Allan Holdsworth I.O.U LIVE In Japan 1984 Devil Take the Hindmost .mp4

This is from the video that's not on the live audio recording. I've noticed that no one has uploaded it as I have the Video recording of it that was then transferred to DVD.Thought I'd better do this for prosperity anyway I know Allan would not be happy with this as he never is happy as we all know with most of his recordings live anyway. Sorry chasp but us die hard fans love your work no matter how bad you may think it is.In the words of Wayne Cambell (Waynes World) " We are not worthy We are not worthy oh god of harmony and maker of the most awesome guitar music in the universe, as we all know you're an Alien.Lets all bow to the Master of all that is Harmonically challenging and really difficult, almost impossible to play on the guitar.Not to mention Chad and Jimmy backing you up the rhythm section from Hell.By the way, I tried to tweak the sound slightly better eq and punch.This concert always means a lot to me because I remember the first time I saw it on a Video it was a recording of a recording given to a friend, we all sat around watching it, you could hear a pin drop no one spoke, it was a religious experience. Hope you all enjoy !!!!
Cheers (Die hard fan) Dale (RIP Allan) 15 April 2017

[@yuribakker3079]

2023 and still sounds like future music. The best ever

[@seric4546]

Holdsworth really was special the way he played so freely. I don't think I ever heard him repeat himself either.

[@craigroberts9890]

OMG his chordal playing is as good as it gets, just phenomnal, jaw dropping

[@seanruiz3357]

unreal,......I thought I knew a few chord's...lol...I don't know SHIT,...

[@truthserum9157]

I’ve played in a few jazz fusion bands and straight ahead jazz bands, when ever I was asked who my favorite guitarist was my answer is always the same Holdsworth.

[@murrayrowley2900]

So many diminished, augmented and chromatic approach notes suggesting what the ear expects to hear without actually delivering it so literally....brilliant technique!

[@TombRunner1990]

Play this non stop. Just so gutted I never got to see him before he sadly past. Holdsworth the king

[@Daves_not_here]

Rest in peace, Master. Thank you for the music.

[@antoninoscannapieco5508]

R.I.P. Maestro..

[@roblawsonmusic]

Antonino Pescalamazza 🎸🔥🙏 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJmbhmiLedWIf9E

[@ThrashRoC]

The BEST of The BEST... His fast legato runs are ...INCREDIBLE , the BEST ive everheard

[@trice9669]

Love seeing something else with Chad Wackerman, the most aptly named drummer ever. A show with sets from Holdsworth and Zappa at this time would have been amazing. Chad would be tired though.

[@tedcabana]

All Hail the Great Allan Holdsworth!! Gone, but never forgotten.

[@pamelas.8026]

the one and only - our mozart of guitar - our bird of strings -Blessings

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

Chad Wackerman, great name for a drummer, played with Zappa back then too! Allan Holdsworth’s runs are insane when he gets cooking!

[@user-uo8yh9tb8g]

Saw Holdsworth three times live in this period in Boston, MA. After the first show I didn't play for weeks... what was the point! This guy was IT, and IT was the best I'd ever heard by a country mile. But luckily that passed and I realized just how far ahead of everybody this guy was... mercurial, and always self-effacing, Holdsworth was never quite satisfied it seemed, and that drive when you are already unapproachable to most even very good guitarist... I mean even John McLaughlin said he'd steal everything he does, if he only knew what it was! That's freaking Johnny Mac we are talking about here... then Bill Connors did just that! But there is only one Holdsworth, and he was the best I ever saw or heard

[@MaXaNoMaLoUs]

I had this audio for years, great to finally see it! 2:10 to 2:19 soo awesome! R.I.P.

[@josedemelojuniorjunior]

RIP THE MASTER,ALLAN HOLDSWORTH

[@hamandvaid]

Just so we're all clear, this is completely impossible, so we must all be imagining it. I refuse to believe my own eyes and ears. Allan forever!

