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Ooooh, topical: my first click-thru lead me to Discipline №128 http://et.stok.ca/digests/128.html http://et.stok.ca/digests/128.html , talking of Holdsworth -
by C19is20 6y ago
Ooooh, topical: my first click-thru lead me to Discipline №128 http://et.stok.ca/digests/128.html http://et.stok.ca/digests/128.html , talking of Holdsworth -
"Some of AH's technical ideas, while wonderful--have trickled anonymously into the mainstream of rock in bits and pieces--in broadening the scope of guitar solos and sounds--inspiring hard rock players like Van Halen and Alex Lifeson, and shred-meisters such as Satriani and Vai--I have no time for those guys, because their whole approach to music seems mired to me in adolesence. AH forever refined and expanded the sound of the guitar--unlike Fripp, who single-handedly opened up rock music to new degrees of artistry and near limitless boundaries in terms of other musical traditions and approaches...."