Allan Holdsworth - Guitar Lesson 01

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• DA

  @davidgifford169 · 2 years ago

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

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• AB

  @Abebarthol · 1 year ago

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

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• JE

  @jeffdawson2786 · 2 years ago

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

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• DA

  @davedavey5 · 2 years ago

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

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• LU

  @luzaozanetti8874 · 2 years ago

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

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• NE

  @NeilRaouf · 3 years ago

  „Allan Holdsworth was by far my biggest inspiration“<br><br>- Leo da Vinci

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• SU

  @surfghost9121 · 2 years ago

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

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• MO

  @modeltrainfan · 4 years ago

  The guy is the fucking Mozart of guitar and Jazz.

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• US

  @user-yv6xw7ns3o · 2 years ago

  I love the simplicity and sophistication of the wisdom in this. &nbsp;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.

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• DE

  @dennism7659 · 5 years ago

  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. &nbsp;A truly wonderful guy and one of the most humble musicians I&apos;ve ever met.

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• CH

  @ChromaticHarp · 3 years ago (edited)

  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.

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• TH

  @thierryvidal63 · 2 years ago

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

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