CD Fan Review
I
had forgotten what an amazing and awesome guitarist and composer
Allan Holdsworth was. Thanks to the two-disc Eidolon: The Allan
Holdsworth Collection and the 12-disc box set, both released just
a week before Holdsworth's untimely and unfortunate passing at the
age of 70, I have realized the error of my ways and been set back
upon the correct path.
In
addition to most of the 28 tracks personally selected by Holdsworth
for the Eidolon collection, my other favorite tunes from among
his 97-song catalog include the following: "Atavachron,"
"Sand," "Clown," "Joshua,"
"Wardenclyffe Tower," "Zarabeth," "Questions,"
"The Un-Merry Go Round Part 5," "Prelude," and
"Hard Hat Area."
That
said, all of Holdsworth's solo work is outstanding, especially if you
love electric guitar in the context of jazz, rock, new age, and
fusion.
Holdsworth
clearly had more inspiration left in him, as he was recently working
on his first new studio album in well over a decade. Hopefully his
family will see fit to finish and release it.
In
any event, the double CD and the box set serve as lasting reminders
of Holdsworth's artistic excellence and purity.
Holdsworth
may no longer be with us in body, but his "eidolon" will
remain forever through his brilliant, one-of-a-kind music.
--Raj
Manoharan
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