Chris Squire would have been 71 today.

[Dr. Strange]

Here's his story of when he met Hendrix:

[mr_lebowski]

1. RIP Chris! My fave bassist of all time (Jonesy being a close second, followed by Geddy)

Then Sir Paul, then Simon Gallup ...

[stevil]

2. He was the perfect bassist for that band

And he wasn't interchangeable.

[iscooterliberally]

3. That was a great story. Chris Squire is very funny!

Thanks for this post!

[yesphan]

4. Thank you Chris

for all the wonderful music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chichiri]

5. Still miss him every day. :-/

[MissMillie]

6. chris is missed

I met him a couple of times. He's a very nice man.

The first time I met him was at a record signing. There was a raffle for front-row seats to the next evening's concert. I won!

But when I went to get my record signed, neither he or Steve Howe would shake anyone's hand. I guess because they need their hands for their profession, they just didn't want people touching them.

Still nice guys though.

[LiberalLovinLug]

7. Great musician! My favorite band, Yes

Sad though that the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame only inducted them a couple of years ago. After Chris had passed away. Apparently he was the most vocal in the band of wanting to be inducted. It was a crime how long it took. Even Geddy Lee of Rush who MCed their induction started off with "And we thought we had to wait a long time!"

Me and my friends used to air guitar their songs. My cousin always had to have Steve Howe, but I was happy with Squire and his interesting off beat bass arrangements to follow.