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    Posted: March 17 2005 at 22:28

Esquire, if they are known at all, are mostly known as a minor Yes off-shoot fronted by Chris Squire's ex-wife.  But I beg to differ. 

Their 2 albums to date showcase a great and criminally underused vocal talent in Nikki Squire, while the latter album 'Coming Home', free from the commercial considerations presumably imposed on the radio-friendly debut set, is a movingly personal and exemplary collection of bona fide progressive rock songs. 

In particular, the title track and especially the sweeping 'Tron Thomi' - which may be familiar to Yes fans from various compilation CDs - reflect a purpose from singer/songwriters Nikki Squire and Nigel MacLaren to maintain a tradition of space/art/symphonic rock utterly lacking from most so-called 'neo-prog' bands.

Of course, I respect the views of anyone who greets the above text with a shrug of the shoulders or outright animosity - apart from the bit about Nikki Squire's voice.  She REALLY DOES have an amazing voice; in a different life she should be up there with La Bush and other unique artists.  In my world she does.  It's a nice world.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2005 at 23:25

 

MAN! His ex is absolutely beautiful

and now, a photo of all the family: Chris's 3 daughters on the photo, with the mother in the center!

All  i can say is: WOOOOOSSSSSHHHH!!!

 

Camille, Chandrika, Nikki and Carmen

Nikki Squire

carmen:

can't stop reading this:

 

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://nfte.org/interv iews/images/nikki_squire/nikki_squire.jpg&imgrefurl=http ://nfte.org/interviews/NS232.html&h=224&w=175&sz =15&tbnid=rn39_cBo3RIJ:&tbnh=101&tbnw=79&sta rt=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DNikki%2BSquire%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D %26sa%3DN

 

man! just listen to her voice:

http://www.yaketyyak.co.uk/Celebs%20pages/CarmenSquire.htm

you know what? rick wakeman's ex wife now: nina carter:



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2005 at 23:36
woah, his daughters really are beautiful
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2005 at 09:46
Many thanks for the pics and links
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