The Danish Allan Holdsworth Fanclub



The Maestro [with the right beer] and the chairman
toasting for the success of the fanclub.

Photo by Pia Prehn.

This page was updated : sep 06 , 2004



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ALLAN HOLDSWORTH

Allan Holdsworth's "Flat Tire"
is here !

You can buy the album here !

It is a SOLO project featuring Allan on Synthaxe
and Guitar with guest appearance by
Dave Carpenter on acoustic bass.

The purpose of this fanclub :

- To spread the news about Allan's work as the outstanding musician that he is.
- Get in touch with other people who are interested in Allan's music.
- And hopefully be able to get some TOUR DATES.
- This fanclub is currently working very hard to get a concert with
Allan in one of the many concert places in Copenhagen, Denmark.
This web page was made in dec 1998.

Please note that nothing from this web page is for sale!




About the photo: I met Allan at the concert in "Musikteatret" oct 22 1997 Aarhus, Denmark.


Contact the chairman by clicking the envelope:

e-mail : chrdk@yahoo.com

Thanks to:

for their support, help and great inspiration.
Thank You All!

Cover man with his "Steinberger":

About the chairman :

My name is Christian and I'm studying mathematics and spanish at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
I'm promoted Taekwondo 3.Dan and I've trained martial arts since 1977.
INTERESTS: Fusion, astronomy, Taekwondo, running, boxing, beer homebrewing ...

LINKS:

OTHER LINKS
TRIVIA

My favorite...

Drummer Vinnie Colaiuta - [just listen to what he's doing on "City Nights", ... even I can't do that!]
Guitarist Allan Holdsworth [Who else?!]
Film "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Kubrick
I also like Godfrey Reggio's
"Powaquatsi" and "Koyaanisquatsi"
Beer Leffe - Bruin, Duvel & Grimbergen [Belgian beer!]
Car Mercedes Benz
Bass player Jimmy Johnson - just listen to those melodic bass-lines...
Allan Holdsworth album Secrets
Album with Allan Believe It [Tony Williams New Lifetime]- SUCH power guitar ! !

Concerts & Other Stuff ["THE LIST"]:

MY ALLAN HOLDSWORTH DISCOGRAPHY

With Allan Holdsworth as a leader:

Velvet Darkness - LP
Velvet Darkness +5 - CD

Allan Holdsworth: i.o.u - CD & LP

 

Allan Holdsworth IOU: Live - CD

 

Road Games - LP, CD

 

Metal Fatigue - CD, LP

 

Atavachron - CD, LP

Sand - CD, LP

Secrets - CD, LP

Wardenclyffe Tower - CD

Wardenclyffe Tower +3 - CD

Hard Hat Area - CD

None Too Soon - CD (Japan)

The Sixteen Men Of Tain - CD

FLATTire - music for a non existent movie - CD

Allan Holdsworth-"All Night Wrong" 2002 - CD

Tokyo Dream - live In Japan. Only on CD
Now also on video tape!

This is in fact IOU-live +3 !

With Gordon Beck:

Sunbird/The Things You See - CD

With A Heart In My Song - CD

With Bruford:

Feels Good To Me - LP, CD

One Of A Kind - LP & CD

With Stanley Clarke:

If This Bass Could Only Talk - CD

If This Bass Could Only Talk

The Collection (1990) - CD

Stanley Clarke - The Collection

With Frank Gambale:

MVP Truth In Shredding - CD

With Frank Gambale:

Resident Aliens: Live Bootlegs - CD

Montreaux, Switzerland, july 23, 1983 "Gathering Of Minds" [1 CD, A+]

Gathering Of Minds - an OUTSTANDING album from Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth (g) - Jack Bruce (voc,b)
Dider Lockwood (violin) - David Sancious (keyb) - Billy Cobham (dr)

With Gong:

Gazeuse - LP

Expresso 2 - LP

Time is the Key - CD

With Gongzilla:

Suffer - CD

With Stuart Hamm:

Radio Free Albemuth - CD

With Steve Hunt:

From Your Heart And Your Soul - CD

With Igginbottom:

Igginbottom's Wrench - CD

With Jon St. James:

Fast Impressions - only Fast Impressions and Rainy Taxi - tape

With Anders & Jens Johansson:

Heavy Machinery - CD

With Mark Mancina :

"Speed" - CD

The Soundtrack to the movie "Speed"

