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  • 5 people born in a wrong planet

  • Alan, Chad and Jimmy, i seen this tour. Alan is the best and ive seen Pat, John, Al, and many more.

  • seems like a very conversational peice

  • @LilNogga

    You say that like it's a bad thing!

  • @LilNogga You might want to wash your ears out and take a music class.

  • The man is a master of his art. And Im not all that much into contemporary Jazz either.  And that sound is unmistakable, its talent.

  • Is it strange that I get an erection while listening to this?

  • Is Chad Wackerman eternally 14 years old? He doesn't age at all.

  • @fourplusseven you are amazingly right, that guy must have been like 20 in 1980, so he must be like 50 by now... he still looks like if he had 30

  • @carcassgrindcorpsesc I think this music keeps you young lol

  • @fourplusseven No kidding. I saw him around 1980. He does look like he's 30 in this video. And he looked like a grown up back then (probably 81 or 82?).

  • Then again I've only seen so much of this conversation, and I'm sure you guys know that as well. No offense meant by the harsh language in the last comment. Sorry about that. Just a fit of lunacy

  • @birdsinthewoods Holdworth is not for everyone LOL

    he plays to chords rather than through changes like Chick He has abstract key shifts as well . some of instructionals about his chords and scales are up here on you tube the Man is a TRIP!

  • I cant even believe someone can make a comment on this about fucking pull offs. has everyone who makes music forgotten what music is? Who cares about pull offs or legato. This man has been an originator and visionary for his medium for a generation. Thats the real importance of his contribution. I mean god, who honestly cares, no one in 100 years will remember him for legato technique. You must move people and push things to new limits. This guy is the Lizst of guitar.

  • The way he comes out at 0:16 is fantastic. What lines this man can play.

  • wow the drummer was having a night

  • song title: "Fred"

  • They mood of this song would sound good along with playing Mario Kart on the Wii with a friend.

  • @mathiusvoodoo or having sex with an emo girl you don´t love. I know, random u.u but it makes some sense because you would be focusing in the music at that moment. XD

  • ya theyre good but it doesnt sound good to me just my opinion dont blast me plz

  • @HellRaider99 It would be different if the audio had any low end. If you heard the initial melody, the bass and Allan's resultant harmony and just the whole context, I reckon you'd have a better understanding of what is going on in this song. Check out the burning album cut on the Tony William Lifetime album, "The Collection." It also appears as an acoustic version under the name "Kinder" on Allan's album, "Velvet Darkness," which was released without authorization by one of the engineers.

  • chad is just flat out nasty on that kit

  • They can't make them like that anymore..thats right.. you have to practice to be GOOD

  • and you have to be 6' 8 inches with huge hands to bar your first finger and do the reverse hammer ons.

  • Whats a reverse hammer on?

  • It's decending hammer-on. You have to lift one of your left hand finger and hammer-on with another simultaneously. It's claimed to sound smoother. Make sense?

  • Its called legato.

  • Actually legato can go both ways. I explained only decending hammer-ons. Legato also contains the ascending ones, as you probably know. I watched guthries video of legato and he said not to do reverse hammer-ons, but pull-offs. Marshall Harris' videos about legato explain decending hammer-ons, as he is a advocate of them. So there's two ways to descend in legato.

    I'm not saying you don't this, but I am making my point clear.

  • @JanzuS many guitar players descend into legato and never come out of it. We must bring them to the light and show them to make music and not live for their dicks.

  • @stargate669 We need to alternate pick with the metronome! ;D No jk. hopefully someone will care as I say this: concentrate on other things as well other than just technique! Ok that's a good advice for me too and I am doing my best to do so! Play for others too and they will mirror joy to you! Ok.. now you are in the light. :)

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  • Ohh i know what you mean. A reverse hammer on is a improper way to do a pull off. Because they arent pulling off really there just lifting their finger. Am i correct?

  • Kind of. There are really two ways to decend in legato. So you decide, wether it's improper to do pull-offs or not. It's always improper if you make a reverse hammer-on that isn't as loud as the ascending one.

    By the way, the guy's name is Marshall HarrisON who I mentioned earlier.

  • Alright now were on the same page.

  • I'm glad if I could help.

  • slide-pull off ?

  • I've never heard such a thing, sorry.

  • amazing !!!

  • The guitar is a Bill DeLap made for him when Steinberger temporarily went out of business

  • does anyone know what guitar that is?

