Allan Holdsworth: live review and videos

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06-05-2009:

Like many gifted technicians, his precision often comes at the expense of emotion. He prefers containment and control. He’s very aware of his skill set and rarely ventures outside the limits. To be sure, his safe zone is large enough to awe mortals like us for a full concert, if not several. But we also like to see some risky business from such rare talents.

Tuesday night at Proctor’s GE Theater, Holdsworth, with stellar help from Chad Wackerman on drums and Ernest Tibbs on bass, gave us great, speedy adventures for sure, but no one took us over the guardrail.

No matter. Holdsworth climbed up and down his fret board in the second song, “Fred,” so fast that it was amazing how we could make out every note, like seeing the frames whiz by in a film. Yes, he probably uses more notes than anyone to express not-so-complicated ideas, but that’s his thing and he’s one of the best at it.
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