Heard this on the *radio* driving through Eugene Oregon yesterday afternoon. Hair stood on end during the Holdsworth solo. Unbelievably good! Does anyone emulate this music these days? Who are their "disciples"? Thanks for posting.
@theXKandQaresilent The closest these days I can think of are CAB (particularly the version of the band with Brian Auger) I think they had three albums, and Jing Chi (though a little "lighter") are really good. But if you want to see and hear something also mind blowing, get the DVD of UZEB's last concert!! Those are the best three I can think of.
@theXKandQaresilent Actually to hear some CAB on Youtube, look for Cab 4, which will lead you to some pretty intense stuff! That, plus the incredible band from Quebec, UZEB.
It never surprises me that videos like this, in the Jazz/funk genre typically never get any dislikes. There is a reason for that, and it is none other that Jazz is simply real, fresh, music.
I was 14 and had just started playing more technically advanced when this album came out. BLEW. ME. AWAY. Missed my chance to study with him in NY shortly afterward; something I will always regret. Few drummers BOTH master the instrument and bring the MUSIC to a new level like he did, and he did it in two genres: straight jazz and fusion. Incredible. Tony, Jack and Billy were and are my heroes!
@Alfred1111 Hey, I too am sorry you didn't get to study with Sir Williams; that would have been stellar...I learned about Tony after studying and listening to Elvin and Art Blakey and Buddy and Louie and Max. Maybe we can trade notes or keep in touch. Check me out my band: The Psychedelic Soul Brothers on facebook, etc. Peace. -dk
While all Jazz and Jazz based music has some blues roots, I think anyone who calls this bluesy is quite silly. Is this tony newton on bass? Reminds of the material off of Jeff Beck's blow by blow.
Thanks for putting this out there. I had this album back in the 70s (on 8 track) and wore it out. I haven't heard this for about 30 years - still sounds great.
great holistic bands are--gong, mother gong, magma aphrodities child, jade warrior, eat static, system 7, lisa gerrard, dead can dance, jade warrior, larry coryell, shakti, oregon, melting euphoria, ozric tentacles, steve hillage, steve tibbetts, steffi sharpstrings.
Miles' Bitches Brew is supposedly considered the first 'fusion' lp but personally this one is my fav. Tony and Holdsworth at their best. Perfect title, because it is hard to believe they pulled off such a seamless fusion of jazz/rock/funk at this level of playing. Genius.
been shedding the tunes on Million Dollar Legs like Inspirations of Love.....oh man........and someday I want to audition for Allan himself Fred and this and Red Alert hmmm it might be the BEST STUFF!!!!!!
Oh come on!!!!! You can hear something worthwhile from Dennis after listening to Tony? I can't believe that. I don't remember one thing from dennis 15 minutes after watching him play. His shit just evaporates like the meaningless crap it is.
Tony Newton is a shredding amazing musician and very cool cat, i met him in LA back in early 80s at the ROXY fis for the first Allan Holdsworth show since his move to the USA then - Tony Williams i only talked to on the phone, Alan PAsqua by email, all 4 of these musicians on this track are superb supreme transcended masters, ain't it the truth - and Tony Newton even bragged a little about this LP and i loved every moment of it, as his musicianship in off the charts A+ virtuoso
Tony seems a very humble and helpful guy, his piano series on expert village shows he is more than willing to impart his knowledge. Shame most kids here can't get past his 'hilarious' accent.
I don't believe a fricking word you say nonvideo guy. Also I'm not interested , unless of course you can prove that you can play this in your sleep. And that means dennis' shit should be about a one handed event then.
Does anybody feel a need to hear a half baked asshat like Chambers after you hear Tony? I sure as hell could give a rats ass if I never even heard his name mentioned again. Oh rrddrums...you're so negative. can't you find the good in Dennis? fick no. Thank you for the music Tony and whoever put it up here. Tony and Buddy are my all time..
yet another left-field comment - honestly, I could play this song in my sleep - there's nothing special about it - it's pretty average and that includes the fills...
