@@Samsgarden Well, he obviously labored over his guitar intensely for many years earlier in his life, but once you reach a certain degree of virtuosity, there isn't really any point in deliberately practicing. At that point you're just developing ideas further, rather than things like technique, practicing scales, fretboard and theory knowledge, etc.
Technique is secondary. His originality in the composition, harmonies, voicings and improvisation are what males him so unique and artistically outstanding. That's something that some few have, real talent, and it can't be teached nor learned in a music school.
The first time i heard Allan was when i was about 16 so that would be about 1967 or 68. My friend s guitar teacher said listen to this guy from Bradford just down the road. Best fguitarist in the world he said. That becsme a standard joke with our group for a couple of years. Allan Holdsworth best guitarist in the world. Turns out it wasn t much of an exaggeration. In time i became a devoted fan and bought every album and CD he ever made. My big regret is i never saw him play live. When he died it was akin to losing a family member. What a phenomenon. He ll be appreciated decades ftom now.
It's funny from the mid 70's to the mid 2000's I tried to get my wife to listen to him. I finally booked a front row seat to see him at the Paramount. We were literally ten feet from him. After the concert she finally said she could listen to him all day!! I told her he was the most interesting guitarist of the last forty years. I guess she finally believed me!!
And I thought, "If only I bought a couple of Hughes and Kettner amps I could maybe at least get that tone." And here he is using 2 Fender Super Reverbs - And I have 2 Fender Super Reverbs already. And, and, and forget it.
From 86' to 95', Allan was in such glorious years... Atavachron, Sand, Secrets, Thruth in Shredding, Wardenclyffe Tower, Hard Hat Area, participations on Wackerman solo releases, Level 42... Wow.
Totally agree...and I'd add None Too Soon as well as 16 Men. Mid 80's to Y2K. Amazing run! Don't get me wrong...I've enjoyed every note until he passed, but those were certainly his glory days, as they say.
It is the second Golden Age of music. Baroque first. Then J.S.Bach was reincarnated in AH and came back to say, "hey you idiots, I've got something else to spur you along for another 350 years".
The thing is, as good as he was in 1980, by 1993 he's like twice as good, he grew exponentially. We're all still catching up to him and he's been gone for years now. BTW, he sounds great through Fenders
After blasting a hole through time and space on Pud Wud, he acknowledged the crowd going mad, with a nod. Sort of 'Yeah I think that was decent enough'. Cracks me up. The greatest.
Noon is a fine time of day to be sure my friend; it may be "better" as you say, (than perhaps 4am, for example?) but you misspelled it-there is no "e" on the end. What that has to do with Holdsworth's amazing abilities, I have no idea; I suppose it is because he played awesome solos during that time of day? Noon and Allan Holdsworth...a great time of day, and a musical genius!
I love how the drummer had to take his shirt off like he was playing a 2-hour rock concert! (Never seen a shirtless drummer playing jazz lol) I guess you have to give that much energy to even come close to keeping up with Holdsworth.
Yes, and I remember this level of impossibly great playing that was like staring into the void; terrifying and thrilling, from him every fucking time I went to see him, which was many! The thrill of his genius is impossible to do justice except by simply getting people to experience it for themselves.
Allan Holdsworth: Mr Einstein of the el guitar at his very best! Most of the time watching this video, with my jaws on the ground, i just want to burn my guitars..... This should be forbidden! It's a crime! On the other hand, very inspiring! Enough talk.. let's practice and practice and practice....... Thank you very much Master Allan!
i remember very clearly listening to him for the first time asking myself: how is this even possible? and here i am, a couple of years later, listening to him playing in this video, asking the same question anew. the degree of musicianship on display here is just so far beyond the apparent mental and physical boundaries of a human being.
My all-time favorite guitarist bar none. He is in a separate category from some other universe. Allan Holdsworth is now teaching all the other greats who have left us.
Do you remember that one time when an alien god decided to play guitar? What the eff am I listening to?! This is incredible, beautiful, insane music. The true master.
