Now we're talking... The mix is garbage, but the guitar is back... I curse the guys that invented the damn synthaxe. Could you imagine SAND played on Guitar? I don't know why he doesn't go out and play the good tunes like Sand, Good Clean FIlth, Wish, Night Illusion, Shadows Of, Checking Out, Shallow Sea, Three Sheets, Nevermore, Mental Medication - now that'd be a challenge for him 'live'...
i think everyone is kinda missing the point here, what differentiates these guys from madonna or coldplay or what ever bullshit is being commercialized atm, is that holdsworth and husband and the others guys in the group are better musicians than these pop musicians could ever be even if they spent two lifetimes trying. that doesnt mean madonnas tunes are worse or better than allans. thats just preference, but allans soloing is beyond anything john mayer can begin to do, hes a better musician
a slow natural progression is just as much brain food as the fastest dissonant progression. Any artist that thinks different is stupid when it comes to the very nature of music.
@valkour22 No way is just a 3 chord progression by itself brain food unless Brian Eno performs it on Music for Airports ! It's the genius who makes the brain food for other initiated brains to feed on, it's the lesser neanderthal who makes pizza & hamburgers, filling & tasty but not really healthy. That's ok, the Eddie Van Halen cheeseburgers serve a function just as much as the Holdsworth or Zappa surrealistic gourmet does at different stages of a person's self-discovery through art-ifice..
@metamorphosis67 Music was 1st produced for the sound and the way it made us feel, not for technical difficulties. When u lose that it begins to sound like a endless progression of notes trying to resolve.
@valkour22 To each his own. I admit Holdsworth & Zappa & Stravinsky & people like that are an acquired. taste. You can't just go straight from popular music like the Beatles or the Bee Gees to Holdsworth, first you might have to listen to prog-rock bands like Yes or Genesis, then some jazz like Miles Davis or Dave Brubeck, then you'll be ready. At least that's the route most take. Holdsworth played in prog bands like Soft Machine, Gong & UK in the 70s in addition to fusion with Tony Williams.
@metamorphosis67 I like Dave Brubeck alot,I mean 'Take Five' is one of my all time favorites.I dont care for Yes. I like Coltran and Bird. I know holdsworth is like 1 of the top guitarist probably of all time without a doubt ,just something about his style kinda gets old . I can listen to him for a little bit but then it gets old.
Allan plays like no one else, yet he does phrase much as Miles Davis phrased Ornette Coleman solos et al..thats the please for me to recieve such cathartic beauty from such playing
Genuine respect to you too man but eventhough i'm one of Allan's biggest fans, i don't see how he can be better than say, Tom Morello;he's doing sthg else and that's it.Madonna ain't better than Allan because she sold millions of records but she can't be crap for that same reason either and i don't get why Clapton or EVH words would weight more than others:I ain't no pro footballer but i can claim Zidane behave like an asshole when he gave Materazzi the headbutt (whatever he said to him) Peace.
@Fjord76 Both RATM & Holdsworth can be beneficial to whoever is able to appreciate both. One is like Pizza, the other is Brain Food, one is popular food the other an acquired taste & a combination of both is better than only one or the other in excess. Madonna to me is complete junk food & not worth the pollution but to millions of morons she is sweet sugar junk they like, a candy bar. Music is like food for your soul, the better the quality of music the better it tunes & balances your soul.
@metamorphosis67 just because something is harder to play does not make it better or more musically advance!!! Music comes down to 1 quality and thats the sound and not the dificulties in producing it. A Natural sounding progression at any speed against a more dissonant progression at any given speed is just as strong if not stronger
@valkour22 No but all other things being equal, the harder to play usually equals adventurousness & intellect applied rather than just feel & intellect is good in all things. For example, John McLaughlin with Mahavishnu Orchestra for me had just as much soul & feel as Clapton & Hendrix & Beck but 10 times more technique & 10 times more speed & complexity. His compositions were extremely hard to play & his band extremely original. That makes him a much more unique figure than those 3 rock guys.
@valkour22 Holdsworth at his best (& I stress this because unbelievable technique blinds a lot of people to his best performances) has a lot of soul in addition to mind-boggling technique going way beyond the McLaughlin level. In fact, McLaughlin once said that if he understood what Holdsworth was doing he would steal it. My favorite Holdsworth album will always be I.O.U. because it has the perfect balance of soul & insane technique. I've played it for rockers though who absolutely hate it.
@carvindc400 it's an Ibanez AH-10 a long since discontinued model, shame coz it was a great axe, but it was marketed in the era of locking trems....they should re introduce it............
@slowuncle I mean i wouldn't classify this as jazz, somewhere along the lines of jazz fusion, yet it is much more complex than most jazz fusion. however i agree with you, if you find holdsworth or something of the same musical vein to be boring or simply bad, get the fuck out and go listen to katy perry and assembly line pop
I once saw Allan in a Fish and Chip shop in Bognor Regis in 1978 (and I claim my £5!). Not sure if this constitutes scientific evidence though... so maybe you're right...
@dwilmer best comment. it's unique, strange, great. makes me think that this music was sent to our minds as a message from the gods. only the few that can hear it, create an imaginary godly character capable of creating such music; AH. This mythologic character is sort of like jesus(this is probably what u mean) but instead of being capable of great miracles, capable of great music. it's like I'm watching something inexistent, in my imagination, n makes me doubt reality n my own existence.
Allan will eventually appear during apocalypse n will play his music. we were sent the message in order to prepare ourselves n the world in understanding this music, since understanding it is the one n only way to salvation. We have to deliver the message in order to save the world. we must save all the hip hop listeners from burning in hell. dont know how listening to AH will actually save us from the end of the world, but it will. to be fair, any good piece of music like this one works. haha
Love his style, show him how it's done alan, fargan fantastic, being a guitarist myself I appreciate all great musicians, and I have to admit that even all these years later, there is still a point in this song where everything is clicking so perfectly that I get goose bumps from it. Sorry if that sounds lame but I believe music is the universal language, even my dog grooves out when music is playing, he flops around, paws his ears, and gyrates on his back the whole time.
The exquisite tone of Allan's dancing fingers. I loved the music he was writing and playing at this time in his career. It's always great to hear when Allan serves the melody as it is clearly demonstrated here -- absolutely beautiful.
