Love how he's been superimposed over a shopping bag.

@billaraskats27

8 жыл бұрын

+Mac One of the best comments ever!!!!

@drewlaredo7220

8 жыл бұрын

It was like, "Allan, paper or plastic?"

@manjay49

7 жыл бұрын

If only it could be recycled

@JustusVidyo

7 жыл бұрын

he isnt the small deal type of guy

@Cpayne30

7 жыл бұрын

Jerry Parker - ?

This is my favourite solo, I’ve spent many Saturday nights with a bottle of wine listening to Alan but this one always gets to me. The technical ability is mind blowing but that’s not the point, it’s the emotion coming through. Alan you are a genius, we miss you and hope you’re doing well in guitar heaven 😢

@mr_mayhemsoa7400

5 ай бұрын

For me too! I love this song so much I allways come back to it.

@ricardodias192

5 ай бұрын

There is a lot of emotion in Allan's playing and composition. Listen to AH is always a transcendental experience that seems to grow everyday

@bencoletti4119

5 ай бұрын

Me too..this one gets me

Every guy who listens to enough AH ends up choosing his ‘best ever’ solo... and no one ever picks the same one!

@florentinballot4155

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha you're right. But i should have pick this one too !

@strat0871

2 жыл бұрын

@@florentinballot4155 Same !

@Joeh1154

2 жыл бұрын

I can't blame 'em. Every solo was a masterpiece.

@joewalker511

2 жыл бұрын

Um, no ....this is the best solo played by anyone on any instrument.....

@lynch777

2 жыл бұрын

Devil Takes the Hindmost : )))

Quote: Originally Posted by Frank Gambale "I saw Allan play last night at the Baked Potato and I must say that, without a doubt, he is truly The Grand Master..." Quote: Originally Posted by Shawn Lane "I saw Allan Holdsworth when I was about 14 in 1978. I never dreamed a guitar could be played like that and that really changed my whole life. If I hadn't had seen Holdsworth I may have just continued to play some blues and rock music and might have even given it up later or something, but when I saw him at 14, that really inspired me to try to play guitar in my own way at another level." Quote: Originally Posted by John McLaughlin "I recall a concert of Allan in London some years ago, and after the performance I went to see him backstage only to tell him that if I knew what he was doing, I'd steal it!" Quote: Originally Posted by Yngwie Malmsteen "Allan Holdsworth also has a strong style. A long time ago, Jens took me to see him in a small club in New York. I had to take my hat off to him." Quote: Originally Posted by Pat Metheny "I totally agree that Allan is one of the greatest guitarists ever - his work on the mid-70's Tony Williams records was revolutionary and changed everything for guitarists everywhere. It is a real mystery to me why he is not a household name. but it really doesn't matter, his contribution is large and i think all musicians know it. Quote: Originally Posted by Steve Morse "His influence is just that he's such a drastic unyielding individual. You know, 'I'm going to do my thing and I'm going to do it the best I can." Quote: Originally Posted by John Petrucci "There's so many great guitar players. Al DiMeola, Alan Holdsworth, Mike Stern, John Scofield, so many great players..." Quote: Originally Posted by Carlos Santana "He has something totally beautiful..." Quote: Originally Posted by Joe Satriani "You know, I should say at the beginning, a big difference between me and Allan is that I built on stuff that Allan pioneered, and in a small way (chuckles) I tried to assimilate a lot of what he did on the guitar technically. So it's very different. His musicianship was so far ahead of mine when I was starting out, looking at books and picking out scales and stuff; Allan was in a stage where he was constantly reinventing guitar, and I was a fan in the audience, you know what I mean? So I'd have to say in all honesty, I've taken from Allan Holdsworth, and tried to figure out, "How can I use what this guy has done to further what I'm trying to say?" Quote: Originally Posted by Steve Vai Steve Vai did an article entitled "Guitar Secrets" - "Pull off and Hammer-on" in Guitar Power magazine in May 1986 and explaining the "legato" technique with examples he says ... "Allan Holdsworth is a master of playing this style." Quote: Originally Posted by Eddie Van Halen "Holdsworth is the best in my book. He's fantastic. I love him." Quote: Originally Posted by Frank Zappa Q: Was there ever a practitioner of the guitar - Hendrix say - that blew you away in terms of being a total original? FZ: "One of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet is Allan Holdsworth. I really respect his playing."

@Rahul_1.618

7 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty cool compilation. Thanks for that!

@snuppssynthchannel

7 жыл бұрын

No problem. I felt obligated to post it on a Holdsworth video after i found it. He is my favourite guitar player after all.