Saw him on this tour, too. Where he got to in the early 90s was just spectacular and utterly unique among guitarists. I've heard a few others try to get to that legato place, but no one has yet gotten to his level. Just magnificent. And what a tone.
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Allans first solo here reminds me again why he is so great. Mindblowing stuff!
I've listened to and loved Allan for over 30 years (since I was kid - older brother is a guitarist). I hadn't seen this video and even though I sort of know what to expect when listening to Allan (in terms of how creative and musical he is), I just can't believe how on fire he was on this gig - it's simply mind-boggling!!
When i listen to most guitarists I can comprehend what they’re doing, even if I can’t do it. I can’t even figure Allan out when I’m WATCHING him play it.
Thank goodness this astonishing performance was captured for all to see. Allan and the band were at the height of their powers. Truly exhilarating and very very special indeed.
Skuli is KILLIN' it on PUD WUD !! 15:44 is TYPICAL Allan . He fucking played one of the most BRILLIANT guitar solos, ever and he thinks he fucked up and is embarrassed., SO Allan....
While living in Scotland, a friend introduced me to Allan's music. Upon first hearing, I was stunned by the complexity and depth of his playing. A true genius.
This is certainly Allan at the height of his powers. He was always the best electric guitarist I ever heard since buying the Tempest album in the early 70's (which was a quantum leap compared to the blues rock that came before) RIP.
He's sort of the one guy who both played terrifyingly hard shit that was equal to or greater than what other electric guitarists were doing, and went far enough out into left field to do it in a completely unique way that was all his own. No one had played anything like this in the history of the instrument, not in the jazz world, rock, flamenco, anything. Even anyone who's doing it now is trying to sound like him.
Many thanks for uploading, the quaffer is at his absolute best on this one, that Looking Glass solo is one of his finest live I've ever heard. RIP Allan, you are truly missed
Never had to set fire to his Guitar/dress in stupid looking clothes/smash up the amps/speakers what's it called now? extreme talent/ genius/forward thinking/progressive inventive mind set!!! what else can you say about Allan!! We have a Bradford Lad and a Leeds Loiner in the band Guitar and Drums.I used to get sick of informing/telling people about particularly Allan (and Ollie Halsall), people were blinkered about Yes/led Zeppelin/jeff Beck /J Hendrix etc etc etc Allan was light years ahead of these people I think only The Mahavishnu Orchestra was doing things inventive in the fusion world at that time.I like the way Allan developed the piano like chord structures for his music to uplift and infill the gaps and intros particularly in the three piece outfits.I know he missed playing with Alan Pasqua in the Life time episodes.I was saddened when Allan had to sell his Guitar to get back home.I have respect for people who give their all for their art scrape by financially, die penniless for the greater good. I think sometimes in the music world people survive in seconds of things happening, a really good solo, or song structure a brief moment of ecstasy until they find out that some bastard has run off with the gig money, or stolen some or all of their equipment! some wonderful thing that happened that day.I am pleased that John McLaughlin ended up in Monaco at least he could sell up, down size and still have a full plate of food or Miles driving around in a Ferrari, good luck to them, but I am always dead chuffed that Allan comes from West Yorkshire as though we aren't allowed to be creative in the North of England! you know Dame Janet Baker/Joe Cocker/ John McLaughlin/Bill Nelson/Gary Husband etc etc etc Gods own County He just took everything up to a whole new level!!!
Minds intact and enhanced, but sadly, all who listened and heard the genius must contend with the fact that the best concerts of our lives are behind us now that he's gone.
I dedicated all my solos on Sheer Cerebral Powers „Sucker Punch‘d“ record to the loving memory of Allan….especially on the title track and the single „Blow“
Hey Holdsworth fans … check out Joshua Meader from Australia. He’s been playing since a child and all he plays jazz to metal and everything in between. His improvisational skills are pretty intense. Check him out on RUclips. He looks to be about 28 years old. He doubles saxophone lines from the greats note for note. Crazy skills and musicality.
and interestingly, AH's successors produce safe music too. It's philosophically inconsistent to mimic his tone, his legato and to codify his playing into licks. The pretenders don't get it. Holdsworth never copied anybody.