Dennis would play this easy....dunno why you think he can't? Like, I said, not that hard..
He doesn't like him because Dennis was recruited to play for both P-Funk All-Stars and John McLaughlin among many, many others, while this guys is rrdrums110--you know, the WORLD FAMOUS rrdrums110--the one who knows better than McLaughlin or George Clinton what a drummer is.
Thanks. Dissing artists online kinda drives me crazy so I turn all Impropriety Police about it sometimes. Especially when the guy being insulted has a resume like Dennis Chambers'. I mean is this guy kidding me? Not b/c I worship Dennis or anything. Don't get me wrong: he's great and not just cuz I think so. But I can't stand how brave anonymity makes some people. If Billy Cobham or somebody wants to talk smack he's entitled--otherwise why's anybody supposed to give a crap what rrdrums thinks?
I don't know why Jazz goes over everybody's head - at least most people's heads. I hear all the "advanced rudiments" and placements of Tony's playing - but mention Tony Williams to the average Rock guy, he'll act like you're cursing his mother. Tony was just that advanced. Listening to Tony would help a lot of young drummers develop their style. RIP Tony Williams.
Just sheer magic, the feel, the force, the fire, the passion. This is LIGHT years ahead of so much sh** that's around now. Sounds as fresh today as the day it was recorded. Fresher in fact. And boy ciuld Tony W rock! THat's what we need stuff that rocks out AND delivers to the head heart and soul!
ah am to think Alan Holdsworth's best work is with Tony Williams. though there is also some live from Japan stuff (20 years later?) that is hard to find / sounds great. This track, is like the music artists are all "channeling" each other's spirit / psyche. The guitar/ drummer thing, though, is unusual. The drummer longs for the gtr melody, the gtr. longs for the percussion of the drums, so they bond, hypertune, unite, attend, interplay
i had a chance to see tony in oakland about '92 . i sat at the table in the front row ,right in front of the kick drum !!! man, his power and dynamics were so intense ! he loved to play loud ,of course not meathead loud !! elvin,max and tony !!!!
Wonderful collage of Tony. He is sorely missed. He is the icon of the hi-hat and foot pedal. Billy Cobham recognized Tony's pedal work many times. That is the ultimatel complient to Tony Great viedo post!
I had heard Holdsworth on the UK album and immediately thought, this guy is something special! Then, my cousin had the 'Believe It" album and let me listen to it one day. As soon as I heard it, I said, that's the guy from UK on guitar. Such a signature sound. As primitive as it sounded, Holdsworth was better then, than most guitarists will ever be. After seeing these pictures, I now know where Allan got the title, "The Drums Were Yellow" from "Hard Hat Area". Give a listen. Just drums & guitar.
Really, the greatest drummer who ever lived. Wackerman's limp-wristed flailing on the Lifetime reunion w/ Holdsworth and Pasqua only makes it that much clearer. RIP Tony, you influenced everyone.
this cut was the first time I heard Holdsworth when it was played on WRVR in New York in '76. I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing at the time. I played the shit out of this album, it was more worn out than a single female on a pirate ship...
This is one of the most fantastic, powerful and emotionally stirring recordings I have ever heard. Very hard to categorized, Rock, Jazz, Fusion? A good friend of mine gave me a cassette copy of this with Williams and Holdsworth.
Kapdrums, I get chills all over too.
I a world full of the mindless, synthetic crap, that passes for music, it does the soul good to listen to truely good music by talented and gifted musicians.
mac - much as I love Alan's adventurous, atonal/modal pyrotechnics, it was a marvelous decision by him to play a slow, soulful, almost deliberate solo on this tune, where every move, every note was SO important to its success ... I also get a lot of sax "feel" in his playing here -- do you agree?
you are a wonderful genius for posting this, i had searched before, but not found it- i have known AH since 81, and met also then Tony Newton the bass player on these amazing Lifetime albums, and talked to Tony on the phone in 83; have followed Allan so many years, and i thank you for having this on youtube, and i will send you a friend request, PS i now live very close to Nederland where the 76 LP was recorded. Can you post any of those, such as Inspirations of Love and What You Do to Me? :) !!
yeah i hear you. i was tonys friend when he lived in san anselmo.helped him move .. brought a doobie over ... he got screwed over by inept doctors when he checked himself in to a hospital on the weekend.Anyhow,i always ran into him ... we were both the same sign. I met him thru his friend Don Pruitt,anyone know him? Sheesh... they got me into Miles.
