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Steve and Chris smoking a joint

Fishtopher hand-written notes for "Starship Trooper"

Yes, 1971. From the March 27th, 1971 issue of New Musical Express Magazine (via: Geirmykl)

cozy jon doodles from.a.couple days ago

I forgot where I saved this photo from, but I thought it was interesting :)

wheres the wednesday all day jon tweet. new year begins on wednesday all day happy everything

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Thank you for mentioning the leotard rant. 2024 Howe would never be able to receive criticism so calmly.

An important infographic, featuring Jon Anderson.

Final [3/3]

1991: The Union tour at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. [Source: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty]

1994: Me, Martin Taylor and the Batmobile.

1996: With jazz legend Tal Farlow.

2000: Bigger is better in Argentina. [Source: Dave Wilkerson]

2002: A jam with Elvis Presley’s guitarist Scotty Moore.

2012: When two guitars are better than one on the Fly From Here tour.

2017: On stage with Yes and Rush’s Geddy Lee on bass at the 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center in New York City. [Source: Jamie McCarthy/WireImage]

2019: Live at the Jazz Cafe. [Source: Colin Hart]

2020: Three generations of the Howe family. Dylan, Georgia, Cal, me, Jan, Zuni, Steph and Diego.

All the photos from Steve Howe's biography. Some of them are common knowledge, but I like his commentary.

Long post, so I'll add them under the cut [1/3]

1951: Aged 4 in the middle between Mum, Philip, Dad and Stella.

1952: Aged 5. || 1956: The obligatory school photo aged 9.

1967: Keeping warm with my Tomorrow bandmates. Junior Wood, Twink, me and Keith West.

1970: A garden writing and rehearsal session for The Yes Album in Devon.

1971: Me, Tony Kaye, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson and Bill Bruford. [Source: Barrie Wentzell]

1971: The Yes Album tour. My first tour with the band. [Source: Barrie Wentzell]

1972: Sharing the mic with Jon Anderson on the Close To The Edge tour at Gaelic Park, New York City.

1977: Hanging out in London with Les Paul, the legendary guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and pioneer of solid-body electric guitar.

1978: Yes live at Madison Square Garden on the Tormato tour. [Source: Michael Putland/Getty]

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1978: Howe HQ. My home studio.

Early 1980s: I dread to think how much I’ve spent on strings over the years! [Source: Victor Watts/Alamy]

1980: On a shoot with Yes. Alan, Geoff, Chris, Trevor and me. [Source: Michael Putland/Getty]

1982: On stage with Asia at the Palladium in New York City. John, Carl, Geoff and me. [Source: Ebet Roberts/Getty]

1985: A break from recording GTR, our self-titled debut album at the Townhouse in London. Jonathan Mover, me, Max Baco, Steve Hackett and Phil Spalding.

1986: Putting the Stepp DG1 Guitar Synth through its paces. [Source: Steve Back/ANL/Shutterstock]

1986: Jamming with Steve Hackett at the National Association of Music Manufacturers Convention in Chicago. [Source: Paul Natkin/Getty]

1986: At Hank Marvin’s Fender presentation with Hal Lindes, Dan Smith, Bill Schultz, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Stuart Adamson, Eric Clapton, Hank Marvin, yours truly and Richard Thompson.

1989: Promo shot for Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. [Source: Michael Putland/Getty]

1991: The Yes men. Chris, Tony, Rick, Alan, Jon, Trevor, Bill and me backstage at Wembley Arena on the Union tour. [Source: Ian Dickson/Redferns]

All the photos from Steve Howe's biography. Some of them are common knowledge, but I like his commentary.

Long post, so I'll add them under the cut [1/3]

1951: Aged 4 in the middle between Mum, Philip, Dad and Stella.

1952: Aged 5. || 1956: The obligatory school photo aged 9.

1967: Keeping warm with my Tomorrow bandmates. Junior Wood, Twink, me and Keith West.

1970: A garden writing and rehearsal session for The Yes Album in Devon.

