Allan Holdsworth - Devil Take The Hind Most
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2024
- Allan Holdsworth - Live at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA, October 7, 1992.
Allan Holdsworth - Guitar
Gary Husband - Drums
Steve Hunt - Keys
Skuli Sverrison - Bass
Thanks to Gary Fick for this footage.
People don't talk enough about Allan's incredible time. I've listened to him for over 40 years and I've never heard him out of the pocket. And I mean, as deep in the pocket as any funk or r&b musician. Just masterful control and awareness of where the groove is and above all, where the 1 is!
"Where Is One"? LOL!
In an interview way back he said he had a custom metronome device of some sort that could do 5, 7, etc. clicks per beat, man how I wanted something like that.
Now we can have apps on our phones that do this. Allan was so forward thinking not just in his thoughts, but also in bringing those thoughts into physical hardware.
@@jfo3000 wow I never knew that, you pair of legends 😂
@@We-all-watched-the-video
Glad to help.
I'd read he'd never been late for 1 gig. Serious commitment.
The "Chord Lord" is Gone 😢😢😢 RIP Master !
This might be the best solo I've ever heard from Steve Hunt. Allan's is of course, unreal.
Sick solo from Hunt........ but you kind of get the feeling like Allan was thinking, "Oh Ya....check this out" Just the way he starts his solo is like ......insane. He was schooling.
Yeah, man! Steve is crushing it here! I wonder if he was using reverb or if that's just the room. Sounds great.
@@Charles-Robitaille "Are you threatening me, master Jedi?"
The reaction of the crowd after the first section made me emotional, the recognition he deserved in full affect. Saying Allan is the GOAT is not enough, I love this mans art. R.I.P. master of masters, Legend, miss you man
6:48-6:54 It absolutely blows my mind how he was able to make that transition out of the atonal section into the melodic passage. Especially at that speed, just unreal on every level. Maybe the greatest musician of the past 100 years, an absolute genius.
In the entire lifespan of the human race, however long that's going to be, I don't think anyone will ever be as good as Allan (and still be musical). What a beacon of light for guitarists!👍
@@ThinPicks I think you might be right hahaha. I’ve seen some of the best players alive (guys like Gambale, Govan, Matteo Macuso, Max Ostro, Josh Meader, etc) take guitar technique to places it’s never been before, but in terms of pure musical beauty and genius, I don’t think anyone has touched Allan Holdsworth.
If there’s any guitarist (or musician in general) that I wish I could understand the process of (how their musical mind works), it would be Allan, no question. 😁
Its nor that hard.
Pure musical improvisation of the highest level.
Obviously Allan was one of the greatest musical gift from god. RIP Master
I just can't think in my life without Allan Holdsworth. This music takes me to the 80's listen Metal Fatigue and change my mind forever. Metal Fatigue Album changes my love for the music. This I am sure. Thanks Allan Holdsworth. Thanks Garfnart.
Metal Fatigue was my fist Allan experience and I will be forever grateful to have had that album. It is a gem of an album if you ask me
Allan went totally beyond space on this solo !
what can we say? guitar playing of another planet?. there will be no one other than allan holdswoth to rule the planet. it's unbelievable what he plays. not of this earth. the ultimate emperor.
Astonishing playing by the Maestro. For me, one of the greatest improvisors that's ever lived. Truly inspiring.
He has inspired guitarists like EVH and Steve Vai that sums up how great he was.
@@vishalkumar2645 And EVH used tapping in his attempt to emulate Allan's lines. Allan was the GOAT.
I'm so glad this guy insisted on doing his own thing. It's absolutely ridiculously brilliant. Off the scale unique personal expressive technical Mastery all round.
This guy was and is the future of music !!!
Allan Holdsworth is mind-bending, alternate- reality inducing, I have been a fan since Tony Williams Lifetime in 1975. I went to see him live 1st row with I.O.U. in 1982 at the Bottom Line in NYC, its still the greatest astonishingly mind-numbing solo playing I have ever seen, and I've seen all the greats. But this solo is of another galaxy! The only other players who approach AH's "mind-bending" technique and creativity in playing (albiet in a different style) are Danny Gatton, and this fairly unknown guy Roy Marchbank. Although for me, Allan will forever be on a world of his own. R.I.P. Alan, you stood above them all.
