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Breakfast Babble => The Chase => The Chase (Archive) => Topic started by: davepeck on January 19, 2007, 01:33:34 pm
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real good **** show!!!
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hope there was a nice crowd to see that one. spacey, why didnt you make make me go with you somehow? you cant let me miss out on this kinda stuff anymore, understand!!? hope everyone gets home safe.
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good to see ya spaceman.....ill show...monster of a 2nd set...stay tuned
if i had to guess i woudl say it weny tsomething like this...
Set I
gbfbits jam > gravity> Angel > fresh cut ending, eshers I - IV, Surreal radio> Score
Set II
TGSOT> a new begining> buquebus> tGSOT > queb, who song, and illness
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I\'ll be talking to you Mikey WTF!
Long time no see.
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looks like i\'ll be doing promo at the both holdsworth and the bfast... so come say whatup i\'ll be at the front desk, probably right near the merch table.
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just got word... no live music tonight. hopefully at some point in the future, this will happen, though - with the right kind of software! :thumbsup:
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Im not a fan of all this negativity. Im gonna bring a bunch of friends, you all should bring a bunch of , tfriendshen the balcony will be opened, and then we will all get our slack. I dont think i have ever seen a show that was less then rediculous and I have been telling my friends for months. Ill even bet a 20 sack that the iron horse fills up tonight. Unfortunitally i would not be that on a CMSS tonight. But i will be there in anticipation.
My negative post was sarcastic (and i think stevie\'s was as well). should be a ser time tonight i\'m pumped.
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Can I please have a ride from CT>MA>CT? ANYONE....
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Im gonna bring a bunch of friends, you all should bring a bunch of friends
glad to hear it, that\'s my plan too! Hometown Breakfast = mandatory get-together for my friends and I
Ill even bet a 20 sack that the iron horse fills up tonight.
what kinda 20 sack are we talkin ;)
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I pretty sure the webcast will only be audio right now.
:?: any word on whether or not this is happening tonight?
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Im not a fan of all this negativity. Im gonna bring a bunch of friends, you all should bring a bunch of friends, then the balcony will be opened, and then we will all get our slack. I dont think i have ever seen a show that was less then rediculous and I have been telling my friends for months. Ill even bet a 20 sack that the iron horse fills up tonight. Unfortunitally i would not be that on a CMSS tonight. But i will be there in anticipation.
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Do you know if a guy named Tabari Abdallah works with you at WMUA?
Tabari thinks the Breakfast are satanical.
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no don\'t know him
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I\'ll be behind the ticket counter with promotional stuff for WMUA the umass radio station.
Do you know if a guy named Tabari Abdallah works with you at WMUA?
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I\'ll be working the alan holdsworth show tonight, so if you are gonna be there at 7 for this early show come say what up. I\'ll be behind the ticket counter with promotional stuff for WMUA the umass radio station. otherwise i\'ll see everyone else at the BFAST!!!!
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nice!
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There\'s nothing else in the area tonight and tomorrow looks dead as well. Or are schools on break up there?
nope school is in session. My friend Evan did some promoting at Umass.
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I am expecting a doozie of monumental status....
thursday night in northhampton, come on.
i am sure some bigger act with a more dedicated fanbase is playing in the big room up there
it may be too cold for people to want to come out (forget about it if its windy)
and like everynight, i am pretty sure the band is gonna just cellphone in their performance from the van tonight
There\'s nothing else in the area tonight and tomorrow looks dead as well. Or are schools on break up there?
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I am expecting a doozie of monumental status....
thursday night in northhampton, come on.
i am sure some bigger act with a more dedicated fanbase is playing in the big room up there
it may be too cold for people to want to come out (forget about it if its windy)
and like everynight, i am pretty sure the band is gonna just cellphone in their performance from the van tonight
So basically what your sayin is don\'t bother going tonight..correct? Well maybe there will be some sweet TV shows on tonight.
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I am expecting a doozie of monumental status....
thursday night in northhampton, come on.
i am sure some bigger act with a more dedicated fanbase is playing in the big room up there
it may be too cold for people to want to come out (forget about it if its windy)
and like everynight, i am pretty sure the band is gonna just cellphone in their performance from the van tonight
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If enough peeps show up, they will have to open the balcony. Hopefully it will be sold-out. Came within a couple of people the last show.
