Steve Howe: premier guitar interview

Interview: Steve Howe on Asia's "Omega," Touring with Yes, and the Steve Howe Trio
Between this year's Yes and Asia tours and albums, Steve Howe has somehow managed to find time to play jazz with his trio and craft a "homebrew" album. We talk to the guitarist about juggling his schedules, gear for each gig, changing lineups, and jazz arrangements of Yes songs
You have back-to-back Yes and Asia tours. It must be hectic.
The Yes tour finishes tomorrow and the Asia tour starts in about two weeks. We’ve already played Europe and Japan this year. Asia has been quite busy working, and then the Yes tour begins. I get a two-week break between tours. I’m used to being busy. It’s not all of my life that I’ve been in two groups—I find it quite interesting that I have two positions to hold up.
Is it a challenge to organize practice time to maintain your chops for both groups?
I enjoy being organized. Organization just takes organization, and I’m a very organizational person. I’m always ready when the next thing is due to start happening, so I enjoy being prepared.
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