STEVE HOWE
''HOMEBREW''
APRIL 1996
59:42
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01 - Sketches In The Sun 03:07
02 - Sharp On Attack 03:55
03 - The Valley Of Rock 02:37
04 - Georgia's Theme 03:35
05 - Dorothy 04:31
06 - Meadow Rag 01:26
07 - At The Full Moon 04:04
08 - Never Stop Learning 02:49 (Geoffrey Downes, Steve Howe)
09 - Red And White 03:33 (Max Bacon, Steve Howe)
10 - More About You 02:50
11 - Rare Birds 03:07
12 - Big Love 04:43
13 - Running In The Human Race 03:53
14 - Barren Land 02:34
15 - Against The Tide 02:58
16 - Break Away From It All 04:29
17 - For This Moment 05:21
Tracks By Steve Howe, Except As Indicated
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ABOUT THE ALBUM/WIKIPEDIA
Homebrew is an album released by Steve Howe in 1996. It is part of the Homebrew franchise. The album features new songs as well as re-arranged old songs from Steve's career. He is the only musician as the tracks are mainly demos.
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REVIEW/AMG
Mike DeGagne
Homebrew is a unique album from Steve Howe in that it's composed of rough first drafts and acoustical attempts at songs that went on to become quite famous. While some of the songs here were adopted by GTR and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe, many of the others stem from Howe's past solo albums, making Homebrew a splendid collection of his work. For example, "Sketches in the Sun" was released on GTR's first album and was also played by Asia during their 1983 tour. Many of the songs on Homebrew were recorded using an eight-track recorder, with a few of them in mono, but this takes nothing away from the undefiled beauty that develops from Howe's playing. The natural imagery gathered throughout "Rare Birds" by way of three types of keyboards and a single guitar is breathtaking. The same type of atmosphere is embarked upon during "Barren Land," as musical impressions of primitive man and his vast world are woven together with smooth guitar and delicate keyboards. Howe plays a multitude of stringed instruments throughout the album, including steel and synth guitars, bass guitars, and mandolin, adding fresh differentiation to all of the tracks. Howe's days with Yes resonate on every song, but it's his touch of fragile fingering and his soft, enticing riffs that fill this set with absolute splendor.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Gary Hill
Steve Howe was born in London on April 8, 1947. When he began playing guitar he had quite a few influences, chief among them Chet Atkins. When you consider that two of the others were Django Reinhardt and the duo of Les Paul & Mary Ford, it's hard to believe that he would become one of the most influential guitarists in progressive rock. In fact, his first band was a Chuck Berry-infused outfit called the Syndicats. He began playing with that group in 1964, and they released several singles before Howe left them. His next band was the In Crowd, which eventually became Tomorrow. Under the new name they released two singles in 1967 and a self-titled album the following year. When the group broke up in 1968, Howe joined a band called Bodast. Bodast built up quite a following and recorded an album. However, when their label went bankrupt, their still-unreleased album was scrapped and the band eventually became a casualty, breaking up shortly thereafter. The album would not see release until 1981. After Bodast, Howe began trying to find his next band. Auditions with such groups as the Nice and Jethro Tull were unfruitful. As fate would have it, his next band would come looking for him.
The Yes Album
By 1970, Howe had caught the ear of several members of Yes. By this time, they had released two albums, but were not happy with their present guitarist, Peter Banks. So, Howe became the new guitarist in Yes. The first album he recorded with them was 1970's The Yes Album. It would garner them respectable commercial and critical attention, but when the follow-up, Fragile, came out in 1972 with the hit single "Roundabout," the group and Howe were fully propelled into the limelight. Howe stayed with the band until their break up in 1980. He also released two solo albums during that time, 1976's Beginnings and The Steve Howe Album in 1979. After Yes went their separate ways, Howe, along with Yes-mate Geoff Downes, formed Asia. The group, also containing John Wetton (King Crimson, U.K.) and Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster, Emerson, Lake & Palmer) was something of a progressive rock supergroup. Howe remained with the band through their first two albums, Asia and Alpha, released in 1982 and 1983, respectively. He then left the group, although he has worked with them as a guest from time to time since. His next band was GTR, formed in 1986. This group was also sort of a supergroup, featuring both Howe and Steve Hackett (formerly of Genesis). That group didn't stay together long, either, only releasing one studio album. Given this, it seems fate was pushing Howe back into the Yes camp.
90125
By this time, several changes had happened with Yes. The group had reunited without Howe and done two very commercial-leaning albums, one of them (90125) became the group's biggest seller to date. Also by then, Jon Anderson had once again left the group, citing a desire to do less commercial material. So Yes veterans Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman formed a new band. They wanted to continue to call it Yes, but bassist Chris Squire owned the rights to that name, so they went with the simplicity of their four last names and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, & Howe was born. Under that moniker, they released one self-titled album in 1989. Then, in a rather unusual turn of events -- while they were working on their follow-up album -- the group was melded into the other lineup of Yes, creating an eight-piece version of the band. The group released the Union album in 1991 and went out on a full-scale world tour to rave reviews. The lineup would not last, though, and Howe was once again a "former Yes member" shortly after the tour. He pursued a solo career for the next several years, releasing six albums before rejoining Yes again in 1995. Never idle, even after years of tenures in various bands, he's found time to release a large number solo albums, and worked on projects by artists as diverse as Lou Reed, Queen, Billy Currie, Dixie Dregs, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Fish, and Explorer's Club, as well as his work with the Steve Howe Trio, who released the album Travelling in 2010. Over the next few years, he added to a series of solo recordings called Homebrew and released a full-length instrumental album called Time in 2011.