1971: Me, Tony Kaye, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson and Bill Bruford. [Source: Barrie Wentzell]

1971: The Yes Album tour. My first tour with the band. [Source: Barrie Wentzell]

1972: Sharing the mic with Jon Anderson on the Close To The Edge tour at Gaelic Park, New York City.

1977: Hanging out in London with Les Paul, the legendary guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and pioneer of solid-body electric guitar.

1978: Yes live at Madison Square Garden on the Tormato tour. [Source: Michael Putland/Getty]

All the photos from Steve Howe's biography. Some of them are common knowledge, but I like his commentary.

Long post, so I'll add them under the cut [1/3]

1951: Aged 4 in the middle between Mum, Philip, Dad and Stella.

1952: Aged 5. || 1956: The obligatory school photo aged 9.

1967: Keeping warm with my Tomorrow bandmates. Junior Wood, Twink, me and Keith West.

1970: A garden writing and rehearsal session for The Yes Album in Devon.

1971: Me, Tony Kaye, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson and Bill Bruford. [Source: Barrie Wentzell]

1971: The Yes Album tour. My first tour with the band. [Source: Barrie Wentzell]

1972: Sharing the mic with Jon Anderson on the Close To The Edge tour at Gaelic Park, New York City.

1977: Hanging out in London with Les Paul, the legendary guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and pioneer of solid-body electric guitar.

1978: Yes live at Madison Square Garden on the Tormato tour. [Source: Michael Putland/Getty]

STEVE HOWE FANS, REJOICE:

Finally the Muppet photo is in better quality. It's in his biography, along with many others. I'm trying to find a way to post them with minimal quality loss.

Chris Squire performing with Yes in an unspecified year; Photos credited to Soxphotos

STEVE HOWE: “In Abbey Road's Studio 3 recording 'Double Rondo' and Vivaldi's 2nd movement Lute concerto for The Steve Howe Album.”

Source: Miki Slingsby (1979)

peace and love on planat earth

Steve Howe and the story of Mr. Gibson (or G. Ibson)

Today's post is a roadie looking at Steve straight in the eyes and saying the band should wear nothing on stage.

And here's something (which I thought was similar) from his biography, happening about 5* years before GFTO:

Some more photos of Jon from the 90125 tour! (from the slides)

Merry Christmas. Steve Howe decided to write a jolly song 😭

Howe fact ☝🤓 his first guitar, a "German six-string, steel strung, arch-top acoustic guitar" cost £14 and was given to him on Christmas day.

Lyrics:

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a Fender Telecaster

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me Three mandolins Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Four Statocasters Three mandolins Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Five Rickenbackers Four Stratocasters Three mandolins Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 6, 6-string basses Five Rickenbackers Four Stratocasters Three mandolins Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me Seven CF Martins Six 6-string basses Five Rickenbackers Four Stratocaters Three mandolins Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Eight Gibson Les Pauls Seven CF Martins Six 6-string basses Five Rickenbackers Four Stratocasters Three mandolins Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Nine steel guitars Eight Gibson Les Pauls Seven CF Martins, Six 6-string basses Five Rickenbackers Four Stratocasters Three mandolins Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Ten Gretsch Bikinis Nine steel guitars Eight Gibson Les Pauls, Seven CF Martins Six 6-string basses Five Rickenbackers Four Stratocasters Three mandolins Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me Eleven DiAngelicos Ten Gretsch Bikinis Nine steel guitars Eight Gibson Les Pauls Seven CF Marttins Six 6-string basses Five Rickenbackers Four Stratocasters Three mandolins Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Twelve Steinbergers Eleven DiAngelicos Ten Gretsch Bikinis Nine steel guitars Eight Gibson Les Pauls Seven CF Martins Six 6-string basses Five Rickenbackers Four Stratocasters Three mandolins Two Variaxes and a Fender Telecaster

You can find this gem here:

https://www.yesworld.com/#merryxmas

i love when they do the Thing™!

well well well well well. well.

also a b+w version cuz i like the lineart by itself