I was at the Bottom Line 1982 shows also. I also bought the IOU album there. It was so awesome to finally see Holdsy live!
I saw that tour in Cleveland. My buddies band opened for Allan. After his set he sat on the floor in front of the stage with me waiting for Allan to play. He tells me "I got to play Allan's guitar, you can't see air under those strings!"
Both he and I were into modding our guitars for low action, so that was life-changing coming from him. Then we both knew we were on the right track because all the big guys back then said things like, my action is high, I like to fight the guitar. No! Not the way of the GOAT!
Let's be clear:
Chad Wackerman - child prodigy soon recognized by Zappa.
Allen Holdsworth - Van Halen heard him, told the record company to give him a contract.
These guys are the greatest of their era, rare folks compare.
And so much fun to see live!
And to even see on UTUBE!
Sure that isn't Husband?
Jeff Papineau,it is Gary Husband playing the drums here.
Steve Hunt his best keyboardist in the 90s.
ALLAN you fucking idiot!
Let's be clear; Holdsworth did what he did and was going to do regardless of Eddie Van Halen. The record contract of which you speak was a pathetic joke. It was a huge thorn in Allen's side for a couple of years, partly thanks to the fact that Eddie trying to "help" his hero was more about Eddie trying to elevate his own ego rather than actually helping. His help included insisting that Allan let him solo on Allan's record, which of course, thank goodness, Allan was far too wise to allow.
I was attending MI back in 84/85, and Allan showed up and did a show during the year. It was awesome! On top of that, he was just kind of walking around the school afterwards, so I had the opportunity to chat with him for a few. He's a super nice guy, which is always refreshing. God bless him for staying modest, when he could certainly be a dick if he wanted. In fact, he's modest almost to a flaw. Many wer into him back then. Allan was the poster child for legato playing and really, he still is.
Joe Ma , since you know Ann Arbor, I saw Allan at The Ark in Fall of 1992. Was able to get the get the sound man to let me hand-deliver a fan letter to Gary during the set break. Ended up hanging out with the whole band while they ate cottage inn pizza and drank beer. Allan and all the guys were super kind and laid-back and accommodating. It was one of my favorite musical memories ever.
So for guitarists, 5:22 is where Allan induced reality starts with a mind bending descending run, and then just doesn’t let up! This is Allan at his best! The non stop ferocity of this solo is really quite a lesson in pacing, awareness of the song and intensity. Like my friend who sent this to me wrote; “That intro to his solo is insane. Absolute mayhem then landing on the payoff note!”
As always, AH’s improvisation is stupefying. Imagine all that improvisation, and never really sounding trite, stale, awkward or predictable... AH makes it great, yet challenging to be an electric guitarist.
And Allan probably thought his solo was terrible, 😂
I know its the antithesis of what Allan was all about but i fricken love this version! So much to say about it. Mesmerising musicianship. What a ridiculous musical genius and human being.
I had the pleasure of meeting Allan Holdsworth on my 25th birthday back in 1993. Just me, Allan, and keyboard player Steve hunt in the room. I was so nervous but Allan's (and Steve's) relaxed and gentle personalities soon made me feel like I was talking to two old buddies of mine... well, almost - because I was sort of having a chat with two musical gods of sort, you know? :-) Of course I still have my signed copy of Metal Fatigue well kept in my shelf. :-)
The degree of Alan's solo improve here is beyond the human race, AND he wasn't even looking at the fret board. I cannot ever handle what he just did there, notice all his notes ended to suit the chords? even after blowing to the highest degree?
There will never be another like Allan. RIP.
Hahahaha, his playing is just absolutely frickin' ridiculous here. All hail the God Emperor Allan. ♥️
The best performance on this piece!
