It's sacrilege to a lot of people, but I think he went beyond Trane, who I think was a genius, but Allan was as every bit as adventurous, and his chord progressions were far more advanced, and as he explored the outer limits of harmony and technique, he was always incredibly smooth; not so with Trane.
Holdsworth took is beyond trane in my opinion, but it’s stupid to compare them imo they are very different. Holdsworth is THE golden standard for peak musicianship. Always so smooth, effortless technique with out of this world creativity.
Yeah; too bad the person who recorded it was such an Allan sycophant that he chose to show Allan comping for several minutes while Skuli was tearing it up!
Hell, I just noticed that the person also preferred showing us Allan drinking a drink rather than show Steve Hunt tearing it up on keys! What a maroon, even though I am super glad it got recorded, but how hard is it to figure out who the soloist is and point the damn camera at them?
@@mrbuttercup37 I would too, but I am complaining, in case any future documentary makers are looking, and because I like to vent. I don't see any reason I should hold back critiquing the terrible job of filming just because it's documenting a genius performance that I will nonetheless keep watching. To each their own, but I guess the only thing that matters is that we both enjoy the incredible music! 🎸🎶❤️
Fantastic!. , thanks for the poting. Just hope someone with the right tecnical gear, remaster all this great preformances out there. The master deserves it.
@@lex.cordis Yeah, and Holdsworth was the kind of genius that completely finds his own radically different way, with so much artistic firepower that for me, he completely redefined what a guitar player/composer and improviser can do. Hearing him for the first time as a young man on Gong Expresso (later called Gazeuse), it was such a revelation that life would be forever richer, much like when I discovered Jimi Hendrix a few years earlier. His death marked the end of one of the main things I always looked forward to; time was measured in how long I would have to wait for him to come around again! Now the world is forever diminished for those of us who got to see him play.
@@Gregorypeckory Wow, I wish I could have seen Allan. I'm a young guy, and I didn't even know who Allan was until I read the headlines about his passing. I've barely listened to _anything_ other than his music since then. Literally. He completely changed my life, as far as music goes. He is without question my favorite artist ever. His music is like the music of heaven to me.
@@lex.cordis I'm super psyched for you; I remember how excited I was when I first discovered him; same as you; his records are sacred objects. Life would always be richer for the discovery that such a musician existed! Kudos on having the good taste to appreciate the GOAT when you discovered him! It's the same for me with Jimi Hendrix and Shawn Lane; fell in love with each one after he was gone already. I got lucky and discovered Allan when I was about 20, got to see him with UK and with his own bands, and the Allan Holdsworth and Alan Pasqua band, a tribute to the memory of Tony Williams and his music, because they both played in his band in their younger years. Every show was unreal; it's hard to describe the certainty you feel that this is the special, intense, profoundly powerful music of an undeniable genius! Of course "getting lucky" with the timing isn't an advantage anymore (but I still wouldn't trade it for the world), now that I'm old enough to contemplate my final destination! 😃
I saw him at The Birchmere, but that was a year or 2 before this. Talked to him about one of his gigs at the old 9:30 Club, and he rolled his eyes. I don't think he liked playing there.
No one sounds like him and no one ever will. He was an incredibly original guitarist.
And composer
If there ever was a John Coltrane of the electric guitar, it was Allan.
agreed!
Allan holdsworth it’s the.. holdsworth of guitar!!
EXCELLENT comment! A true MASTER of the GUITAR ☝️
He's beyond Coltrane
Truth.
indeed he holds worth
… Wackerman, Skuli, Steve Hunt and AH
Scary tight … Skuli is a badass
What a bassist!
Absolutely unbelievable... 😳
he always painted with colors for which we are all unfamiliar with, that's why we all loved him.! long live holdsworth music.!
you mean brown tone?
You’re a bot! Brown bot!
@@paulauksztulewicz4803 wtf does that mean
Funnels - 0:05
Looking Glass - 7:24
Ruhkukuah - 17:07
Low Levels, High Stakes - 23:20
Pud Wud - 31:05
Golden Age Set List
looking glass intro gets me every damn time
that tune funnels brings back so many memories
Allan in his peak years. Magnificent
"Hard Hat Area" is by far one of my very favourite albums made by Allan. "Low levels, high stakes" is a masterpiece.
@@jacobtapianieto9655 That one has brought me to tears numerous times. It's truly mind-blowing.
@@lex.cordis I've cried also countless times to this song when having burnouts or personal crisis during the last year.
@@jacobtapianieto9655 I can relate. Wishing you all the best, brother.
The same effect to me, together with “The 4.15 Bradford Executive”…
Up there with trane,and dont let anyone tell you different.
It's sacrilege to a lot of people, but I think he went beyond Trane, who I think was a genius, but Allan was as every bit as adventurous, and his chord progressions were far more advanced, and as he explored the outer limits of harmony and technique, he was always incredibly smooth; not so with Trane.
True
Holdsworth took is beyond trane in my opinion, but it’s stupid to compare them imo they are very different. Holdsworth is THE golden standard for peak musicianship. Always so smooth, effortless technique with out of this world creativity.
Allan kicked a$$ until the day he passed, but I think he was at his prime in this time period.
Yeah 1993 is my favourite year for Holdsworth, just absolutely on fire.