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I hope they open the balcony area this evening, but the chances of that happening are prolly about the same as getting a slack tonight. either way it should be a good return to some good ol fashion rock n roll..
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I\'ll be there. Leaving CT around 9pm.
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are you in the area, inertia1215?
yep, in CT for a wedding until wednesday!
wanna try to make it out for timmy solo monday too! hope to see you up there tonight!
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im outta class at 9... meetin up with face and sallyalli shortly after that near hartford... should be there before ten i think
any love for doughboy...? pretty sure its been awhile....
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I\'m not getting out of work until 9pm. Hope to be there by start of the 1st set. Hope it is a nice evening for a quick drive.
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already made plans with my boy Chem Dog before the show.. gonna have to pass on wings
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are you in the area, inertia1215?
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indeed!
i know this. :(
so, for those of you who aren\'t catching Act I, who\'s up for the obligatory Hangar pregame?
I would love to go, never been there always miss it, but I have heard some incredible things about the Hangar!
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Since you got the mic stand back you are itching to tape huh?...
Aaaaaanice.
indeed!
You should have come to the stone church!
i know this. :(
so, for those of you who aren\'t catching Act I, who\'s up for the obligatory Hangar pregame?
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Peck def in rare form after that show
but not as close as this post electric factory show.....
(https://thebreakfast.info/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi113.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn201%2Fstephengencs%2FPeckRipped.jpg&hash=e2459ba89c842646916f47ce64f708769b732387)
ahhhhhh....good times.............good times
these pics will never die. Thank God. What a crazy weeknd one I\'ll never forget, huh? forget what? where am I?
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keep dreaming jeffe\'.
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Wow, I sort of forgot CMSS existed.
thats a shame.
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Wow, I sort of forgot CMSS existed.
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I\'ve heard adrian tell me he thinks CMSS needs a keyboardist. So i asked him what the problem was. I think they can handle the song no problem but i doubt they have been practicing it. Maybe with enough persuasion i will get one somewhere between now and my 21st birthday at the stone church.
Going insane in anticipation for the three night 4/20 run!!!
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Has anyone ever heard a cut me some slack from the trio?
yeah......there have been very few....like 1 or 2........
I wou def di tha shi....
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I\'ll take a CMSS too!
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iron horse is always a great show. Im thinking of going early to check out this fantastic guitarist. Has anyone ever heard a cut me some slack from the trio? I would love to hear one thursday!
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EC was classic.
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Peck def in rare form after that show
but not as close as this post electric factory show.....
(https://thebreakfast.info/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi113.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn201%2Fstephengencs%2FPeckRipped.jpg&hash=e2459ba89c842646916f47ce64f708769b732387)
ahhhhhh....good times.............good times
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He\'s probably due for another belligerent outing, complete with name calling of the staff.
"you\'re cute"
???
explanation requested.
im pretty sure this stems from the last night of last years 4-20 run at the Middle East in Cambride... DavePeck at the rowdiest i have ever seen him, thats for sure
http://www.thebreakfast.info/forum/showthread.php?t=6982
yep, there it is
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???
explanation requested.
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awww and it\'s going to be two that I\'m probably not at.... bummer.
He\'s probably due for another belligerent outing, complete with name calling of the staff.
"you\'re cute"
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davepeck may just be attending his first 2 b\'fast shows of 2007 this week..
awww and it\'s going to be two that I\'m probably not at.... bummer.
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davepeck may just be attending his first 2 b\'fast shows of 2007 this week..
I never thought I\'d be ahead of DavePeck at this point in the year. 2 shows strong over here (and itching for a few more).
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davepeck may just be attending his first 2 b\'fast shows of 2007 this week..
You should have come to the stone church!
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davepeck may just be attending his first 2 b\'fast shows of 2007 this week..
Since you got the mic stand back you are itching to tape huh?...
Aaaaaanice.
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davepeck may just be attending his first 2 b\'fast shows of 2007 this week..
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I pretty sure the webcast will only be audio right now.