With Andre Marcelli :

Silent Will - CD

Oneness - CD

 

 

With Alex Masi :

Attack Of The Neon Shark- CD

 

With Jean-Luc Ponty:

Enigmatic Ocean - LP,CD

Individual Choice - CD

With Level 42:

Guaranteed - CD

With Soft Machine:

Bundles - CD

With Soft Machine:

Land of Cockayne - CD

With Soma:

Soma - CD

With John Stevens:

Touching On - CD

With John Stevens :

Conversation piece part 1 & 2 - CD

With Steve Tavaglione:

Blue Tav - CD (Japan)

With Tempest:

Tempest - CD

With U.K. :

U.K. - CD

With Various Artists:

Come Together - A Guitar Tribute To The Beatles - CD

With Chad Wackerman:

Forty Reasons - CD

The View - CD

With Jeff Watson:

Lone Ranger - CD

With Tony Williams:

Believe It! - CD, LP

Million Dollar Legs - CD, LP

Allan Holdsworth & Co.
"Jazz In Britain-B.B.C. Radio 3-London, England 1/8/80"

THIS PICTURE IS ERRONEOUS - It's actually Soft Machine (1974),

Tracks:
1. The Things You See (When You Haven't Got Your Gun)
2. Every Little Breeze
3. Sunday

Personnel:
Gordon Beck: Piano
Allan Holdsworth: Guitar
John Marshall: Drums
John O'Whey: Bass
Ray Warleigh: Alto Saxophone

Total Running Time: 31 minutes.

NeverWasNeverWillBe
With Allan Holdsworth

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH BOOTLEGS

 

Date 1975
Place "Europa Film Studion" - 1975, Stockholm , Sweden
Band Allan Holdsworth(g) - Tony Williams(dr) - Jack Bruce(b) - Webster Lewis(keyb) - Tequila (vocals)
Duration 40:35
#CD's 1
Rating A ++
Comments This was meant to be a record, but was never released

Allan Holdsworth with "The New Tony Williams Lifetime":
AH(g) - Tony Williams(dr) - Tony Newton(b) - Alan Pasqua(keyb)
Jan 16 1976 at "Bottom Line" New York City - CD
Sep 22 1976 at "Village Gate" New York City - CD

1977 - Holdsworth, Bruce & Hiseman: "Sherwood Forest Demos" [tape, A]
White Line - Bird Alon - Where Is One - Thightrope

(app. 1983) Allan Holdsworth with Gary Husband, Jeff Berlin and Eddie van Halen
at "The Guitar Institute" L.A - tape
[ed: This was a session where the audience could ask Allan questions.
And here we can hear Allan playing Eddie van Halen backwards out of the stage.]

Apr 20 - 1986 Allan Holdsworth live at "The 930 Club" ,Washington DC- [2 CD, B+, 91:08]
AH(g,synthaxe) - Gary Husband(dr) - Jimmy Johnson(b) - Kei Akagi(keyb)
Non Brewed Condiment - Looking Glass - White Line - Funnels - Atavachron -
Distance vs Desire - Sand Intro - Pud Wud - Devil Take The Hindmost -
Tokyo Dream - Letters Of Marque

Nov 4 - 1986 Allan Holdsworth: "Tralfamadore Cafe", Buffalo, New York - [CD]
AH(g,synthaxe) - Gary Husband(dr) - Jimmy Johnson(b) - Kei Akagi(keyb)
Non Brewed Condiment - Looking Glass - White Line - Funnels - Atavachron -
Distance vs Desire - Sand Intro - Pud Wud - Devil Take The Hindmost -
Tokyo Dream - Letters Of Marque + telephone interview

Date May 13 - 1987
Place "Rolling Stone", Milano, Italy - "Allan Holdsworth 3" live
Band Allan Holdsworth (g,Synthaxe), Chad Wackerman(dr), Bob Wackerman(b), Steven Hunt(keyb)
Duration
#CD's 1 CD, A+
Comments THIS is an absoloute K I L L E R ! ! !

May 25 1987 Allan Holdsworth with Stanley Clarke Band, at "Olympia" , Paris France - tape
SC(b) - Gerry Brown(dr) - Jimmy Earl(b) - Steven hunt(keyb) - AH(g)
[Allan only appears on one tune]

Date June 11, 1987
Place "Montmartre", Copenhagen, Denmark
Band Allan Holdsworth (g,Synthaxe), Chad Wackerman(dr), Bob Wackerman(b), Steven Hunt(keyb)
Duration 52:11
#CD's 1
Comments THIS is my all time favorite !!

