RIP Allan Holdsworth

[volinbham]

Guitarist extraordinaire.

Skip to 1:45 if you like

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcPbmPM7epY[/youtube]

or this one starts with a solo

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDAC5hbwQJw[/youtube]

 

[davethevol]

I never could get into his music, but many of my musical influences were inspired by him. Definitely a musical genius. Eddie Van Halen was supposed to produce a record of his, but Allan went ahead and recorded it while Van Halen was on tour and really ticked off Eddie. That would have been an interesting collaboration.

 

[volinbham]

I never could get into his music, but many of my musical influences were inspired by him. Definitely a musical genius. Eddie Van Halen was supposed to produce a record of his, but Allan went ahead and recorded it while Van Halen was on tour and really ticked off Eddie. That would have been an interesting collaboration.

The only time I listened to him was his time with UK

 

[davethevol]

The only time I listened to him was his time with UK

I always heard that he hated playing guitar and wanted to play a saxophone instead. I watched a clip of one of his instructional videos the other day and reinforced that idea.

 

[114VOL]

I never could get into his music, but many of my musical influences were inspired by him. Definitely a musical genius. Eddie Van Halen was supposed to produce a record of his, but Allan went ahead and recorded it while Van Halen was on tour and really ticked off Eddie. That would have been an interesting collaboration.

As I got older, I began appreciate EVH much less. His melodic style/songwriting is unimaginative. Holdsworth is a better player than VH IMHO