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I was pondering that very same question after Fitzy said he was almost capable of doing it. I still haven\'t come up with an answer. People are **** weird and will stay home just because one of their ass hairs is flowing a different direction. A web feed very well may give them that little poke that they need to be on the stay home side of the fence. Maybe not. For me nothing equals the energy and excitement derived from being in the crowd watching a band play. Some people seem to really not give two craps. These may be the ones to stay home. I guess time will tell...or not...
meh, if anything it will get people that can\'t make it to the show able to see it. no one is gonna stay home on a night they had planned on going out just cuz they can watch it at home instead. thats retarded to me. the whole point of going to a show is the love for seeing live music, you just don\'t get that, plus the interaction w/ countless great people, at home. i see nothing but positive coming from the occaisional live video broadcast.
i can get people that don\'t even give two **** about them to watch it, if only for 5 minutes, ya know? that kinda exposure to enough slightly interested people totally outweighs the few imaginary people that would stay home instead of going out on a friday night.
"dude, lets just stay home and watch it, its like going to the show w/o the bartenders giving me booze/hot chicks in attendance."
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Depends I think partially on where the webcast is available. If it\'s just on .info, I think it may end up causing people who have seen the band a million times to just stay home and watch it.
But if it is highly visible somewhere else, I believe it could garner new fans.
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Regarding the webcast (this is just a question out of curiosity), do you think that providing free streams of breakfast shows will help bring more people to shows, or just give people another reason to not come out???
I was pondering that very same question after Fitzy said he was almost capable of doing it. I still haven\'t come up with an answer. People are **** weird and will stay home just because one of their ass hairs is flowing a different direction. A web feed very well may give them that little poke that they need to be on the stay home side of the fence. Maybe not. For me nothing equals the energy and excitement derived from being in the crowd watching a band play. Some people seem to really not give two craps. These may be the ones to stay home. I guess time will tell...or not...
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Regarding the webcast (this is just a question out of curiosity), do you think that providing free streams of breakfast shows will help bring more people to shows, or just give people another reason to not come out???
Personally, I\'d be glad for a webcast, since there\'s no way I\'ll be able to make it to the show on Thursday night, but I\'d love to hear it live. I suppose some people (that are lazy and/or just don\'t want to go) will be given an opportunity to sit on their arse instead of trek up to Northampton. But, imo, live music rules, and sitting at home listening from a computer is in no way a comparison to what I\'ll be missing up in MA.
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Yeah, I need to go this Thursday, but I just got done with a CT>Burlington,VT>CT drive so I really don\'t want to drive again. If anyone is going up for Holdsworth/Tb please PM me because I really want to go, but in no way in hell am I driving.
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But I did a solid job spreading word of mouth and got lots ah people sayin\' they\'ll be there.
I have learned the hard way that when people tell you "they\'ll be there" it just means they dont want to say, "not gonna happen" to your face.....either way its sure to be an amazing show.....
Regarding the webcast (this is just a question out of curiosity), do you think that providing free streams of breakfast shows will help bring more people to shows, or just give people another reason to not come out???
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i\'m talkin bout Northampton
where most kids are too lazy to travel it seems
we\'re overdue for some Voodoo
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Well maybe one of the collective broseph (all-one holy trinity style ya know, keepin\' it irie for the masses) will come on here and entertain the following request:
Northampton is long due for ::::: Episode 2 ... how long has it been?
stone church
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Well maybe one of the collective broseph (all-one holy trinity style ya know, keepin\' it irie for the masses) will come on here and entertain the following request:
Northampton is long due for ::::: Episode 2 ... how long has it been? Puppetry. Lets do it.
Hell we\'ll even take a Buquebus, if that\'s what it comes down to.
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Well, I did a crap job putting up / handing out fliers.
But I did a solid job spreading word of mouth and got lots ah people sayin\' they\'ll be there.
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Fitzy will hopefully have this one on webcast, for those of us (like me) who won\'t be going to the show on Thursday :yay:
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I\'m sick of unintentional Breakfast hiatus... unfortunately my car has become a "Connecticut Only" car in recent weeks. Can I put in an early plea for a ride (from somebody who is coming home after the show, preferably)?
PM it up. My share of the gas money is included, of course.
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so i guess no opener for this show....thats good news. I can\'t remember if there was one the past couple times. anyway, i love soft machine and holdsworth\'s later solo ****, but didn\'t know he still toured. I\'m def gonna try and make it out to that show as well. would be ser if he stuck around and did a sit in with the boys....but i seriously doubt it
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This will be my third Holdsworth show. It\'s a sitting show FYI. I didn\'t find this out until tonight when I went on the Iron Horse website. I wasn\'t planning on seeing The Breakfast in NH, but I was planning on seeing Holdsworth. I need to start reading these Chase threads!
