I.O.U. Band: Difference between revisions
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About that time, I started playing with drummer Gary Husband on the side. At this time, I had already written a bunch of new music for myself. So I thought it was a golden opportunity to form my own group with Gary and Paul Carmicheal. But unfortunately it was a disaster from a financial point of view. We called the band “IOU” because more often than not, it would cost us more money to do the gig than what we normally got paid for doing it. That’s what happens when you want to play “esoteric bullshit,” which is what some people call what we do. | About that time, I started playing with drummer Gary Husband on the side. At this time, I had already written a bunch of new music for myself. So I thought it was a golden opportunity to form my own group with Gary and Paul Carmicheal. But unfortunately it was a disaster from a financial point of view. We called the band “IOU” because more often than not, it would cost us more money to do the gig than what we normally got paid for doing it. That’s what happens when you want to play “esoteric bullshit,” which is what some people call what we do. | ||
==[[The Allan Holdsworth Interview | ==[[The Allan Holdsworth Interview (Musoscribe 2017)]]== | ||
You didn’t make your solo debut I.O.U. until you were in your mid thirties. What spurred you to finally do it? | You didn’t make your solo debut I.O.U. until you were in your mid thirties. What spurred you to finally do it? | ||
