- After hearing him play, Eddie Van Halen paid travel expenses and room & board for Allan Holdsworth to give him lessons. He then hooked Holdsworth up with a record deal. On a related note, Holdsworth accomplished the feat of being the only jazz that Van Halen listens too.
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