🎧Episode 131: Allan Holdsworth Fusion, Donald Fagen Debut Cuts & A David Soul Acting Detour

Episode 131 gets wonderfully musician-brained as Derek Hale brings Allan Holdsworth into the room, which means jazz fusion, impossible guitar lines, and the general feeling that everyone else may need to practice more.Curtis continues his run through favorite debut albums with Donald Fagen, adding sleek studio polish, sophisticated songwriting, and that perfectly engineered jazz-pop/AOR atmosphere. Jonathan follows with Sting, bringing a thoughtful, literary deep cut that leans into the moodier side of 1980s singer-songwriter pop.Then Curtis takes the category chair for Stick To Acting, featuring David Soul and a reminder that sometimes the line between television star and pop singer gets very, very interesting.Fusion fireworks, immaculate debut-album polish, Sting-level seriousness, and a celebrity vocal turn that absolutely belongs in the category—Episode 131 has range.Curtis Gross is a self-employed video editor.Jonathan Workman is an adult learning consultant based in Wichita, KS.---Make sure you are subscribed to Why Is This So Hard For You. Type Why Is This So Hard For You in your podcast provider, hit that subscription button, and leave us a five-star review. This will make it easier for other podcast listeners to find the podcast.---The intro music is the first 30 seconds of the Ornette Coleman tune "Song X" fed into AI software that attempts to output the song to a solo piano transcription. The outro music is the first 30 seconds of Sonny Rollins' version of the tune "St. Thomas" fed into the same software.