[@craigroberts1670]

I play guitar sorta great but I don't think I could play just one of Alllan's Shovel Handed Mega Chords, no way baby. I mean, look at what he's doing, its absurd, its intimidating, its, well.................its ...................uh...............nevermind.................................beautiful. LOL.......

[@havokmusicinc]

My god, what a solo

[@Vital-Notes]

3:40 These Solo Ideas can only come from the Soul of a Giant of Fusion. You might be able to cover something like this, but coming up with those ideas live in a Solid is something only Allan was capable of. Rest in Peace Allan, it is like an Era has come to an end with his death :(

[@craigroberts1670]

OMG so sorry, I wasn't aware he passed from this world. We are losing the God's more each day. Eddie Van Halen called him The King of Legatto runs. His hands play chords that defy gravity and his tone - no one has that tone. Listen to the solo on a song called Fred off Tony Williams Lifetime / Believe It CD. He actually plays some bluesy rock runs along with his usual frenetic leggato.

[@BneiAnusim]

Maestro, thank you so much for all the incredible music you gave us!

[@finarollerz]

Saw the IOU band many time in bay area from first Cal tour (2-3 bass players, 2 drummers), I love the sound of the red Charvel the best, the lead tone had the barky, crotchety sound, so killer, and the way Allan used to turn... never seen music like that since, doubt I will this side of heaven.

[@williamcapelo3498]

Maestro..!! El mejor guitarrista del Universo..! Alan..(R.I.P.)

[@johnshitwalker3483]

Holdsworth played guitar not as a guitarist - the reason I love what he did !

[@ericwedin4154]

From another universe

[@axyshaysi]

the one and only

[@jucao1235]

um Gênio da música mundial!

[@krma1970]

Love the eye browse lifting at the end lol. "This one was kinda tough hum??" Huge. I never noticed it before but there's a special moment where he "challenges" himself, trying "trills" (going fast between 2 fingers), but he does them descendent… Finger 4 + 3, then 3 + 2, then 2 + 1... No one on this side of this universe would ever try this live. Unique is the word.

[@FusionHowie]

Allan was the motherfucking MAN !!!

[@warvandal3443]

Very sad to hear this news of Allan's passing. I just use my ears with what he plays/played - the emotional depth touches the sky for me. I don't understand the maths of scales, modes etc. but one thing : Do you know if Allan tuned in standard (concert) or was it altered tunings like 4ths maybe?

[@_MatheusWill]

Vim pelo podcast com o Ardanuy

[@andrekuhnen4668]

Allan Holdsworth é o Mozart da nossa época

[@SFGuitarworks]

Just ungodly great.

[@xeniera]

Finally, a good video of this song live. Thanks a bunch!

[@admtech69]

Jaw still on floor

[@andrekuhnen4668]

Allan Holdsworth era uma besta enjaulada,um monstro,uma fera indomável.Simplesmente o maior de todos

[@wehaveasituation]

Daaaammmnn..

[@DoodleOfMonk]

Then there is the rest of us...

[@christophersleight19]

Interviewer to Frank Zappa "who is your favorite guitarist, or who do you like listening to?" Frank "Alan Holdsworth." Interviewer "and who does he play with?" Interview over........

[@jakemf1]

My GOD- to see this live- crazy

[@ZenZill]

Allan is so different, but reminds me of Jeff Beck; People who could talk through the guitar.

[@Los_Barbituricos]

1:57 The lick

[@funknotik]

Does he usually play the solos completely different from the record like he did here? Or does he sometimes stay the same as the recording. This is my favorite holdsworth song, love this whole album,

[@GusFogle]

+funknotik Allan is first and foremost an improviser. One of the biggest reasons he left the supergroup U.K. was because the keyboardist Eddie Jobson wanted him to play the solos note for note from the records every night. So basically every time Allan plays a song he plays the solo differently. Frank Zappa did it the same way. Even though Allan's solo on the studio version of this piece is so brilliant, you have to give him credit for going out there and playing something on the spot in a new way every night.

