“He’s making different chords underneath all this music… and singing a middle harmony at the same time!” Joe Bonamassa’s love for Chris Squire

Chris Squire and Joe Bonamassa

Much-missed Yes bassist Chris Squire left an impact nearly as big as the man himself on modern music. Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, Les Claypool and John Deacon are just a handful of those who’ve paid tribute to the prog pounder.

But if it’s a surprise that Squire’s influence stretched to the blues world, Joe Bonamassa explained to Prog in 2014 why it made perfect sense.