❉ Allan Holdsworth – The Sixteen Men Of Tain ❉ Coming on the heels of some rather mediocre efforts, The Sixteen Men of Tain is startlingly superb. Allan Holdsworth has stripped away the distracting banks of keyboards and allowed his soaring, gliding guitar to shine through in a way it hasn't since the 1980s. Even the Synthaxe, Holdsworth's signature guitar synthesizer, sounds organic and immediate, not to mention far less prevalent than on previous albums. Dave Carpenter's acoustic bass is a radical departure (check out his solo on the title track), as are Walt …read more
❉ Allan Holdsworth – The Sixteen Men Of Tain ❉ Coming on the heels of some rather mediocre efforts, The Sixteen Men of Tain is startlingly supe… read more
❉ Allan Holdsworth – The Sixteen Men Of Tain ❉ Coming on the heels of some rather mediocre efforts, The Sixteen Men of Tain is startlingly superb. Allan Holdsworth has stripped awa… read more
Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 16 April 2017) was a British guitarist and composer. He released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played a variety of musical styles spanning a period of more than four decades, but is best known for his work in jazz fusion. Holdsworth is noted for his advanced knowledge of music, through which he incorporated a vast array of complex chord progressions and intricate solos; the latter comprising myriad scale forms often derived from those such as the diminished, augmented, whole tone, chromatic and altered scales, among others, resulting in … read more
Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 16 April 2017) was a British guitarist and composer. He released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played a variety of musical styles spanning a pe… read more
Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 16 April 2017) was a British guitarist and composer. He released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played a variety of musical styles spanning a period of more than four decades, but is best kn… read more