“Hello..  I never really wanted to do a video.” I fucking love this man

"People used to say I was trying to copy Allan Holdsworth, but I had no idea what he was doing!" --Edward Van Halen

Allan.  Somewhere between the violin and saxophone came this angelic voice that lived among us for only a little while. ❤

I remember getting invited to Allan's house one time. We'd all been down for a pint, lovely man.

His mind was just on a different level than any other guitarist. I've studied them all from Django to Joe Pass to Howard Roberts for over 60 years. No one else thinks this way.

„Allan Holdsworth was by far my biggest inspiration“

- Leo da Vinci

This guy was way ahead of other human beings. This man was a genius, and his DNA certainly came from another galaxy.

The guy is the fucking Mozart of guitar and Jazz.

I was lucky enough to meet and have a quiet word with Allan before a music store clinic he was giving back in 1985 at Manhattan Beach Music in LA.  A truly wonderful guy and one of the most humble musicians I've ever met.

I love the simplicity and sophistication of the wisdom in this.  His mindset about the goal being to understand for yourself, and to emphasize that music is the language, the goal, not naming things and talking about them.

I met Allan at the bar in the afternoon after sound check. We had a beer. That’s as good as it gets.

I had the opportunity to meet and talk with Alan after a gig in Las Vegas, and he was the nicest sweetheart of man, so humble and warm, with that British humor thing. He shared his beer method with me which consisted of Nevada Ale Torpedo, poured into a glass, cover with foil, leave it out overnight at room temperature, drink it the next day! And what a one of a kind genius. No one even comes close.

Thankyou holdsworth dad for not getting him saxophone.

I had the pleasure of meeting him at a small venue (bar) in Boston in 1984 during a sound check we didn't know it was taking place when we got to the bar (around 4 pm). We met him and got free VIP tickets for the concert that night. Really a nice guy, very receptive and humble. Not to say one of the best guitar players ever existed in planet earth. RIP Allan.

I went to college and studied in classical guitar. Im a decent player. I have zero, and i mean ZERO clue about what this man was ever doing in guitar. He was a freak, a complete anomaly, a out liar, much like Shawn Lane, and im totally fine with that. Ill NEVER touch their accomplishments if i live to be 300 healthy years old. These men were absolute virtuosos. Ill happily play my tunes while these guys melt the faces off generations of players. I can still happily be inspired while knowing im just a passerby

Lesson 1:
22:57 most useful scales
Lesson 2:
1:01:25 chord scales

I'm convinced that Allan never thought of himself as anything other than a beer drinker, as opposed to being one of the most original musicians of the entire 20th century.

What is also impressive is the guys around him able to play with him. the drummer is a killer.

His intro explains so much about his character... What a bloke... Wish i knew about him 20 years ago. RIP brother ❤🙏

My god... What did I just watch... Masterful...