Sep 12 - 1987 "Bottom Line" , NYC, USA - "Allan Holdsworth 3" live - [1 CD, A-,68:40]:
AH(g,synthaxe) - Steven Hunt(dr) - Jimmy Johnson(b) - Steven Hunt(keyb)

Feb 05 1988 New York - [2 CD, A, 85:00]
Allan Holdsworth (g) - Stanley Clarke (b) - Steve Smith (dr)
Randy Brecker (tp) - Bernard Wright (p)
Intro Jam - Pud Wud - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Bass Solo - Drum & Bass Jam - Drum Solo
Drum & Guitar Jam - The F Blues

May 05 1988 "Roppongi Pit Inn" , Tokyo, Japan - Allan Holdsworth live - [1 CD,A,74:00]
AH(g,synthaxe) & Gerry Brown (dr), Steve Hunt (keyb), Jimmy Johnson (b).
Maid Marion - Funnels - Pud Wud 3 - Looking Glass
Devil Take The Hindmost - Non Brewed Condiment - 3 Sheets to The Wind
Letters Of Marque
[ Really beautiful synthaxe playing from Allan ! ]

May ?, 1989 – Allan Holdsworth Group – Live in Tampa, Florida – [1 CD, B+, 43:08]
Allan Holdsworth (g), Vinnie Colaiuta (dr), Jimmy Johnson (b), Steve Hunt (keys)
Funnels - Shallow Sea - Looking Glass - Pud Wud - White Line - Improvisation

May 28, 1989 - Allan Holdsworth Group – Live at "Sneakers", New York City – [1 CD, B+, 69:07]
Allan Holdsworth (g), Vinnie Colaiuta (dr), Jimmy Johnson (b), Steve Hunt (keys)
Funnels - Shallow Sea - Looking Glass - Pud Wud - White Line
Drum solo – Maid Marion - Letters Of Marque – Outro Jam

Sep 1989 – Modern Drummer Festival, Upper Montclair, NJ – [1 CD, C-]
Holdsworth (g), Bob Wackerman (b), Chad Wackerman (dr)

Sep 23 - 1991 Allan Holdsworth Quartet: Live in Cambridge , Boston, Massachusetts
AH(g,synthaxe) - Chad Wackerman(dr) - Jimmy Johnson(b) - Steven Hunt(keyb)
Letters Of Marque - The Things You See - Tell Me

April 07 - 1992 Allan Holdsworth Quartet: Live at "Montmartre" , - [2 CD,B+]
AH(g) - Chad Wackerman(dr) - Skuli Sverrisson(b) - Steven Hunt(keyb)
Proto-Cosmos - Funnels - Looking Glass - Pud Wud -
White Line - Low Levels, High Stakes - The Things You See -
Devil Take The Hindmost - House Of Mirrors - Letters Of Marque -
Tell Me - Zone

1992 - Allan Holdsworth: "Live Secrets" European Tour - tape
AH(g) - Gary Husband(dr) - Skuli Sverrisson(b) - Steven Hunt(keyb)
Funnels - Looking Glass - Pud Wud - Devil Take The Hindmost -
House Of Mirrors - The Things You See - Tell Me -
Proto-Cosmos

Date mar 23 , 1997
Place "Capolinea" - Milano, Italy
Band Allan Holdsworth (g), Gary novak(dr), Dave Carpenter(b)
Duration 95:07
#CD's 2 , A
Comments

Oct 22 - 1997 Allan Holdsworth: Live at "Husets Musikteater" , Aarhus Denmark - [one CD, A-]
AH(g) - Chad Wackerman(dr) - Dave Carpenter(b)
XVI Men Of Tain - Looking Glass - Above And Below -
Water OnThe Brain Pt. II - Postlude/Material Real Outro -
Running On Fumes (never published!) - Funnels - Letters Of Marque
0-1-2-7-4 (later retitled 0274) - Where Is One - House Of Mirrors -
Texas - Shallow Sea