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Another one I will miss. You Lucky Bastards.
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Wow! Holy ****! ****!! Jesus and Mary Joseph!! I just noticed that the greatest guitar player in the universe, ever to grace God\'s green Earth, the one and only Mr. Allan **** Holdsworth is playing hours before the Breakfast. For those of you who think Timmy is a shredder, Mr. Holdsworth will redefine the art of guitar playing in ways your most demented, contorted, acid tinged imagination could never conjure up. I beg that at least 2 of you go to this show. Tickets will be tough to get, but wow, you really can\'t ask for a better night....
PS, I didnt read the thread and saw all the Holdsworth discussion on page one....
Regardless, you would be a fool NOT to see him... Holdsworth is God..
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Can\'t wait for this show, will be my first North east show since moving over a year ago, and what a place to be.
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Looks like another great evening of music. Holdsworth is the real deal. Have seen him numerous times. Kudos to Gencs for the biographical info. He has a new DVD coming out. Here\'s a link to youtube for anyone who hasn\'t heard (or seen) him. Chad Wackerman, from Zappa\'s band on drums, too. And of course, another show I\'ll miss. You lucky bastards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3nm_B1vBkU&mode=related&search=
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^^
nice work Derick... do you have a larger one I can print out and slap around Northampton area?
hydrostop @ yahoo.com
consider it sent, thanks man
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nice work Derick... do you have a larger one I can print out and slap around Northampton area?
hydrostop @ yahoo.com
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http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7489/ironhorse030807flier8nx.jpg
how about setting the reasonable goal of SELLING THIS F\'N PLACE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!! it doesn\'t happen on it own.....
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Look for me here... I\'m sure you\'ll find me, and possibly Jesus...
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Aniiice!!!
uh oh!!!!
You suck sweaty salty moose balls!!!
Oh...just because I\'m drinking beer and have gotten full confirmation that she does in fact have balls!!! ;)
And....I just felt like it!!!
I doubt anyone, in the history of thebreakfast.info, has accumulated more use of the exclamation point (!) than mr. todd (old man) anderson
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You suck sweaty salty moose balls!!! ;)
(or Holly\'s...same difference)
(i don\'t actually have balls, it was a joke)
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Damn...That Allan Holdsworth is no joke... I\'ll definetly be at this one... Im like 15-20 mins away from Noho. I do alotta of the promoting for Iron Horse, Pearl St. Calvin and all those venues... I be passing out flyers most likely that night.
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Good enough reasons for me.
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Oh...just because I\'m drinking beer and have gotten full confirmation that she does in fact have balls!!! ;)
And....I just felt like it!!! :lol:
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How did Holly get dragged into that?
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I may actually go down just to see him and then go home.
You suck sweaty salty moose balls!!! ;)
(or Holly\'s...same difference)
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Alan Holdsworth = seriously ser
You\'d be a fool to not going see him if you are going to Northampton that night anyhow.
I may actually go down just to see him and then go home.
;)
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thursday shows are my friend. lets get sexy
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tell-all behind the scenes breakfast biography
uh oh!!!!
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that would be a great book
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it would be hard to write that much stuff about the breakfast.
Not really....My tell-all behind the scenes breakfast biography is about halfway done.....and its at about 300 pages so far....
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it would be hard to write that much stuff about the breakfast.
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Cliff notes???
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^^^
whaaaaa?? what just happened? I think I just fell into a time portal for 15 minutes, now my eyes are all glazed over and there\'s drool hanging off my lip......
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on another note... **** YEAH hometown Breakfast baby!
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and for those of you, like myself, who had no idea who Alan Holdsworth is........
