History Music / AllanHoldsworth

* 1976: ''Velvet Darkness'' [[note]] Velvet Darkness was not an official release in Holdsworth's eyes. It was made using tapes of backstage rehearsals. More information on Velvet Darkness can be found on [[Wiki/TheOtherWiki Wikipedia]]. [[/note]]

'''Allan Holdsworth''' is a British guitar player and jazz fusion musician. Easily one of the first players to break out of the box of traditional guitar technique, Holdsworth has a very progressive sound, and can be identified by his eccentric legato playing and his complex chordal melodies.

* 1976: ''Velvet Darkness'' [[note]] Velvet Darkness was not an official release in Holdsworth's eyes. It was made using tapes of backstage rehearsals. More information on Velvet Darkness can be found on [[TheOtherWiki]]. [[/note]]

* 1976: ''Velvet Darkness''

* OneOfUs - He's a [[Franchise/StarTrek Trekkie]], as demonstrated by his song ''All Yesterdays'' and the cover art for his album ''Atavachron''.

Holdsworth was a pioneer of melodic guitar playing, and has influenced such successes in the genre as Music/SteveVai, Music/JoeSatriani, Music/EddieVanHalen, and [[Music/DreamTheater John Petrucci]].

Allan Holdsworth is a British guitar player and jazz fusion musician. Easily one of the first players to break out of the box of traditional guitar technique, Holdsworth has a very progressive sound, and can be identified by his eccentric legato playing and his complex chordal melodies.

Holdsworth was a pioneer of melodic guitar playing, and has influenced such successes in the genre as SteveVai, JoeSatriani, EddieVanHalen, and [[Music/DreamTheater John Petrucci]].

Holdsworth was born into a musical family, and wanted to be a horn player as a kid. Unfortunately for him, his uncle bought him a guitar. Unenthusiastic at first, Holdsworth toyed around on the guitar, trying his utmost to make it not sound like a guitar. It worked, and Holdsworth quickly found his technique growing at an alarming rate. Saxophone player John Coltrane was one of his biggest influences, and Holdsworth's "outside" legato playing can be attributed to his emulation of saxophone players.

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!!Allan Holdsworth Discography:

!!Allan Holdsworth provides examples of

* InsufferableGenius - Holdsworth is such a stickler for tone, that he refuses to let the sound guys set up his equipment. He has even yelled at recording engineers for not knowing how to mic his setup[[hottip:*:though to be fair, at the time, what he wanted wasn't really possible with the then available technology.]]
* OneOfUs - He's a Trekkie, as demonstrated by his song ''All Yesterdays'' and the cover art for his album ''Atavachron''.

* {{Music/Instrumentals}} - Most of his work.