Tony was one of the greats who could play anything. This is a lesson on playing fusion authoritatively. The parts around 4:00 does anyone hear Vinnie doing his Tony impersonation? (Slink) from Vinnie's solo cd is really similar to this...
wow,,,, re Lifetime 2 .the 2nd LP ,,,,,, i live very close to the place that was recorded --- caribou ranch studios nederland colorado - outside boulder - i've know allan since 81 ... thx 4 posting - excellente ! ps, the bass player here, tony newton who i met, very under-rated, he was A+ amazing, and tony williams i talked to on the phone, and alan pasqua via myspace or youtube here - amazing these 4 ultra-coll kats ... music the very very very best A++++ mindblowing jazz fusion
This is Danny Carey (Tool's drummer)'s all-time favorite album.
DoctorNarpasLoveless 3 months ago
Heard this on the *radio* driving through Eugene Oregon yesterday afternoon. Hair stood on end during the Holdsworth solo. Unbelievably good! Does anyone emulate this music these days? Who are their "disciples"? Thanks for posting.
theXKandQaresilent 7 months ago
@theXKandQaresilent The closest these days I can think of are CAB (particularly the version of the band with Brian Auger) I think they had three albums, and Jing Chi (though a little "lighter") are really good. But if you want to see and hear something also mind blowing, get the DVD of UZEB's last concert!! Those are the best three I can think of.
JoeSzilagy 6 months ago
@theXKandQaresilent Actually to hear some CAB on Youtube, look for Cab 4, which will lead you to some pretty intense stuff! That, plus the incredible band from Quebec, UZEB.
JoeSzilagy 6 months ago
@JoeSzilagy Thanks for the tips!
theXKandQaresilent 6 months ago
1:20 that is the greatest picture of all time
MrFitzstix 8 months ago
1:20 that id the greatest picture of all time
MrFitzstix 8 months ago
Thank you for this upload !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0909sleeper 8 months ago
It never surprises me that videos like this, in the Jazz/funk genre typically never get any dislikes. There is a reason for that, and it is none other that Jazz is simply real, fresh, music.
Thewank5 9 months ago
Holdsworth and Williams together. In the days when giants walked the earth.
nonthere 9 months ago
Why did he have to die?
thegerrie19561 1 year ago
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sofakingrate 1 year ago
This is some bad ass driving music!!!
gangst1978 1 year ago
great pictures
balihew 1 year ago
Sounds kinda like King Crimson
chillichomper 1 year ago 2
im so glad my dad listens to this kinda stuff :) he taught me well
cianen 1 year ago
I was 14 and had just started playing more technically advanced when this album came out. BLEW. ME. AWAY. Missed my chance to study with him in NY shortly afterward; something I will always regret. Few drummers BOTH master the instrument and bring the MUSIC to a new level like he did, and he did it in two genres: straight jazz and fusion. Incredible. Tony, Jack and Billy were and are my heroes!
Alfred1111 1 year ago
@Alfred1111 Hey, I too am sorry you didn't get to study with Sir Williams; that would have been stellar...I learned about Tony after studying and listening to Elvin and Art Blakey and Buddy and Louie and Max. Maybe we can trade notes or keep in touch. Check me out my band: The Psychedelic Soul Brothers on facebook, etc. Peace. -dk
dkofva 11 months ago
While all Jazz and Jazz based music has some blues roots, I think anyone who calls this bluesy is quite silly. Is this tony newton on bass? Reminds of the material off of Jeff Beck's blow by blow.