@philippeclausen9180

7 жыл бұрын

I feel i am in the twilight zone !!!, I don't understand all the praise, he is boring to me, just playing fast repetitive notes with an iritating and without nuances sound. The guitar player in my band has more personality, carachter than Holdsworth I am going back to listen to some more "real" stuff, like Wayne Krantz, i think you should all do the same !

@aldoiron1715

7 жыл бұрын

No thanks

@JustusVidyo

7 жыл бұрын

ur not ready yet. i hope one day you will appreciate the genius. wayne krantz too

The story of this track is Holdsworth returning to the UK to visit family and he used to take the 4:15 Bradford Executive from London to of course Bradford. The melodic changes and timing is to signify the passing countryside, streets, roads etc that you would see on a journey until its end. This is a beautiful piece of music.

@RobConstantine

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

@andygillion9219

6 жыл бұрын

Happy Me I didn't know this and I grew up in Bradford! How inspiring, thanks for sharing 😊

@MrPyroguru

6 жыл бұрын

Wow that is awesome! What is the story behind his other songs? Mr. Berwell?

@MaddesG1

6 жыл бұрын

Happy Me Painting with the ears. He is to m Music like Bob Ross is to Art.

@Nullllus

5 жыл бұрын

john m Did you have to write that?

Seeing Allan playing 6 foot in front of me in a small club in Cardiff circa 1982 was one of the most remarkable musical experiences...RIP Sir...

@bazouteast

Жыл бұрын

Isn't it odd, when you are so close to genius, it makes such an impact? I sat in the front row, 10 feet away from Albert Lee, playing Country Boy with Heads, Hands & Feet, at the Marquee, in London. My mates were asking if I was OK, 'cos I couldn't stop laughing at the sheet impossible magic of Lee's playing. I laughed until I was almost sick. I remember every note, after 50 years. F*cking Whamo! It's tattooed on my brain forever.

@vivjon

11 ай бұрын

That sounds like The Casablanca Club...Awesome gig too

@daveh9335

5 ай бұрын

I had a similar experience, but with Uli Jon Roth, no stage you could just stand there like 10 feet away and watch him just make the Sky guitar sing ! Also he's a great guy and I bought a CD+DVD from his wife ! RIP Mr Holdsworth you are missed.

I think he left his entire soul in that solo. RIP..

R.I.P. Allan! Gone to the stars where he belongs!

@RobotChampionSC

6 жыл бұрын

Amen to that

@johnhill7585

5 жыл бұрын

I use to travel to NYC to watch him play in small venues. NOBODY could make a guitar sing like Allan.

@MyanCyanAria

3 жыл бұрын

He earned an entire planet like Chick Corea.

R.I.P. Allan. I met him during a break at the Baked Potato. What a gentleman, master guitar player, and beautiful human being.

@deanhomeinspectionservices523

11 ай бұрын

I had the same experience in the same place. Wonderful !

I love his uses of rests. No one else could pull them off quite as clean as he could. I wish I could've seen him live before his passing. Bummer.

i can't stop listening to this....speechless...it's like a whole new galaxy has been discovered with its own planets, myriad species and limitless destinies...

@Becker333

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha.

What a sad fucking day. Allan Holdsworth, you will be missed by many.

@patricks5332

7 жыл бұрын

No way man, keep on looking for an AH-eqvivalent in the sax business

@badmoonbeppe

7 жыл бұрын

Patrik S Preach, Patrik....amazing reply.

@Psyfonify

6 жыл бұрын

Used to love his self-recorded facebook updates on his official page. What a cool guy.

This is indeed a "crime" of extreme musicality. 3 lifetimes wouldn't be enough to achieve such musical and technique perfection for most of us. Candy to the ears and soul each time Allan's music's around.

@badmoonbeppe

7 жыл бұрын

Nicolas Espinasse Beautiful and clever comment, Nicolas.

@surfyogi

3 жыл бұрын

When I listen to Allen, it can be difficult not to feel I have wasted this lifetime, but just to know that I could comprehend what he was doing; and I was eager to hear each new accomplishment; go see him in person; it was a great calm to my life to know I had found a guru.

Everyone focuses on the guitar, and no wonder, but forgets to mention the other instruments and the incredible arrangement. ALL of this is top-notch brilliance!!!

Who else hears Allan's sound and starts crying ? Especially this solo or ANY of the UK stuff ! I am so sad he is gone! So under fucking appreciated !!