Frank Zappa was a huge fan of Holdsworth, and in one interview even called him "the most interesting guitarist in the universe." Considering the source, I can't imagine a greater compliment than that.
to all you critics who come to these sites to criticise brilliance. there is no worse critic of allans music than allan himself. when i spoke to him back in feb.he didn"t even want to talk about his own music. he sald he doesn't even listen to it. he always wanted to play sax.he thinks in terms of wind instruments when soloing.
@GuitarVato96 i believe he knows theory, but his own theory. it's just not typical jazz theory. He's got his own systems. It makes his music truly unique.
Do you want to see something new? So, if you wish check out my videos and see a new style of instrumental rock: "Psychedelic instrumental rock". Nothing so special like Allan, but different. I hope you like.
@Johngtr13 I listen to it & I consider it the highest form of "musical" - its ok to not get it but remember its all about taste. Holdsworth is a genius & you can feel his emotional input on every piece he has ever played.
an incredible artist, prominent in my personal hall of fame for legendary and orginal masters of creation. makes my hair stand on end to watch him effortlessly hear color and see sound as he dives deep inside the rabbit hole. he's clearly on another level.
INteresting footage! Notice that Allan at this point had a slightly 'edgier' tone. If you go back a few more years, he also made less use of his now famed legato technique.
What a tone king. Truly one of a kind, that brewer!
It's interesting to compare AH's impro here to typical "shredder" vids on YT. This impro is all about melody and timbre against harmony, rhythm, and structure. It isn't "lick-based" in the least. Technique-wise, speed is only used when needed to express a phrase, not for show. Each note is important in the context of the melody. Chord changes are blown through without pause or resolution. All of this is possible because of AH's amazing knowledge of harmony and melody. Bravo.
Nothing amazing about Kei Akagi... He doesn't do it for me. Too stiff, and when he notated the special keys that Allan uses, he Notated them incorrectly. Toomanyklunkernotes!!! I know, its jazz its jazz, but Steve Hunt's mistakes sounded better to my ears...
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I'm sure Holdsworth is great at his craft. However, I find myself bored listening to him. Steve Morse plays some jazz like this on some of his songs, but he knows how to spice it up later.
Could any Allan Holdsworth fans help a guy out? If you were new to the Holdsworth catalog, where would you start? I have been wanting to listen to him, just don't know where to start. Any would be appreciated....
Start with "Against the Clock", his own choices of some of his favorite material he recorded over the years. Anything from the last 15 years is awesome; I couldn't disagree more with rfwgtr's recommendations as an intro; those weren't even his own recordings, except Velvet Darkness, which Allan hates to this day; great stuff, but not nearly up to his current high standards. Start with recent, and definitely his own band recordings.
i'd advise you to pay no attention what a musician's favourite music of theirs is. they almost always prefer their newest albums because thier earlier stuff seems basic or not where they want to be yet. also things like how happy they were at the point they recorded it may make them not enjoy some of their music because it reminds them of that time
Meaningless generalizations. I doubt you're familiar with his catalogue. Velvet Darkness is the weakest by far-they were rushed through it-didn't even know they were being recorded-they just were rehearsing, and then the producer says-"you're done"-they weren't even finished writing the tunes. Holdsworth is a genius who has noticeably progressed through the years-if you knew his music you'd know that. Most serious fans love Against the Clock!
I definitely love this genre. It sounds beautiful and yet the musical skills are always at the top.
I admire Allan Holdsworth mainly because of having been so influencial in the history of contemporary music. Guitar players such as Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Alex Lifeson, etc., who are my favourites, have been influenced by him, so it can be said he`s truly a guitar master.
Great improvisers often go in & out of the scales & chords of the foundation piece. How much grace & aural logic this is done with determines quality of the solo. To my ears, AH never plays just to be outside . Even his most strongly out of scale passages are part of greater whole, a latticework neither random, arbitrary, nor merely technical, pulling away from the harmonic tracks of a tune, into free space, creating his own order, & resolving back w/ balance, order, & feeling.
@IpkisStanley and you'd give your left nut to sound one tenth as "cheesy". You're either brain dead, retarded or tone deaf. Let us know when your album is out, we're all holding our breath...honest.
I read something Allan said about Paul, something about him taking recordings and trying to market them himself and rip Allan off, I dont know the whole story, read it like 6 months ago.
The song was originally recorded with vocals (Paul Williams), perhaps that's why it sounds a bit strange. There is simply something missing, because Williams is a brilliant singer. Nevertheless, Holdsworth is the greatest guitar god in the universe. I had the pleasure to see him perform twice and also had the opportunity to chat with him for a while after a concert. He surely is one of the nicest people I have ever met...
people who have negative comments about superior musicians are the same people who think they are better than they actually are .Allan holdsworth is one in a million a genius whetheru like his music or not I saw this guy live and was totally blown away by his mastery on guitar absolute freak nuff said.
The white elephant in the room is the song, and how wimpy it is. What a horrible vehicle to get all legatto'ed out on. Holdsworth's songs would make Charlie Parker puke.
You just can't hear the music, some people never do. I guess you just gotta be a guitar player in order to appreciate the complexity and beauty of this song. This is a difficult composition to emulate.
Oh and btw, saying that this isn't that much expressive is bullshit imo, because who are you too decide? The people performing are obviously very touched by it and therefore alone it's expressive, albeit maybe just to them and a select group of listeners. In any case, who cares, battling about what's more expressive is a ridiculous a-musical thing to do imo.
Bullshit. Mozart wrote far more complex music then this yet everyone can appreciate it. That's just an excuse for poorley composed music. Much of what he writes is just a string of chords with a volley of vaguley related dissonant notes shoved on top.
Pure pretencious nonsense. There is far better Jazz music then this guy can dream of composing.
Gee its a wonder that such crappy musicians like Bill Bruford, Jean Luc Ponty and Jeff Berlin allowed this hack to record with them. Plus look at how many misguided people actually enjoy Holdsworth (myself included) I must be mentally challenged to love this stuff. Thanks for setting me straight. I see by your channel that you have devoted yourself to enlightening poor simps like myself on a variety of subjects. TROLL
How cool that you just discovered him.... I remember when the printer guy at high school heard me playing (I was into Malmteen's Rising Force at the time), he too me aside and said "you've got to hear this and gave me Velvet darkness... a mad album.... I went out soon after looking for everything I could get my hands on..... Holdsworth is the pinnacle of this genre..
