Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!rutgers!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!MOREKYPR!PRESTON From: PRESTON@MOREKYPR.BITNET Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: The Strange House and more Holdsworth trivia Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 90 08:21:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 26 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway By-tor: I know where you're coming (no pun intended) from Re: "La Villa Strangiato"... I think Rush closed 3 out of the 5 shows I saw with that one. It's a great climax (again, no pun) to a great show. And... I can *still* play it (but I need to work on the lead parts some more)! Also, not trying to sound like a Jeff Berlin expert, but Allan Holdsworth did not play on _Champion_. I'm not sure who the guitarist was on that one, but it wasn't Holdsworth... and I don't think it was Frank Gambale, who played on his 2nd album, _Pump It!_, either. I've loaned _Champion_ to someone, so I'm as lost as anyone. But at any rate, Peart's samba on that one tune "Marabi", is (I'm sad to say) pretty terrible. Speaking of Holdsworth (watch close, guys... this is a two-parter!)... 1) Drummer: Any new scoops on the Holdsworth and Weckl and/or Colaiuta project? 2) Grutz: Chad Wackerman was playing with Holdsworth back in '85-'86, on his solo albums _Metal Fatigue_ , and _Atavachron_ . Speaking of _Atavachron_ , does anyone know where this album got its name from (and Rando... hold thy tongue/fingers...!)??? By the way, Grutz... glad you made it aboard on the Allmusic express... your views and opinions are in my opinion a most welcome addition. "A most fascinating device..." "n.n."