Blueindiefree 1 year ago
Thanks for putting this out there. I had this album back in the 70s (on 8 track) and wore it out. I haven't heard this for about 30 years - still sounds great.
ssur55 1 year ago
Hip song.
youkids123 1 year ago
rrdrums should be castrated so he can no longer spread his degenerative seed
cssource 1 year ago
my favorite album. the rock drummers i know worship TW. listen to AH, ha, ha, fantastic. funky yeah, and, well, bluesy!
grserm 2 years ago
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great holistic bands are--gong, mother gong, magma aphrodities child, jade warrior, eat static, system 7, lisa gerrard, dead can dance, jade warrior, larry coryell, shakti, oregon, melting euphoria, ozric tentacles, steve hillage, steve tibbetts, steffi sharpstrings.
countdumas 2 years ago
(school of rock),I PLEAGE ALEAGENCE TO THE BAND!, OF THE LATE TONY WILLIAMS.and all of his recordings!-
autoracer1man 2 years ago
Miles' Bitches Brew is supposedly considered the first 'fusion' lp but personally this one is my fav. Tony and Holdsworth at their best. Perfect title, because it is hard to believe they pulled off such a seamless fusion of jazz/rock/funk at this level of playing. Genius.
Asymmatrix 2 years ago 2
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lidesnowi 2 years ago
been shedding the tunes on Million Dollar Legs like Inspirations of Love.....oh man........and someday I want to audition for Allan himself Fred and this and Red Alert hmmm it might be the BEST STUFF!!!!!!
ThePaistecat 2 years ago
Oh come on!!!!! You can hear something worthwhile from Dennis after listening to Tony? I can't believe that. I don't remember one thing from dennis 15 minutes after watching him play. His shit just evaporates like the meaningless crap it is.
rrdrums110 2 years ago
I auditioned fro the Tony Newton trio, Wednesday. These charts are harder to play than they sound, and it's hard to duplicate Tony's work!
ThePaistecat 2 years ago
of course they are my friend, this guys were so ahead, you need a computer brain to play these
KingAcosta28 2 years ago
a QUANTUM computer brain, even then I don't think its possible.
pyromohanzed 2 years ago
Tony Newton is a shredding amazing musician and very cool cat, i met him in LA back in early 80s at the ROXY fis for the first Allan Holdsworth show since his move to the USA then - Tony Williams i only talked to on the phone, Alan PAsqua by email, all 4 of these musicians on this track are superb supreme transcended masters, ain't it the truth - and Tony Newton even bragged a little about this LP and i loved every moment of it, as his musicianship in off the charts A+ virtuoso
StarryNightBluesBand 2 years ago
Tony seems a very humble and helpful guy, his piano series on expert village shows he is more than willing to impart his knowledge. Shame most kids here can't get past his 'hilarious' accent.
jonescrusher1 2 years ago
I don't believe a fricking word you say nonvideo guy. Also I'm not interested , unless of course you can prove that you can play this in your sleep. And that means dennis' shit should be about a one handed event then.
rrdrums110 2 years ago
Does anybody feel a need to hear a half baked asshat like Chambers after you hear Tony? I sure as hell could give a rats ass if I never even heard his name mentioned again. Oh rrddrums...you're so negative. can't you find the good in Dennis? fick no. Thank you for the music Tony and whoever put it up here. Tony and Buddy are my all time..
rrdrums110 2 years ago
yet another left-field comment - honestly, I could play this song in my sleep - there's nothing special about it - it's pretty average and that includes the fills...