It makes me laugh when certain psuedo intellectual jazz mafia try to pontificate how great Allan is, and that it's too advanced if
you don't enjoy it.
He tries to sound like a sax player yet fails. While he can flurry notes like a sax player he lacks any dynamics in his playing. I have never even seen him bend a note. Sax players make their instrument come alive and scream with energy. Allan's playing is so Monotone it's like a visit to the morgue followed by the dentist.
He knows damn well he'll never sound like a sax player...he plays guitar, duh. NOTHING sounds like a sax but a sax...are you kidding me? He doesn't reproduce a sax on his guitar...so what? An btw, piano players don't bend notes either...does Keith Jarrett "lack dynamics"?
The guitar is an expressive instrument like a saxophone, it is not a Keyboard.
For example Vai or Shawn Lane can make the instrument come alive like a sax player, regardless of the complexity of the playing.
Listen to Allan play slow and you will see how good he really is. Monotone, souless, with zero dynamics. Every Run he plays sounds similar over and over. 20 minutes of his music and you will never need to listen again.
The guitar gets no where near the expressiveness of a saxaphone. It is breath controlled and therefore akin to a human voice. Guitar by nature is a harmonic/percussive instrument. You know nothing. The guitar is related to the piano before it is the guitar...the only two instuments which have single note AND chordal chromatic possibilities.
The guitar was revolutionised by Amplification. If you think a Guitar cannot reach the expressiveness of a Saxophone then you are a moron who knows nothing about the electric guitar or its tonal abilities.
Can you actually play an instrument or just talking like another clueless critic? I have been playing for 15 years.
LOL. Dude I bought Tony MacAlpine's 1st ALBUM when it came out in the early to mid 80's. I've been playing and teaching guitar professionaly for 27 yrs. Does this make my opinion more valid than yours? nope. Not one bit. At least have the musical maturity to see QUALITY in art which you may not appreciate. This X player is better than Y player is a joke.
Using Volume control and Gate pedals such as wah with something called "Skill" in advanced phrasing the guitar can easily match a Saxophone in expression.
If you took your head out of Allan's arse for 5 minutes and listened to other guitar players you might learn something.
"Hearing Allan's guitar playing for the first time was a cathartic experience. His gutar sang, it pushed musical boundaries, and it rocked. His brilliant approach to harmony is completely original, beautiful, and spellbinding. His technique and improvisational skills make him a true guitar god--the jaw-dropping kind that influences many a player in all styles of music.... He ripped a hole in the guitarist's space-time continuum that night, and we've never been the same. "
And here's some education for you about Allan from people you may actually respect: "When I hear Allan playing the guitar-besides being emotionally swept away by his use of melodic color--most of the time, I am utterly stunned and confused by what I am hearing. His chops and inner ear completely defy my own inner musical eay and reasoning, and I'm left in a blissful state of humility and surrender."
@paulrichardschuster great quote man. holdsworth whoops up steve vai, and just about every other guitarist out there. Not to say that vai is anything short of amazing. physical chops aside, holdsworth's ear for harmony and chromaticism (maybe metheny) is so far above and beyond any other guitarist. for me his synthaxe work is where his melodic understanding really shines. His synthaxe recordings contain some of the most sophisticated, expressive and unique improvisation of our time.
@paulrichardschuster I agree with Vai about being stunned and confused. I cannot for the life of me enjoy anything Holdsworth plays. It is supremely complicated unmelodic masturbation. It's almost as if he's daring me to like him. Well, I dare him to play a fucking tune that has a recognizable fucking melody!
@bluebunny61 I see...You mean this video is only intended for the "right" listeners who have nothing but reverence for Holdsworth? No room at the inn? Well, fuck you, bunny! Holdsworth himself well understands and appreciates that most people do not like his music; he has stated this on many occasions. Perhaps you should think before you open your pie hole. And I like Van Halen well enough...
@beeroosterm no but what in your opinion makes it memorable or not? This is more of a music lesson than a wank factory, but you think what you want. Obviously Alan deserves a fuck lot more respect than he gets. If you can't feel his music it isn't his fault, be easy on the old chap.
@bluebunny61 Holdsworth gets nothing but respect. He is obviously a master. After seeing his playing from 35 years ago it was obvious he was masterful then. His playing is now so totally alien from what he played then it is impossible to believe it's the same man. He is in a different place now but has far less satisfying results musically as far as I'm concerned. While he plays masterfully, it just comes off as masterfully weird. If most people don't like it, does that mean it's bad?...
@beeroosterm Most people don't even care to understand it, so no, that does not make it bad, it makes it ascend to a higher plane, beyond this world. Most people do not like Quantum physics either. You're right tho about it being weird.
@bluebunny61 It is not a matter of "understanding" Holdsworth's music. He follows his own muse, possibly in an almost religious manner, without concern for others' opinions. The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of a religious worshiper or lover. The daily effort comes from no intention or program, but straight from the heart. As such, his music is not "beyond this world"; to the contrary, it is as down to earth as possible.
@beeroosterm Oh and one more thing, this guy is way ahead of his time, with the "unmelodic masturbation" you mention. He seems to make it work for certain people. Still his playing is a bit too ahead of it's time. Try Fredrik Thordendal's solo stuff and see if you like it, his stuff is alot more approachable, and he's directly influenced by Alan.
@beeroosterm I agree with you 100%. If music doesn't have memorable combinations of melody and harmony (and rhythm for that matter) then it's not worth listening to. In fact it's not music at all. If I want to see the absolute best example of breathtaking legato technique then AH is undoubtedly the man. But I just can't imagine why, under any circumstances, somoeone would choose to listen to and/or enjoy his "music", other than for smug, snobbish and misguided self-reassurances of good taste.
@lukedeacon I think people take away different things from Holdsworth. Guitar players are no doubt his biggest fans, looking to him for inspiration in their own playing. Unfortunately, his overall popularity is limited by his outright weirdness. Having outgrown the more conventional guitar driven music, he is now in a different world - out there on the leading edge of the train of quality - looking, trying, seeking new paths where others have never been. He will never be popular because of this.
