r.i.p. Allan Holdsworth

dam lost another one..

http://teamrock.com/news/2017-04-16/allan-holdsworth-dead-at-70

so sad.. here is one of his diy equipment https://youtu.be/XJTMKUCB4hE?t=14m11s

:-(

12afael said:

so sad.. here is one of his diy equipment https://youtu.be/XJTMKUCB4hE?t=14m11s

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i am sure you have seen this?
http://www.fingerprintsweb.net/forum/upload/harness-manual.pdf

What a great player.  I remember seeing him in about 1981 I had food poisoning, but went to the gig anyway because it was rare to have a hiim do a local gig at the time.  I had to be at the back near the "facilities".    Possibly one of my favourite albums he's on is Bruford "one of a kind".  But I also like his playing on Gazeuse by Gong.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XcfKHiWEN4

Anyone remember those little records than would come in the middle of Guitar Player magazine? That's where I heard Allan Holdsworth solo. Then it occurred to me "hey, I heard that guy on a Jean Luc Ponty record called Enigmatic Ocean".

He got the closest to Ornette Coleman's outside playing while still staying melodic and musical of almost anyone I ever heard, certainly any guitarist for sure. And his chordal stuff simply blew my mind. Underappreciated writer too.  So happy to have seen him a few times, especially in the "Metal Fatigue" days.  Speaking of, listening to Metal Fatigue right now.....

Such a nice guy to a few geeky college kid fans in Rochester back in the early 80's.  Really humble.  He played like a dream through a humming amp that night and I still have the cass
Such a unique player!  RIP

AusTex64 said:

Anyone remember those little records than would come in the middle of Guitar Player magazine? That's where I heard Allan Holdsworth solo.

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That Guitar Player flexidisc was how I first heard Holdsworth. Bought the "I. O. U." record right away,

What a loss again.
First time I heard him was with Pierre Moerlens Gong.
So sad.......


R.i.p. Allan.

RIP

pucho812 said:

i am sure you have seen this?
http://www.fingerprintsweb.net/forum/upload/harness-manual.pdf

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Anybody ever tried one of these? Seems like a great idea.