CREEM SHOWCASE
“I feel like a road sausage,” Allan Holdsworth says wearily, somewhere in Ohio. He’s got this new album out on Enigma records called Atavachron. He’s been on tour for what seems like the far side of forever. Lousy food. Bad motels. Too much driving.
CREEM SHOWCASE
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by Dan Hedges
“I feel like a road sausage,” Allan Holdsworth says wearily, somewhere in Ohio. He’s got this new album out on Enigma records called Atavachron. He’s been on tour for what seems like the far side of forever. Lousy food. Bad motels. Too much driving. You get the picture. The man just wants to go home.
For those who don’t recognize the Holdsworth name, ask Eddie Van Halen. Ask Neal Schon. As possibly the World’s Most Famous Unknown British Guitarist, Allan Holdsworth’s fretboard finesse has been known to make the jaws of even the famous and powerful drop in awe. What kind of stuff does he play? That’s the problem, particularly from the marketing standpoint. It’s sort of jazz. Only it’s not jazz because it’s got a rock undercurrent. Only it’s not really rock because...