The Reluctant Guitarist (Jazz Journal 1992): Difference between revisions
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The reluctant guitarist | [[File:Tie.jpg|right|400px]]The reluctant guitarist | ||
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Since he came on to the London scene in the early seventies, Allan Holdsworth has joined the small band of electric guitarists - among them Charlie Christian and Jimi Hendrix - who have radically redefined the character of their instrument and vastly expanded its expressive potential. In a period when the guitar enjoyed unprecedented popularity and produced a correspondingly large number of anonymous exponents, Holdsworth found a way, albeit unconsciously, of leaving an indelible personal stamp on the instrument. | Since he came on to the London scene in the early seventies, Allan Holdsworth has joined the small band of electric guitarists - among them Charlie Christian and Jimi Hendrix - who have radically redefined the character of their instrument and vastly expanded its expressive potential. In a period when the guitar enjoyed unprecedented popularity and produced a correspondingly large number of anonymous exponents, Holdsworth found a way, albeit unconsciously, of leaving an indelible personal stamp on the instrument. |