Another two tracks from my 1966 recordings of Allan Holdsworth to tell the real story of his early career 1963-1970. Tracks are cover of the Everly Brothers "What Kind of Girl" and from the Hollies "Baby Don't Cry". These are with Bradford group The Crusaders (later Dave Allan( or Arron) Collection)
Hopefully this will put the record straight about comments the recordings are fake for the reason that Allan never mentions them, no joke. Anyone who knew Allan will know nothing is spoken of that's not perfect. Three people present that day are around, but drummer Ken Hickey is only one still making music + entertaining.
Allan Holdsworth Archives - Fanpage
Thanks for these recordings, and for the stories. I run a fan page on Facebook with 18 000 followers, and I also have a large collection of interviews with Allan. As far as the authenticity of these recordings go, I have received confirmation from several of Allan's friends. Allan very rarely talked about these bands in interviews, this is true. But he was rarely asked about them, and he frequently disowned thing he had done in the past. But in a radio interview with Paul Harvey on NPS Radio in 2000, he does indeed mention Jimmy Judge and Margie And The Sundowners. (He never mentions The Crusaders though - for whatever reason.) Here's the quote:
PH: But musically if I remember in the 60s, you had the beginnings of the Beat-dom [Note: This word is most likely a reference to the emergence of Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat] and the local bands which were playing the hits of the day rather than your own stuff, and you were with a band called Igginbottom that played - basically you were more into Coltrane than the Beatles or the Stones.
AH: Yeah well that’s true, but I also before that, haha, I still did play with a lot of local bands in that town, Jimmy Judge and the Jurymen, they’re all like funny names, haha, Margie and the Sundowners, all these people, it’s great, I’ll have to ask them what they’re all doing. But that was more like playing in working men’s clubs and just doing the cover tunes, and then Igginbottom was really just an experiment and the unfortunate thing is that it actually got recorded when it never should have been, haha, because it was too soon, too early to be doing any recording really. It didn’t deserve it to be recording then.
Hopefully this will put the record straight about comments the recordings are fake for the reason that Allan never mentions them, no joke. Anyone who knew Allan will know nothing is spoken of that's not perfect. Three people present that day are around, but drummer Ken Hickey is only one still making music + entertaining.
Allan Holdsworth Archives - Fanpage
Thanks for these recordings, and for the stories. I run a fan page on Facebook with 18 000 followers, and I also have a large collection of interviews with Allan. As far as the authenticity of these recordings go, I have received confirmation from several of Allan's friends. Allan very rarely talked about these bands in interviews, this is true. But he was rarely asked about them, and he frequently disowned thing he had done in the past. But in a radio interview with Paul Harvey on NPS Radio in 2000, he does indeed mention Jimmy Judge and Margie And The Sundowners. (He never mentions The Crusaders though - for whatever reason.) Here's the quote:
PH: But musically if I remember in the 60s, you had the beginnings of the Beat-dom [Note: This word is most likely a reference to the emergence of Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat] and the local bands which were playing the hits of the day rather than your own stuff, and you were with a band called Igginbottom that played - basically you were more into Coltrane than the Beatles or the Stones.
AH: Yeah well that’s true, but I also before that, haha, I still did play with a lot of local bands in that town, Jimmy Judge and the Jurymen, they’re all like funny names, haha, Margie and the Sundowners, all these people, it’s great, I’ll have to ask them what they’re all doing. But that was more like playing in working men’s clubs and just doing the cover tunes, and then Igginbottom was really just an experiment and the unfortunate thing is that it actually got recorded when it never should have been, haha, because it was too soon, too early to be doing any recording really. It didn’t deserve it to be recording then.
Allan Holdsworth: The true story
Guitar Legend Allan Holdsworth with The Crusaders - 1966
Allan Holdsworth plays Blue Skies with The Crusaders in 1966 - before fame came his way.
Comments
Post a Comment
Thanks for your feedback