Now we're talking... The mix is garbage, but the guitar is back... I curse the guys that invented the damn synthaxe. Could you imagine SAND played on Guitar? I don't know why he doesn't go out and play the good tunes like Sand, Good Clean FIlth, Wish, Night Illusion, Shadows Of, Checking Out, Shallow Sea, Three Sheets, Nevermore, Mental Medication - now that'd be a challenge for him 'live'...
playguitarlars 2 weeks ago
Whoa, is that Chic Korean on keys?
Billerd21 2 weeks ago
i think everyone is kinda missing the point here, what differentiates these guys from madonna or coldplay or what ever bullshit is being commercialized atm, is that holdsworth and husband and the others guys in the group are better musicians than these pop musicians could ever be even if they spent two lifetimes trying. that doesnt mean madonnas tunes are worse or better than allans. thats just preference, but allans soloing is beyond anything john mayer can begin to do, hes a better musician
paisteguy799 2 months ago
This is weird -subbing guitar for vocal parts. Sounded better when he was playing chords.
Samsgarden 4 months ago
He plays a few notes, and you already know : this is a great player, a great musician. Hat off, allan !
GerardRebours 6 months ago
sweet tones
donottawaguitar 7 months ago
a slow natural progression is just as much brain food as the fastest dissonant progression. Any artist that thinks different is stupid when it comes to the very nature of music.
valkour22 8 months ago
@valkour22 No way is just a 3 chord progression by itself brain food unless Brian Eno performs it on Music for Airports ! It's the genius who makes the brain food for other initiated brains to feed on, it's the lesser neanderthal who makes pizza & hamburgers, filling & tasty but not really healthy. That's ok, the Eddie Van Halen cheeseburgers serve a function just as much as the Holdsworth or Zappa surrealistic gourmet does at different stages of a person's self-discovery through art-ifice..
metamorphosis67 7 months ago
@metamorphosis67 Music was 1st produced for the sound and the way it made us feel, not for technical difficulties. When u lose that it begins to sound like a endless progression of notes trying to resolve.
valkour22 7 months ago
@valkour22 To each his own. I admit Holdsworth & Zappa & Stravinsky & people like that are an acquired. taste. You can't just go straight from popular music like the Beatles or the Bee Gees to Holdsworth, first you might have to listen to prog-rock bands like Yes or Genesis, then some jazz like Miles Davis or Dave Brubeck, then you'll be ready. At least that's the route most take. Holdsworth played in prog bands like Soft Machine, Gong & UK in the 70s in addition to fusion with Tony Williams.
metamorphosis67 7 months ago
@metamorphosis67 I like Dave Brubeck alot,I mean 'Take Five' is one of my all time favorites.I dont care for Yes. I like Coltran and Bird. I know holdsworth is like 1 of the top guitarist probably of all time without a doubt ,just something about his style kinda gets old . I can listen to him for a little bit but then it gets old.
valkour22 7 months ago
wish i could hear just allan, on this track
shinybald36 8 months ago
its so weird watching him play a guitar with a Headstock hahaha
NickySixThirty 8 months ago
Hmm..not bad...there is a screw up right about 4.07.
royrand 10 months ago
@royrand ...a... screwup? u serious? lol. keep listening.
dunkinzsoda 9 months ago
ya know whats funny he played at a frinds wedding and i didn't know who he was till years later i was such a dumbass i guess
mumblzplaya 11 months ago
Allan plays like no one else, yet he does phrase much as Miles Davis phrased Ornette Coleman solos et al..thats the please for me to recieve such cathartic beauty from such playing
DVincentW 11 months ago
Genuine respect to you too man but eventhough i'm one of Allan's biggest fans, i don't see how he can be better than say, Tom Morello;he's doing sthg else and that's it.Madonna ain't better than Allan because she sold millions of records but she can't be crap for that same reason either and i don't get why Clapton or EVH words would weight more than others:I ain't no pro footballer but i can claim Zidane behave like an asshole when he gave Materazzi the headbutt (whatever he said to him) Peace.
Fjord76 1 year ago 18
@Fjord76 Both RATM & Holdsworth can be beneficial to whoever is able to appreciate both. One is like Pizza, the other is Brain Food, one is popular food the other an acquired taste & a combination of both is better than only one or the other in excess. Madonna to me is complete junk food & not worth the pollution but to millions of morons she is sweet sugar junk they like, a candy bar. Music is like food for your soul, the better the quality of music the better it tunes & balances your soul.
metamorphosis67 8 months ago
@metamorphosis67 just because something is harder to play does not make it better or more musically advance!!! Music comes down to 1 quality and thats the sound and not the dificulties in producing it. A Natural sounding progression at any speed against a more dissonant progression at any given speed is just as strong if not stronger
valkour22 8 months ago
@valkour22 No but all other things being equal, the harder to play usually equals adventurousness & intellect applied rather than just feel & intellect is good in all things. For example, John McLaughlin with Mahavishnu Orchestra for me had just as much soul & feel as Clapton & Hendrix & Beck but 10 times more technique & 10 times more speed & complexity. His compositions were extremely hard to play & his band extremely original. That makes him a much more unique figure than those 3 rock guys.
metamorphosis67 7 months ago
@valkour22 Holdsworth at his best (& I stress this because unbelievable technique blinds a lot of people to his best performances) has a lot of soul in addition to mind-boggling technique going way beyond the McLaughlin level. In fact, McLaughlin once said that if he understood what Holdsworth was doing he would steal it. My favorite Holdsworth album will always be I.O.U. because it has the perfect balance of soul & insane technique. I've played it for rockers though who absolutely hate it.
metamorphosis67 7 months ago
@Fjord76
Nah he deserved that headbutt end of.
ExtremeBogom 7 months ago
Sucks that it cut off at the end.
shitmandood 1 year ago
COOL.love A.H.im gonna try to figure out some of these chords.thanx
diagreen 1 year ago
WEED? ECTASY? LCD? HEROIN? THIS MUSIC IS BY FAR THE BEST DRUG PERIOD.
1komanche 1 year ago
@carvindc400 it's an Ibanez AH-10 a long since discontinued model, shame coz it was a great axe, but it was marketed in the era of locking trems....they should re introduce it............
racecar06 1 year ago
"snobbish" "unmusical"----wow, how authoritative.
if you don't like guitar jazz, fine--stick with the pop or rock and stfu about music which you "cant imagine someone would choose to listen to"
jeez
slowuncle 1 year ago
@slowuncle I mean i wouldn't classify this as jazz, somewhere along the lines of jazz fusion, yet it is much more complex than most jazz fusion. however i agree with you, if you find holdsworth or something of the same musical vein to be boring or simply bad, get the fuck out and go listen to katy perry and assembly line pop
Hoffletrof456 1 year ago
What guitar is he using in this video?