  • steinburg

  • the song is "fred" from the tony williams epoque

  • It's all on paper..It's su;pposed to sound that way..I does take a few extra brain cells to process it that way though.AH is from another planet..

  • Start cooking.

  • I'm insulted; I'd never eat a human baby.

  • Lol !

  • They taste like chicken.

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  • wackerman is the man

    holdsworth is a god

  • In case anyone is interested, this isnt just some random jam but an actual track from one of AH's recordings. The name of the track is "The 4:15 Bradford Executive" and the name of the CD is "Sand". "Sand" was from the early 90's, I think, and is actually a song that Chad Wackerman (the drummer in this clip) wrote..

  • Hey gbruer you apparently no nothing this is the tune (Fred) from Belive it with Tony Williams D¤¤¤HEAD!

  • El mejor. NUMBER ONE.

  • flappospammo, yes you're missing something. Allan utilizes scales and technique which are to say the least unique. Also, this video has crap sound and it's difficult to hear Jimmy on the bass providing melodic chords. The chords are 'implied' in Allan's solos, but I can see where this particular video would leave you wondering, particularly if you're not familiar with Allan's stuff. Not random notes. Start with the oldest stuff he did and check the genesis of his technique and expression.

  • Good point, his old old stuff like original Tony Williams he sounds almost human, but by Secrets he had evolved into something else

  • somehow i doubt we'll see that in the top 20 any time soon

    tbh sounds like a load of random notes stuck together

    am i missing something ??

  • yes

  • The following people are head over heals for Allan's music - how's *this* for a list of friends and FANS: John McLaughlin Carlos Santana John Scofield Eddie Van Halen Steve Vai Eric Johnson Joe Satriani Steve Morse Alex Lifeson Neal Schon John Patitucci Yngwie Malmsteen Alex Machacek Adrian Belew ...and this list goes on.
  • Allan's a big fan of John McLaughlin too if I recall. Mutual respect...

  • McLaughlin once told Holdsworth, "if I knew how you did it, I'd steal everything"

    or something like that.

  • yeh i read that they did a joint interview- Allan said "i love your playing John" and McLaughlin said something like "I love yours too, or at least i would if i had a clue what you were doing"..doesn't get higher praise than that..imagine John McLaughlin saying he can't follow what you were playing...

  • for a true measure of Allans stature search out the vid on youtube of when he meets Shawn Lane...Shawn is like "man you are my hero, you are my idol you are the best, man!" and Allan just looks embarrassed and says "not really.."..hes the Godfather. hes like the 95 yr old guy in the kung fu movies sitting eating a bowl of rice who the young whiz kid comes to see and challenge to a fight and he just sits there and flicks his finger and the whizz kid goes flying back about 20 feet

  • Frank Zappa: during the "picture disc interview", the interviewer canvasses him about what he thinks of his contemporaries... Chuck Berry, B.B.King, etc... he rattled off 17 guitar players... then continued:

    I: What would be your thoughts on the original guitar playing of the Mothers, i.e. yourself?

    FZ: Well, there's one other guy whose work I know who should be included in that list who I respect and that's Allan Holdsworth.

  • Worry not. Allan's place in music history is rock solid, and secure. He owes nothing, he has nothing to prove. He's got almost 40 years of playing now, with greats like Tony Williams and Bill Bruford. If he did nothing else, he would still be studied for generations to come. Everybody, and I mean, everybody in professional music circles who has an interest in jazz guitar knows Allan, and plenty of rockers, too. They would all kill for his chops.

  • he's forgotten more than most players will know in 3 lifetimes...

  • He is amazing,But he's a one trick pony.Lots of incredible technique,but very little feel.

  • Define "feel". Usually when people accuse a great player of having no "feel", it means "I can't understand the phrasing".

  • lol we have one who understands the meaning of Feel.seems like whens some one sees a player play fast or something bind blowing they refer to it as "no feeling"

    but To me Allen just flutters to much and i lose interest in to what ever hes playing

    i like stuff with some sort of Melody

    like Marty Friedman's "Glycerine Flesh"

    im not comparing the two artist im just using his song as a example of leads with melody's

    i wonder if Allan Holdsworth and Shaw Lane ever made a song together

  • Thank YOU! That sums up ignorance very well.

  • people are not even a pimple on his ass hes amazing  that it thats aLL

  • Way boring. But he does shine in moments like these. I wish he'd do an album with some heavier, more rock oriented music. Doubt he will tho. He seems content playing weird cords and making airy synth driven ambient garbage. Man, you think he'd treat his fans a little to some of the good stuff.

