarist/songwriter for that matter (see fat mattress). i'm sorry but i fail to see your logic. if noel redding had his way we wouldn't have more than 50% of the hendrix recordings we have today and that's a fact.
mindbodylightsound10 9 months ago
@mindbodylightsound10 ... Totaly agree!! Noel Redding was a silly little cry baby who was damn lucky Hendrix chose him to play bass!! Noels attitude caused him to leave the Experience to form his own band Fat Matress, wich was an epic fail!!
jamminjoe44 5 months ago
Chris Squire, one of the unsung Bass Gods of Rock. Just listen to his work on Roundabout w/Yes. He, Hendrix, and Mitch Mitchell had incredible Jazz riffs going on in Rock that no one has touched since.
verbaud 10 months ago
It's funny cause steve howe is and was loads better then hendrix could ever amount to
jackoe123 10 months ago
@jackoe123 do you always write out of your arse!
flaxonx3 10 months ago
@jackoe123 .Hendrix revolutionised what the guitar could actually do,what did prog rock do?
MrNodzilla 10 months ago
She seems like a nice lady. What a nice story.
THeMaskedBlogCritic 10 months ago
stoke on trent is a shit hole worse place ive ever been in my life
piledriver89 10 months ago
@piledriver89 Me too.
maximumsatann 10 months ago
@maximumsatann hahhahaah yes chaz
piledriver89 10 months ago
Happy Birthday,Chris!! 63 today!!!
Loudsey59 11 months ago
I like yes and saw them from the start, and at the marquee. I remember saying hello to chris squire at the lyceum london at the centipede concert with robert fripp and lots of others, and he was a bit gruff.
puddypuss 11 months ago
good story, what about Zappa? Any kind words about Frank? He was a guitar god too! Thanks Chris, you rock !! You bass god!!! ;) Thank God for you all l!!!!
MrZeldasmagic 11 months ago
fish looks like hell
clank4001 11 months ago
I laughed at Chris' frustration at Noel having a tough time learning Purple Haze. He SHOULD'VE taken the bass from him. Can you imagine what that would've sounded like? Chris Squire and his Rickenbacher bass as part of the Experience?
djcub00 11 months ago
great tribute to a master genius
darkmossie633 11 months ago
Chris Squire is so remarkable, what an incredible story ! This man is a god of rock bass guitar. Thanks for posting this vid =)
PaladinHludwig 11 months ago
Great stuff! never saw this one before.... Chris is a good dude...
ew422 11 months ago
The most gifted bass player to ever hold a guitar! Squire and YES are unparalelled!!!
thebeastlacey 11 months ago
Eric Clapton, "I'm not god anymore!" LOL Chris Squire you rock, man.
RCAvhstape 11 months ago
look at dis guy he belongs over on the right sie with the lists of videos, a very enough story written o structure the chord of the progression but where you took it set you
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
sounds to me like Chris witnessed the writing of a Hendrix classic
kmars21 1 year ago
What the fuck?
TheBlackCock1 1 year ago
Great story, brings the whole mystic back to earth and digestable to normal human beings , thanks Chris
BaalZobel 1 year ago
I saw Yes last month. They rocked. No matter who the singer or the keyboard player is, that band's leader is Chris Squire, and they rocked the joint so hard! Great story about meeting Hendrix. "Dessert" LOL.
jezmundberserker 1 year ago
Bass players are the best lot in the band. Oh, and our drummer mates, too! ;)
Zeitgeist74 1 year ago
Great piece!
UnoRaza 1 year ago
Love the story and Chris, but he's stretching it a bit with the crap bassist angle
Noel was good enough for the greatest rock guitarist ever
That's good enough for me
JMH #1
freegie27 1 year ago
@freegie27 Maybe not; keep in mind Noel Redding was not a bass player, but a guitarist- and auditioned as such for Jimi and his producer. Keyboardists, horn players and others auditioned too as at that point Jimi had not decided upon what sort of combo he wanted. When the power trio format was suggested, Jimi asked Noel if he could play bass instead of guitar because he liked him.