KymeraKILLER 1 year ago
@KymeraKILLER It is an Ibanez, as can be seen on the headstock, but I have no idea what model.
carvindc400 1 year ago
Allan is on an unreachable plane. You can think of any other great guitarist you've ever heard and Allan will be a million times better.
janderson2000 1 year ago
this songs about coke!
guitarplayerbayarea 1 year ago
JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!
bonuzround 1 year ago
brain fuck. they can do so much and have so little use for it. but if it serves the jazz geeks…
dk215 1 year ago
@dk215 IDIOT
funkydrummer94 1 year ago
@funkydrummer94 You're welcome :-)
dk215 11 months ago
This man is just brilliant!
joeholl3333 1 year ago
There is no scientific evidence that Allan Holdsworth actually exists.
dwilmer7 1 year ago 49
@dwilmer7 haha!
reshad1 1 year ago
@dwilmer7 simply a shadow of a man that may or may not have graced the planet
Kingding6 1 year ago
@dwilmer7 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA that was great..!!!! Allan for the president!!! MASTER OF MASTERS
itsasoulthing 1 year ago
@dwilmer7
I once saw Allan in a Fish and Chip shop in Bognor Regis in 1978 (and I claim my £5!). Not sure if this constitutes scientific evidence though... so maybe you're right...
batsoup 1 year ago
@dwilmer7 you can tell it's Holdsworth playing by hearing just a few notes. His style and sound are very unique. He is one of a kind.
TheJessamanda 1 year ago
@dwilmer best comment. it's unique, strange, great. makes me think that this music was sent to our minds as a message from the gods. only the few that can hear it, create an imaginary godly character capable of creating such music; AH. This mythologic character is sort of like jesus(this is probably what u mean) but instead of being capable of great miracles, capable of great music. it's like I'm watching something inexistent, in my imagination, n makes me doubt reality n my own existence.
juanbarros88 9 months ago
Allan will eventually appear during apocalypse n will play his music. we were sent the message in order to prepare ourselves n the world in understanding this music, since understanding it is the one n only way to salvation. We have to deliver the message in order to save the world. we must save all the hip hop listeners from burning in hell. dont know how listening to AH will actually save us from the end of the world, but it will. to be fair, any good piece of music like this one works. haha
juanbarros88 9 months ago
haha wow. he really is one of the greatest of all time!!!
mightyafrowhitey 1 year ago
he's vibrato blows me away. it's like a side to side motion rather than up and down, and yet it dosen't sloppy or "too shaky" - a la kirk hammet.
SliptoFlappy 1 year ago
pedofile bassist.....oh yeah and Allan is the shit incase you haven't realized that by now
metalmike04 1 year ago
@metalmike04 That's the great Jimmy Johnson, moron
janderson2000 1 year ago
@janderson2000 yes im aware of that, and he looks like a pedofile, moron
metalmike04 1 year ago
@metalmike04 No, you just have child sex on the brain, asshole
janderson2000 1 year ago
@janderson2000 haha are you really gonna argure with me about this, just enjoy the music plus i posed that comment 2 months ago.
metalmike04 1 year ago
near the end he ripped a hole in the universe
tomosoos 1 year ago
Love his style, show him how it's done alan, fargan fantastic, being a guitarist myself I appreciate all great musicians, and I have to admit that even all these years later, there is still a point in this song where everything is clicking so perfectly that I get goose bumps from it. Sorry if that sounds lame but I believe music is the universal language, even my dog grooves out when music is playing, he flops around, paws his ears, and gyrates on his back the whole time.
WordofApollo 1 year ago
steve vai half holdsworth half zappa
rogerthehat 1 year ago
The exquisite tone of Allan's dancing fingers. I loved the music he was writing and playing at this time in his career. It's always great to hear when Allan serves the melody as it is clearly demonstrated here -- absolutely beautiful.
guitarran 1 year ago
asian smiling keyboardist ftw
ExtremeBogom 1 year ago
Frank Zappa was a huge fan of Holdsworth, and in one interview even called him "the most interesting guitarist in the universe." Considering the source, I can't imagine a greater compliment than that.
devolve42 1 year ago
the master of strech chords
rogerthehat 1 year ago
aburrido, siempre la misma mierda
enjazz 1 year ago
key akagi is insane on Gambale's Live album. suprreme pianist. terribly under rated.
mojoefly 1 year ago
Great Musician.
blootone 1 year ago
no idea whatsoever what Allan played there ...
and we will never find it in the text book
magical stuff ...
thegreatgarry 1 year ago
love the change at 258-302
there was something special in his tone during the atravacon days he never did again
questions613 1 year ago
thanks to Zappa, i know call myself a Alan Holdsworth fan !
exodyssey 1 year ago
@bigwhitesugar: no, it's an Ibanez.
LGuitarB 1 year ago
His Legato is incredible. The master.
TubePunch30 1 year ago
it is obvously ripped from a VHS so the sound is wobbly and that more or less destroys Allan Holdsworths subtle vibrato.
PalleSchultz 1 year ago
is that a charvel?
bigwhitesugar 1 year ago
@bigwhitesugar
Nah its an Ibanez AH10 or 20 they made him a production guitar in the mid 80's I have one very nice axe!
Hungry27 1 year ago
to all you critics who come to these sites to criticise brilliance. there is no worse critic of allans music than allan himself. when i spoke to him back in feb.he didn"t even want to talk about his own music. he sald he doesn't even listen to it. he always wanted to play sax.he thinks in terms of wind instruments when soloing.
vgraham44 1 year ago
@vgraham44 presumably he can afford a saxophone by now!
77Fortran 1 year ago
super
panathinacos 1 year ago
Superb, outstanding, are there any words to describe this Einstein of improvisation.
Deerse 1 year ago
surprising that he knows no music theory
GuitarVato96 1 year ago
@GuitarVato96 He TRULY knows it... which is rather different from needing to know all the 'labels'...
cosmicjazzer 1 year ago
@GuitarVato96 i believe he knows theory, but his own theory. it's just not typical jazz theory. He's got his own systems. It makes his music truly unique.
bigwhitesugar 1 year ago
Allan Holdsworth is a magician one of the finest legato players there's ever been
wildboaroinker 1 year ago
@wildboaroinker
He's one of the guys who actually know what legato is. A lot of guitarist now use the rock legato which is not even legato.
shadowknight132 1 year ago
really weird elevator music....plus james bond.
eclipseml 1 year ago
cool video. I had the LP of this, the album I.O.U.
