Allan Holdsworth has passed

Ed Driscoll said:

I think what he meant was, he'd rather be playing a horn or a sax or a violin, not an uncommon statement from jazzmen who dream of being Coltrane or Miles. Heck, I'm often envious of keyboard players, with their ability to play many chord voicings that are difficult to finger on guitar, and their access to an endless variety of synth sounds.

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Karldoog said:

I DID read where he said that; question is, at some point in his life he could have afforded a horn. Why didn't he go after his first love?

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Karldoog said:

I had access to a guitar synth once. I stayed up for like, 36 hours, just goofing around with it. I was actually glad to see it go, lol. It was honestly addictive.

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Ed Driscoll said:

He spent his whole adult life making a living playing in bands -- at times with some pretty heavyweight musicians such as Tony Williams and Bill Bruford -- playing and mastering guitar. Few if any people would chuck that to start over on horn or sax, no matter how much they envy the instrument or the players.



I enjoy the various flavors of guitar synths that I own, and they timbres they produce. But they also make my simultaneously envious of keyboard players. But that doesn't mean that I don't love that I can play guitar. I think you're taking his quote too literally. :hmm

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Cody said:

I'm thrilled to see that they've surpassed that goal!

At the same time I'm heartbroken that even a virtuoso who has been so very influential had such a tough go of it in his lifetime. Nothing new, I know, but it saddens me.

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