  • Fortunatley he has fans that are perceptive enough to recognize the greatness in his "garbage". He's treating us just fine, thank you. Now go back to your Ozzfest.

  • I agree. Music aside, people generally hate towards something that seems very foriegn to them, because it is out of their comfort zone.

    Back to music :

    "He seems content playing weird cords and making airy synth driven ambient garbage."

    This is a perfect case of someone that don't understand harmony. Just because he doesn't play E5 all time doesn't mean, he's boring. I bet you if you give him a chart but with heavy metal music, he'd nail it and become the next metal god.

  • Yes; his harmony isn't even all that obtuse; he just harmonizes a few other scales than the most common, and stacks intervals other than thirds. Boring is endless repitition of the same ideas; he's the opposite of boring. Playing metal would bore him to tears, even though he's be the best metal guitarist if he did. He's so far beyond that kindergarten shit; it's like wishing Van Gogh would do more paint by numbers paintings.

  • lol if A.H. played metal that would be a odd moment in music history

    playing any thing with out the 3rd is simple

    its like trying feel up on some one who isnt a Girl or Boy(BAD Example lol)

    as for the whole metal player thing

    theres only a few who can play out side the box most are just boring

    eh i dont know how yall rate music but doing it by how complex it is or not is a no,no for me i dont care if its simple or complex as long as its somthing i like then im good

  • Allen.H. is great,its still to early for me to have my final opinion on his music(just bought I.O.U.) hope it gets to me soon(its ordered)

    just that from what i see on youtube of him

    its just boring after a while.

    i like to be open minded with music.From Fryderyk Chopin to Larry Carlton to Richie Kotzen so on and so on

  • "if A.H. played metal that would be a odd moment in music history".

    Guys.... he did guest guitars on Planet X's latest album (Quantum). Its metal fusion. He's been there and done it.

  • the closest hes come to metal is a track called Metal Fatigue he plays all these gnarly chords and lines but they are harmoised a major 2nd!! GENUINELLY SOUNDS LIKE 2 cars crashing into each ther.

  • Major 2nds are makes tension sound so creepy yet horrible :D

    kinda like atonal music eh? only it has some sort of form gah sorry im just got back from a gig and im kinda blah right now -.- why cant roomates take showers with in 2 minutes and not an hour

  • the sound quality are a toy -great guitarrist

  • awsome stuff. especially at the end of the song.

  • the music allan does nowadays bores me but this guy is certainly one of the greatest musician of the last thirty years...

  • This is just a bad example of his playing i think. This has a harsh cacophony of sounds that's totally, pleasantly, UNenjoyable to listen to. And yes this song does lack direction. I'd say this is his worst song ever but he's still amazing on many other songs and albums. People flock to this particular video to say "he sucks" knowing that there's way better songs from him.

  • i've been reading some messages... and i just can't believe what i read.

    so, musica HAS to convey feelings? wake up... less than 2% of jazz music is about "conveying feelings"... if you want so, listen to beethoven.

    i think not only allan is an outstanding player, but he's also a voice of his own, and that's a lifetime achievement.

    down with joe-pass copycats!

  • holdsworth sucks...

  • if he sucks i bet you do better then him...

    ppl should be open minded

  • Allan Holdsworth is extremely talented but only in that he's found a way of parting idiots from their money. He's destined to be a 6-point footnote in jazz history -- if he's lucky, unlike the musician and artist Joe Pass. Holdsworth's 'music' is ugly shit -- comment all you like, you know in your heart I'm right.

  • if u say this words that means u don't know shit about his music

  • It's pathetic that morons like McAloonzebra spend their time listening to great musicians who's greatness eludes their tiny minds, then trying to convince more perceptive people to join their little hate fest. Even if The fool was right, it would make no sense to spend precious time on stuff he/she hates; life is too short. Find something you like and enjoy it.

  • hmmm, this type of music is definately not for everyone, but I don't think anyone can say he is not an amazing guitarist. I think Allan is trying to do his own thing, make is own sound, which is a very hard thing to do these days considering how many guitar gods have gone before him. I don't agree with the comment that this music is "self-indulgent" and certainly not "tuneless", it's just designed to be catchy, but rather, expressive

  • Ok...I could take about two minutes of this... ;)

  • Allan is a musical genius and a guitar god

  • PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know if he ever comes to Pittsburgh again. The guy is amazing and I would love the chance to meet him. I'm in columbus and he never seems to come here.

