Steve Howe

Steve Howe is the kind of guitarist who makes you wonder if six strings are even enough for one human being — the guy plays jazz, classical, pedal steel, and full-on prog rock, often within the same song, and it never sounds like showing off, just like that's simply how he hears music. As the lead guitarist of Yes since 1970, he was the secret spine of albums like Fragile and Close to the Edge, weaving these intricate, almost conversational guitar lines around Jon Anderson's celestial vocals in a way nobody else in rock was doing. What I love most is that he never chased trends — while everyone else went synth-heavy in the eighties, Howe kept caring about acoustic tone and melodic detail. Still touring with Yes well into his seventies, the man's dedication borders on the devotional.

Name (English)

Steve Howe

Name (Japanese)

スティーヴ・ハウ

Reading

すてぃーゔ・はう

Born

April 8, 1947 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Boar

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

guitarist / songwriter / composer / musician / rock musician

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.stevehowe.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/SteveHoweOne
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A6%20(%E3%82%AE%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88)

Tags

• guitarist
• songwriter
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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