allan holdsworth : what's the deal with this cat??

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If it's him playing on Soft Machine's "Softs" that has its moments, tho' it's by no means great IMO. I remember this guitar magazine w/pics of his hands w/fingers bent at unreasonable angles on the fretboard. It pained me to look at it. I prefer Fred Frith

― Norman Phay, Sunday, 5 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't think Holdsworth plays on "Softs" (the guitar player on that one is John Etheridge); he is on the album "Bundles".

― Joe, Sunday, 5 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I never really got around to checking him out when I was in my fusion phase (although oddly enough I think I have a very clear idea of how he sounds since he spawned a lot of imitators), but I like his playing in the last version of Tony Williams Lifetime a good bit.

― Jordan, Sunday, 5 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hasn't he also make recs w/ super muso-fuso 'sticksman' Pete Erskine?

― Andrew L, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Listen to the lyrics in "Metal Fatigue" they make me laugh out loud every time I hear them.

― A Nairn, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

cats, well not real cats, but cats anyway used to run some argument long the lines of:
question: who's the fastest guitarist, evah?
answer: well, it's a tie between Alan Holdsworth and Al DiMeola.
...but Holdsworth plays with more soul, ergo - he wins!

what can i say? it was thuh seventies, y'know

― Paul, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Cats wuz right. ;)

― Joe, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

ten years pass...

What a dude. His solo on Jean Luc Ponty's "nostalgia" is gorgeous, bittersweet beach sunset

― brimstead, Saturday, 16 February 2013 00:46 (eleven years ago) link

four years pass...

RIP :(

Definitely blasting Soft Machine's Bundles and Gong's Gazeuse! today...

― J. Sam, Sunday, 16 April 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link

Not many reports yet, but here's Satriani: https://twitter.com/chickenfootjoe/status/853683250987900928

― J. Sam, Sunday, 16 April 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link

Nooooo! One of my all time guitar heroes. RIP.

― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Sunday, 16 April 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link

Gutted

― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Sunday, 16 April 2017 22:59 (seven years ago) link

three months pass...

never listened to Bundles by Soft Machine before (kinda avoided anything past Thirds) anyway this is pretty amazing

― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link

shredder

― brimstead, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link

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