INQUIRER
Steve Howe
The Yes, Asia and GTR legend explains why drinking and playing guitar are “stupidly incompatible”
BY
JOE MATERA
“I had found out that playing guitar under the influence of alcohol was a complete and utter no-no,” Steve Howe says
JOSEPH BRANSTON/FUTURE
What was your first guitar?
I wanted a guitar when I was 10, but it took until I was 12 before my parents gave in. We went to a shop in King’s Cross in North London, and they had guitars hanging up, including a few electrics, but I was interested in an archtop with F-holes. For about £12, I got this foreign-made-six string archtop with F-holes that looked like a Framus but wasn’t. I struggled on that guitar for a couple of years.