DarkeningSkies1 1 year ago
@DarkeningSkies1
I realise Chris was being ‘wise after the fact’ – he didn’t know he was watching a band who became what they were. and that’s the point of his story
As he says – 'Couldn’t learn 5 notes together, this guys got an awful band, and why are these people here to see this awful band'
My point was that Noel comes out as a non-musician in this, he was nowhere near Chris's class as a bass player but as I said Jimi deemed him good enough to play with him
Peace, JMH #1
freegie27 1 year ago
@freegie27 I think Chris rather assumed people would understand his sarcasm towards Noel and the Experience... I guess I can see why you think he was being overly silly.
Anybody who knows anything about music would be able to dismiss his comments as silly anyway, but point taken there are people who watch youtube who know nothing about music, music history, or Jimi and might take him seriously. You've got a good point. It's a fair cop. You've got me on the run ;)
DarkeningSkies1 1 year ago
Yikes! The years have not been very kind to Chris! I still love the guy though! As a bassist, he is one of my biggest influences. Too bad he didn't rip the bass out of Noel's hands and take over! The Experience Music Project in Seattle is one of the greatest tributes to Jimi, and music in general, that you will ever see!! Its not far from the cemetary in Renton, where Jimi is buried and where a magnificent memorial stands,surrounded by plots for his family. Sucks his Mom isnt there though
jimistreets 1 year ago
We never see the interviewer let alone the audience... creates kind of a disconnect. Like frame in need of context, a single box, that CS in black fills quite adequately!
There should have been one follow up question at least: Did your opinion of Noel Redding improve during the performance. (I rather like his playing on Hendrix albums... doesn't just play root notes, sometimes far from it.) I'd like to have seen the whole interview, Squire seems more articulate and forthcoming then he often is.
marmas58ink 1 year ago
One MUST conclude that Tippersnore is an asshole for believing every thing he reads! But he CAN believe this!!
rebelmunro 1 year ago
What a great storyteller Chris Squire is, he did even bring back a certain 60`mood in me, when telling this. Great story.
pbstratocaster 1 year ago 2
One must conclude that Squire is an asshole after all the recent readings on the Web and the total snub of Jon.
Tippersnore 1 year ago
@Tippersnore What is up with Anderson and Yes?
stevedrums 1 year ago
Wow what a cool story! And a cool guy Chris!
RebelThoughts 1 year ago
Chris and others are some remarkable people...this is the way people must get "old"
GabrielDhalaman 1 year ago
I'm so glad the host or interviewer or whatever didn't interupt his great story. Jimi was/is a treasure. One or the all time originals, a truly great individual and entertainer and an inspiration to millions, literally. I don't even need to say this but I enjoy it all the same.
Noel was darn lucky to be in that group it could have been anybody I hope he realized that.
Chris is brillant and his playing has advanced bass playing which is no small thing.
scotty 1 year ago 33
@scotty That's why Jimi wanted Billy Cox on bass
rhythmrancher 10 months ago
great. thanks for posting.
5150zombie 1 year ago
What a great story. And a great story teller too! Those were fascinating days indeed!
univibe23 1 year ago
Hell of a good hendrix story right here!!
dannyhood66 1 year ago
He made Fish out of Water, he can be as fat as he wants to be now!
martinrking 1 year ago 46
@martinrking True That! ! ! ! !
chilirich 6 months ago
Brilliant story, wonderfully told, and hilarious to boot.
tjmanson 1 year ago
AWESOME STORY(TELLER)!!!!
Thank you Chris Squire for Telling bout JIMI HENDRIX (+ EXPERIENCE) and Thank you empsfm for uploading.
10/10
PEACE
newzealndAllBlacks 1 year ago
Ah, Chris Squire.......the great bass player and story teller.
Ironclad35 1 year ago
Chrissa the Hutt?!?
mirzamarco 1 year ago
HAHAHAHAHAHA YEAH :--))
XanAxDdu 1 year ago
@mirzamarco mirzamarco the Jerk?!?
89naturegirl 1 year ago
@89naturegirl 89naturegirl the Hater?!?
mirzamarco 1 year ago
@mirzamarco Yea...I hate when people are mean for no reason!