@surfyogi

3 жыл бұрын

I just cry and cry and cry, because he puts me in touch with my unlimited soul, and I know that.

@pobinr

Жыл бұрын

Why are you so upset? Did you know him on a daily basis? His family & close friends might be upset. Be glad he lived And for his music that lives on

@Poeme340

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I bought all these albums as a teen- Believe It, UK 1, and the Bruford solos and I would cry my eyes out at the beauty of his solos-and then would play and replay them. I was a self-taught drummer but I knew that I was hearing something transcendent. I still have the same response at 62. Genius.👍

@Helmutandmoshe

Жыл бұрын

@@pobinr He's not crying because Allan died but because of the emotional impact of the music - his playing can move me to tears also

If God could play guitar this is how it would sound and these are the notes we would hear. Sadly, Allan has passed away, and there is no God. So we have to be content Allan made recordings like this. He is timeless and eternal. They will listen to his music for the next 500 years.

Being a guitarist for nearly 40 years, I was not as exposed enough to his style throughout my years, but seeing his enormous impact now is a beautiful thing. I have the greatest respect for him as a true musician. His style very much mimics a sophisticated horn player, only he takes it to another level. HIS level. I see it now. It's beyond words. What an enigma he shall remain. Incredible, humble genius he was. May he R.I.P. while we all continue to try and catch up. His music will always continue to be here. He was one of a kind. Play from your heart, mind, and soul. That's all he did. Don't expect everyone to completely understand what you are doing. We're all kinda weird. He knew that much for sure. No other words to describe that talent!

@surfyogi

3 жыл бұрын

I think Allen was an Alien; he never really cared what anybody else thought; he did his thing with unwavering attitude. The only people that played in his groups were ultra master musicians that set the standard. It was amazing to hear each new album, year after year, these guys set the standard.

@robbyrob0723

2 жыл бұрын

Check out a new kid named Matteo Mancuso! Revolutionizing guitar technique. Unreal! And he does a couple of tunes from Holdsworth as well

@steveforks9698

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic comment sir

@reah7213

Жыл бұрын

This is the only comment I've seen yet where someone compares him to a horn player and I remember flipping through an AH book I found at a music store that asserted when he started out he wanted to play sax but was not good so he picked up the guitar and that's what he was trying to do was make the guitar sound like a sax, and you can really hear it with his synth-axe shit

@pobinr

Жыл бұрын

@@robbyrob0723 he's not a holdsworth

The true master of Legato. His picking is so economic and noisefree, amazing. It is truly unique.

This music comes from outside, outside of space and time, it's like some sort of basic compound that glues reality together.

@surfyogi

3 жыл бұрын

Allen was an Alien sent to show us how to develop our musical dreams and destiny in a way few others can be described. Prince too.

@user-hk7hz9cn7v

Жыл бұрын

@@surfyogiPrince? Nah…

No one can play sax lines, mingled with the occasional chime-waterfall tone like Allan. Saw him in 1980 or 81 at the Ripley Theater in Philly. Small club that held a few hundred while he was on his I.O.U. tour. The place was filled with nothing but guitar players with their jaws wide open. His tone that night was like shimmering glass. I still remember........

Without doubt, at least for me, that this is the best guitar solo I have ever heard.... beautiful and brutal all at the same time.

I had a guitar less with Greg Howe many years ago. Greg asked me what I was into and what I wanted to do and I told him , loved his stuff but I really wanted to try to understand Allan Holdsworth. It was like the record screeched to a stop. He said "listen, Allan Holdsworth is from a different solar system! A different solar system!" I think he was trying to tell me something lol

@jfo3000

10 ай бұрын

Lol. He was trying to tell you he had no insight into Allan's processes and couldn't teach them to you.

@allenlocke1935

2 ай бұрын

I love Greg Howe and I've heard him channel Allan on occasion, though in very small sample sizes:) I got to see Allan once on the Road Games tour. He played so brilliantly that night and his tones seemed other worldly! So glad the fake I.D. I used that night got me in or I would have never ever witnessed that level of greatness:)

For how great and unique Allan was, he could quite possibly be the most underrated musician on any instrument in the history of music.

I still remember buying this cd when it came out and lying in bed listening with headphones. I remember this track coming on and thinking, well, this is different. Then this solo piece comes in and my head just melted. It was a feeling like being at a gathering and all of a sudden the most beautiful woman you ever saw walks in and plays with your soul. Blew my 17 year old mind.

@davehall8584

5 жыл бұрын

wonderful analogy!..a most beautiful woman walks in! !

