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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Holdsworth

 

Holdsworth has been cited as an influence by a host of rock, metal and jazz guitarists such as Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Greg Howe,Shawn Lane,Richie Kotzen,John Petrucci,[Alex Lifeson, Kurt Rosenwinkel,Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Romeo,Ty Tabor,Fredrik Thordendal Daniel Mongrain, John Frusciante, and Tom Morello.

Frank Zappa once lauded him as "one of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet",while Robben Ford has said: "I think Allan Holdsworth is the John Coltrane of the guitar. I don't think anyone can do as much with the guitar as Allan Holdsworth can."

 

 

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Immediately after I.O.U.'s release, guitarist Eddie Van Halen brought Holdsworth to the attention of Warner Bros. Records executive Mo Ostin. Van Halen had previously enthused about Holdsworth in a 1980 issue of Guitar Player magazine, saying "That guy is bad! He's fantastic; I love him", and that Holdsworth was "the best, in my book". Furthermore, in a 1981 interview for Guitar World magazine, he said that "To me Allan Holdsworth is number one".

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allan holdsworth:

 

Discography

Solo albums

Studio

1976: Velvet Darkness

1982: I.O.U.

1983: Road Games (EP)

1985: Metal Fatigue

1986: Atavachron

1987: Sand

1989: Secrets

1992: Wardenclyffe Tower

1993: Hard Hat Area

1996: None Too Soon

2000: The Sixteen Men of Tain

2001: Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie

2016: Tales from the Vault

 

Live

1997: I.O.U. Live

2002: Live at the Galaxy Theatre (DVD)

2002: All Night Wrong

2003: Then!

2007: Live at Yoshi's (DVD)

2018: Live in Japan 1984

2019: Warsaw Summer Jazz Days '98 (CD & DVD)

2020: Frankfurt '86 (CD & DVD)

2021: Leverkusen '97 (CD & DVD)

2021: Leverkusen 2010 (CD & DVD)

2022: Jarasum Jazz Festival 2014 (CD & DVD)

 

Collaborations

1980: Conversation Piece – Part 1 & 2, with Gordon Beck, Jeff Clyne and John Stevens

1980: The Things You See, with Gordon Beck

1988: With a Heart in My Song, with Gordon Beck

1990: Truth in Shredding, with Frank Gambale/The Mark Varney Project

1996: Heavy Machinery, with Jens Johansson and Anders Johansson

2009: Blues for Tony, with Alan Pasqua, Chad Wackerman and Jimmy Haslip (live double album)

2009: Propensity, with Danny Thompson and John Stevens (recorded 1978)

 

Compilations

2005: The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock

2017: Eidolon: The Allan Holdsworth Collection

2017: The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! The Allan Holdsworth Album Collection (box set)

With other artists[edit]

'Igginbottom

1969: 'Igginbottom's Wrench

Nucleus

1972: Belladonna (released as a solo album by Ian Carr)

Tempest

1973: Tempest

2005: Under the Blossom: The Anthology

Soft Machine

 

Studio:

1975: Bundles (band member)

1981: Land of Cockayne (guest musician)

2003: Abracadabra (as Soft Works) (band member)

 

Live:

2003: BBC Radio 1971–1974

2006: Floating World Live 1975

2015: Switzerland 1974 (CD, DVD)

The New Tony Williams Lifetime

1975: Believe It

1976: Million Dollar Legs

Pierre Moerlen's Gong

1976: Gazeuse!

1978: Expresso II

1979: Time Is the Key

John Stevens

1977: Touching On

1977: Re-Touch

Jean-Luc Ponty

1977: Enigmatic Ocean

1983: Individual Choice

2007: The Atacama Experience

Bruford

1978: Feels Good to Me

1979: One of a Kind

1986: Master Strokes: 1978–1985 (compilation)

2006: Rock Goes to College (CD/DVD, live in 1979)

U.K.

1978: U.K.

1999: Concert Classics Volume 4 (live 1978; reissued variously as Live in America and Live in Boston)

2016: Ultimate Collector's Edition (box set)

Gordon Beck

1979: Sunbird

1980: The Things You See

Jon St. James

1986: Fast Impressions (guest soloist on "Fast Impressions" & "Rainy Taxi")

Krokus

1986: Change of Address (guest soloist on "Long Way From Home")

Stanley Clarke

1988: If This Bass Could Only Talk (guest soloist on "Stories to Tell")

Stuart Hamm

1988: Radio Free Albemuth

Jack Bruce

1989: A Question of Time (guest soloist on "Obsession" & "Only Playing Games")

Alex Masi

1989: Attack of the Neon Shark (guest soloist on "Cold Sun")

Chad Wackerman

1991: Forty Reasons

1993: The View

2012: Dreams Nightmares and Improvisations

Level 42

1991: Guaranteed

Gorky Park

1996: Stare (guest soloist on "Don't Make Me Stay")

Steve Hunt

1997: From Your Heart and Your Soul

Steve Tavaglione

1997: Blue Tav

Derek Sherinian

2004: Mythology

2005: Book of the Dead

Corrado Rustici

2006: Deconstruction of a Postmodern Musician (guest soloist on "Tantrum to Blind")

Planet X

2007: Quantum

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