Gitarist interview (NL) 2000: Difference between revisions
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Interview excerpts from Guitarist April 2000, by Michiel Roelse | ==Interview excerpts from Guitarist April 2000, by Michiel Roelse== | ||
Allan Holdsworth actually wanted to play the saxophone. However, Father Sam found that instrument a bit overbearing and bought a guitar instead. Sorry for Allan, but happy for our guitarists. It is precisely his fascination for wind instruments that has made Allan Holdsworth what he is now: a leading and completely idiosyncratic fusion guitarist. Holdsworth makes his own rules and for a long time there is no one who can keep him. His phenomenal legato technique allows him to play combinations of notes that others break their heads - and fingers - over for months. A virtuoso in the true sense of the word. Oops, did I say 'virtuoso' there? | Allan Holdsworth actually wanted to play the saxophone. However, Father Sam found that instrument a bit overbearing and bought a guitar instead. Sorry for Allan, but happy for our guitarists. It is precisely his fascination for wind instruments that has made Allan Holdsworth what he is now: a leading and completely idiosyncratic fusion guitarist. Holdsworth makes his own rules and for a long time there is no one who can keep him. His phenomenal legato technique allows him to play combinations of notes that others break their heads - and fingers - over for months. A virtuoso in the true sense of the word. Oops, did I say 'virtuoso' there? | ||
