When did he stop shaking hands - Anyone manage to get a handshake before Steve stopped?
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He shook a couple of hands in 1998 in Sheffield, when they were offered outside the stage door after the show. I didn't offer mine as I knew he wasn't keen. I chatted with him about Bob Dylan for a minute or two.
I sat with him for a few minutes in 2014 outside De Montfort Hall pre-show while he had a cup of tea and a rollie. Chatted about football (soccer) and snooker, and the last time Yes had played that venue on the Drama tour in 1980.
I can understand his reluctance about shaking hands. He can't be sure of enthusiastic fans being a little too firm with their handshakes. I've never seen it as an issue personally. He's made his preference known and that should be respected. I found him easy to talk to both times. Very polite.
Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it’s been.
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I can understand Steve's reluctance. He has strong, delicate hands. I'm sure big Chris Squire could easily have crushed my hand if he had wanted - even though I'm a pretty big guy with eight and a half inch wrists!
Didn't Anthony Phillips once say that Chris's sheer physical presence used to slightly intimidate him, although Chris has never come across as a violent man.
I always laugh when I remember Chris's classic line when Steve Howe wanted to 'kick the lighting man's head in' in the 1996 rehearsals- hilarious!!!"All that dies dies for a reason - To put its strength into the season."
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Did have a lil chuckle when i saw the title of this thread.
I do understand Steve's issue with it and protecting his hands, don't know why he just do a fist bump instead, must be awkward as hell at times with fans who offer a handshake.CHECK OUT MY BAND SAHARA SKY AT.. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Vl3kHvkM19m2PdFRFRsr1 🙂
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He shook my wife's hand at the M&G for the Topographic Drama tour. The handlers mentioned several times that he wouldn't, and I don't think many tried; but he did shake my wife's which was very nice. He was in a very good mood, and the whole band was quite cordial and talkative for the few minutes we spent with them.
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Yes I have. And I made Rick laugh. How many points do I get?
Toronto 2004, at a record store before the show, back in the pre-VIP $ Meet n Greet days, when all you had to do to meet the band was be patient, 2 Yes friends, Jose & Mark & I waited in line to meet the band & get some stuff signed. We were near the end of the line, so after our brief turn was over, since we all had more than 1 thing with us to be signed, we returned to the end of the line & went in again. Rick said something like ‘weren’t you guys just here?’ and I made some smart ass reply about my identical twin which made him laugh. Chris was very interested in the JP Yessongs CD I brought, he didn’t know a they were out.
At the end of the receiving line I told Steve I’d read about his hand shaking aversion & I was a guitarist, then we talked for a few minutes about harmonics and having & making a career as a musician. He reached out & shook my hand as we were saying goodbye.
( I got my UK pressing of the TFTO LP, & the JP mini LP sleeve HDR CD of Yessongs signed by all of them, & Masterpiece Guitars CD (by Steve & Martin Taylor, mail order thru some guitar magazine) signed by Steve. )
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Funny thread, I love it. Like John V above, before I realized Steve is not a handshaker, I reached out for his hand at a meet and greet at Tower Records in NYC in ‘96 I think. He politely advised “no handshaking please.” This was a pre Keys to Ascension thing which I believe fell apart shortly thereafter but I remember overhearing at that signing that Rick was not in attendance tending to a personal issue in the UK, but Jon, Chris, Alan (his wife Gigi) were all there and shaking hands. Hey, with today’s environment maybe Steve
had the foresight…..
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Met Steve in the early 90s, and I had just read about him not liking shaking hands, both for health but more for protecting fragile bones in case someone shook really hard. So when I met him, I led with "Steve, I have heard you prefer not to shake hands so I won't ask, but . . . " And he just lit up right away. Spent some time with me, asked questions about a Japanese "Steve Howe Album" cd that I had him sign, asked both me and my girlfriend about the show and what we enjoyed most. He was really personable and warm-tempered that evening, and I think it had a little to do with how I approached him. It was a good experience.
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