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Re: (TV) Somewhat OT: Holdsworth vis-a-vis Verlaine / Starting Belew
Holdsworth was on the first UK album back in the 70s. That was with Bill Bruford and John Whetton too ( the King Crimson link ). Van Halen is said to be heavilly influenced by him. His style is considerably different from that of Fripps and not even remotely like Verlaine as far as I can tell. I think of Fripp and Verlaine as sharing a couple similarities to my ear. Holdsworth is certainly great - uber-great even, but not my cup of tea.
-Russ
Casey, Leo J <Leo.J.Casey@Volpe.dot.gov> wrote :
> Speaking of recent music that people have been consuming, has anyone heard
> any news about a retrospective (1969-200), 2-cd set of guitarist Alan
> Holdsworth music.
> It was supposed to be out at of Jan.
>
> More important, save me $, is he good?
>
> Several facets of his early musical background are striking similar to
> Verlaine marked with stars:
> AMG: "Holdsworth was originally taught music by his father, who was a
> *pianist*.
> *First a saxophone* player, Holdsworth didn't pick up the guitar *until he
> was 17 years* old,
> but learned the instrument *quickly*. After playing in *local outfits*
> .."
> My guess is he and Verlaine sound nothing alike.
> I know he was in Tony Williams' Lifetime and Gong [didn't TV mention Gong in
> a few interviews?] ,
> but was he also in Yes and King Crimson even if briefly?
> Related Q: those who are Adrian Belew fans like Brian Young: I bought one
> of his mid-1980s solo records
> but was disappointed by the song-writing (my guess is he did his best
> playing when in someone else's group
> (e.g., Bowie or King Crimson[?], Eno[?].
> Which of his recordings are a good place for me to give him another listen?
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