Allan is not of this Earth!
Ive fallen in love with this performance and therefore the tune. Beauty beyond words.
5:25 I fell off my chair... completely astonishing!!
Bloody hell... the way the guitar solo comes in after the keyboard solo... unreal...
I wish I could bump the thumbs-up every time I watch this! It would be about double what it is now.
The camera operator deserves an oscar!!
Steve Hunt is amazing on this track. Perfect compliment to AH. No need to comment on Allan, that's obvious.
Steve Hunt should get alot more credit for his solo here.
It's amazing
Just search for "Shawn Lane", here and you'll find many amazing performances. Allan appreciated him too. They are nothing alike, but Shawn was phenomenal in his unique, brilliant way. He was inspired by Holdsworth, but went his own way, which is as it should be.
I can look and listen to this a thoudsnd times. It will Always be super super stellar. A great loss for the guitar world.
How sad that he is gone. A genius. Only saw him twice . .
Incredible musician, out of this world!
Allan: no, this time the Devil took the whole house and the neighborhood with it!
Imagine how good you have to be to play with one of the greatest musicians ever. Thats how good this is.
Allan once walked into a bass lesson I had when I was just starting out... (and I never really got *that* good even after lessons). To say I was intimidated is an understatement.... I had no idea my teacher was so well connected....
Aren't you that adult film star? I'd be intimidated if you walked in on me and my wife and watched too. I'm glad you found your way though. Cheers!
@@bigrig4385 what the fuck
@@bigrig4385 what the hell dude
Phenomenal! also, many compliments to the photographer who filmed Allan's solo up-close...
The keyboard solo is incredible!!
Agreed!!
Mind Blowing! Excellent filming of an all time Shredfest!
This is when he,s really on it.i mean really on it.
Hes so ahead, he practically made dissapear the instrument, turning it into a space atomic collider or something
That's precisely what we all just witnessed. He bended matter and time there.
jaw dropping. RIP, master.
In tiptop otherwordly condish, yet, flooded with humility.
Long live the King!
So cool to see these vids - I went to this show. I always remembered that there was a point in the show where Allan just blew me away, with some monstrous hand spread repetitive lick I'd never seen him do before. And here it is, at the 5:40 and 6:44 points. After the show I got to meet him and I thought instead of the usual fan adulation I would ask him what is favorite beer was. Wish I could remember what he said, but it was something from England. Thanks for posting!
guitarcht I love that lick! I think it's baring a note with the pinky achieving an extra note almost like s quick chord! Best Ever! R.I.P...
It could have well been his local brew: Tetley's Bitter from Yorkshire. Sadly this ale is not what is once was. Or possibly Timothy Taylor Landlord Bitter. These and others were traditionally known as English style session ales. Soft carbonation with a full creamy head and between 3 and 4 abv so you can quaf a few without getting totally hammered.
It’s funny, he’s such a monster, but you have to be a jazz fan; it’s so “out there” most people couldn’t grasp it.
Scott, You sure got that right..
Wow. Allan at the top of his powers. Solo starts 5:22 - after he let the keyboarist ramble a bit too long. Kinda funny in a way - in any other group - the keyboardist would be a monster - and Allan just explodes in response with the most insanely over-the-top solo that just floats without any effort. The man was an alien visitation.
lmao
Keyboardist is a fair contemporary of Allans. Hence why they are playing together. That solo probably inspired Allan to go bananas!
OK, this may sound like an exaggeration, but I'm sincere (and I've been a musician for >40 years, so I feel qualified to offer my opinion).
I think that Allan was very inspired by Steve's soloing, which was mind-bending in its own right. Very original, and demonstrated great knowledge of music and a facility for improvisation and speed that you don't often hear.
But then, Allan starts to play, and I get why Steve's facial expression was what it was just before wrapping up his solo. I'm sure that Allan didn't mean to bury him, but... just no words for the intensity, brilliance, uniqueness and outright speed of his improvisations. How the (@*#&$% did a guitarist play all of this, music like NOTHING ELSE ever done, and faster than a keyboardist while only using 4 fingers on a fretboard?!??!
