Alan Holdsworth Explained

Alan Holdsworth (born 1952 in Salford, stage name Johnny Crescendo) is a British musician and disability activist living in Philadelphia, United States.^[1]

He participated in the 1990 and 1992 Block Telethon campaign while living in the United Kingdom.^[2] In 2013, he founded the first Disability Pride event in the United States.

The 2022 BBC Two docudrama Then Barbara Met Alan tells the story of Holdsworth and Barbara Lisicki and their work with the Disabled People's Direct Action Network.^[3]

Holdsworth has been affected by polio and uses a wheelchair.^[4]

Further reading

• News: Delgado . Kasia . Then Barbara Met Alan: How to make activism work, from a duo who changed history for people with disabilities . inews.co.uk . 17 March 2022 . en. Interview

External links

• Johnny Crescendo on Facebook

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alan Holdsworth . National Disability Arts Collection & Archive . 21 March 2022.
2. News: 9 December 2022 . From the wheelchair-using Black Panther to the 'cripple suffragette' – 10 heroes of the disabled rights movement . en . The Guardian . Lucy . Webster . 2023-07-09.
3. Web site: First look images released for BBC's Then Barbara Met Alan . Royal Television Society . 21 March 2022 . en . 2 December 2021.
4. Web site: English Singer Songwriter Johnny Crescendo Disabled Musician Can Do Musos . www.candomusos.com . 21 March 2022.