  • He played the head off of that guitar!

    What a fluid sound, one of a kind.

  • yeah well...maybe is not a nice guitar... but it has that little something that makes me want to try it...and i dont know maybe buy one or his other signature...i think its Carvin

    Cheers!!

  • maybe it's a Bill DeLap guitar

  • it is a delap. incredible guitars.

  • Well, I suppose you could say the same thing about buddy rich :-\ Sometimes artistic expression is a little different than mainstream ear candy.

  • says everything about your ears/"hearing" and nothing about the subject at hand. well done.

  • This is nonsense. I assume English isn't your first language.

    On reflection though, I should revise my comments about Mr Holdsworth; I should have said "An ugly, tuneless, self-indulgent racket".

  • Ha, ha! Ha! I agree with you. Are you a guitar player? I am (for over 25 years) I find this music "ugly, tuneless, and self-indulgent racket"....and painful. I rather listen to Jeff Beck- 2 of Beck's notes say more than 20,000 of Holdsworth.

  • I am. I have been playing for 30 years. I am also a keyboard player, bass player and I write and sell music. The fundamental point that I think you're missing is that because your 'super-trained' ear can't detect the talent in what you judge to be somewhat sub-standard, doesn't make it any better or worse than Beck's contribution. Music isn't a race, it's an art and a matter of personal expression (or it should be).

  • TOUCHE Alanis Harmony TOUCHE!!

  • yes but what feeling is he conveying?? what direction is he going in?? all his stuff sounds the same because he knows so much that sounds like he knows nothing at all. all the aspects of this so-called music sounds like monkeys are doing it.

  • But monkeys CANT do it. Name someone who can touch him. And as to "direction," jazz never resolves itself as blues does. Jazz artists never go in a "direction." It's improve with a mandatory theme at the beginning and end.

  • To your ears, maybe. But he's just doing what he feels is honest, which is a bit more adventurous than turning out the same old blues licks, as so many other players do. I happen to like a lot of what he does, but it doesn't make my taste right or wrong any more than it does yours.

    Beck's better at being Beck than Holdsworth and vice versa. I dont think anyone's transcended the level where they create music that everyone likes.

  • you're just showing this music is not for your level...

  • i always liked what allan did and although i must admit that i enjoy him more on records than live. when "forced" to work within a controlled frame he sounds so much more concise than when blowing live. also bear in mind that his legato technique needs utmost sonic definition, which is why holdsworth sounds much better on vinyl than on cd.

  • He's kind of the Anti- Scott Henderson. Scott=Great tone, less means more, finding melody. Holdsworth= random shredding

  • I would say the equation is Scott=Charlie Parker, Holdsworth=Coltrane.(Just as a comparative description referring to their approach to music, Im not saying they are literally equal to those players)

  • Great way to look at it !

  • yep, i agree

    and also could be:

    Mclaughlin= Miles?????

    Cheers!!!

  • Does that mean Pat Metheny = Benny Goodman? :P

  • Perhaps not the best solo I've heard from him , but go back to the Tony Williams album from which that song originally came or Velvet Darkness to hear the originals.

  • sometimes he does a nice lyrical line, but mostly he goes off into some dissonant cluster of noise like Coltrane. I hate it after all this time, it just seems pointless, like staring at the wall... of watching a virus replicate and kill your body.

  • For holdsworth this is noisy and too random . No feeling at all just sporadic notes everywhere. Usually he tends to break it up with some thoughtful lines, but this is just too much wank and noise ...

  • if there are just sporadic notes everywhere lets see if you can play like that!!!AAAA sory no videos yet????Learn music men,allan holdsworth is genius!!

  • I love that guitar. Looks like a little toy that you could make in woodshop, yet sounds so good and really has a great cutting sound

  • You guys are absolutely 100% retarded to even question the musicality of this genius. Kill yourselves.

  • Its great playing, but most people would find it unlistenable.

  • Mark gss

    "Bach is to music what Isaac Newton is to science; equal genius" Too true I've often thought that myself. I'd take it further. I'd say Bach is the Newton & Einstien of music. :-)

  • AH is one of the greatest innovators. I've listened to his music for 30 years &have everything from Tempest, Gong, Bruford, solo albums etc. His studio solos on the whole r brilliant. He's unique ability to throw himself into a tricky chordal situation& come out smelling of roses. Though he runs out of breath musically live sometimes as this clip illustrates. He's only human after all! Saw him here in UK a month ago. However there is always his wonderful chord work which he played faultlessly.