I was lucky enough to see him play 4 times. He'd blast out riffs that gave me goosebumps, occasionally bring tears to my eyes... and he made it look effortless.
I don't think there will ever be another like him. So much knowledge lost when he passed away. Like a mini-Library of Alexandria of musical possibilities.
That’s Steve Hunt you’re referring to there buddy. He can hold his own right in the band, that’s why he was up there and not you
@@jonhowell5014 Oh man, I totally agree! I thought Steve's solo was exemplary and Allan simply felt inspired to let 'er rip when his moment came! I saw this group but with Wackerman on drums around this time, and the high musical camaraderie between Allan & Steve is obvious. They actually opened with this song (one of my favorites) and it was sheer musical bliss from then on.
Bach just rubbed his chin and smiled.
Fuck. How I wish we can hear this straight through the monitor. Insane.
I love slower players too; it's all music. Some of my favorite great slower players are Bill Frisell, Adrian Belew, and Jeff Beck. Allan told me he likes Frisell, for what it's worth. Shawn was far more than fast; he was an absolute powerhouse whose phrasing was astonishing. Speed with trashy phrasing is nothing, but Shawn was a musical genius. His playing with some of the greats of India earned him a widespread, devoted following in India; they made a bigger deal of him than the US.
It's interesting. I was listening to some pretty early Holdsworth yesterday and he was doing stuff like he does here at the beginning of his solo -- very fast abstract arpeggiating -- and it sounded So much like Shawn Lane. I really can see AH's influence there, even though, as you say, Shawn Lane was his own kind of genius.
@@Oenloveslife Agreed; Shawn called Allan "the best", echoing EVH's quote, "the best in my book". Shawn also talked about how Allan's mind blowing unique approach inspired him to realize that he could do something truly unique and great too, taking the inspiration without trying to copy Allan!
@gregorypeck I have almost all of Allan's recordings (certainly all of his solo works) and all of Shawn's records too! We are so lucky to be living at a point in history where we can do easily access unbelievably great music and live videos of great musicians. AH is utterly in a league of his own, but then again, so is Shawn! Rolling Stone's recent "Top 250 guitarists of all time" has...NO Holdsworth or Shawn Lane (or many other greats), ergo that list is barely worth the paper it's written on 😁
@@Oenloveslife Rolling Stone publishes some of the finest and most important political stories out there. For music coverage, they have long been just a mouthpiece of the pop music industry and stenographers of sales figures; in other words they cobbled together that lame ass list just using sales figures and pictures of people with a guitar strapped on, that if memory serves, had Kurt Cobain as something like the 16th greatest guitarist of ALL TIME! It's beyond absurd.
Not one Hindustani raga master was on it, and I guarantee everyone who has been studying ragas for 6 months can smoke Cobain in their sleep, same thing is true of every Flamenco guitarist; arguably they smoke almost everyone!
I am pretty sure Vincente Amigo wasn't included, so all the rockers who wrote great hits but played guitar at a very rudimentary level that they naturally included because they think a great guitar player is someone who sells lots of recordings and looks credible posing with the guitar. Of course it could only be a pathetic joke to true music lovers.
I agree with you about Allan and Shawn; obviously geniuses and each one of a kind; the same is true of John McLaughlin imo.
Lucky as listeners for sure! Lucky as humans? Not really; we're watching the greed of the richest people that have ever existed, morbidly rich, enough to buy governments, are finishing up their omnicide and the children we see today are very likely going to die young in a gut wrenching and unimaginably violent extinction event, and it's just getting underway right before our stupid uncomprehending faces (speaking of humanity as a whole-profoundly stupid yet hilariously arrogant species that we are).
It's not fun or amusing watching us descend into destroying ourselves. The music is a welcome respite, but the overarching reality is that we're living in a dystopian society that is consuming itself and causing unfathomable suffering for much of the world; it just hasn't gotten to us privileged people yet, but it's coming and nobody will be calling us lucky to have picked the moment of humanity ending as our time to live.
