I hear it goes good with slap bass.
Of course, I think how he goes over depends on the musical setting. I tend to like Holdsworth more with other folks in a somewhat contained setting with some editing. In the case of that period of Soft Machine (donning flame suit), the compositions, such as they were left a lot to be desired in terms of musical interest, just a lot of simplistic meandering riff-based jams without much compositional depth, sorry to say. But then put Holdsy in a setting like the Tony Williams "Believe It" band, a whole different story, he really shined brightly in that setting as well as with Gong, Bruford and UK.
Never play slap bass around bears, you'll make them VERY angry.
Aw, the kid's alright! He just needs to get his heart torn out of his chest by a girl he's hopelessly in love with and then to get so drunk that he's throwing up for the whole next day. He'll be fine!
Although I'm not a fan of his dad's work, I think it's cool his son went in a totally different musical direction and instrument as well. He seems to have knowledge of the guitar, but like Brother Ernie said, have a lover break his heart and the "guts" will pour out onto his playing.
Charles
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