  • Alan Holdsworth is to jazz what Nikola Tesla is to science. Alan IS the man!!!

  • amazing comparison, I agree 100%!

  • Alcivarus, I agree with what you say.

  • Sometimes these flights of fancy can be magnificent but nothing in jazz has produced anything of the complexity and depth found in the great classical legacy (i.e. St. Matthew Passion), Bach is to music what Isaac Newton is to science; equal genius. So I understand your point, pobinr. As for Holdsworth obsessives who disagree, getting irate over such critical judgements, well many of them aren't too deeply exposed to what we're talking about to even begin to understand.

  • I agree until certain extent, a work like St Matthews which by the way is late baroque is something against few things could stand against. Then again so its Schonberg's Piere Lunare or Berlioz Simphonie Fantastique. Holdsworth is a whole different topic with a whole other bag of parameters. I woludn't say his acomplishments are less than these other works. He's had different goals, different parameters, different formation then he gets different results which are still product of genius.

  • PS maybe it's cos I listen to crafted melodic music like Bach's I'm right off of Holdsworth at the moment. This live stuff is a jerk off.

  • You don't get it because you're apparently unable to listen fast enough. If you slowed it down you might understand how advanced the melodic conception is. This is a unfortunate for you because the fact that he's inventing that fast is astounding to behold for those who realize it and therefore enjoy it. Having said that, AH is naturally not for everyone.

  • Great random finger gymnastics but I ask... honestly can you tell me this is 'music' ?

    I'm an AH fan of his compositions such as Tokyo Dream etc, but this live stuff ???

    not too good is it really. It's a freekin nightmare !

    I won't bother to see him live again.

  • while i agree that this type of shredding can come off as 'masturbatory' it definitely isn't random. it's not vanilla diatonic material, he's playing outside a bit. AH uses advanced harmonic concepts, altered dominants, substitutions, whole-tone and diminished stuff. typical jazz fodder really. i hope you wouldnt say the same about coltrane...

  • Nice, really great stuff

  • Beezelite is the man...it's that simple!

  • Nice, sounded like the cut "Fred" off Tony Williams LP. Nice video.

  • excelente música.

    pinches gringos se pelean por cualquier estupidez.

  • After Parker, Coltrane, Zappa, Bach & others, Holdsworth..Great musician and extraordinary guitarist...

  • I think it all boils down to listening stamina. Some ppl get great enjoyment from the anticipation that musicians like holdsworth can bring to the bandstand. If you need singing and hooks why complain that you aren't getting that and go look for some other bands you might enjoy. I never understood why ppl like hooks so much, I think they are for those that have short musical attention spans.

  • so many angry people here...and so abusive too!!

  • If you're referring to me as angry or abusive I'm neither. It amazes me that with the decline of great music and outlets for it that someone would belittle an artist who has been contributing for the last 30 years. With very little reward I might add. Holdsworth is not getting rich like those who lack talent on a basic level. If I hurt anyone's feelings too bad. It's time to get a clue.

  • You haven't hurt my feelings, I just think that there are some very irate comments here, thats all. Seems like people on youtube get incredibly worked up over stuff that at the end of the day isn't that important and doesn't really merit such an intense emotional outburst. Perhaps it's indicative of something not being expressed elsewhere in there lives.

  • Touche beezelite...Touche!!

  • You critics that think Holdsworth needs to be more accessible? I guess Thelonius Monk and Eric Dolphy where wankers also huh? Ornette Coleman, just another loser who couldn't play something that you could hum right? Oh and that Stravinsky! I can't hum any of his shit in the shower so it's worthless right? Music is a language and like any language you have to learn it and its various dialects. Don't expect it to fall in your fucking lap like an open book.

  • WTF! Are some of you saying that simply because you don't understand the music it's Allan's fault? Does he have to play a string of cliched blues licks to be a master in your eyes? Go fuck yourselves you poor ignorant bastards. There's plenty of rap and Britney Spears for you dumb fucks to listen to. Wow, there are some truly stupid fucking people in the world who think that they're smart.

  • People that bash holdsworth are morons that do not understand improvisation , but they think they do , fucking idiots hahaha. and btw morons this is tonal , modulation and atonal are 2 total different things , in his music he modulates a lot and plays outside the key , but that doesnt mean it atonal , u dumbasses . his outside playing its wat makes it clash with the consonace of the chord progression , which has a tonal center , in atonal music u avoid tonal centers.

