Tiverton Community Arts Theatre are proud to present to the people of Mid Devon, legendary Guitarist, Steve Howe, of 'Yes' and supergroup 'Asia'. Promoting his new solo anthology released on Rhino Records.

For nearly 40 years, Steve Howe has been at the forefront of guitarists in popular music. Actually, simply referring to Howe as just a guitarist is limiting. In addition to being a songwriter, he plays more instruments than just the guitar. If it has strings and a fret board, Howe has mastered it and recorded with it at some point on one of countless albums he's been part of as a group member, solo artist and special guest.

In 1970, he joined YES, who went on to become one of the most influential bands of their time, developing a unique style of popular music, to date selling more than 30 million albums worldwide.

Steve Howe may very well be the most stylistically diverse guitarist in rock music history — at the very least, the most adventurous to sell millions of records. Howe consistently made a deliberate choice to avoid rock and blues clichés, instead colouring Yes' elaborate soundscapes with influences drawn from jazz, classical, folk and country music, often within the context of a single piece of music.

He also went on to play in the multi-platinum supergroup 'Asia' and extended his musical experiments to guitar synthesis in GTR, a project that paired him with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett.

If proof were needed of his worldwide acclaim, how about being voted 'Best Overall Guitarist' in Guitar Player magazine five years in a row between 1977 and 1981 then being inducted into Guitar Players Gallery of Greats in 1981 and having Rolling Stone magazine ranking him No69 on their Top 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.

Gibson Guitar Corporation, the makers of Howe's second electric guitar (which he was still playing 40 years later) said that Howe had 'elevated rock guitar into an art form' and 'helped define a new style of music known as art rock'. In a tribute to Howe and his personal favourite ES-175 Guitar, Gibson produced a Steve Howe Signature ES-175 in 2002.

Since 1991, Steve Howe has released a solo recording almost every year, ranging from acoustic to progressive to a Bob Dylan tribute.

Anyone who has ever picked up a guitar, for 5 minutes or 50 years, will marvel at the true master, in this intimate setting. Please join us in welcoming to Tiverton Community Arts Theatre a true legend of the music world. Right here on your doorstep.

Doors: 7.00pm

Show: 7.30pm

Tickets: £15.00

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