@gregorypeckory I agree wholeheartedly with all you've said here. The Holocene's rate of species extinction (and increased suffering of all living beings) is off the charts, and is all due to the unending greed and willful ignorance of homo idioticus -- the rationalizing species. We've had ample warning from scientists about the finiteness of resources and similar expressions of deep concern from thoughtful compassionate folk about inequality and unsustainability forever it seems. How many times can our hearts break before they're broke for good? How can democracy survive the onslaught of religiofascism? How ecosystems survive under the ever increasing pestilence of human ugliness? All that said, I am SO glad to have this music and art easily accessible, from Bach to Bachman Turner Overdrive, Chopin to Chris Duarte, Sweelink to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hindemith to Holdsworth, Toumani Diabate, Abdullah Ibrahim, Trilok Gurtu. That RS list is a near total travesty, having almost nothing to do with musicality. No Paco De Lucia??? Please! A hundred folks on that list shouldn't even be there. Sekou "Doight des Diamantes" Diabate? Not in a million years! I am grateful to you for your insights and your obvious heart.
The Goat
incredible!
Wow he just went NUTS here. RIP the maestro Holdsworth!
the audience's reaction at 6:09 is perfect
it's so weeeird because this is right around the reh video....
so, steve hunt has a really neat solo, real nice.
then allan comes in. allan just rips the shit out of the solo section
Supreme guitar-work by Al!!!
WTF IS THIS VIDEO. I mean Allen is practically making rough love to that guitar, and you're filming inside the nose of the keyboardist............
lol :p
that's because the one playing that is the keyboardist... Allan takes the lead at 5:22
Allan is Lane´s master , becausa Allan have a musical direction more advanced than all guitar players together !!!!!!!!!!!
agree
pure Genius!
RIP Allan.
@ezrhino100 Good to see a comment indicating an open mind. Batio is amazing at what he does, but it really is pretty stiff and specialized. I don't think he should be called a "wanky little joke", but he is not a serious improvisor, nor does he show more than an elementary harmonic vocabulary. Allan's on the other hand, is freakishly sophisticated and rich - almost super-humanly so. Batio is more about gymnastic tricks than musical content.
Allan's classic form the fantastic 'Metal Fatigue'.his entrance @ 5:25 -is like Coltrane riding on a frenzied, multi tonal sheets of sound wave, as 'free' as I ever heard him, and the solo that flows is equally amazing., some of the greatest I've heard him play ...but to be fair, props to Steve Hunt, he is an amazing improvisor as well, he can harness similar colors out of the harmony, not unlike Allan himself. And the rhythm section of Gary Husband and Skull Sverrison is a one solid pocket entity.
Best of the best.
5:24 all behold. The greatest guitarist of all time
You are so right. And that's no insult; he's way over almost everyone's head.
What a combination ❤❤❤❤🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
Despite Vinnie Colaiuta not being the drummer in question...he sounds amazing with Vinnie. I don't know if you've heard the track they did together: Tsunami. But it's definitely worth checking out, they've got great chemistry.
I know he'd never do it, but I just wish there was 1 live version of this song where he played some of the licks from the recorded solo, just so us mere mortals who have deigned to try and learn it could have an idea of what he's actually doing.
I wonder what could Allan could have done with all of the modern stuff in music production we have today. He is at his best in this one and it bugs me it is an old tape recording.
God look at those fingers
His treatment of the guitar earnest. 90% of players who are even considered good, have the compositional maturity of a three year old. Holdsworth has the X factor.
In this Universe..there are the twelve keys of music. Holdsworth: "hold my beer...". ("oh....and give it back when I'm done!")
Scratches his head only to fucking effortlessly throw down one of the most hypersonic, jazz fusion Classics effort put down by anyone who fucking makes frequencies man
absolutely insane
I just love how his picking technique is completely off the wall, any guitar teacher would have smacked his ass with that wobbly thumb. Just goes to show - the only way - is your own way.