  • I think Allan is an incredibly important guitarist. I love the "4.15 Bradford Executive" from the Sand album, amongst many other tracks. But I have to say he's loosing me these days. I've seen hime live 3 times and seen alot of stuff here on youtube. Take any number during the guitar solo, and I defy you to name the tune. But he can do what ever he wants, he's an artist. He sure dont need to change in order to suite me. Respect!!

  • wow he just closes his eyes...played with pure feeling..holdsworth is the man

  • Ah...a liberal. Pin words with a stink on those who disagree with you. Classic liberal.

    In fact, I have seen Holdsworth play. In fact, I have seen more than my share of fusion players over the years. In fact, Satriani started off as a fusion player, then brought the advantage of A RECOGNIZABLE MELODY to the genre. He was promptly considered a 'metal' guitarist.

    Don't brush aside criticism with BUZZwords like 'hate.' Consider the criticism and DISCUSS it.

  • So...you mean I should forget all I know about music theory (where 'buzzwords' like atonal and chromatic come from, for those who DON'T know), and just agree with what someone SAYS, not with what my ear tells me.

    Like I said...the king has no clothes. This is freeform jamming, and has very little passion of the early years in it (when he had to actually earn his bread by making sure his music had TUNES that people could REMEMBER and RECITE).

  • you shouldn't be so judgemental either. holdsworth like coltrane continually worked on his outside playing more and more throughout his long and successful career.

    You should go to holdsworth gig and meet him like I have several times, but don't try and pin his playing down to a buzzword. He is so good he will change his playing by the time you thought you heard the word chromatic come out of your mouth. the emporer is sportin his clothes even while you try to hate

    Long Live Holy-HOLDSWORTH!

  • What's so ridiculous about your posting is that you obviously don't know much about music theory because nothing he is doing is atonal it's just outside. Most of it is common meter (I apologize if you can't count to four), and a bit of it is simply a #9 vamp where he's just spewing altered dominant. So whether you enjoy it or not, don't be a d-bag and say that it is "freeform" just because you can't find the goddamn 1. I feel sorry for your bass player. If you actually play an instrument.

  • There's nothing to 'get' about atonal/chromatic non-harmony and freeform time signature. It's more about filling gaps of silence than actually saying anything.

    Like I said, he has technical chops without a doubt. But many choose fusion because it's easier to play a 'strawberry jam' session with no structure, than it is to create a recognizable melody. I could almost bet that even folks who listen to him daily couldn't pick a tune out by any chordal progression.

  • atonal and non-harmony are such cool buzzwords to use but that tune is called fred, from the tony williams lifetime band. And yes I listen to holy holdsworth daily for my dose of modern guitar mastery. The key is to listen and not try to understand genre and pinpointing the time period or anything non musical like that. But just to listen because there might be something good that you may have missed while opening your mouth that will be lost forever.

  • Like other artist,this man has shared his music through the years.Like some people say"It's too complicated"Maybe it is for them.But if you really listen CAREFULLY,you will just cry becoz of the notes and emotions these guy play.Try his song"ZARABETH"if you still don't get it,I suggest you just stick to PUSSYCAT DOLLS.hahaha.

  • no doubt he can play. but i dont like this kind of music.

    i prefer slash, angus and most of all keith richards! he's the nr.1 guitargod!!!

  • he doesnt shred he slices n dices

  • Allan's sound has changed a lot over the years. He sounds better than ever, IMO.

  • of course, everyone grows and learns. The problem is some people lose their hunger, but Allan still plays with burning passion and that is what enables the music to flow. Plus now he has better gear too :P

  • king of legato

  • Holdsworth is so damn good. What a soulful unique intresting musician. One of the best.

  • Shredding is a derogatory term. Allan doesn't shred.

  • Someone said he's shreds? LOL!

  • alan cant shred and neither could you!

  • the only thing derogatory about shred is all the horrible examples offered by mostly horrible musicians.

  • Shredding usually means an emphasis on technique and lessened focus on musicality. People who shred usually are more interested in impressing people with their alternate picking than with the music they create.

  • Not just alternate picking - tapping, sweeping etc as well.

  • I love that part after he comes out of that extended solo. Allan does to distortion like nobody can do.

  • His tone...his tone...damn, his tone is incredible!

  • Criminally unknown.

  • I was at the Huntington gig Mar 10th, Brilliant composer and improviser.

  • Holdsworth is one of the greatest musicians of all time!

  • ummyeah ..incredible...beautiful...lov­ed it

  • the most underated musician of our time.