Steve Howe (Interview): Close to the Edge | Joining The Stones | Jethro Tull's Prog Parody

Steve Howe talks about his ambition to join the Rolling Stones, what might have been if he'd played for Pink Floyd, and Jethro Tull's prog parody 'Thick as a Brick'. Also playing Close to the Edge in the right key for the first time in 50 years, problems with Chris and Bill Bruford and his love of Chet Atkins. Fantastic interview! Yes live in 2022: http://yesworld.com/live If you appreciate the work that goes into my videos, please support my channel. You can - Become a Patron! - Be part of a Classic Rock Community! There is a fine body of work on there now.   / classicrock   Make a one-time donation! Help me to make more videos or buy stuff to annoy my wife with and unbox on my channel: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... Gift me something to unbox from my Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/... Buy me a coffee. All that talk is thirsty work: https://ko-fi.com/classicalbum Like the Facebook page: I add stuff on a daily basis:   / 1968rock   Pininterest: https://pin.it/8rvJvB5 All music used in my videos come from the Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/ #Yes #stevehowe #classicalbum Time Stamps 00:00 - Intro 00:12 - Close to the Edge 50th 01:04 - Topogrpahic Oceans 50th 02:30 - The Mahavishnu Orchestra 04:03 - Conflict in Yes 07:20 - Chris Squire 10:12 - Bill Bruford & Topographic Oceans 12:22 - Playing Close to the Edge in the right key 18:20 - You & I opening 19:50 - Clap 21:37 - Chet Atkins 26:05 - Jethro Tull 'Thick as a Brick' 28:29 - If I'd Joined Pink Floyd 30:13 - Stones ambition 32:32 - Zappa 34:32 - Yes & St Bernadette