GaryNull 1 year ago
Kei's playing on Frank Gambale LIVE! is ridiculous. First time i'd heard him and was blown away.
page29 1 year ago
Do you want to see something new? So, if you wish check out my videos and see a new style of instrumental rock: "Psychedelic instrumental rock". Nothing so special like Allan, but different. I hope you like.
fl5050 1 year ago
great 5/5 Allan =God :D
YeahWarFest 1 year ago
Who listens to this kind of stuff? I'm not saying it's bad, I just can't recognize it as musical.
Johngtr13 1 year ago
@Johngtr13 maybe you should buy one of those boss musicality recognition units?
only £599.99 from gnome music servics(sic).
carbonarapadrino 1 year ago
@Johngtr13 I listen to it & I consider it the highest form of "musical" - its ok to not get it but remember its all about taste. Holdsworth is a genius & you can feel his emotional input on every piece he has ever played.
alembicbassguy 1 year ago
Brain inebriation.
YouToobness 1 year ago
an incredible artist, prominent in my personal hall of fame for legendary and orginal masters of creation. makes my hair stand on end to watch him effortlessly hear color and see sound as he dives deep inside the rabbit hole. he's clearly on another level.
vertigofindings 1 year ago
His tone got edgy when he used those Hartley Thompson transistor amps. Bit like the tone here. Can't see what he's using on this vid.
pobinr 2 years ago
INteresting footage! Notice that Allan at this point had a slightly 'edgier' tone. If you go back a few more years, he also made less use of his now famed legato technique.
What a tone king. Truly one of a kind, that brewer!
toomanygittars 2 years ago 3
I wonder if Alan ever heard of the legendary guitarist Rhett Tyler
knucksoff 2 years ago
if you're referring to the guitar in this vid, that's his Ibanez signature. more or less a souped up Roadstar II.
drax13 2 years ago
Only , finers Holdsworth. Love Him dearly
pngaia 2 years ago
Absolutly unique in the guitar world no one has even come close to this man yet, just ask any of the greats who is number one and its AH
321BRay 2 years ago
It's interesting to compare AH's impro here to typical "shredder" vids on YT. This impro is all about melody and timbre against harmony, rhythm, and structure. It isn't "lick-based" in the least. Technique-wise, speed is only used when needed to express a phrase, not for show. Each note is important in the context of the melody. Chord changes are blown through without pause or resolution. All of this is possible because of AH's amazing knowledge of harmony and melody. Bravo.
pbanders 2 years ago
Nothing amazing about Kei Akagi... He doesn't do it for me. Too stiff, and when he notated the special keys that Allan uses, he Notated them incorrectly. Toomanyklunkernotes!!! I know, its jazz its jazz, but Steve Hunt's mistakes sounded better to my ears...
Eeklair 2 years ago
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I'm sure Holdsworth is great at his craft. However, I find myself bored listening to him. Steve Morse plays some jazz like this on some of his songs, but he knows how to spice it up later.
Mowac 2 years ago
I think one could generalize and say shredders like Steve Morse and musicians like AH.
DavidEdwinCarr 2 years ago
50,000th viewer!
TheRealKurtJames 2 years ago
professor falkin from "wargames" plays guitar? haha!
joeylodes 2 years ago
Could any Allan Holdsworth fans help a guy out? If you were new to the Holdsworth catalog, where would you start? I have been wanting to listen to him, just don't know where to start. Any would be appreciated....
hogwild6161 2 years ago
Two of my favorites are Road Games and Metal Fatigue. I also love IOU
wooliegeek 2 years ago
Start with "Against the Clock", his own choices of some of his favorite material he recorded over the years. Anything from the last 15 years is awesome; I couldn't disagree more with rfwgtr's recommendations as an intro; those weren't even his own recordings, except Velvet Darkness, which Allan hates to this day; great stuff, but not nearly up to his current high standards. Start with recent, and definitely his own band recordings.
Gregorypeckory 2 years ago
i'd advise you to pay no attention what a musician's favourite music of theirs is. they almost always prefer their newest albums because thier earlier stuff seems basic or not where they want to be yet. also things like how happy they were at the point they recorded it may make them not enjoy some of their music because it reminds them of that time
sydmclay 2 years ago
Meaningless generalizations. I doubt you're familiar with his catalogue. Velvet Darkness is the weakest by far-they were rushed through it-didn't even know they were being recorded-they just were rehearsing, and then the producer says-"you're done"-they weren't even finished writing the tunes. Holdsworth is a genius who has noticeably progressed through the years-if you knew his music you'd know that. Most serious fans love Against the Clock!
Gregorypeckory 2 years ago
one of my favorites (which is on youtube) is allan holdsworth, dave carpenter, and gary novak at WARSAW
link: /watch?v=KhJbU1zbOeE
also check him out with Tony Williams Lifetime - he stepped in for John Mclaughlin.
computerhacksaw 2 years ago
amazing! really insane legato... does anyone know what guitar is that?
volorocker 2 years ago
Ibanez RS
stevenwatkinsbo 2 years ago
I believe it's the Ibanez "Allan Holdsworth" sig model.
Gregorypeckory 2 years ago
Beautiful. Allan is the best.
Phagedaena 2 years ago
I definitely love this genre. It sounds beautiful and yet the musical skills are always at the top.
I admire Allan Holdsworth mainly because of having been so influencial in the history of contemporary music. Guitar players such as Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Alex Lifeson, etc., who are my favourites, have been influenced by him, so it can be said he`s truly a guitar master.