Allan Holdsworth is widely regarded by fans and contemporary musicians as one of the 20 th century\'s most prominent guitarists. He is one of a handful of musicians who has consistently proven himself as an innovator in between and within the worlds of rock and jazz music. Many of music\'s best-known instrumental masters cite Holdsworth as that rare and shining voice—a legendary player who continues to push the outer limits of instrumental technique and the electric guitar\'s range of tonal and textural possibilities. Particularly during the 90s, Holdsworth has enjoyed the recognition so many musicians strongly feel he deserves, given that he has developed his career outside the big label mainstream and has consistently produced his own recordings with complete creative control since the mid-80s. Despite the uncompromising nature of Holdsworth\'s predominantly genre-defying solo projects, he\'s no stranger to all-star jazz festival line-ups or large venue rock audiences. Musician Magazine placed Holdsworth near the top of their “100 greatest guitarists of all time.” There\'s never been a shortage of media attention or acclaim for Holdsworth\'s accomplishments and originality. An inductee of Guitar Player Magazine\'s Hall of Fame, Holdsworth is a five-time winner in their readers\' poll.
Beyond his ability in improvising mercurial solos and sculpting the guitar\'s voice into an ever-expanding range of textures and colors, Holdsworth has dedicated his energies to develop many different aspects of guitar technology. This has included new “baritone” variations of the instrument, his own custom 6-string designs (one most recently manufactured by Carvin), the invention of electronic components for the recording studio, and exploring the possibilities of guitar-based synthesizer controllers. Holdworth\'s ability to improvise over complex and challenging chord voicings always reveals a deep emotional base and a strong, imaginative personality that is as instantly identifiable as any among Holdsworth\'s generation of guitar and jazz masters.
The sounds of Django Reinhardt, Jimmy Rainey, Charlie Christian, Joe Pass , Eric Clapton, and John Coltrane were among this English musician\'s early inspirations when he began to work professionally as a musician in his early twenties. Born in the city of Bradford , England , Holdsworth had been extensively tutored in aspects of musical theory and jazz appreciation by his father, an accomplished amateur musician. Holdsworth paid his musician\'s dues early on working the dance-club circuit, where he began to meet fellow musicians who hailed from the south. One of England \'s best jazz tenor saxophonists, Ray Warleigh, heard amazing potential in Holdsworth\'s playing and brought him along to participate in jazz sets at the onset of the 70s, including sessions with Ray at Ronnie Scotts in London .
Holdsworth\'s career brought him to international audiences suddenly in the early 1970s, when he joined drummer John Hiseman\'s short-lived but much acclaimed “progressive” rock band, Tempest. A decade later, Tempest vocalist Paul Williams would team up with Holdsworth again to form Holdsworth\'s IOU band and create their independently-released debut recording, which prompted Holdsworth to move his home from London to Southern California . Holdsworth\'s career throughout the 70s saw a series of feast-or-famine periods all too familiar to many of the most talented musicians. By 1975 Holdsworth had developed a reputation as one of England \'s best, underrated guitarists in what was then the avant-garde of English instrumental music ensembles, the legendary group, Soft Machine. Holdsworth\'s trademark sound is evident with a technique that routinely soars with supersonic intensity, and one of its earliest available samplings can be heard on the 1974 Soft Machine studio release, Bundles . While his reputation in Soft Machine attracted international audiences, he also gained the attention of one of jazz\'s greatest drummers, the late Tony Williams, known for his pivotal role in bringing Miles Davis to explore rock-based riffs and motifs in an improvisational context. Holdsworth recorded on one of the most celebrated fusion albums from the mid-70s, Believe It , (Epic), as a member of the Tony Williams\' New Lifetime. This marked the beginning of Holdsworth\'s career as a legendary journeyman, but one rarely performing before U.S. audiences.
Between 1976 and 1978 Holdsworth\'s guitar sounds and solos emerged as a mesmerizing tour de force and he participated in many of that era\'s landmark jazz-fusion and instrumental rock recordings by Jean Luc Ponty ( Enigmatic Ocean ), Gong ( Gazeuse! ), and Bill Bruford ( Feels Good To Me , One of A Kind ). Late in the 70s, the once dominant genre of classic British “prog rock” stumbled on unsure footing as the punk and new wave bands rose in commercial prominence. Drummer Bill Bruford, a founding member of Yes who later joined King Crimson, suggested Holdsworth participate in a new project featuring the formidable rhythm section of King Crimson and a brilliant young violinist/keyboardist Eddie Jobson, who had worked with both Frank Zappa and Roxy Music. The resulting debut album, U.K . , became what was later considered the last and greatest milestones of 70s progressive rock. The band\'s sound was at the time both technically and artistically at the cutting edge of rock music, given the coupling of Jobson\'s innovative use of synthesizers and electric violins, coupled with Holdsworth\'s unconventional chord voicings, searing solos, and passionate melodic phrases. The U.K. “supergroup” setting was as brilliant as it was short-lived, and egos and questions of creative direction led to a split between Bruford and Holdsworth on one side, and Jobson and bassist John Wetton on the other. In 1996 Guitar World cited Holdsworth\'s contribution to U.K . as the factor in naming it one of the top 10 rock guitar albums “of all time.”
