----------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 11, 2002 ----------------------------------------------------- Source: Paperlate Magazine (Italy) Steve Howe Interview: Some Answers By Luca Ben Porath I interviewed Steve Howe for about 30 minutes on Thursday night. Nice chat. I managed to ask him some of the questions others suggested, so I hope the reply will be satisfactory. I tried to pick at least one for each person who has sent questions. If you're using any of these infos for websites it's ok for me; please just mention that the interview was done for Paperlate Magazine. This will appear on the december issue of Paperlate (italian music magazine) - Yes in Europe with Wakeman: It will happen, probably in June or July 2003 - Box set: There is indeed a project to release a new box set which will be 'for collectors' (unlike the one from 2002) but the setlist is still to be managed. The band will have a break from touring in spring and will start working on it - What living guitarist do you find inspiring these days: I am especially interested in jazz guitarist since he was a teenager, in paricular Wes Montgomery. Steve likes Pat Metheny a lot too! - Have you ever considered doing a classical guitar style only release? Not at the moment! In this period I'm more concentrated in rock; infact I'd like to set up a band to tour sometime in spring 2003. - Why don't you play South Africa? It's hard to cover all over the world. We're trying new territories with Australia next year and you never know what can happen next - Is there any chance that upcoming tours may feature work from the Keys period and certainly more from Magnification? We like to re-discover old tracks we haven't played in a while but in the next US tour we may try something different from Magnification - What new sounds are you experimenting with, or what would you like to bring to Yes that you haven't already? When I'm going solo I don't feel I have to do something 'different' that I haven't achieved yet with Yes. What usually happens is that some of my own material doesn't get accepted by the band, so I can use it on my solo records. But because it was originally written for the band, you'll always find a 'flavour' of Yes in those. - The greatest Yes songs seem to result from composing collaborations between you and Jon Anderson. Have you two come to a kind of regular working method by now, or is it more a matter of improvising together? For the reason I explained before, nowadays it seems more a collegial work where most of us bring their contributions. I've been working with Jon for so many years, so it's a kind of natural attitude we have. Close Window YesInThePress.com For site comments, problems, corrections, or additions, contact YesinthePress@aol.com