@westrig180

4 жыл бұрын

CD ??? I bought the Album ( vinyl ) when it was FIRST released 1987 !

What I find most amazing about Allan Holdsworth (and I've been a huge fan since the late 70's), is that his playing was already incredible in his early years 72-77, i.e., Tempest Soft Machine, Tony Williams Lifetime, all albums I owned and loved. He was already IMO the Greatest Guitar Player in the late 70's. But Allan's playing NEVER STOPPED PROGRESSING, through I.O.U., Metal Fatique, this GEM (Thank You, Amazing Solo), etc.. to my all-time favorite AH period when he did "The 16 Men of Tain." in 2000. AH is a singularity, there will never be anyone like him again. I feel blessed I got to see him play live in NYC in 1982 during the I.O.U. Tour. Thank You for sharing this astonishing work from Allan Holdsworth, "The John Coltrane of Guitar."

@Kinsale1333

28 күн бұрын

Yes, exactly. It's like Jaco who had his fully developed sound already in his teen years. It confirms my suspicions that Jaco and Allan were space aliens who came to earth to show us what was really possible with our instruments.😊

He lived in a totally different world of harmonic intervals that only he could define them to us mere mortals. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼R.I.P. 🎼🎵🎶🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🎶🎵🎼

My friend gave me sand on cassette in 94. Changed my life.

His best solo, nay the greatest guitar solo in the history of recorded music UK-In the Dead of Night

This is an object lesson in how to construct an extended improvisational solo. Al's touch, inspirational note choices and rhythm changes are masterful. This is technique and soul combined to make great music.

@davebowman8407

8 жыл бұрын

+Fontsman " This is technique and soul combined to make great music. " that's right

@twtobin941

2 жыл бұрын

One of the simplest and best explanations of AH I have ever read.

No one else like him, the definition of originality and inspiration. Thank you Allan.

7 year Anniversary of his passing and his music still sounds so fresh and way ahead of anyone else!

I have to say this is my fave Holdsworth solo. I also have to say that as I child in the 70's I imagined that this is what all music would have sounded like by now. I was so very, very wrong.

Seen him perform live in NYC, and got to chat with him at the bar. Super nice, humble, low-key gentleman - but an Absolute Monster on Guitar. R.I.P. Legend. There will never be another.

Allan Holdsworth...such incredible beautiful emotional expression .feel the pain ..feel the joy...there is a god after all...and there is love ...in this cathartic music....sublime...play it again..

When I first heard this song with its themes, I was sitting with my eyes wide like a deer in the headlights. The emotions you feel that seem to hit you as you listen….! Awesome solo!!

one of the few guys I listened to that actually brought tears to my eyes... there is a lot of emotion that comes through allans playing... he was always an EXTREMELY humble guy... never wanted to show it but I believe he was extremely emotional about his playing... I still remember he cared so much about what we thought at a guitar workshop I took with him his hands would shake and his playing was off... he gave me a pick of his nylon dunlop grey... hung it on my wall for years. Really great guy made a huge impact on me. RIP allan.

Utterly magnificent! No flashy playing for it's own sake, instead beautiful unusual scales and chords, immense feel. THank you and RIP Allan.

Beyond the beyond of anything that went before, anywhere, ever. And it is never going to happen again.

@Sperzel

6 жыл бұрын

It's sad and beautiful at the same time.

@davebowman8407

6 жыл бұрын

I agree

RIP Allan, you've inspired legions of musicians, including myself. Love you man.

Human beings are amazing. Be sure when one does it another will. And continuing to take it farther faster harder higher to be unbelievable until another comes to complete something more amazing. It seems like it is totally unbelievable just as the first time I heard Allen Holdsworth to conceive where it all could go, yet never end. Every note he played is my favorite solo.

the most heart felt guitar solo by the genius they call Allan Holdsworth

This solo is utterly beautiful. I love all his music, but this is so expressive. And that sound!!! I'm a guitarist, and I've being to get somewhere near his sound for years

Words barely speak to the man, the technique, the tone, his fellow band members, compositional and improvisational skills and, the most astounding of all, the sheer will, hard worked and dedication to creating one of the most uniquely personal voices in contemporary music. And this solo is, in my opinion and with the utmost reverence for, a singular example of emotional logic as it applies to improvisational music.His music was and continues to be what comes from surrendering to the Muse. True giving.

utterly stunning, other-wordly guitar playing and composition. One of those performances where you think: 'oh, so that's where everyone else got it from...' Makes me proud to be British :)

Yngwie Malmsteen: "I had to take my hat off to him." If this was anyone else this compliment would seem pretty underwhelming but given Yngwie's infamous ego this statement is equal to him stripping naked,setting himself on fire and running down the street with a megaphone proclaiming Allan's genius!

