Steve Howe

After stints in the R&B band the Syndicats and psychedelic rockers Tomorrow (who released the classic single "My White Bicycle"), Steve Howe replaced Peter Banks in Yes in March of 1970. His adventurous playing -- drawing on his love of jazz, ragtime, and rock & roll -- was perfectly suited to the elaborately arranged, quasi-symphonic epics the band was creating. When Yes temporarily folded in 1981, Howe helped form Asia, a supergroup that proved remarkably successful, particularly in America, where their debut, Asia, was number one for nine weeks and "Heat of the Moment" stor...