Bands And Albums.

... Alan Holdsworth? He's from England and is an inspiration for some of the worlds best musicians and guitarists . I first heard "Road Games" in 1981 . Since then I've caught his gigs whenever I could . His music comes from an entirely original place . Theres no way to descibe it except that it is jazz . Alan played on Jean Luc Ponty's "Individual Choice" in 1986 . His soloing is an amazing listening experience , so amazing , it can fry your brain if your not prepared. Not like Malmstien or Vai , he plays like noone else. If you have never heard his music , seek it , and those that have , know what I'm speaking of . Happy Music to you all !!

Holdsworth rocks! Well, not literally, more like fusion and stuff. His Metal Fatigue album still rates real high with me... I picked up the sheet music while in Japan and man is it a bugger to play... Most excellent, for sure!

I really like his stuff a lot, learned to play Countdown, it's really fun stuff.

He's THE MAN!!!!

Unfortunatley people are impatient with their ears.

I seen Alan in concert in Detroit Mi. back in like 1979 or something. He was with the band U.K. They had John Wetton on bass, Bill Bruford on drums and the key player slips my mind right now, but he later toured with Jethro Tull. I seen that concert too. I think I seen all the good bands from those day's. Ya know, Procol Harum, David Bowie, Iggy, Humble Pie, ELP, Joe Cocker, Montrose, King Crimson, Zepellin, Kansas. You get the idea. I've been around. Don't even get me started on the groupies I've had playing gig's, oh man. Sex backstage under the stage, in the tour bus, fans wifes at the shows. Lots of bj's from them cause you have to be quick and not get killed. Anyway ttyl

Hmmm, I was at the Tull concert where UK opened, it was at the old Olympia. Holdsworth and Bruford were already gone; they were just a three-piece, Eddie Jobson (keys-violin), Wetton and Terry Bozzio. I remember Bozzio's cymbals hanging from cables from the ceiling.

Hmmm, I was at the Tull concert where UK opened, it was at the old Olympia. Holdsworth and Bruford were already gone; they were just a three-piece, Eddie Jobson (keys-violin), Wetton and Terry Bozzio. I remember Bozzio's cymbals hanging from cables from the ceiling.

The tull concert was a different show. The UK one was there own show. Eddie Jobson was in Jethro Tull when I seen them. Maybe I was not clear on how I said it. Thanx

I found this about Eddie on the Tull website. I believe the concert I alluded to was in 1979; you must have seen them in 1978.

Eddie Jobson

He was born soomewhere oop North, 'tha knows, in the Geordie area of Newcastle/Durham whence came the Animals and other denizens of the Deep and Dirty Northern music scene.

Born into a theatrical background, young Eddie became something of a child prodigy musician, learning violin and, later, Pianoforte.

Spotted by the group Curved Air, of whom he was a fan, he took up the brave and racy profession as their violinist, later joining Roxy Music and Frank Zappa before forming the almost-supergroup UK with Bill Bruford, and John Wetton which is what took him, temporarily into the clutches of Jethro Tull, first as support act and then on the "A" album in 1980 as a member of Tull.

Following the demise of UK, and after touring with Tull for a year, Eddie released his solo record "The Green Album" and began a career as movie, TV and Advertising music writer, based first in New York and more recently moving to LA where he currently resides with wife Raquel and a very expensive array of hi-tech equipment.

Having won, over the last few years, many awards and other accolades as a composer, he is presently working a new series of the TV show Nash Bridges. He will soon complete the new album project "Legacy", which features former members of Yes, King Crimson and Genesis, along with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bulgarian Women' Choir. This long-awaited masterwork has been composed, produced and engineered by Eddie and is due for release in January, 2000.

Biographer's note:---

Edwin, as only I am permitted to call him (he doesn't much like Jobbo either), is a thoroughly nice chap and deserves your support and praise, together with a small but appropriate amount of your money, which you may part with in return for a copy of his new record in the year two thousand and……er, er, well, one-ish. Will Edders finally make the deadline? Watch this space.

Ian Anderson, Jan. 1999.

I'd never heard of him 'till about a year ago. I was doing some research on my guitar amp and stumbled across him using basically the same set up. I use a Yamaha DG80-112A w/ matching extension cabinet. He was using 2 of each though and I don't know if he had any pedals on the floor except maybe a midi pedal to change the channels. Awsome guitarist!!!
Another guitarist I just found out was using this setup was Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. I've got a friend in the union that works as a stage hand for all the shows that come to the Beaumont, Tx. area. Billy was using stacks of empty 4x12 cabs on stage with a Yamaha DG80-112A slid in the back of an empty cab and 2 1x12 extension cabs hiddin in other 4x12 cabs. One to the top left of the amp and one to the top right.