2 Cd

2CD

companion to the complete Allan Holdsworth boxset (‘The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever’). Holdsworth has been recognized by many of the worlds most accomplished and unique rock and jazz guitar virtuosos. Luminaries including Eddie Van Halen, Carlos Santana, Frank Zappa, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Joe Satriani, Tom Morello universally expressed reverence and astonishment at Holdsworths pioneering approach to his playing and vast vocabulary of uncommon chord voicings. He further expanded the guitars orchestral potential with a range of electronic effects, then moved on to become one of the early innovators of guitar-based synthesizer controllers. In the nearly five decades Holdsworth has been touring, collaborating, and recording, he has created an immense sonic and musical legacy.

In the 70s he played with legendary Miles Davis drummer, Tony Williams and Cream bassist Jack Bruce as the band Lifetime, and toured with Soft Machine. He worked with former Yes and King Crimson drummer, Bill Brufords first solo project, Feels Good To Me, and subsequent recordings with Jean-Luc Ponty, and Gong. Bruford suggested Allan for the progressive-rock supergroup, U.K., which, along with Bruford, also featured John Wetton and Eddie Jobson.