2017/04/17 03:42:11
outland144k
NOOOO....
 
 
2017/04/17 05:14:57
sharke
It's interesting to read the RIP tweets on Twitter from people you wouldn't have thought were fans (but then again, why shouldn't they be?) Like for e.g, David Coverdale. 
 
2017/04/17 12:41:36
bayoubill
nnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooo
 
my hero
2017/04/17 14:25:31
mikedocy
sharke
It's interesting to read the RIP tweets on Twitter from people you wouldn't have thought were fans (but then again, why shouldn't they be?) Like for e.g, David Coverdale. 

 
Yeah. That's because Holdsworth was a "musician's musician".
Every musician, regardless of their musical style, appreciated Holdsworth's talent and creativity.
 
http://www.antimusic.com/news/17/April/17Eddie_Van_Halens_Favorite_Guitarist_Allan_Holdsworth_Dead_At_70.shtml
 
" In the early 1980s, Eddie Van Halen was said to proclaim that Holdsworth was "the best, in my book" and "so damned good that I can't cop anything." 

 
 
 
 
 
 
2017/04/17 15:32:28
outland144k
craigb
2017 is NOT turning out to be better than 2016!
 
Only 70, still too young... 


The way he played, if he passed away at 1,473 years of age, it would still be too young. What an incredible guitarist. 
2017/04/17 16:45:13
batsbrew
https://www.gofundme.com/allanholdsworthmemorial
2017/04/17 20:47:43
Moshkito
mikedocy
...
Yeah. That's because Holdsworth was a "musician's musician".
... 
 

 
And he's the one that said that anyone that knows music is an idiot!
 
How could he be a musician's musician if that is true?
2017/04/17 21:15:42
batsbrew
Moshkito
And he's the one that said that anyone that knows music is an idiot!
 
How could he be a musician's musician if that is true?



try not to be disrespectful in this particular thread.
 
2017/04/17 22:24:01
stevec
Yeah, that really sucks...   One of my all time favorites.   A truly unique and innovative guitarist. 
 
RIP
 
2017/04/17 22:41:17
outland144k
stevec
Yeah, that really sucks...   One of my all time favorites.   A truly unique and innovative guitarist. 
 
RIP
 


The really cool thing about Holdsworth was just how far "above" the guitar he played; what I mean by this is that, despite the fact that his lines were amazingly technical for the guitar, the solos would have sounded astounding being played on a number of other instruments. Holdsworth said Coltrane was a major influence and you could really hear that in his playing, but not so surprisingly, one can easily imagine his lines being played by a saxophonist (or a synthesist) and still sounding great. 
 
R.I.P.
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