Other Bass players in Yes

[Whitefish]

Does anyone know who the only other persons to ever play Bass in Yes were other than Chris?

And on which songs?

[fovman]

Tony Levin and Jeff Berlin on ABWH...... not legally Yes

Chris Squire is the only person to play on all the Yes albums.
He is the only Yes bass player.

[Hed G.]

Gotcha!
Trevoer Horn played bass on "Run Through The Light" on Drama.

[neilius]

Thats about it really.

That was a quick thread!!

[Whitefish]

Tony Levin and Jeff Berlin on ABWH...... not legally Yes.

They don't count!


Chris Squire is the only person to play on all the Yes albums.
He is the only Yes bass player.

Not entirely true.

Gotcha!
Trevoer Horn played bass on "Run Through The Light" on Drama.

Yes, that is one of them! And the other is?

[neilius]

Steve Howe

[Whitefish]

Steve Howe


Exactly!

Which song?

[rgfudd99]

Well, I know that it wasn't The Fish or Heart of the Sunrise. Ok, I give up. What was the other song?

[smatt]

How about Trevor Rabin... I'm brain dead right now from the adventures of the NAMM show yesterday... I can't reacall the song, but it's on Talk.... And there are some reports of Trevor actually doing quite a lot of the bass lines through-out the Talk album. Tony Levin also legally performed on some of the Union tracks.....

[Hacman]

Exactly!

Which song?


Be The One (KTA), but Steve mentioned that he's done it on several songs.

[RickyG]

This doesn't exactly count as bass, but for the sake of the discussion Howe doubled the bass part on "Roundabout". Playing it on the low strings of an acoustic guitar.

This also may not qualify as YES but Tim Harries played bass on The Symphonic Music of YES.

[chungiemunchin]

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I have played the bass guitar on every Yes album since the band's inception. We decided long ago that the band needed a good looking tall and spry person for the stage shows and we found Chris Squire to fit the bill nicely. He has a strong presence and we couldn't have been happier to find him for the spot. However, I am the "ghost" bass guitar player and Chris simply mimes to my lines. I must commend his ability to play live as if it were really him playing, while my pre-recorded genius bass parts are piped through the P.A. system....not an easy feat.

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[kirklott]

Tony Levin and Jeff Berlin on ABWH...... not legally Yes

Chris Squire is the only person to play on all the Yes albums.
He is the only Yes bass player.

Not true. Here are some:

Trevor Horn played bass on "Run Through the Light."

Steve Howe played some 5-string bass on the Keys 1 tracks.

And - allegedly - Trevor Rabin played bass on much of Talk.