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Billy Sherwood served as a peacekeeper during Yes’ 1990s era: ‘Enjoy the music and get into it’

Billy Sherwood talks about the role he played in smoothing Yes’ sometimes-difficult transition from Trevor Rabin back to Steve Howe.

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Jon Anderson compares Yes guitarists Steve Howe and Trevor Rabin: ‘We wrote together like brothers’

Jon Anderson’s lengthy tenure in Yes gave him a broad perspective on its most famous guitarists, Steve Howe and Trevor Horn.

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‘Beautiful and so thrilling’: Jon Davison has found a creative spark with Yes’ Steve Howe

They wrote two songs together on Yes’ new album, with more to come.

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Why Yes Completed ‘Heaven and Earth’ Without Roy Thomas Baker: ‘All Fair in Love and War’

Roy Thomas Baker earlier helmed failed Yes sessions prior to 1980’s ‘Drama.’

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Steve Howe’s The Grand Scheme of Things underscored his wider impact on Yes: ‘I’m getting chills up my spine’

This dextrous, often overlooked project showcased Howe’s lyrical gift.

Yes – Heaven and Earth (2014)

Yes – Heaven and Earth (2014)

More often than not, Yes’ ‘Heaven and Earth’ amounts to prog for the easy-listening set.

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The time Yes guitarist Steve Howe played on a Queen song: ‘I was so proud’

Queen had its own guitar hero in Brian May. So, of course, did Yes. But then there came a moment when the twain actually met: During sessions for a song that owed no small debt, actually, to Led Zeppelin. You May Also Like: Adam Lambert’s Favorite Queen Song Might SurpriseRead More

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‘We have a new album coming out’: Yes’ Steve Howe brushes aside Jon Anderson reunion talk

Steve Howe, some 10 years after Jon Anderson’s departure, is clearly getting a little peeved about having to talk about Yes’ departed co-founding frontman. Even more so when there is a new Yes album on the way. You May Also Like: The Solo Song Where Jon Anderson Finally Reclaimed HisRead More

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Steve Howe – Homebrew 5 (2013)

Steve Howe has probably never got the credit he deserved for his role in fashioning the legends of both Yes and Asia. The Homebrew series, whether intended or not, has done much to underscore his privotal role You May Also Like: Steve Howe Made a Colorful, Quite Surprising Debut WithRead More

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Steve Howe’s first impressions of Yes’ ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’: ‘We never went glam, put make up on’

Steve Howe and Asia had already cracked the Top 5 with 1982’s “Heat of the Moment” when Yes — Howe’s former band — emerged with a new guitarist and the track “Owner of a Lonely Heart.” You May Also Like: How Jon Anderson Faced Down Threat of Gunfire at aRead More