Dennis would play this easy....dunno why you think he can't? Like, I said, not that hard..
metalmike83 2 years ago
Why don't you like Dennis Chambers?
pyromohanzed 2 years ago
He doesn't like him because Dennis was recruited to play for both P-Funk All-Stars and John McLaughlin among many, many others, while this guys is rrdrums110--you know, the WORLD FAMOUS rrdrums110--the one who knows better than McLaughlin or George Clinton what a drummer is.
dantean 2 years ago
Chambers has ultimate control, he can play ANYTHING at the same time with all different subdivisions and cross-rhythms what MORE could you want!
pyromohanzed 2 years ago
LMFAO. Ha Ha ! brilliant
doubts 2 years ago
Thanks. Dissing artists online kinda drives me crazy so I turn all Impropriety Police about it sometimes. Especially when the guy being insulted has a resume like Dennis Chambers'. I mean is this guy kidding me? Not b/c I worship Dennis or anything. Don't get me wrong: he's great and not just cuz I think so. But I can't stand how brave anonymity makes some people. If Billy Cobham or somebody wants to talk smack he's entitled--otherwise why's anybody supposed to give a crap what rrdrums thinks?
dantean 2 years ago
well.....I have an audition for the Tony Newton Trio in an hour!!!!!
ThePaistecat 2 years ago
Check out Blues For Tony on Moonjune records. Holdsworth, Pasqua still rock solid!
dougkenz 2 years ago
I don't know why Jazz goes over everybody's head - at least most people's heads. I hear all the "advanced rudiments" and placements of Tony's playing - but mention Tony Williams to the average Rock guy, he'll act like you're cursing his mother. Tony was just that advanced. Listening to Tony would help a lot of young drummers develop their style. RIP Tony Williams.
fnkdrmmr 2 years ago 2
Just sheer magic, the feel, the force, the fire, the passion. This is LIGHT years ahead of so much sh** that's around now. Sounds as fresh today as the day it was recorded. Fresher in fact. And boy ciuld Tony W rock! THat's what we need stuff that rocks out AND delivers to the head heart and soul!
arit42 2 years ago
Allan Holdworth enigma,,, such fingers, AH is my all time favorite !!!
Rock on Jazz brother !!! totally awesome !!!
StarryNightBluesBand 2 years ago
ah am to think Alan Holdsworth's best work is with Tony Williams. though there is also some live from Japan stuff (20 years later?) that is hard to find / sounds great. This track, is like the music artists are all "channeling" each other's spirit / psyche. The guitar/ drummer thing, though, is unusual. The drummer longs for the gtr melody, the gtr. longs for the percussion of the drums, so they bond, hypertune, unite, attend, interplay
Joeey 2 years ago
I believe Tony Newton wrote this song, but unfortunately doesn't seem to be getting any royalties. Great to hear it on here.
KiddKarrim 2 years ago
i had a chance to see tony in oakland about '92 . i sat at the table in the front row ,right in front of the kick drum !!! man, his power and dynamics were so intense ! he loved to play loud ,of course not meathead loud !! elvin,max and tony !!!!
beats1969 2 years ago
Wonderful collage of Tony. He is sorely missed. He is the icon of the hi-hat and foot pedal. Billy Cobham recognized Tony's pedal work many times. That is the ultimatel complient to Tony Great viedo post!
AnhMak 2 years ago
I had heard Holdsworth on the UK album and immediately thought, this guy is something special! Then, my cousin had the 'Believe It" album and let me listen to it one day. As soon as I heard it, I said, that's the guy from UK on guitar. Such a signature sound. As primitive as it sounded, Holdsworth was better then, than most guitarists will ever be. After seeing these pictures, I now know where Allan got the title, "The Drums Were Yellow" from "Hard Hat Area". Give a listen. Just drums & guitar.
thinice1 2 years ago
3:52 !
ajdunning63 2 years ago
Really, the greatest drummer who ever lived. Wackerman's limp-wristed flailing on the Lifetime reunion w/ Holdsworth and Pasqua only makes it that much clearer. RIP Tony, you influenced everyone.