In 1978, Holdsworth decided he wanted to pursue a different, more live-based direction as opposed to his recent participation in lush, studio-crafted masterpieces. He sought out a more immediate, less intricately arranged band context than what had been established with Bruford, in order to explore a rock-oriented musical context that also explored extended instrumental ensemble improvisations. Holdsworth wanted to rediscover some of the energy and dynamics that had been so memorable in his live performances working with Tony Williams, and reluctantly parted company with Bruford\'s band. Holdsworth began to develop his own trio with two other Northern English musicians, drummer Gary Husband, and bassist Paul Carmichael, which begun Holdsworth\'s first touring band as a leader, the now-celebrated IOU band. Their first recording IOU sold exceptionally well for an independent release, and Holdsworth\'s friend and admirer, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, proved instrumental in securing IOU a recording contract with Warner Bros. Executive Producer Ted Templeman wanted to experiment with a “mini-album” concept, which resulted in the 1984 Grammy-nominated release, Road Games , which featured vocal cameos from long-time Holdsworth collaborator, the legendary Jack Bruce. It also featured a new American line-up, with Jeff Berlin and Chad Wackerman comprising the rhythm section. However tensions with the label over creative control led to a split between Holdsworth and Warner Bros. In 1985 Holdsworth signed with the Enigma label, enjoying creative control, and Jimmy Johnson joined the group after Jeff Berlin\'s departure to pursue his solo career. Holdsworth then recruited one of the most respected L.A. session bassists, Jimmy Johnson, leader of Flim and the BBs. The last version of the IOU band went back in the studio and with some notable guest appearances (among them bassist Gary Willis and original IOU drummer Gary Husband) contributed to tracks for the highly successful release, Metal Fatigue (1985).
In 1986 the release of Atavachron demonstrated Holdsworth\'s focus on instrumental music, continuing his core band with Johnson and Wackerman. Atavachron also featured stellar guest appearances by two of Southern California \'s most sought after jazz keyboardists, Alan Pasqua and Billy Childs. Like other Holdsworth recordings to follow, it proved to be a summit for great drummers, with guest contributions from Tony Williams and Gary Husband. Husband\'s increasingly successful career eventually led to Holdsworth\'s appearance as a studio musician and band member with Level 42 for their 1993 release, Guaranteed . The follow-up to Atavachron , Sand (1988), marked a new period with Holdsworth concentrating on his exploration of the Synthaxe, a revolutionary guitar-like synth-controller. Holdsworth received the winning award in Guitar Player Magazine\'s poll as “best guitar synthesist,” for many consecutive years afterward. With Secrets (1990) Holdsworth returned to his association with Enigma records, (which became the Restless label) featuring an album recorded mostly with the great session drummer Vinnie Collaiuta, who later joined Sting\'s band and had previously worked with Frank Zappa and Jeff Berlin. Secrets further revealed Holdsworth\'s rich harmonic vision and unleashed more distinctively “Holdsworthian” music, an enigmatic style that continues to invert, push, and transform the boundaries of more conventional rock, fusion, and jazz forms.
During this period the keyboardist from Stanley Clarke\'s touring band, Steve Hunt, joined Holdsworth\'s band. In the early 90s, Holdsworth also appeared in a jazz “supergroup” and at festivals with other great jazz and fusion legends, including Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, and Michael and Randy Brecker among others. 1992\'s Wardenclyffe Tower furthered an exploration of Holdsworth\'s own designs for baritone electric guitars (built by luthier Bill DeLap) and broadened the use of his chordal orchestrations and solo phrasings via the SynthAxe. In 1994, Hard Hat Area was released on Restless with the latest version of Holdsworth\'s band, including Icelandic bassist Skull Sverrisson, Gary Husband, and Steve Hunt, providing one of his most satisfying projects from the quality of group interplay and capturing the band closer to its live performance context. The release of Holdsworth\'s next album project, None Too Soon (1996) marked a departure in style from this impressive string of previous group projects. It provided Holdsworth the opportunity to showcase his interpretation of some classic jazz standards and several originals by one of England \'s best-known jazz pianists, Gordon Beck.
