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prog4evr
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Topic: R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth Posted: April 30 2017 at 03:55 |
I have been so busy with the job these past two weeks that I hadn't heard about this. Absolutely out of left-field; very sad news. With all the accolades of Holdsworth on public record (including by Frank Zappa and Eddie Van Halen), all I can say is he was one of the most unique expressionists with the guitar that I have ever heard - truly inspiring! R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth...
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verslibre
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Posted: April 29 2017 at 18:20 |
NP: Metal Fatigue.
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Posted: April 29 2017 at 16:06 |
Hadnt heard until John Etheridge dedicated a song from 'Bundles' when i saw Soft Machine earlier this week. Totally shocked, went home and played 'One of a kind' and the the first UK lp.. a totally unique guitarist, playing like nobody else. Very sad news and my sincerest condolences to his family.
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aglasshouse
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Posted: April 26 2017 at 17:22 |
Really unfortunate. However, because of his death I was reminded I need more of him in my collection. Just picked up Metal Fatigue on vinyl.
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M27Barney
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Posted: April 25 2017 at 05:19 |
Sad loss! I haven't got much of his playing in my collection, that will be rectified in the next year of purchases me thinks.
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Rednight
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Posted: April 24 2017 at 22:26 |
Classless, tasteless, and completely out of place when associated with Holdsworth's passing. And where's the ever-meaningless mehs and pffs? I do like that quote, though.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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micky
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Posted: April 24 2017 at 17:42 |
hieronymous wrote:
There's some good news - the crowdfunding campaign raised over $114,000! That's over 5 times what they were originally asking for - they shut it down after three days.
I am really heartened that people still care about music and artists! I know many of the people here support music but out in the "real world" there are many who feel entitled to music for free and don't do anything to support artists...
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well done community! also gives me a good idea to try when my bad habits put me in an early grave... you bitches are going to pay for my funeral. The Big Mick.. the Allan Holdsworth of the internet...umm hmmm.. that goes on my gravestone. "I'd steal everything Micky was doing, if only I could figure out what the heck it was that he was doing....." -- Ivan Melgar-Morey
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VianaProghead
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Posted: April 24 2017 at 08:18 |
What a lost. One of the finest guitarists of all times. We lose a great prog artist indeed.
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"PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*)
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hieronymous
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Posted: April 21 2017 at 11:37 |
There's some good news - the crowdfunding campaign raised over $114,000! That's over 5 times what they were originally asking for - they shut it down after three days.
I am really heartened that people still care about music and artists! I know many of the people here support music but out in the "real world" there are many who feel entitled to music for free and don't do anything to support artists...
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HackettFan
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Posted: April 20 2017 at 14:01 |
I'm just seeing this. I'm shocked and very saddened.
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A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now)
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verslibre
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Posted: April 19 2017 at 16:36 |
Atavachron wrote:
"I'd steal everything Allan was doing, if only I could figure out what the heck it was that he was doing." --John McLaughlin |
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jayem
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Posted: April 19 2017 at 14:37 |
RIP, thanks Allan
Edited by jayem - April 20 2017 at 15:35
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BaldJean
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Posted: April 19 2017 at 09:14 |
very sad. he was the Jan Garbarek of guitar. R.I.P.
Jean and Friede
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Rednight
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Posted: April 19 2017 at 09:06 |
Yes you could - from Fripp.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Progosopher
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Posted: April 18 2017 at 17:54 |
Atavachron wrote:
"I'd steal everything Allan was doing, if only I could figure out what the heck it was that he was doing." --John McLaughlin
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Can't get a much better recommendation than that.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Posted: April 17 2017 at 22:31 |
Shame to lose such a prolific and consistently innovative musician.
RIP
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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zachfive
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Posted: April 17 2017 at 21:46 |
His work on One of a Kind is truly one of a kind. The man was a legend, no doubts about it.
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 17 2017 at 16:52 |
"I'd steal everything Allan was doing, if only I could figure out what the heck it was that he was doing." --John McLaughlin
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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micky
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Posted: April 17 2017 at 16:29 |
way to go darlin'
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Raff
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Posted: April 17 2017 at 16:28 |
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