On the officially unreleased Tony Williams album after The Old Bum's Rush and before Believe it (recorded in a Stockholm studio) Holdsworth plays rythm with wah wah on one of the tracks (Happy Tears). Not particularily a stronghold of his .
On the officially unreleased Tony Williams album after The Old Bum's Rush and before Believe it (recorded in a Stockholm studio) Holdsworth plays rythm with wah wah on one of the tracks (Happy Tears). Not particularily a stronghold of his .
Better late that never. Finally found my Bruford CD. Allan was such a unique, brilliant guitarist. He really did play it as though it was a saxophone. Great album, well produced. RIP Allan. A shame.
Feels Good To Me.
Played it for the first time in years in honor of Holdsworth. Mind blown, mission accomplished. I even like Annette Peacock's quirky vocals. Just a great fusion album top to bottom.
Personally I spin One of a Kind more. Its more coherent than the first, but no Peacock.
Only listened to some of Feels Good To Me a while back... Musically it was great, but I couldn't get into Annette Peacock's vocals. I've played One Of A Kind a ton, and it's great. But I really should go back and give the other one another try.
One of a Kind has a better mix also
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
I've only got the vinyls, and FGtM soares way above the other one in terms of sonics there. I also have to say that although I'd probably agree that OooK is a somewhat more consistent record, it's got more of that obtuse slickness to it which honestly doesn't attract me all that much regarding fusion from the late 70s-to-mid-80s. I personally love Peacock's input on the debut, and I think Holdsworth's playing is more interesting there than on the followup.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Feels Good To Me is kind of like an arthouse jazz-rock album, I like what Annette Peacock brought to it.
One Of A Kind features some of the very best work by all concerned. (Controversially perhaps, I like both this and Danger Money more than the UK debut..the two factions were better apart, IMHO.)
Iridium Jazz Club in NYC, July 5, 6 & 7; 8 & 10pm sets -
Celebrating the iconic guitarist ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
Featuring the Allan Holdsworth Band: Steve Hunt, Evan Marien & Virgil Donati; with Alex Skolnick, Alex Machacek, Tim Miller, Nir Felder, plus surprise guests-
http://theiridium.com/events/celebra...an-holdsworth/
"Henry Cow always wanted to push itself, so sometimes we would write music that we couldn't actually play – I found that very encouraging." - Lindsay Cooper, 1998
"I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip." - Roger Waters, 2014
"I'm a collector. And I've always just seemed to collect personalities." - David Bowie, 1973
Touching!
B.t.w. I wondered who the bass-player was in Allan's last band. I didn't know Evan Marien.
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“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Still sad about his passing away.
https://www.facebook.com/moonjunerec...40525869496429
Tribute at The Baked Potato on October 26 and 26:
https://www.facebook.com/events/257351511457423/
The Public Memorial, "A Celebration of the Life of Allan Holdsworth" is being held on Sunday, April 15th at 2PM at the Phoenix Club Theater in Anaheim, CA. (1340 S. Sanderson Ave.) All friends and fans are warmly invited. No reserved seating, doors open at 1PM.
https://vimeo.com/256499073
And this is what Bill Bruford writes about this event on his website:
For those who haven’t seen them yet, here are the details for the celebration of the life of the late, great guitarist Allan Holdsworth on April 15th in California. Bill will be in Buffalo, NY on his U.S. speaking tour so is unable to attend, but will offer a brief video contribution to the event, to go along with those from Mark King, Jennifer Batten, Steve Vai, and Jamie Glaser among others. Those who bought the boxed set of Bill’s work with Allan in the Bruford group will have noticed the entire box is dedicated to Allan’s memory. Co-organiser Greg Beaton has produced a really neat little Vimeo of Allan in action (see link above). If you’re new to Allan’s music and are trying to find out what all the fuss is about, try the opening solo of the album “UK” 1977 – In the Dead of Night – from 2’57 to 4’34”. In his autobiography, Bill has this as “94 seconds of liquid passion married to a blinding technical facility that was to go down in the annals of rock guitar history. All the hallmarks of his brilliant playing were there… poise, pace, melody, the Slonimsky interval jumps, the whammy-bar [tremolo arm], and all over a killer groove.”
http://billbruford.com/allan-holdswo...blic-memorial/
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