I hope this comment isn't misinterpreted, because it's not like I don't LOVE Jazz, but Allan should definitely at least partake in a Heavy Metal side project. Playing leads like that would definitely make for some intense Metal. I know he was in Planet X which was sort of Metal/Jazz Fusion type stuff, but maybe if he did a collaboration album with Meshuggah or something. That would be interesting. Either way, Metal or not, the guy shreds unlike anyone else out there
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It sounds like he's been practicing guitar non-stop for 500 years.
And he eschews practice
@@Samsgarden Well, he obviously labored over his guitar intensely for many years earlier in his life, but once you reach a certain degree of virtuosity, there isn't really any point in deliberately practicing. At that point you're just developing ideas further, rather than things like technique, practicing scales, fretboard and theory knowledge, etc.
thats so funny and I totally agree. when Al was on it was like a nuclear meltdown
Technique is secondary. His originality in the composition, harmonies, voicings and improvisation are what males him so unique and artistically outstanding. That's something that some few have, real talent, and it can't be teached nor learned in a music school.
practice doesn't do this....
allan was passing through from another dimension....
Thank you for coming to this planet
The first time i heard Allan was when i was about 16 so that would be about 1967 or 68. My friend s guitar teacher said listen to this guy from Bradford just down the road. Best fguitarist in the world he said. That becsme a standard joke with our group for a couple of years. Allan Holdsworth best guitarist in the world. Turns out it wasn t much of an exaggeration. In time i became a devoted fan and bought every album and CD he ever made. My big regret is i never saw him play live. When he died it was akin to losing a family member. What a phenomenon. He ll be appreciated decades ftom now.
I’ve been listening to Allan for my whole life, 35 years now. The hard hat era is my favorite but I hadn’t seen this live until now. Wow, this is peak
Me too me too
Man, I need to go to bed. It’s like a buzz.
Angelic combinations of beautiful notes...
Rest in Peace... Allen...Holdsworth..Blessed to have heard you.
Great Keyboardist ...Bassist OMG!
This is going to be like Shakespeare in 500 years still talked about, the misunderstood on an island of one.
I Love Alan Holdsworth endlessly!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
It's funny from the mid 70's to the mid 2000's I tried to get my wife to listen to him. I finally booked a front row seat to see him at the Paramount. We were literally ten feet from him. After the concert she finally said she could listen to him all day!! I told her he was the most interesting guitarist of the last forty years. I guess she finally believed me!!
That's beautiful
Nothing sends my wife running out of the room like the crystalline tones of Allan Holdsworth...
You have a Keeper!!!
My old guitar teacher said women hate arpeggios so practice them alone. Are you sure your wife is a woman? One in a million.
Had a table chat with AH back in 1985. .such a nice man. 👌
There will never be another.
There will never be another of anything
@@Samsgarden False.
SolvingOurKreation No, it’s actually true. Everyone is utterly unique. Even genetic twins.
He did it, he finally broke through the event horizon...
+Stephanie Leguichard No way....
He actually broke the space time continuum here!
LOL!
Smooth as silk.
And I thought, "If only I bought a couple of Hughes and Kettner amps I could maybe at least get that tone." And here he is using 2 Fender Super Reverbs - And I have 2 Fender Super Reverbs already. And, and, and forget it.
From 86' to 95', Allan was in such glorious years... Atavachron, Sand, Secrets, Thruth in Shredding, Wardenclyffe Tower, Hard Hat Area, participations on Wackerman solo releases, Level 42... Wow.
+Henrique Cruz This was his golden age here!
Although I like None Too Soon in 1996 too!
