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Old 04-18-2017, 03:05 PM   #2577 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista View Post
Saw him a few times during the late 70s and early 80s when he was ONFIRE. Always a small club that would be packed to the gills. At that point of his career he was blowing the minds of all of the recognized guitar heroes. EVH, Alex Lifeson, Zappa, McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Steve Morse, all came out and basically said that Holdsworth left them stupid.

Throw away the guitar, his compositions are are breathtaking.
If my suspicions are correct, he was still epic live. I think he was the guitarist I thought was playing an organ until I glanced over and smacked the floor with my jaw.
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