Delgift 2 years ago
Great improvisers often go in & out of the scales & chords of the foundation piece. How much grace & aural logic this is done with determines quality of the solo. To my ears, AH never plays just to be outside . Even his most strongly out of scale passages are part of greater whole, a latticework neither random, arbitrary, nor merely technical, pulling away from the harmonic tracks of a tune, into free space, creating his own order, & resolving back w/ balance, order, & feeling.
lazur1 2 years ago
his improvising sounds so cheesey, john coltrane still sounds fresh but this guys stuff is cringable
IpkisStanley 2 years ago
Yeah I bet you play a lot better Hahahahaha! PEACE !!!
subatomicllove 2 years ago
Yeah I guess you're right, I do
IpkisStanley 2 years ago
well why don't you post some of your playing on youtube and let us be the judge of that/ talk is cheap my friend especially on the internet.
hairyfish3 2 years ago 2
I don't have a camera at the moment but I plan to when I do
IpkisStanley 2 years ago
yes camera's are readily available so it shouldn't take long. I'm looking forward to some less cringe worthy material than what Holdsworth provided.
hairyfish3 2 years ago
@IpkisStanley and you'd give your left nut to sound one tenth as "cheesy". You're either brain dead, retarded or tone deaf. Let us know when your album is out, we're all holding our breath...honest.
vertigofindings 1 year ago
I read something Allan said about Paul, something about him taking recordings and trying to market them himself and rip Allan off, I dont know the whole story, read it like 6 months ago.
MrGuitardudeism 2 years ago
oh my god.
did I just cream my pants?
viper1991 2 years ago
a true genius, with outmost humility, indeed a very sweet man, with a fine taste for ales.
iasonasdemetriou 2 years ago
Um monstro na guitarra este Allan!!!
Extraordinário!!!
paualvor 2 years ago
All Stars--- MASTERs at Work---
stephystills 2 years ago
The song was originally recorded with vocals (Paul Williams), perhaps that's why it sounds a bit strange. There is simply something missing, because Williams is a brilliant singer. Nevertheless, Holdsworth is the greatest guitar god in the universe. I had the pleasure to see him perform twice and also had the opportunity to chat with him for a while after a concert. He surely is one of the nicest people I have ever met...
22fret 2 years ago 2
people who have negative comments about superior musicians are the same people who think they are better than they actually are .Allan holdsworth is one in a million a genius whetheru like his music or not I saw this guy live and was totally blown away by his mastery on guitar absolute freak nuff said.
temulterousbazoon 2 years ago
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The white elephant in the room is the song, and how wimpy it is. What a horrible vehicle to get all legatto'ed out on. Holdsworth's songs would make Charlie Parker puke.
kcper1 2 years ago
You just can't hear the music, some people never do. I guess you just gotta be a guitar player in order to appreciate the complexity and beauty of this song. This is a difficult composition to emulate.
jjgfx 2 years ago 2
Love 3:42 to 3:55
jjgfx 2 years ago
Oh and btw, saying that this isn't that much expressive is bullshit imo, because who are you too decide? The people performing are obviously very touched by it and therefore alone it's expressive, albeit maybe just to them and a select group of listeners. In any case, who cares, battling about what's more expressive is a ridiculous a-musical thing to do imo.
Redspy27 2 years ago
3:55 did the bassist just retune his bass in the middle of a piece? O_O
crazyedd123 2 years ago
This is such a great track, invokes a sense of mystery, wonder, etc. Complex but well articulated, flows beautifully.
jjgfx 2 years ago
there is some kind of music that is just too advanced for some listeners .... this is an example of that .
ricappon 2 years ago 2
I have to admit many types of Jazz go over my head but this is just magic timing and composing on guitar
1madaboutguitar 2 years ago 2
Bullshit. Mozart wrote far more complex music then this yet everyone can appreciate it. That's just an excuse for poorley composed music. Much of what he writes is just a string of chords with a volley of vaguley related dissonant notes shoved on top.
Pure pretencious nonsense. There is far better Jazz music then this guy can dream of composing.
ojideagu 2 years ago
Gee its a wonder that such crappy musicians like Bill Bruford, Jean Luc Ponty and Jeff Berlin allowed this hack to record with them. Plus look at how many misguided people actually enjoy Holdsworth (myself included) I must be mentally challenged to love this stuff. Thanks for setting me straight. I see by your channel that you have devoted yourself to enlightening poor simps like myself on a variety of subjects. TROLL
hairyfish3 2 years ago
he is my new guitar idol.
yngwiemalmsteen8 2 years ago 4
How cool that you just discovered him.... I remember when the printer guy at high school heard me playing (I was into Malmteen's Rising Force at the time), he too me aside and said "you've got to hear this and gave me Velvet darkness... a mad album.... I went out soon after looking for everything I could get my hands on..... Holdsworth is the pinnacle of this genre..
NreeKelBastardos 2 years ago
Really good choice!! Congratulations :)
quesapa 2 years ago
Holdworths is more of a sonic experience to me than music. Mesmerising.
nomis101uk 2 years ago 3
must admit, I don't get it, but God bless those of you who do. to each his own right?
wileypayote 2 years ago 4
smoothness
donottawaguitar 2 years ago
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Hideous self-indulgent wank, thank God
this sort of thing only moves in small
circles nowadays.........ZZZZzzzzzzz
TyHayward 2 years ago
And what pray tell do you prefer?
paulrichardschuster 2 years ago
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paulrichardschuster
I'd rather listen to kids throwing things down the stairs, it would be more musical than this.......
TyHayward 2 years ago
To each his own. Perhaps one day your ears will grow beyond the confines of Stevie Ray Vaughn and Kirk Hammett.
paulrichardschuster 2 years ago 4
It makes me laugh when certain psuedo intellectual jazz mafia try to pontificate how great Allan is, and that it's too advanced if
you don't enjoy it.
He tries to sound like a sax player yet fails. While he can flurry notes like a sax player he lacks any dynamics in his playing. I have never even seen him bend a note. Sax players make their instrument come alive and scream with energy. Allan's playing is so Monotone it's like a visit to the morgue followed by the dentist.
ojideagu 2 years ago
He knows damn well he'll never sound like a sax player...he plays guitar, duh. NOTHING sounds like a sax but a sax...are you kidding me? He doesn't reproduce a sax on his guitar...so what? An btw, piano players don't bend notes either...does Keith Jarrett "lack dynamics"?
paulrichardschuster 2 years ago
The guitar is an expressive instrument like a saxophone, it is not a Keyboard.
For example Vai or Shawn Lane can make the instrument come alive like a sax player, regardless of the complexity of the playing.