Totally agree...and I'd add None Too Soon as well as 16 Men. Mid 80's to Y2K. Amazing run! Don't get me wrong...I've enjoyed every note until he passed, but those were certainly his glory days, as they say.
It is the second Golden Age of music. Baroque first. Then J.S.Bach was reincarnated in AH and came back to say, "hey you idiots, I've got something else to spur you along for another 350 years".
@@aussiechiro Hilarious!!!!! ;)
yet 16 Men Of Tain was his best, I think
mind blowing solo on looking glass! Allan never ceases to amaze me. Inspiring!
No one will ever touch Allan. He had it all compositions, touch tone, RIP maestro.
The thing is, as good as he was in 1980, by 1993 he's like twice as good, he grew exponentially. We're all still catching up to him and he's been gone for years now. BTW, he sounds great through Fenders
The greatest player in the history of mankind.The one unlike the others...
Uh nope
Chet Atkins was the greatest guitar player
After blasting a hole through time and space on Pud Wud, he acknowledged the crowd going mad, with a nod. Sort of 'Yeah I think that was decent enough'. Cracks me up. The greatest.
EXACTLY. These solos were sick! Noone better when it comes to the amazing combination of technical skill and melodic improvising. Noone.
Noon is a fine time of day to be sure my friend; it may be "better" as you say, (than perhaps 4am, for example?) but you misspelled it-there is no "e" on the end. What that has to do with Holdsworth's amazing abilities, I have no idea; I suppose it is because he played awesome solos during that time of day? Noon and Allan Holdsworth...a great time of day, and a musical genius!
@@Gregorypeckory Greg Bisonette
Just catching up to this in 2021 I can hardly fathom what I’m seeing and hearing. He must be from another world😲.
I love how the drummer had to take his shirt off like he was playing a 2-hour rock concert! (Never seen a shirtless drummer playing jazz lol) I guess you have to give that much energy to even come close to keeping up with Holdsworth.
This performance of Looking Glass is just staggering - must have blown many minds of those who were in the audience at this gig.
Yes, and I remember this level of impossibly great playing that was like staring into the void; terrifying and thrilling, from him every fucking time I went to see him, which was many! The thrill of his genius is impossible to do justice except by simply getting people to experience it for themselves.
Pud Wud solo is another galactic experience.
Allan Holdsworth: Mr Einstein of the el guitar at his very best! Most of the time watching this video, with my jaws on the ground, i just want to burn my guitars..... This should be forbidden! It's a crime! On the other hand, very inspiring! Enough talk.. let's practice and practice and practice....... Thank you very much Master Allan!
i remember very clearly listening to him for the first time asking myself: how is this even possible? and here i am, a couple of years later, listening to him playing in this video, asking the same question anew.
the degree of musicianship on display here is just so far beyond the apparent mental and physical boundaries of a human being.
The Coltrane of my generation and Beyond
Holdsworth was just burning at this show!
This has to be my favorite Allan Holdsworth performance
This is the most amazing playing I have seen from him. Period
This whole band was on fire. The Hard Hat Area band was just simply mind blowing.
He just brought music from heaven and now he just returned to his home ...
My all-time favorite guitarist bar none. He is in a separate category from some other universe. Allan Holdsworth is now teaching all the other greats who have left us.
Seen Allan play live numerous times and have watched many of his videos. This would be his best performance that I have been witness to
This is truly “living music”, it breathes and moves like a living organism...nothing on earth like it.
Do you remember that one time when an alien god decided to play guitar? What the eff am I listening to?! This is incredible, beautiful, insane music. The true master.
At the peak of his awesome power.
Saw him on this tour, too. Where he got to in the early 90s was just spectacular and utterly unique among guitarists. I've heard a few others try to get to that legato place, but no one has yet gotten to his level. Just magnificent. And what a tone.
Allans first solo here reminds me again why he is so great. Mindblowing stuff!