@Samsgarden

3 жыл бұрын

Why people quote other guitarists to offer commendations bemuses me

@JohnPrepuce

3 жыл бұрын

@@Samsgarden - Because the opinion of someone who has achieved something in a given field is worth more than that of a regular guy who has accommplished very little.

@vanguard4065

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnPrepuce accomplishments are garbage. Music is everything. Allan needs to learn music not wanking.

@thekramer1097

3 жыл бұрын

@@vanguard4065 Looks like is you the one who needs to learn music

@Heaven-dy9lj

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha I agree. Malmsteen usually slates Satriani and other great guitarists, when he reviews their music without knowing the artists performing. There's another interview with Malmsteen on KZread talking about Legato. Malmsteen mentions Holdsworth as the master of this, and is almost lost for words (lol) stuttering . Yet another amazing compliment from Malmsteen I'd say. haha.

" Amazing feel and outstanding technique " excellent and accurate definition

Simply beautiful.... Outstanding skills,but a lot of soul too... Rip Alan. The greatest guitar player of all times....

I mis him...Allan Holdsworth was great and unique as well..r.i.p. dear friend..🙏🙏❤

I believe his most iconic solo is "In The Dead Of Night" - UK (1978)! nearly 40 years and I'm still awestruck ...

@enzosmith5371

6 жыл бұрын

Dead of Night is well paced..but his work on 'NEVERMORE' ~~~~ OMG

@scifizydeco

6 жыл бұрын

Nevermore is a tour de force (for the whole band really). In the Dead of night is really iconic tho. If you had to answer the question 'who is this Allan Holdsworth dude and why do people give a shit about him ' THAT would be the song. Perfectly structured and impeccably lyrical (not all of his solos are) it just touches on everything he says musically. IMHO of course

@scifizydeco

5 жыл бұрын

Like all great bands UK were always right on the edge of splintering at any given moment. Wetton and Jobson wanted it to go in a more pop direction - Bruford and Holdsworth wanted to keep it pure - a familiar story. Wetton said later of Asia that it was "the orgasm after years of musical masturbation". Too funny.....

@keithpasculli7465

4 жыл бұрын

@@enzosmith5371 I actually get kind of choked up when I listen to his reintroduction of the melody from the beginning of the song at the end, totally stunning.

@chrislestermusic

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. “In The Dead Of Night” is probably my favorite guitar solo ever. His playing on that whole album is genius and even though he apparently didn’t enjoy the band I think it was a great musical format for him.

I saw him live at a small club in NYC when I was a teenager, but it was like trying to drink all the water coming from a water hydrant.

That was mind-blowing. Great guitar solo Alien 👽 Holdsworth. I'm telling you Allen Holdsworth was just too good. I wish I could have met him. Allen Holdsworth seemed shy, reserved and very humble to the point I don't think he thought he was that good. In the interviews I heard him talk it seemed the things he cared for the most was his Family,Music and then Beer and a smoke. A very simple guy in general. But, as soon as he picked up a guitar it was all the opposite. Allen Holdsworth is greatly appreciated and most of all missed.

Every Holsworth solo I've heard is my favorite one.

Love that song. Just epic.... It takes you to another dimension. Many of his songs do.. With the help of Wackerman, Johnson, Husband, etc. his music made you dream that you were performing like him... Or flying..or space travel. Just incredible.

Wow! Another outstanding “other-worldly” guitar run by the late and great Allan Holdsworth! For me, one of my favorite guitarists, no doubt. Typically, as I listen to the solos, I wonder where he was going at times with sweeping legatos and the moans and groans of his style. But, most of them have a theme or melody that brings me back... that is familiar and comforting, or have a satisfying groove to them. His music sounds and tunes are ageless.

R.I.P Master Holdsworth

@Hosh-id2lr

7 жыл бұрын

темная материя *Grandmaster*

I have love Allan's playing for 40 years. His lines are fluid, inventive and have that characteristic musically called "e misterioso".

Been a fan of AH ever since the '80's, ever since, ' I.O.U. '. The man never ceases to amaze! :-)

Frederik Thordendal brought me here. Also, a colleague of mine who is a guitarist. This, to me, is an example of why Holdsworth was great. I hear, jazz, fusion, and metal, all here. And the blues.