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''HOMEBREW''
APRIL 1996
59:42
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01 - Sketches In The Sun 03:07
02 - Sharp On Attack 03:55
03 - The Valley Of Rock 02:37
04 - Georgia's Theme 03:35
05 - Dorothy 04:31
06 - Meadow Rag 01:26
07 - At The Full Moon 04:04
08 - Never Stop Learning 02:49 (Geoffrey Downes, Steve Howe)
09 - Red And White 03:33 (Max Bacon, Steve Howe)
10 - More About You 02:50
11 - Rare Birds 03:07
12 - Big Love 04:43
13 - Running In The Human Race 03:53
14 - Barren Land 02:34
15 - Against The Tide 02:58
16 - Break Away From It All 04:29
17 - For This Moment 05:21
Tracks By Steve Howe, Except As Indicated
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ABOUT THE ALBUM/WIKIPEDIA
Homebrew is an album released by Steve Howe in 1996. It is part of the Homebrew franchise. The album features new songs as well as re-arranged old songs from Steve's career. He is the only musician as the tracks are mainly demos.
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REVIEW/AMG
Mike DeGagne
Homebrew is a unique album from Steve Howe in that it's composed of rough first drafts and acoustical attempts at songs that went on to become quite famous. While some of the songs here were adopted by GTR and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe, many of the others stem from Howe's past solo albums, making Homebrew a splendid collection of his work. For example, "Sketches in the Sun" was released on GTR's first album and was also played by Asia during their 1983 tour. Many of the songs on Homebrew were recorded using an eight-track recorder, with a few of them in mono, but this takes nothing away from the undefiled beauty that develops from Howe's playing. The natural imagery gathered throughout "Rare Birds" by way of three types of keyboards and a single guitar is breathtaking. The same type of atmosphere is embarked upon during "Barren Land," as musical impressions of primitive man and his vast world are woven together with smooth guitar and delicate keyboards. Howe plays a multitude of stringed instruments throughout the album, including steel and synth guitars, bass guitars, and mandolin, adding fresh differentiation to all of the tracks. Howe's days with Yes resonate on every song, but it's his touch of fragile fingering and his soft, enticing riffs that fill this set with absolute splendor.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Gary Hill
Steve Howe was born in London on April 8, 1947. When he began playing guitar he had quite a few influences, chief among them Chet Atkins. When you consider that two of the others were Django Reinhardt and the duo of Les Paul & Mary Ford, it's hard to believe that he would become one of the most influential guitarists in progressive rock. In fact, his first band was a Chuck Berry-infused outfit called the Syndicats. He began playing with that group in 1964, and they released several singles before Howe left them. His next band was the In Crowd, which eventually became Tomorrow. Under the new name they released two singles in 1967 and a self-titled album the following year. When the group broke up in 1968, Howe joined a band called Bodast. Bodast built up quite a following and recorded an album. However, when their label went bankrupt, their still-unreleased album was scrapped and the band eventually became a casualty, breaking up shortly thereafter. The album would not see release until 1981. After Bodast, Howe began trying to find his next band. Auditions with such groups as the Nice and Jethro Tull were unfruitful. As fate would have it, his next band would come looking for him.
The Yes Album
By 1970, Howe had caught the ear of several members of Yes. By this time, they had released two albums, but were not happy with their present guitarist, Peter Banks. So, Howe became the new guitarist in Yes. The first album he recorded with them was 1970's The Yes Album. It would garner them respectable commercial and critical attention, but when the follow-up, Fragile, came out in 1972 with the hit single "Roundabout," the group and Howe were fully propelled into the limelight. Howe stayed with the band until their break up in 1980. He also released two solo albums during that time, 1976's Beginnings and The Steve Howe Album in 1979. After Yes went their separate ways, Howe, along with Yes-mate Geoff Downes, formed Asia. The group, also containing John Wetton (King Crimson, U.K.) and Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster, Emerson, Lake & Palmer) was something of a progressive rock supergroup. Howe remained with the band through their first two albums, Asia and Alpha, released in 1982 and 1983, respectively. He then left the group, although he has worked with them as a guest from time to time since. His next band was GTR, formed in 1986. This group was also sort of a supergroup, featuring both Howe and Steve Hackett (formerly of Genesis). That group didn't stay together long, either, only releasing one studio album. Given this, it seems fate was pushing Howe back into the Yes camp.
90125
By this time, several changes had happened with Yes. The group had reunited without Howe and done two very commercial-leaning albums, one of them (90125) became the group's biggest seller to date. Also by then, Jon Anderson had once again left the group, citing a desire to do less commercial material. So Yes veterans Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman formed a new band. They wanted to continue to call it Yes, but bassist Chris Squire owned the rights to that name, so they went with the simplicity of their four last names and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, & Howe was born. Under that moniker, they released one self-titled album in 1989. Then, in a rather unusual turn of events -- while they were working on their follow-up album -- the group was melded into the other lineup of Yes, creating an eight-piece version of the band. The group released the Union album in 1991 and went out on a full-scale world tour to rave reviews. The lineup would not last, though, and Howe was once again a "former Yes member" shortly after the tour. He pursued a solo career for the next several years, releasing six albums before rejoining Yes again in 1995. Never idle, even after years of tenures in various bands, he's found time to release a large number solo albums, and worked on projects by artists as diverse as Lou Reed, Queen, Billy Currie, Dixie Dregs, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Fish, and Explorer's Club, as well as his work with the Steve Howe Trio, who released the album Travelling in 2010. Over the next few years, he added to a series of solo recordings called Homebrew and released a full-length instrumental album called Time in 2011.
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