This Cain of players are like genios🎉 type
I've listened to and loved Allan for over 30 years (since I was kid - older brother is a guitarist). I hadn't seen this video and even though I sort of know what to expect when listening to Allan (in terms of how creative and musical he is), I just can't believe how on fire he was on this gig - it's simply mind-boggling!!
When i listen to most guitarists I can comprehend what they’re doing, even if I can’t do it. I can’t even figure Allan out when I’m WATCHING him play it.
Copied from Steve Vai. Get your own quotes
@Andy Butler they just have both said it then
@Andy Butler yeah Holdsworth so good that even lane was in awe of him. That to me says it all
The greatest of his generation, no one else comes close.
blessed to have seen him many time live from the 80s to last time in 2015. Untouchable.
Thank goodness this astonishing performance was captured for all to see. Allan and the band were at the height of their powers. Truly exhilarating and very very special indeed.
He was clearly at the height of his powers during this time!
i agree
I concur...absolutely terrifying.
-Alcohol
Saw this lineup in socal during this tour. Petrifying. His boogie rig sounded sounded so good!
Skuli is KILLIN' it on PUD WUD !! 15:44 is TYPICAL Allan . He fucking played one of the most BRILLIANT guitar solos, ever and he thinks he fucked up and is embarrassed., SO Allan....
While living in Scotland, a friend introduced me to Allan's music. Upon first hearing, I was stunned by the complexity and depth of his playing. A true genius.
He found the zone at some point, locked it in and never looked back. Took us places no one has ever been.
I once tried to play a Holdsworth song and couldn't move my fingers for days.
🤣
14:30 to 15:00 he just destroys everything....unreal. He was really on it this night, the solo over Ruhkukah is crazy.
14:51
13:35 - 15:00
what about 3:01 mindblowing.
Trop trop bien 🎉🎉🎉. Jean
This is certainly Allan at the height of his powers. He was always the best electric guitarist I ever heard since buying the Tempest album in the early 70's (which was a quantum leap compared to the blues rock that came before) RIP.
15:03 lol that pause when he realizes he can't go any higher. genius!
totally awesome video defo the best live vid of Allan Holdsworth i have ever seen and iam only seven minutes into it.love it
I was at this show. Awesome.
Unbelievable...what a genius
He's sort of the one guy who both played terrifyingly hard shit that was equal to or greater than what other electric guitarists were doing, and went far enough out into left field to do it in a completely unique way that was all his own. No one had played anything like this in the history of the instrument, not in the jazz world, rock, flamenco, anything. Even anyone who's doing it now is trying to sound like him.
try frank zappa's black page
British guitarist Ollie Halsall directly influenced Allan.
@materialboy75
Not relevant to this, and nothing like it.
Sounds like that bass player from iron maiden
Pudwud solo is EPIC. He just nods, afterwards.
Absolute peak era
THIS CONCERT LOOKED ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
Incomparable, really. I can hardly hear fast enough to keep up. Ruhkukah!
Skuli Sverrison is a monster player!
Many thanks for uploading, the quaffer is at his absolute best on this one, that Looking Glass solo is one of his finest live I've ever heard. RIP Allan, you are truly missed
Never had to set fire to his Guitar/dress in stupid looking clothes/smash up the amps/speakers what's it called now? extreme talent/ genius/forward thinking/progressive inventive mind set!!! what else can you say about Allan!! We have a Bradford Lad and a Leeds Loiner in the band Guitar and Drums.I used to get sick of informing/telling people about particularly Allan (and Ollie Halsall), people were blinkered about Yes/led Zeppelin/jeff Beck /J Hendrix etc etc etc Allan was light years ahead of these people I think only The Mahavishnu Orchestra was doing things inventive in the fusion world at that time.I like the way Allan developed the piano like chord structures for his music to uplift and infill the gaps and intros particularly in the three piece outfits.I know he missed playing with Alan Pasqua in the Life time episodes.I was saddened when Allan had to sell his Guitar to get back home.I have respect for people who give their all for their art scrape by financially, die penniless for the greater good. I think sometimes in the music world people survive in seconds of things happening, a really good solo, or song structure a brief moment of ecstasy until they find out that some bastard has run off with the gig money, or stolen some or all of their equipment! some wonderful thing that happened that day.I am pleased that John McLaughlin ended up in Monaco at least he could sell up, down size and still have a full plate of food or Miles driving around in a Ferrari, good luck to them, but I am always dead chuffed that Allan comes from West Yorkshire as though we aren't allowed to be creative in the North of England! you know Dame Janet Baker/Joe Cocker/ John McLaughlin/Bill Nelson/Gary Husband etc etc etc Gods own County He just took everything up to a whole new level!!!
