Steve Howe SLO HiRez Photo

cstack3 wrote: Fox On The Rocks wrote: Did Steve use a Les Paul Junior on Tales? I was actually suprised to see him playing one in this picture. I never knew he played a Junior. Also, if this was in 76, then that Relayer tour must have been a long one, since Relayer came out in 74. Indeed he did!  I have a copy of his book "The Steve Howe Guitar Collection" (signed of course!), and he says on page 37, in a section titled "Topographic Madness": "For Topographic I ended up playing the (Gibson ES) 345 on side one and Danelectro 12-string on some of side two, but the (Gibson Les Paul) Junior is on most of sides two, three and four, where it is the key guitar.  Side four in particular is all about the Junior." "Looking back, I probably would have chosen to change guitars a little more often.  But at the time I stuck with it for continuity and simplicity."  Sorry, I'm pretty much a guitar geek!  Every time I've seen Yes perform "Ritual" onstage, Steve used the Les Paul Junior. Interesting, it was marketed as an entry-level beginner's guitar, but he liked it for its simplicity!   He gets an amazing tone out of it!   As far as that tour, it was the "Relayer" material, but Wikipedia refers to it as the "Solo Album Tour."  I saw the original "Relayer" tour twice, but missed this particular '76 show.  I'm told it was amazing as always!

The ES 345 and 175 are Steve's signatures for sure. This is very interesting to read. Thanks for the post! On The Revealing Science Of God, you can obviously tell it's a 345 because of the tone. I did notice, though, that tone of Steve's guitar drastically changed on, like you said, Ritual and even the Ancient. That's nice though, because the tone is great and Ritual is probably my favourite song on Tales. Which Yes song is your favourite?

dennismoore wrote: You make quite the spectacle when you are wearing spectacles along with that dashingly handsome smile you have!  That is a great photo. Did Rick tell any jokes when you met him? You have proven to be quite formidable in posting quality YES pictures.  But how much more gas is left in the tank???

cstack3 wrote: I differ from many on PA, in that I really enjoy Side Two of TFTO, "The Remembering" for some reason!  Most here worship "The Revealing Science of God," which is an incredible work, but something about "The Remembering" impresses me.

Hey Dude,

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OK,

Here is a guy who looks good in purple.  (Also from SLO - 1996)

   

cstack3 wrote: Indeed, you have excellent photos!  My friend Curt told me that it was hard to photograph Alan because he had to wait for the crash-cymbal to be out of the way, and your fine photo confirms that story!   I'll have to have Curt send me more of his, I don't have all that many Yes photos, just a lot of memories!

Hi Chuck,