Asymmatrix 2 years ago
My fav drummer!
taxiboysdrummer
slothiegachoo 2 years ago
Great Album..Still in my top 3 of all-time.
bigslick45 2 years ago 11
Fred is probably my favorite song on the believe album
dgtile 3 years ago
this cut was the first time I heard Holdsworth when it was played on WRVR in New York in '76. I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing at the time. I played the shit out of this album, it was more worn out than a single female on a pirate ship...
bardobound 3 years ago 12
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr Matey!!!! agreed
2012dan 3 years ago
@bardobound ---
Pirates are (were) homosexual dude! Even so, they would have loved this
generatrix999 1 year ago
@bardobound lmao!
chillichomper 1 year ago
@bardobound u mean there was a time when cuts like this was played on the radio? =^o
what i wouldn't give for a time machine
skorcha 5 months ago 2
I used to listen to this album before going to school...no wonder I failed trig.
rouschno1 3 years ago 6
HAHA!
tenormadness126 3 years ago
high quality fusion. thanks for the vid. take care!
Belva1 3 years ago 3
This is one of the most fantastic, powerful and emotionally stirring recordings I have ever heard. Very hard to categorized, Rock, Jazz, Fusion? A good friend of mine gave me a cassette copy of this with Williams and Holdsworth.
Kapdrums, I get chills all over too.
I a world full of the mindless, synthetic crap, that passes for music, it does the soul good to listen to truely good music by talented and gifted musicians.
leegenix 3 years ago 4
Allan's rarely this funky. The bastard child of Stevie Wonder and King Crimson.
beanabus77 3 years ago
This is actually one of my favorite Holdsworth solos of all time. This piece just feels good.
macadoughshus 3 years ago
mac - much as I love Alan's adventurous, atonal/modal pyrotechnics, it was a marvelous decision by him to play a slow, soulful, almost deliberate solo on this tune, where every move, every note was SO important to its success ... I also get a lot of sax "feel" in his playing here -- do you agree?
DoctorPatient 2 years ago
You know what?. . . .. That's a great analogy. It DOES have a sax feel to it. You hit the nail on the head my man.
macadoughshus 2 years ago
madness music
WasyMusicPower 3 years ago
ga-ROOVY
ACDCBoy62 3 years ago
you are a wonderful genius for posting this, i had searched before, but not found it- i have known AH since 81, and met also then Tony Newton the bass player on these amazing Lifetime albums, and talked to Tony on the phone in 83; have followed Allan so many years, and i thank you for having this on youtube, and i will send you a friend request, PS i now live very close to Nederland where the 76 LP was recorded. Can you post any of those, such as Inspirations of Love and What You Do to Me? :) !!
StarryNightBluesBand 3 years ago
yeah i hear you. i was tonys friend when he lived in san anselmo.helped him move .. brought a doobie over ... he got screwed over by inept doctors when he checked himself in to a hospital on the weekend.Anyhow,i always ran into him ... we were both the same sign. I met him thru his friend Don Pruitt,anyone know him? Sheesh... they got me into Miles.
Range4Harry 3 years ago
Tony was one of the greats who could play anything. This is a lesson on playing fusion authoritatively. The parts around 4:00 does anyone hear Vinnie doing his Tony impersonation? (Slink) from Vinnie's solo cd is really similar to this...
Gretschdrums75 3 years ago
Agreed..FUSION AT IT's BEST!!! LOVED THIS ALBUM!!!! GREAT POST!
bigslick45 3 years ago
wow,,,, re Lifetime 2 .the 2nd LP ,,,,,, i live very close to the place that was recorded --- caribou ranch studios nederland colorado - outside boulder - i've know allan since 81 ... thx 4 posting - excellente ! ps, the bass player here, tony newton who i met, very under-rated, he was A+ amazing, and tony williams i talked to on the phone, and alan pasqua via myspace or youtube here - amazing these 4 ultra-coll kats ... music the very very very best A++++ mindblowing jazz fusion
StarryNightBluesBand 3 years ago
MAAAAAAN,i haven't listened to this for a loooooong time...i've got chills all over my body!!!
kapdrums 3 years ago
Fabulous ensemble!! Fusion at it's best.
dakotared55 3 years ago
Awesome
black3dots 3 years ago