89naturegirl 1 year ago
@89naturegirl Which means you hate yourself. Congratulations!
mirzamarco 1 year ago
I got to meet Yes at boarders bookstore in sydney australia 2003, Steve didn't want to talk, but Chris is like.....'Hey how you going Mate!', he seems to get a lot of enjoyment out of his creation,i'm 6'4 with big hands, Chris shook mine...i reckon he had a hand twice as big....., you made my day Chris, and the Yes gig the night before was just effing fabulous......cheers.
Brettyification 1 year ago
chris squire is the hendrix of bass!
REALCougarsRmales 1 year ago 2
THis is a great story, but it's a little distracting to see my Aunt Joan telling it.
misterbunko1976 1 year ago
I think he's sober in this. Huh, a rare first.
maxcohen13 1 year ago
@maxcohen13 you got nothing good to say? fuck off punk
diamonddust22 1 year ago
@diamonddust22
Hey, I didn't make him drink. Now go somewhere and punch yourself in the crotch.
maxcohen13 1 year ago
@maxcohen13 No one even asked you to talk about him drinking you fucking cunt. Stab yourself in the eye with an ice pick and fall off a roof.
diamonddust22 1 year ago
good story and well told :-)
adds3566 1 year ago
One of the greatest bass player of all-time. Just outstanding.
bustballz 1 year ago
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Abbey stJohn & "Yes" bassist Chris Squire are set to record the final tracks for Abbey stJohn's upcoming album "The songwriter" (release date 2010 TBA) in a State of the art private Scottsdale AZ. studio Sept 19thru 25th. The long time friends (who met in Hawaii 1980's) reunite for their 1st recording together since 2003.
abbeystjohn 1 year ago
Abbey stJohn & "Yes" bassist Chris Squire are set to record the final tracks for Abbey stJohn's upcoming album "The songwriter" (release date 2010 TBA) in a State of the art private Scottsdale AZ. studio Sept 19thru 25th. The long time friends (who met in Hawaii 1980's) reunite for their 1st recording together since 2003.
abbeystjohn 1 year ago
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Such a great story!!!
KevoBlues88 1 year ago
Really nice story - nice ending to it also :) Thanks empsfm
17Bayberry 1 year ago
Yes is Yes forever...!
Elohim9120 1 year ago
That is a perfect story, told perfectly.
conor30000 1 year ago
we all love chris
just a regular guy that happens to be
a huge `rock star`
he seems real personable.
krang07 1 year ago
@krang07 I know what you mean. He seems like a really cool guy to just sit around and talk with
l337man4 1 year ago
He looks pickled . . .
rosskolnikov 1 year ago
lol i would like to see eric clapton's reaction 'oh my god, i'm not god anymore...'
quidnick 1 year ago
this is a great rock story!! love it!!
kidzsanlorenzo 1 year ago
Malmsteen loves Hendrix
gilocho 1 year ago
I've followed YES for many years, and not meaning anything "ugly" at all, but doesn't Chris look like he's been drinking heavily? He's really swollen in his face...poor guy.....could be other health complications...anyone know?
Ears14U 1 year ago
nice.
mrmikehittle 1 year ago
Damn, I can't believe this interview wasn't included on any of the Hendrix bio pics I've seen! Absolutely bonkers!!!
enigmadroid 1 year ago
I love this man.
starrshiptrooper 1 year ago
Hilarious!
theexkgb 1 year ago
I never heard Squire speak this much before. He's as funny as Wakeman. Seems like a very normal sort of fellow considering the number of inhuman impossible bass lines he's come up with over the years.
wardka 1 year ago
@wardka I think he was always the jokester in YES. According to Trevor Rabin, he was always doing something to make people laugh. I believe Trevor & Chris are really good friends and have been for years (according to Trevor's interviews).
Mitsy1212 1 year ago
what band was chris playing in at the time? could it have been yes? beatles, stones, who, cream, who else was hiding in that crowd?
podingl 1 year ago
@podingl The band he was in before Yes: The Syn.
Topographer 1 year ago
@podingl The band Squire was in was the Syn
mrJimCharles 3 months ago
very nice guy as his music.
gobassgo1 1 year ago
It's just lovely listening to him.
ramzahnY 1 year ago
grat memories for chris
lovintonal 1 year ago
brilliant!!
giorgiomichello 1 year ago
What is he saying at 4:18?
vachalia 1 year ago