Vegas Cycling Freak couldn’t agree more. I have almost ALL bootlegs, spanning from late 70’s to 2000-10 and he was so fiery in and around 1990.
MaXaNoMaLoUs where i can get some of good and various bootlegs from him?
Vegas Cycling Freak Agreed. Check out the shows in Germany during the early 90’s period. Absolute fire.
AJD OLD CHANNEL ARCHIVE for 93 to 20’
Saw him the same year in July at the TLA in Philly. Awesome line-up of incredible versatile musicians and Allan ... out of this world.
Love you Spirit Nirvana.. Thanks a lot 🙏🙏
The greatest! what an insane form he had then, with beautifull Skuli and Steve and Chad. out of this world.
Once in a lifetime,and beyond.
best bass performance over funnels on record to date. we love skuli sverisson.
@@assaultinggravity8985 skuli shreds
Yeah; too bad the person who recorded it was such an Allan sycophant that he chose to show Allan comping for several minutes while Skuli was tearing it up!
Hell, I just noticed that the person also preferred showing us Allan drinking a drink rather than show Steve Hunt tearing it up on keys! What a maroon, even though I am super glad it got recorded, but how hard is it to figure out who the soloist is and point the damn camera at them?
@@Gregorypeckory I'm not complaining. He could've pointed the camera at his shoes and I would still come back and listen to this over and over.
@@mrbuttercup37 I would too, but I am complaining, in case any future documentary makers are looking, and because I like to vent. I don't see any reason I should hold back critiquing the terrible job of filming just because it's documenting a genius performance that I will nonetheless keep watching. To each their own, but I guess the only thing that matters is that we both enjoy the incredible music! 🎸🎶❤️
Really wish i could've had the chance to see him live, so cool
Oh yeah, amazing. I have the audio bootleg of this show when they were in Philadelphia. Sounds like this but simply unreal.
Fantastic!. , thanks for the poting. Just hope someone with the right tecnical gear, remaster all this great preformances out there. The master deserves it.
ruclips.net/video/SfraPOpy-0k/видео.html
Incredible performance, thanks for sharing 👍🏻🙏🏻
The best!
Was this guy even human? Cause, his playing is out of this world. What a monster
Very human, but not normal; a genuine genius, as much as that word is overused, it's not an exaggeration when applied to Allan!
@@Gregorypeckory "Talent hits a target that no one else can hit. Genius hits a target that no one else can see." -Schopenhauer
@@lex.cordis Yeah, and Holdsworth was the kind of genius that completely finds his own radically different way, with so much artistic firepower that for me, he completely redefined what a guitar player/composer and improviser can do. Hearing him for the first time as a young man on Gong Expresso (later called Gazeuse), it was such a revelation that life would be forever richer, much like when I discovered Jimi Hendrix a few years earlier. His death marked the end of one of the main things I always looked forward to; time was measured in how long I would have to wait for him to come around again! Now the world is forever diminished for those of us who got to see him play.
@@Gregorypeckory Wow, I wish I could have seen Allan. I'm a young guy, and I didn't even know who Allan was until I read the headlines about his passing. I've barely listened to _anything_ other than his music since then. Literally. He completely changed my life, as far as music goes. He is without question my favorite artist ever. His music is like the music of heaven to me.
@@lex.cordis I'm super psyched for you; I remember how excited I was when I first discovered him; same as you; his records are sacred objects.
Life would always be richer for the discovery that such a musician existed! Kudos on having the good taste to appreciate the GOAT when you discovered him!
It's the same for me with Jimi Hendrix and Shawn Lane; fell in love with each one after he was gone already.
I got lucky and discovered Allan when I was about 20, got to see him with UK and with his own bands, and the Allan Holdsworth and Alan Pasqua band, a tribute to the memory of Tony Williams and his music, because they both played in his band in their younger years. Every show was unreal; it's hard to describe the certainty you feel that this is the special, intense, profoundly powerful music of an undeniable genius!
Of course "getting lucky" with the timing isn't an advantage anymore (but I still wouldn't trade it for the world), now that I'm old enough to contemplate my final destination! 😃
thank you
Amazing
First time I've ever seen Holdsworth using a Mesa Boogie amp.
He liked dual rectifier
Superhuman
I wonder if this was at The BIrchmere. I caught him there with Joel Taylor and Ernest Tibbs. Great show, as always.
The first one, I think.
@@Riddim4 Hey Nick. This is Rodney Mathis. Happy Thanksgiving! Were you at that show?
I saw him at The Birchmere, but that was a year or 2 before this.
Talked to him about one of his gigs at the old 9:30 Club, and he rolled his eyes. I don't think he liked playing there.
@@dcuss7294 What year was that?? i was there..
@@poisedforduty 1991 or 92.
only musicians can appreciate poorly recorded concerts... i'm still a musician, but i no longer can listen to bad recordings of great artists.
Funnels
ruclips.net/video/SfraPOpy-0k/видео.html
certainly
rippin, his height, imho
Anybody who knows the sidemen on this? Sounds like Steve Hunt, the amazing skuli sverrisson, drums?
Chad Wackerman : drums
Steve Hunt
Skuli
A.H.
love first song. Anyone know what it is?
It's called "Funnels"
@@JohnTCisar Thanks
rehearsal would be invaluable to see, i love the time period