{"id":30895,"date":"2015-07-02T15:48:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=30895"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:48:10","slug":"amazing-grace-rip-chris-squire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/07\/amazing-grace-rip-chris-squire.html","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Grace (RIP Chris Squire)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>A tribute to Chris Squire, the bassist of Yes,\u00a0a founding member and the only persistent member throughout the band\u2019s history, who passed away recently. The video begins with the song <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005JLNADY\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005JLNADY&linkCode=as2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=ECQBPTZYQQTKSWYX\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Whitefish<\/a> and then transitions at the end into Jon Anderson singing Amazing Grace. It seems like such a fitting tribute.<\/p>\n<p>The solo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005JLNADY\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005JLNADY&linkCode=as2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=ECQBPTZYQQTKSWYX\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Whitefish<\/a> is one that Squire often performed on tour, and it appears on the album <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005JLNADY\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005JLNADY&linkCode=as2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=ECQBPTZYQQTKSWYX\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">9012 Live<\/a>, which I owned as a teenager.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005JLNADY\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005JLNADY&linkCode=as2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=ECQBPTZYQQTKSWYX\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B005JLNADY&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005JLNADY\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tribute to Chris Squire, the bassist of Yes,\u00a0a founding member and the only persistent member throughout the band\u2019s history, who passed away recently. The video begins with the song Whitefish and then transitions at the end into Jon Anderson singing Amazing Grace. It seems like such a fitting tribute. 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