@OskarSylwester

4 жыл бұрын

same here, you can hear a lot of Holdsworth influence on the "Sol Niger Within" album

@holygroove2

4 жыл бұрын

@@OskarSylwester you can hear Holdsworth on the Nothing album as well... basically anything after Nothing.

@OskarSylwester

4 жыл бұрын

@@holygroove2 my personal fav from meshuggah, also catch 33. Good obserwation:)

@holygroove2

4 жыл бұрын

@@OskarSylwester many like Catch 33. That's one of my least favorite. Chaosphere and Nothing are my top two. I like the brutality in the sound of those records, lol!

@OskarSylwester

4 жыл бұрын

@@holygroove2 I definitely agree, the sound is full, deep, later albums sound a bit flatter, this is not a disadvantage, but it has a different specificity and compression.

Only had the opportunity to see Allan once. His guitar prowess was always far above human. I was devastated when I heard of his demise. Thankfully, he left us with so many mind-blowing recordings.

Yo no sé si a ustedes les pasa, pero a mí, cada vez que escucho éste solo , me entra un escalofrío por todo el cuerpo que conforme el solo avanza el escalofrío es tan intenso que acabo con los ojos empapados de lágrimas de felicidad y éxtasis.🙏🙏🙏❤

Mercurial , expansive, abstract, otherworldly...genius.

I also always thought that the only one of this track taken from "Sand" is incredibly beautiful. Allan .. in the 70s you were at least 30 years old ... and today what you wrote at the time is still true. Rip

Love Allan, been listening to that guitar playing since his days with Bill Bruford. Missed, but never forgotten. RIP

Beautiful work, beautiful sound. I have enjoyed his playing for decades. What a wonderful talent, always associated with my most treasured memories. So good it makes me cry, a reaction usually only occasioned by Jeff Beck. Wow.

So many awesome moments within this journey, but what happens between about 1:57 and 2:09 is just jaw dropping. The depth of his ground breaking harmonic understanding and improvisation is historic and should be better appreciated beyond the guitar community, some day hopefully. Much love and gratitude to a man who didn't compromised himself for the big bucks, despite attempts by certain record producers and a few famous financial backers, like EVH, who I think really meant well, but just didn't understand Allan well enough.

This track is my personal favourite. It is a brilliantly constructed musical odyssey evoking a journey from London to Bradford. His expressiveness and tone is extraordinary and it has a deeply emotional effect on me. For me he's touched heights and gone places no other guitarist has ever been. RIP Maestro.

@seukfuhi

6 жыл бұрын

This solo moves me a lot emotionally. Similar to "Low Level, High Stakes" by same genius. No idea why and how, but Allan reaches parts of my brain like nobody can.

Allan was the reason I began playing guitar 25 years ago. He's still thrilling every time I listen.

Incredible solo and tone... from this side-profile image of him we can see he was a descendant of the "Bell Beaker" civilisation that created great works of pottery in the Neolithic age of Europe 5,000 or so years ago.

@We-all-watched-the-video

3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap

@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE

3 жыл бұрын

@@We-all-watched-the-video Yes. Don't know what you're responding to. :P

@We-all-watched-the-video

3 жыл бұрын

@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE I’m responding to you, I googled what the bell beaker people were and their history and was interested and a bit surprised at the comparison between them and Allan, what are the odds of that?

@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE

3 жыл бұрын

@@We-all-watched-the-video I just think that Allan (the best guitarist of all time in my mind) looked exactly like the Bell Beakers. Might be coincidence.

@We-all-watched-the-video

3 жыл бұрын

@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE I can’t help but feel like you’re arguing with me here, we’re on the same side, I agree with what you’re saying

World class genius..Rest in Peace

After all these years I am still trying to learn this. I can sing it but man its difficult to play! Holdsworth is one of the main men! Sand in my opinion is the best Holdsworth album.

Such an original language. What an amazing musician. Great loss for the world but his legacy lives on. Keep on shredding in the worlds beyond our material earth, Allan.

@pobinr

Жыл бұрын

Loss to the world lol Why? Has his music dissapeared? Lol

Allan has leveraged blues and Wammy. Horn gestures and unisons. in the most personal unique unexpected way - freakin amazing as usual.

Absolutely love this solo.

Genio total las escalas mas diversas de todo el jazz ni una pentatonia logica Maestro del djent

1 of the gr8s!!!!! Most emotional player ever!!!! That whammy trick he's doing was a huge influence on Brad Gillis, Oz Fox, Gary Holt, the list goes on & on!!!! Alan is very missed by us in the GTR community!!!!!! RIP Alan!!!! RIP!!! Pun intended!!!!! He indeed RIPPED!!!!!!..... His notes r still sustaining 2 this day!!!!!!

