Legendary progressive rock guitarist Steve Howe is set to perform a solo concert at Liverpool’s Capstone Theatre on Saturday, September 20th, 2014.
Steve Howe started playing the guitar in the 1960s. He listened to various styles of guitar playing such as jazz, classical, folk, country and later rock, pop and blues. He listened and watched as Andrés Segovia and Julian Bream, Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell, Big Bill Broonzy and Albert Lee took the guitar into new dimensions.
After hearing Chet Atkins’ album Teensville, Steve Howe noticed the captivating mix of techniques and approaches that made categorizing Chet almost impossible, nevertheless defined the adaptability that was brought together in one player. In particular Steve was impressed with Chet’s solo arrangements of well-known tunes and his own compositions. Following the birth of Steve’s first child, Dylan on August 4th , 1969, Howe composed Clap, partly in tribute to Chet, but also inspired by his son’s arrival. This piece was released on The Yes Album, his first with the band, and then performed on most tour dates. Mood for a Day followed on Fragile and Steve’s ambition to write solo guitar pieces was established.
Until the release of Motif Volume 1, Howe’s compositions were spread across group and solo releases, often in live renditions. The Motif series is an attempt to bring together Steve Howe’s compositions and shed light on how they fit together, telling his personal writing story, differing from his contributions to The Syndicats, Incrowd, Tomorrow, Bodast, Yes, Asia, GTR, ABWH and his own Trio.
Following a tremendously successful return tour in 2013, this year sees Howe return to the UK in September to play some of his more familiar pieces plus several new pieces like Solitaire from Yes’s Fly From Here album, The Golden Mean and others from Motif, plus various arrangements of Yes songs and other melodies he’s picked up along the way.
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