Allan was certainly on fire that night.....I wonder if anyone made it out alive with their minds intact!
Minds intact and enhanced, but sadly, all who listened and heard the genius must contend with the fact that the best concerts of our lives are behind us now that he's gone.
I dedicated all my solos on Sheer Cerebral Powers „Sucker Punch‘d“ record to the loving memory of Allan….especially on the title track and the single „Blow“
The Great maestro of modern music!!!
If he got one cent for every note he played, he would be a trillionaire.
Well since Allen musk is a billionaire, this guy would be the first trillionaire in the world
Simplesmente allan o melhor que eu já ouvi tocar. Genial
Allan really was immense. He was ahead of his time (pardon the pun) on the headless guitar, as well.
Allans music best on psychedelics
So Awesome!
I just love the ones where I hear the bass....this just so great!
Sublime. Now get that man a good ale.
Thank you so much ƒor this vidéo !
thanks a lot for this material !!!!!
i love holdsworth playing
Insane!!!
Another planet
Sooooooo good!
allan's solo on looking glass is phenomenal, maybe one of the best i've ever seen him play. caught this band on this tour - they were outstanding!
Awesome !!
Wonderful post! Thank you. I have never seen a live clip of Ruhkukah.
Awesome Post Man! Thank You!
Holy shit Alan
He plays that Headless Carvin like its one of his body organs.. very fluent and fluid!
That's not a Carvin. It's made by Bill DeLap.
I know why I nearly fainted as I heard „Road Games“ for the first time…..or In the dead of night
Very tightly wrapped.allan in the moment,well what can I say,mmmmmmmmmmm.i hope he knew.makes me smile ,he does . Thank you.
It's great to finally find a version of "Ruhkuhkah" live! Shame it's a little cut though. Hard Hat Area is my favorite Holdsworth album.
There a Live In Virginia video that has Rukukah - audio is decent and they are groovin along nicely !!!
NICE !!!!
SAVAGE!!!
Hey Holdsworth fans … check out Joshua Meader from Australia. He’s been playing since a child and all he plays jazz to metal and everything in between. His improvisational skills are pretty intense. Check him out on RUclips. He looks to be about 28 years old. He doubles saxophone lines from the greats note for note. Crazy skills and musicality.
3:44 Allan lanches on the moon ! genius
and interestingly, AH's successors produce safe music too. It's philosophically inconsistent to mimic his tone, his legato and to codify his playing into licks. The pretenders don't get it. Holdsworth never copied anybody.
This playing cannot be copied. Ever.
I didn't know this video existed.
Definately in his prime.
wow
My god he was on fire that night.
Anyone wanna buy a guitar?
0:00 Looking Glass
8:21 Pud Wud
16:40 Ruhkukah
Best tone I’ve heard from him live. Mesa Quad at this time?
Agreed, totally.
oh and dont forget tge pair of fender twin reverbs! i will not forget.
I hope this comment isn't misinterpreted, because it's not like I don't LOVE Jazz, but Allan should definitely at least partake in a Heavy Metal side project. Playing leads like that would definitely make for some intense Metal. I know he was in Planet X which was sort of Metal/Jazz Fusion type stuff, but maybe if he did a collaboration album with Meshuggah or something. That would be interesting. Either way, Metal or not, the guy shreds unlike anyone else out there