[@funknotik]

+Gus Fogle That's insane man this guy is a genius. I'm still trying to wrap my head around his approach to theory, viewing scales as species of the major scale rather than modes, etc. I'm hunting down all his music on ebay, been obessed the last year. I want to reach somewhere near this level of improvisation

[@GusFogle]

funknotik I know exactly how you feel. I spent a long time working out how he approaches harmony and improvisation. Some helpful hints that I have discovered while analyzing Allan's playing: don't obsess over matching the right scale to the right chord. Let your ears do the work for you and occasionally throw the rules out the window. Allan sounds the most like Allan when he's just doing chromatic alterations on existing scales. Chromatics are absolutely your friend while studying to play like Allan. So perhaps familiarize yourself with some 8 and 9 note scales, like the 9-note blues scale and the Holdsworth Bebop scale. The 9-note blues scale (in any key) is really applicable to so many different types of jazz chords, you'd be surprised how much it can sound like Allan if you phrase it properly. But remember there's not one "magic" scale. Allan uses so many accidentals in his solos that trying to pin it down to one or two scales is useless. Sometimes when he cuts loose he's just using chromatic alterations. Also, try out Hungarian Minor (harmonic minor with augmented 4th scale degree) while in minor keys. Another tip: analyze some Holdsworth solo transcriptions. One of the best examples is his solo on Devil take the hindmost. There is a transcription by Steve Vai out there that is easy to find. Anyway sorry for my long, rambling post but I hope this has been helpful and I say good luck to you in your quest to improvise like Allan!

[@antidote7]

+Gus Fogle The main point is to approach playing the way you perceive it, which is exactly what Holdsworth did and why he sounds innovative and unique.

[@Oenloveslife]

He always does it differently from the record, every time!

[@krissimms4775]

🤔🤔🤔👍👍💪💪💪😁😁😁🙏🙏 loveliness. Everyone go Checkout Allan Holdsworth when he was part of Tony Willians 'Lifetime'👍👍🙏🙏

[@davebowman8407]

Well done Dale !!!

[@tonelocrian]

wOw just WoW ! long live AH

[@minighs]

3:51 One of the more crazy runs I've heard him play. I find it a little less predictable than everything else he plays here, which is saying something!

[@cdiegovillagra]

R.I.P! :(

[@PolyQuasi]

RIP

[@oldhouse2626]

Incredible!

[@bronson1392]

Beautiful but he was meant to play a Bb instead of a Z# at bar 456 of his solo

[@DavidWilliams-sp8gv]

Holdsworth invented the new new scale, a lydian augmented with no root. So in G7, Aflat, a, b, dflat, d, e, f g, a flat. use this over GFlat5, flat 9, dom 7. damn ad the bflat and eflat aug5 too.That is the holdsworthian sound. As I was always taught all 12 notes are chromatically justified!

[@riccagiaco]

Amen!

[@CIOWhitepapers]

One gets the sense that Alan slipped into this world by accident and the alien world he came from could not undo it.

[@adrianbrooks1664]

Brilliant :)

[@toddlaugen3335]

WOW!

[@Acousticeg]

Thanks!!!

[@DjJackyB]

I was looking for a techno trance song called IOU....eish

[@RFGuitarist]

How lucky are you then!? Instead you found a video of one of the greatest guitarists of our lifetime, a man who changed harmony, rhythm, and techniques used on the guitar...

[@DjJackyB]

Rodrigo Tabare I will give their back catalogue a listen on your recommendation sir.

[@minighs]

@@DjJackyB I know it's been four years since the OP, but if you want to really hear Allan Holdsworth, check out his "Wardencliff Tower" album, particularly "Tokyo Dream" from that album and my favorite "Zarabeth."

[@thayerjohnson5654]

Eddie Van Halen's influence?

[@DrVision1]

If you mean was Eddie influenced by Allan ? yes and a long list of musicians that is massive to say the least...

[@ytnsanw]

CW looking like Brains from Thunderbirds....

[@Smegmachin]

3 people are deaf!

[@David-mw3sb]

I think hes taking the piss

[@craigroberts9890]

jjj

[@randypirie7587]

wtf???? I don't get it .

[@Steve-mp7by]

Go back listening to Justin Bieber lol