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From Garry Beers / INXS / AshenMoon.. Re Chris Squire..

#61
Jeff Scott said:
All the times I'd seen Yes, Chris was always the most animated on stage, and definitely looked like he was having fun up there.
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This was certainly a man having fun.


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He still had a ton of rockstar moves when I saw him in the 90s and 2000s. And many smiles at the audience.



I asked a large mountain of an Englishman, who was driving and taking care of business for Steve on the 1999 tour, how it was day to day with Chris on tour.


He replied, "Ah, Chris? He's a golden geeze!"


I like that.
 
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5StringBlues said:
This was certainly a man having fun.


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He still had a ton of rockstar moves when I saw him in the 90s and 2000s. And many smiles at the audience.



I asked a large mountain of an Englishman, who was driving and taking care of business for Steve on the 1999 tour, how it was day to day with Chris on tour.


He replied, "Ah, Chris? He's a golden geeze!"


I like that.
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I've been lucky enough to have a career playing a huge loud Ampeg rig and some fine basses around my neck playing great music to great people all over the world. It certainly put a smile on my face and obviously it agreed with Chris also.
Lives well lived..
 
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garrybeers said:
I've been lucky enough to have a career playing a huge loud Ampeg rig and some fine basses around my neck playing great music to great people all over the world. It certainly put a smile on my face and obviously it agreed with Chris also.
Lives well lived..
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What a great thing to be able to say!
Well lived? Absolutely!


The choice of “The Chamber of 32 Doors” certainly gets my approval. Such a profound lyrical statement in that. (My wife’s favorite as well.)
Peter is superb at lyrics.
 
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#65
garrybeers said:
In all this thread I haven't mentioned the band that DID influence INXS - we used to cover / butcher some of their songs back in 77 or so as we were discovering funk grooves with a rock backbone. To me prob the best American band, at the very least right there besides The Allman's
Little Feat !! I mean, what players...
And my fav record- The Lat Record album..
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Little Feat are fantastic! Really cool to hear INXS cut their teeth playing LF songs!
Another great, similar vein American band is NRBQ.
I’d like to also just say that INXS were one of my favorite bands from early on.
I think the first new song/video I heard was Don’t Change, and everything about that song STILL floors me.
 
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It's funny- with all these memories and flashbacks etc starting from the Chris Squire thoughts I have forgotten to mention an important fact ! we as the Farriss Brothers were all over the solo records of Bruford and moreso - Alan White.
Alan's - Ramshackled- in particular was a fav of ours - we used to play in between set at F.B gigs in Perth- we loved it because it was so NOT like Yes and moreso along the funk /fusion that we were leaning towards. I mean who would have thought Alan would release an album with a Barry White type first track?! Some REALLY good songs on here- and some not so- funny having a solo record where you just play drums.. But it mainly worked..





 
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Kaa said:
Holy wall of Peavey, Batman!!
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I know that weighed a ton but 15" Black Widows sound SO good with something with SVT written on it. I made a record with mates in OZ in the 80's called Absent Friends when INXS took time off the road- even had a number one single! When we played around Sydney I played my 58 P bass, my 80's custom Maton fretless thru a 70's SVT and a 2x15" BW Peavey cab- no pedals except a an Octave and a filter of some sort- I remember that being one of my fav tours sound wise- lugging our own gear and having fun..



youtube.com/watch?v=L990sKJwpHc
 
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Indiedog said:
What a great thing to be able to say!
Well lived? Absolutely!


The choice of “The Chamber of 32 Doors” certainly gets my approval. Such a profound lyrical statement in that. (My wife’s favorite as well.)
Peter is superb at lyrics.
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That album changed my life.
Side story.
When I drove my Land Rover from Sydney to Melbourne full of outboard gear to mix a band I was in called Mudhead- I took one CD- "Lamb" on the way I stopped to buy Jeff Buckley's postumous release "Farewell my Sweetheart the Drunk" (Jeff's record Grace is truly one of the best records ever made). and low and behold, among the unreleased tracks were Jeff's Portastudio home recordings where he did a solo version of Back in NYC from the only other CD in the car.. 6 degrees and a pointer that Jeff also loved Genesis.

 
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#72
garrybeers said:
Tho it's probably not so evident in my INXS bass-playing which is more James Jamerson / J.P. Jones - a player who I idolized was Chris Squire. "Tales" being my fav record - tho I am rediscovering Relayer. Plus if you haven't heard the Yes version of America (full version) then you are completely missing out.
So I've had a 74 Ricky forever but it's not the look and sound of Chris's 1999. So I've been on the hunt and took a gamble on a 70's Greco PMB800 from Japan which arrived today. Of all the Japan replicas I think the Grecos are the best- at least at making Fender Strats and Teles. Fujiken Factory from memory.
So the bass is here and a beauty- the risk well justified. Looks, feels and sounds excellent- I guess my 74 will soon be for sale !!
I'm prob going to put a Lollar Horseshoe in it and a Toaster from Creamery- the 63 (?)..
Not sure at this point if I'll go crazy and wire it the crazy stereo I read Chris had or shave off some weight and paint it as per Chris's.. Early days..
Also, I've been immersing myself in the Isolated bass and Drums stuff on Youtube. Type it in and heaven is there- the Beatles (separated track!, Yes- (Close to the Edge, just Chris and Bruford), Zep - basically most great bands and recordings are in there.
Enjoy!!
GGB
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I was fortunate to see the Relayer tour at the Hollywood Bowl. A truly magical night. The encore of Sweet Dreams will be forever etched in my memory.
 
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#73
garrybeers said:
It's funny- with all these memories and flashbacks etc starting from the Chris Squire thoughts I have forgotten to mention an important fact ! we as the Farriss Brothers were all over the solo records of Bruford and moreso - Alan White.
Alan's - Ramshackled- in particular was a fav of ours - we used to play in between set at F.B gigs in Perth- we loved it because it was so NOT like Yes and moreso along the funk /fusion that we were leaning towards. I mean who would have thought Alan would release an album with a Barry White type first track?! Some REALLY good songs on here- and some not so- funny having a solo record where you just play drums.. But it mainly worked..





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Ramshackled is a great record. Alan’s passing hit me very hard.
 
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garrybeers said:
I am almost loathe to mention another fav band with a killer keyboardist- Focus.. I saw them twice in Aussie in 74 /75 ish- the second time was for the record Hamburger Concerto- another of my fav records and a go to for times when I need to soak up some amazing playing. Everything (besides Thijs van Leer's yodelling ) is near perfect. He only touches on the synth here and there but his Hammond playing in perfect- up there with the great Jon Lord.

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I flipped Focus 3 on the table the other night. Another great record.
 
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MCF said:
I flipped Focus 3 on the table the other night. Another great record.
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The band that supported Fous in Sydney were an OZ prog band- Sebastian Hardie- bit of sound theft going on- guitar sounds from Focus, Drum sounds from Yes, etc etc, plus the "4 moments" rip from Tales.
I brought the record and loved it to be honest- a bit of a surprise to see a very accomplished OZ prog band.

 
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