
(Obituary by Steve T)
Legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth died on Sunday April 16 aged 70. Born in Bradford he was a formidable force in progressive rock and Jazz-Rock through the seventies, featuring in a range of bands, sometimes simultaneously, including Nucleus, Tempest, Soft Machine, Tony Williams Lifetime and Gong, before joining Bill Bruford, John Whetton (who died a few weeks ago) and Eddie Jobson in the prog rock super-group UK, and was subsequently invited by Bill Bruford, who considered him one of the world’s great innovators, to join his new band Bruford.
A forthcoming box set of his solo albums,
scheduled for release on Friday, is called The Man Who Changed Guitar
Forever. A genuine guitarist’s guitarist, he was unanimously revered
by his peers and often considered the greatest ever by those who heard him
live, he has now taken his place at the very top table in Guitar Heaven.
Steve T.
4 comments :
He also played at the "Mecca" (Locarno) in Sunderland for about 3 years in a covers band with my brother in law.
I can't believe I did this in 2008! No offence to Rod and Jim but maybe I made the wrong call on this one! http://lance-bebopspokenhere.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/gerry-richardson-trio-jim-birkettrod.html
He was only amazing !
What was your brother-in-law's name please Robert? I also played in that band.
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