That part that begins at 3:01 is epic. He's still my favorite since the 80s and yet to be dethroned! Playing in metal bands back then, I was introduced to Allan's playing and instantly left Malmsteen and all others behind as I heard no rock guitarist who could touch Allan. I started playing his type of ideas and was called a virtuoso by the other guitarists on the scene. No KZread to out me back then. Now everyone knows🤣🤣

@jfo3000

10 ай бұрын

I did a couple Holdsworth licks in performances in the 80s as well. But a few guitarists in that scene knew of Allan, we were all trying to get a piece of his magic. It was a great scene.

I don't know if there IS a BEST solo for this guy - all his stuff was out of this world great.

@jefferyroy2566

8 ай бұрын

I have little time for this "best" nonsense when anything artistic is the subject. Forced to classify what I know of Holdsworth prior to this album, this is simply more of the same. My fanboy attraction to his music faded about the time of "Atavachron." That damn SynthAxe led him deeper into what some prog musicians call "noodling": Playing endlessly with insufficient variation in the content. There was even more of that "keytar" for axe slingers on "Sand" with little else to break the monotony. My preference is for his group work and first four solo albums. Allan's transition from band member to band leader allowed for more experimentation, but not necessarily innovation. I know he eventually ditched the SynthAxe, which did not catch on enough to reduce its cost: upwards of $13,000 U.S. in the year after its introduction in 1985. For that, I am grateful. Holdsworth remained primarily a solo artist until his untimely departure in 2017. While my appreciation of his approach to the guitar may have changed, my admiration of his search for the "Impossible Chord" has not waned.

@BillHeIsRisen

8 ай бұрын

@@jefferyroy2566 I know what you mean. A lot of his synth-ax stuff I can either take or leave, and often would just as soon leave. I liked him best when he was one of a group who played together (although I would agree with you on his first four solo albums). Paired with a bassist, pianist and drummer/percussionist who matched his expertise on his instrument, I've heard some really great Jazz Fusion.

@jefferyroy2566

8 ай бұрын

@@BillHeIsRisen Thanks for the reply. Most folks aren't so open to variation in their admiration. I don't reject what Holdsworth attempted through the 90s and beyond, I just didn't enjoy it as much as his previous work. I'm less forgiving of my original guitar hero, the recently departed Jeff Beck. While Allan sharply headed towards the deep end with that MIDI facsimile of a guitar, Beck gradually undertook a similar path with the whammy bar on his Strat. No longer content with the limitations imposed by frets, which Holdsworth sought to breach as much as possible, Beck explored sounds with tremelo most guitarists couldn't imagine. My problem was that's too much of what he seemed to seek. The odd vocal thrown in here and there was where also the direction Holdsworth took, except he finally abandoned them altogether. Live long enough, and your heroes could disappoint somewhere down the line. And maybe they should, because when they create strictly to please their fans, their decline as artists is just about guaranteed.

@BillHeIsRisen

8 ай бұрын

@@jefferyroy2566 You're welcome for the response. Yeah, I kind of got sick of the tremolo bar in Jeff Beck's later work, too. To me, he never did come back to being close to his cover of Stevie Wonder's Superstition - that was epic. He was amazing with that whammy, but too much is too much. A guitarist that also uses the whammy alot but keeps from going overboard with it is is Gilmour, formerly of Pink Floyd - he uses it to accentuate his bends a lot (like those crazy distorted bends on Echoes). You know, every artist and group I've ever listened to has done something I didn't like - even Pink Floyd (but they probably come closest to satisfying the most over the huge body of their work). Vai goes pretty crazy with his whammy, too - more than most shredders, and that's saying a lot. At least on KZread, I get to find artists I would never have heard of before, which is pretty cool.

@jefferyroy2566

8 ай бұрын

@@BillHeIsRisen KZread gave me the opportunity to see and hear the late Ali Farka Toure, a magnificent guitarist I'd heard about a couple of years before actually hearing his albums on this platform. Look him up if interested and not previously exposed to his talent. His live Drifting Spirits album includes Ry Cooder interviews where he's trying to nail down what makes Toure so special. Cooder's admitted failure to do so only enhances the exotic nature of his "Saharan Blues," my potentially failed attempt to put a name on his style. Someone tried to label him the "Django Reinhardt of Mali," a title any player should humbly reject, which he did. Not that Reinhardt is untouchable, just unique in his way as Toure is in his own.

my dad saw him in the mid 80s. cool stuff wish I were there. at least I got to see Rush twice ;)

@AndrewGorny

8 жыл бұрын

dude he still plays go to his website, and imho he's the best he's ever sounded

@Happy-Me.