HSS 00100101 , not true. This is the best way to use the pick when you want to have a very soft attack in order to get a fluid legato sound, where the picked notes are the same volume as the hammer-ons and pull-offs.
Also it is the most economical way to get from one string to another when doing big intervals.
It is different story when you want to pick more notes or do alternate picking and don't use legato that much as Allan does.
holy crap, back in the shed....
@Rev31test I understand and used to kind of feel that way about Chad, but eventually realized that Holdsworth likes having a drummer that is as active and loud as the guitar during his solos; in fact, group improvisations is a more accurate term for what Holdsworth and the chaps do than "blowing". or "soloing" over changes. Once you look at it as a group effort, and realize how much the energy of Holdsworth's playing is fed by the drums, you might find you like, or at least accept the intrusion.
I think it was great music videos like this. I think I've "spoken" with you a couple times.
Is there anybody capable of duplicating this solo here on UA-cam?You see a lot of people doing duplicates solos of Randy Rhoads,Stevie Ray Vaughan,Eric Clapton,Jimi Hendrix ect...But I'd like to see somebody do this one.I'm sure there's somebody out there capable.Or maybe not.The guy is a genius.Totally dedicated to his instrument and his art.
@noodlesmealey I'm serious, but I'm not sure what it is you're trying to say to me. I'm going to assume that English is not your first language. "Holy crap" is an expression of amazement or incredulity. "Shed" is short for "woodshed" which is a colloquial term for a place to study and practice music. "Back in the shed" is meant as a remonstrance to myself, to continue practicing. I hope you are having a pleasant day.
Insane!
RIP .....
Hi Samsgarden. I keep seeing your name everywhere. That means you must have excellent taste; perhaps almost as good as mine. Kidding. ;)
@GreyJazz90 i'll have to think about your thesis. it's is worthy of consideration. i do respect soft machine era holdsworth.
The most insane guitar solo ever, Satriani is right, Allan Holdsworth is the best !
Shhh; the trolls might hear you. ;) No matter how great someone is, there will always be detractors, as there are on some of Allan's other videos. (Some idiot posted that he's been listening to Holdsworth for 40 years and his music always sounds like a guy practicing scales in his bedroom; I told him maybe 40 years is enough misery and he should move on, and leave AH for those who hear the music.)
lol that’s definitely the response that type of comment deserves
wow!
Him and Eric Johnson kings of Chords
Wow.
listen to don mock after for a complete experience.
"Metal Fatigue" is the album.
THAT. IS. FUCKING. IN. SANE.
@Samsgarden Well, they used to call Clapton "slowhand." Anyway, I still want to know who Lane is that Easleytee was talking about. Do you know?
Not only the lord of chords. The soloing is just insane. Above all the great players of today. It will take decades to find a player to reach this level, perhaps charles altura with virgil donati, but he's gone the soft side of jazz and not fusion. nice, but sad.
I think you make a good point. There may be some that can get to the level of Holdsworth in the future, but will they have the courage to follow their musical vision until the end?
@@paulczech no one dare to follow his footstep..
Epilepsy man..music aided epilepsy.. alien nerdiness at it's finest!
@noodlesmealey Dude, he did not say that at ALL. jeffreyburr simply said that Holdsworth is so good that he should go and practice some more, a feeling shared amongst many. Dont be so confrontational man, we are all just here loving Holdsworth... =]
Why is the drummer being shown during the guitar solo?!?
Hey uploader, do you have access to all the Birchmere's concerts on tape? I know they film them there but not for sale. let me know.
@GreyJazz90
He's good at playing two guitars at once- whatever use that serves?
Better then having to solo AFTER him!
Perhaps it's notoriety?
Where have I seen you before? The liberty movement perhaps? I'm not going to track your posts down, I hate it when that's done to me.
This (and other real music) is why Taylor Swift wants to shut down UA-cam, it has nothing to do with artists being paid more.
+Lady Melisandre,
Taylor Swift wants to shut You Tube down?
Where did you read this at?