Holdsworth recorded some of his favorite, lesser-known jazz standards, along with several Gordon Beck originals, in a “straight-ahead” jazz vein, drawing upon Beck\'s talents as an arranger. The rhythm section teamed for the project included bass prodigy Gary Willis and drummer Kirk Covington, both members of the West Coast based fusion powerhouse, Tribal Tech. None Too Soon built upon the same chemistry established in a brief recording session of the same musicians featured on a Beatles guitar tribute titled “Come Together,” (1994, NYC Records) in which this same group covered Beck\'s arrangement of the Beatles\' “Michelle.” In None Too Soon , Holdsworth produced a refreshing jazz recording that realized a different perspective on his playing, while demonstrating his appreciation of standards as penned by John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Django Reinhardt and Joe Henderson. None Too Soon offers listeners a compelling and swinging musical journey, including a riveting, updated interpretation of Irving Berlin\'s “How Deep Is The Ocean” and a blistering twist on the Lennon/McCartney classic, “Norwegian Wood.”
Building on the supreme sonic craftsmanship Holdsworth realizes in his home studio in Southern California , The Brewery, Holdsworth\'s latest solo recording is certain to be singled out as one of his greatest musical masterpieces. The Sixteen Men Of Tain marks a further exploration of traditional jazz motifs, and, as a first on his solo projects, an acoustic rhythm section. Holdsworth\'s tenth solo album marked the debut of a new band formed with bassist Dave Carpenter and drummer Gary Novak, both West Coast session men. First released in 2000, a special edition with two additional tracks was released via Eddie Jobson\'s label, Globe Music, in summer of 2003. Tain marked a new direction in a forward-looking jazz vein and blended together a new vision explored to a degree in the more traditional jazz arrangements found in None Too Soon .
One frequent topic of discussion among Holdsworth devotees was the fact that after well over a decade of touring with stellar players, Holdsworth had never approved the release of any live recordings by his bands, or any of those with him as a guest performer for that matter. In Fall 2002, Sony Japan released Holdsworth\'s first ever live recording, featuring Jimmy Johnson and Chad Wakerman in which Sony featured the trio\'s performance show as a showpiece for their next generation of state-of-the-art five-channel sound technology. In late 2003, Alternity Records will release a second landmark Holdsworth live recording, Then! featuring a quartet performance from 1990 with keyboardist Steve Hunt, along with original IOU drummer Gary Husband, and Jimmy Johnson. Recorded originally in digital 24-track, Then! covers material from a broad swath of Holdsworth\'s recording career, from his days with Tony Williams\' Lifetime up through Hard Hat Area and includes three never-released group improvisation tracks, not to mention some of Holdsworth\'s most powerful and ferocious solo flights ever captured on tape. Holdsworth spent time later in 2002 completing production duties for the recently released Softworks album Abracadabra , which featured alumnus from different eras of the legendary English experimental band, Soft Machine. Holdsworth toured with the band in Japan in the summer of 2003, which included saxophonist Elton Dean, bassist Hugh Hopper, and drummer John Marshall.
In the past decade Holdsworth has varied his music career, engineering and inventing electronic sound-processing tools, including The Harness. He has several unique electric guitar designs now produced by Carvin, and has worked with luthier DeLap in conceiving custom baritone and piccolo guitars. In fact one of the larger and longer baritones is featured on all three improvised pieces in the new live album, Then! In his expanded and improved home studio, Holdsworth is already writing material for a new album of original pieces, and is planning to participate as a guest musician in several other projects as an engineer/producer. Whether he is playing instruments with the latest electric guitar innovations, piccolo, baritone guitars, or the Synthaxe, Holdsworth remains never quite satisfied in his eternal “quest for the perfect tone."
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Alan Holdsworh for the early show!
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Aniiice!!!
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Iron Horse Music Hall (http://www.iheg.com/)
78 Main St.
Northampton, MA
413.586.2632
All Ages / $10 adv. / $13 dos.
Doors: 9:30
Show: 10:00
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