7 жыл бұрын

Ive seen Holdsworth live 4 times

@irena7777777

7 жыл бұрын

Bridget King Alex Lifeson is a big Holdsworth fan.

@denoonsampsonndlovuinc7107

7 жыл бұрын

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came here due to the comment from fb- very beautiful.......I don't know what I'd do without Allan's music. Seriously.

Great composition ....Allan lives in his music..

R. I. P. Allan Holdsworth (15 de abril de 2017). Gran guitarrista, sin duda...

Dam that's badass sounds like meshuggah🤘🤘🎸👌RIP Allen legend

someone commented on a crazy line that he played and said, "sounds like a space-butterfly just took off on venus." that couldnt be a more apt description... plus this is one of the best photos i have seen of the man. i wish i could get a poster.

We miss you Allan....Thanks for your guitar,your hands and music....R.I.P. ..Isee you between clouds playing for the Universe....

Greatest guitarist ever.imo

I saw the heading - "best solo" - and was about to chip in that my favourite solo of all time is The 4.15 Bradford Executive - and here it is! As with a great Mozart violin concerto, it is impossible to tell whether the overwhelming feeling is agony or ecstasy. I presume the piece is for his father. Even more intense than Fripp's Requiem (on Beat). I first saw Holdsworth with UK in 1978 and had to go to another gig the same week at a different venue, such was my amazement. I heard him on Bruford's Feels Good to Me and Gong's Gazeuse shortly before. The DVDs of Japan '84, Frankfurt '86 and Warsaw '98 are simply wonderful (and you can see how he gets those startling sounds). And if you haven't already, check this clip with Zappa jnr: kzread.info/dash/bejne/am2H0LqPhNO8m6Q.html. Zappa was not the only guitarist to cite Holdsworth as the best.

Rest in peace. We've lost an IMMENSE talent today. :(

I’d say on most AH albums you can pick out 3-4 of his greatest solos ever. Became an instant fan after hearing Fred. Picking out Allan’s greatest solo is like a Lay’s potato chip...you can’t have just one.

The horn-like phrasing and tone is incredible - I can hear the Charlie Parker and Coltrane influences here.

Very effective use of sparse notes. Similar emotions are explored in Atavachron, which came out in '86, shortly before Sand in '87.

A great loss. I got to see the great man in NYC a couple of times. Like many of us, he became one of my main inspirations. In fact I bought the guitar he's playing in the above picture, it's an Ibanese AH-10. His approach to guitar was so singular and unique, creating sonic landscapes that you wouldn't have thought could come from a guitarist until he arrived. God bless you Allan. You were truly one of a kind. History will treat you well.

ive seen lifeson young montross benson c.atkins zappa srv utopia crimson devo ohno its vai 1984 guy malmsteen z.wild max websters guy pat metheny frisell west from mountain was loud...garcia daniel lanois umphrey magee bb king 1986 holdsworth....best i had a chance to see hear...unreal. effortless beauty and sounds not replaced with noise since ah..sweet filth and precesion....nasty with taste. memorable ..thanks for the work

Just heard the news that Allan Holdsworth passed away today RIP maestro. You can Jam with Hendrix, Miles and Coltrane now!

@Sperzel

6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully they can keep up ;)

It doesn't matter how many times I hear this, I still get misled by the melody. I can hone in on phrases, and the tonality, but I never get totally familiar with it. What a gift to the listener.

I saw Allan twice, early on with Tony Williams and Lifetime in the mid 70's, then with his own group in the mid 90's. He was beyond sensational on both occasions! RIP

Best part of loving music in general - No less guitar driven - is when you find Holdsworth, it's something you've never experienced, totally mindblowing, fresh, and has infinite replayability. Mozart on an axe.

I’m not on acid but I must be on acid listening to this

@surfyogi

3 жыл бұрын

Completely psychedelic and totally fulfilling in a way I don't get from others. Great Sativa helps too...

One in a Billion .,...

@Hosh-id2lr

7 жыл бұрын

Loceba guitar that's an understatement

@lex.cordis

3 ай бұрын

More like one in all of the human beings to ever exist in all of human history. A tad bit more than a billion, I'd say.

No one will ever be better in my book, the king

There's not one boring note in this solo everything is awesome, Superb Guitar Solo, May the Music of Allan H. live Forever.