Carl Verheyen: Difference between revisions
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==Carl's Eulogy== | ==Carl's Eulogy== | ||
May 2, | May 2, 2017 | ||
by Carl Verheyen | |||
I just finished writing an article for Guitar Player Magazine about the passing of my friend Allan Holdsworth. But there is so much more to say… | I just finished writing an article for Guitar Player Magazine about the passing of my friend Allan Holdsworth. But there is so much more to say… | ||
I first met Allan in the early 80s after hearing him on a Bill Bruford album called “One of a Kind” that came out in ’79. None of us had ever heard anything like that on the guitar, and I was amazed to find out he’d moved to California and was living nearby. His music sounded so foreign to me I figured he must be from somewhere far, far away like Yorkshire, England! | I first met Allan in the early 80s after hearing him on a Bill Bruford album called “One of a Kind” that came out in ’79. None of us had ever heard anything like that on the guitar, and I was amazed to find out he’d moved to California and was living nearby. His music sounded so foreign to me I figured he must be from somewhere far, far away like Yorkshire, England! | ||