Listen to Allan play slow and you will see how good he really is. Monotone, souless, with zero dynamics. Every Run he plays sounds similar over and over. 20 minutes of his music and you will never need to listen again.
ojideagu 2 years ago
The guitar gets no where near the expressiveness of a saxaphone. It is breath controlled and therefore akin to a human voice. Guitar by nature is a harmonic/percussive instrument. You know nothing. The guitar is related to the piano before it is the guitar...the only two instuments which have single note AND chordal chromatic possibilities.
paulrichardschuster 2 years ago 2
The guitar was revolutionised by Amplification. If you think a Guitar cannot reach the expressiveness of a Saxophone then you are a moron who knows nothing about the electric guitar or its tonal abilities.
Can you actually play an instrument or just talking like another clueless critic? I have been playing for 15 years.
ojideagu 2 years ago
LOL. Dude I bought Tony MacAlpine's 1st ALBUM when it came out in the early to mid 80's. I've been playing and teaching guitar professionaly for 27 yrs. Does this make my opinion more valid than yours? nope. Not one bit. At least have the musical maturity to see QUALITY in art which you may not appreciate. This X player is better than Y player is a joke.
paulrichardschuster 2 years ago
yeah and my dad beat up his dad!! LOL
hairyfish3 2 years ago
post your music so we can be enlightened.
hairyfish3 2 years ago
Using Volume control and Gate pedals such as wah with something called "Skill" in advanced phrasing the guitar can easily match a Saxophone in expression.
If you took your head out of Allan's arse for 5 minutes and listened to other guitar players you might learn something.
ojideagu 2 years ago
"Hearing Allan's guitar playing for the first time was a cathartic experience. His gutar sang, it pushed musical boundaries, and it rocked. His brilliant approach to harmony is completely original, beautiful, and spellbinding. His technique and improvisational skills make him a true guitar god--the jaw-dropping kind that influences many a player in all styles of music.... He ripped a hole in the guitarist's space-time continuum that night, and we've never been the same. "
~ Joe Satriani
paulrichardschuster 2 years ago 9
Listen to the track Violent Machine by Tony Macalpine if you want to hear real tonal expression and control on a guitar using just a Wah pedal.
You need an education in what the electric guitar can do dynamically
ojideagu 2 years ago
And here's some education for you about Allan from people you may actually respect: "When I hear Allan playing the guitar-besides being emotionally swept away by his use of melodic color--most of the time, I am utterly stunned and confused by what I am hearing. His chops and inner ear completely defy my own inner musical eay and reasoning, and I'm left in a blissful state of humility and surrender."
Steve Vai
paulrichardschuster 2 years ago 12
@paulrichardschuster great quote man. holdsworth whoops up steve vai, and just about every other guitarist out there. Not to say that vai is anything short of amazing. physical chops aside, holdsworth's ear for harmony and chromaticism (maybe metheny) is so far above and beyond any other guitarist. for me his synthaxe work is where his melodic understanding really shines. His synthaxe recordings contain some of the most sophisticated, expressive and unique improvisation of our time.
bigwhitesugar 1 year ago
@paulrichardschuster I agree with Vai about being stunned and confused. I cannot for the life of me enjoy anything Holdsworth plays. It is supremely complicated unmelodic masturbation. It's almost as if he's daring me to like him. Well, I dare him to play a fucking tune that has a recognizable fucking melody!
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm Stick to the Jonas sisters?
slavesixth 1 year ago
@slavesixth The fact that I do not like Holdsworth does not equate to inferior taste in music, a la the Jonas Brothers. Grow up...
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm What you said is retarded and naive. Go listen to Van Halen, you're not welcome here.
bluebunny61 1 year ago
@bluebunny61 I see...You mean this video is only intended for the "right" listeners who have nothing but reverence for Holdsworth? No room at the inn? Well, fuck you, bunny! Holdsworth himself well understands and appreciates that most people do not like his music; he has stated this on many occasions. Perhaps you should think before you open your pie hole. And I like Van Halen well enough...
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm no but what in your opinion makes it memorable or not? This is more of a music lesson than a wank factory, but you think what you want. Obviously Alan deserves a fuck lot more respect than he gets. If you can't feel his music it isn't his fault, be easy on the old chap.
bluebunny61 1 year ago
@bluebunny61 Holdsworth gets nothing but respect. He is obviously a master. After seeing his playing from 35 years ago it was obvious he was masterful then. His playing is now so totally alien from what he played then it is impossible to believe it's the same man. He is in a different place now but has far less satisfying results musically as far as I'm concerned. While he plays masterfully, it just comes off as masterfully weird. If most people don't like it, does that mean it's bad?...
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm And I'd be glad to buy him a fine beer wherever he chooses to sit...
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm Most people don't even care to understand it, so no, that does not make it bad, it makes it ascend to a higher plane, beyond this world. Most people do not like Quantum physics either. You're right tho about it being weird.
bluebunny61 1 year ago
@bluebunny61 It is not a matter of "understanding" Holdsworth's music. He follows his own muse, possibly in an almost religious manner, without concern for others' opinions. The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of a religious worshiper or lover. The daily effort comes from no intention or program, but straight from the heart. As such, his music is not "beyond this world"; to the contrary, it is as down to earth as possible.
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm So in effect he's done the opposite of selling out. That's neat.
bluebunny61 1 year ago
@beeroosterm Oh and one more thing, this guy is way ahead of his time, with the "unmelodic masturbation" you mention. He seems to make it work for certain people. Still his playing is a bit too ahead of it's time. Try Fredrik Thordendal's solo stuff and see if you like it, his stuff is alot more approachable, and he's directly influenced by Alan.
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lukedeacon 1 year ago
@beeroosterm I agree with you 100%. If music doesn't have memorable combinations of melody and harmony (and rhythm for that matter) then it's not worth listening to. In fact it's not music at all. If I want to see the absolute best example of breathtaking legato technique then AH is undoubtedly the man. But I just can't imagine why, under any circumstances, somoeone would choose to listen to and/or enjoy his "music", other than for smug, snobbish and misguided self-reassurances of good taste.
lukedeacon 1 year ago
@lukedeacon I think people take away different things from Holdsworth. Guitar players are no doubt his biggest fans, looking to him for inspiration in their own playing. Unfortunately, his overall popularity is limited by his outright weirdness. Having outgrown the more conventional guitar driven music, he is now in a different world - out there on the leading edge of the train of quality - looking, trying, seeking new paths where others have never been. He will never be popular because of this.
beeroosterm 1 year ago