October 25 - 1997 – Allan Holdsworth Trio at "UMEA Jazz Festival-Sweden"
[1 CD, A++, 67:30] - Digital Radio Broadcast
Allan Holdsworth (g), Dave Carpenter (b), Chad Wackerman (dr)
The Sixteen Men Of Tain - Looking Glass - Water On The Brain
Improvisation/Material Real – Funnels - Letters Of Marque- 0274
House Of Mirrors - Shallow Sea

June 19 - 1998 Allan Holdsworth Trio: "Warsaw Summer Jazz Days" , Poland - [1 CD, A++]
AH(g) - Gary Novak(dr) - Dave Carpenter(b)
XVI Men Of Tain - Looking Glass - Above And Below -
Water OnThe Brain Pt. II - Improvisation -
Running On Fumes - Letters Of Marque
Texas - Proto-Cosmos
[ Unbelieveable sound quality!! ]
Now also on video tape - (NTSC - sorry!)

May 11 - 2000 - Allan Holdsworth Group live at "The Reign", Vienna, Austria - [2 CD, A, 103:44]
AH(g) - Gary Husband(dr) - Jimmy Johnson(b)
Lanyard Loop - Texas - Above and Below - Letters Of Marque
Unfathomable - Looking Glass - Gattox - 0274
Water On The Brain/improv. - Funnels
Proto-Cosmos - Zone/Material Real Outro

May 23 - 2000 - Allan Holdsworth Group live at "Universidad Politecnica De Valencia", Spain , [2 CD, B]
AH(g) - Gary Husband(dr) - Jimmy Johnson(b)
Lanyard Loop - Texas - Above And Below
Letters Of Marque - New ballad (=Alfarazawn?) - Blues (=Running On Fumes?)
0274 - Water OnThe Brain Pt. II
New Tune - Zone/Material Real Outro

July 22 - 2000 - Allan Holdsworth Trio – "I.O.U. A Husband" bootleg [1 CD, A, 78:14]
"Theatre of Living Arts" Philadelphia, PA , USA.
Allan Holdsworth (g), Jimmy Johnson (b), Gary Husband (dr)
Lanyard Loop – Texas - Above & Below - Letters Of Marque – Zanax
Gattox – 0274 – Water on the Brain – Untitled – Proto Cosmos - Impro

Date apr 01 , 2001
Place "Cortemaggiore" - Piacenza, Italy
Band Allan Holdsworth – Dave Carpenter - Joel Taylor
Duration 92:35
#CD's 2 , A-
Comments

 

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH VIDEOGRAPHY:

Allan Holdsworth:

REH Video - 1992 (PAL)

I have transferred the soundtrack to CD !
Amazing sound quality! [1 CD, A+]

With Gary Husband:

Interplay And Improvisation On The Drums - PAL(1998)

My colletion of other CD’s

CLICK HERE

Mr. Fingers shows you the way to the CD-list

Yellings at concerts:

  • Yeeeehaa !!! Jiff !
  • Turn it up !
  • MORE GUITAR !
  • Allan:"What guitar!"
  • Allan:"This next tune is from our newest album, which is called Sand.
    I don't think it's out yet - which is not UNUSUAL(!)" (Th. June 11 1987 Montmartre, Copenhagen Denmark).

My favorite Allan Holdsworth guitar-solos [in random order]:

I also have this book - VERY interesting 
     T U N E                           F R O M


  •  Red Alert......................."Believe It"

  •  Hazard Profile Pt I............."Bundles"

  •  Peril Premonition..............."Secrets"

  •  City Nights....................."Secrets"

  •  Five G.........................."One Of A Kind"

  •  Holiday Insane.................."Forty Reasons"

  •  Enigmatic Ocean Part III........"Enigmatic Ocean"

  •  Ruhkukah........................"Hard Hat Area"

  •  If You Can't Stand The Heat....."Feels Good To Me"

  •  Rainy Taxi......................"Fast Impressions"

Other bootlegs:

  • The End live at Montmartre, sep 13, 1990, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Jonas Hellborg live at Montmartre, feb 07, 1991, Copenhagen, Denmark. [1 CD, A]
  • Hellborg/Lane/Sipe live , oct 10, 1996 [1 CD, A+]
  • Hellborg/Lane/Sipe live in Sweden, nov 15, 1996 [1 CD, A+]
  • Hellborg/Lane/Sabal-Lecco live: Warzaw Jazz Festival , june 19, 1998 [1 CD, A+]
  • John Sund's "Trigon" live at Loppen, nov 27, 1991 Copenhagen. [tape, A]
  • Rite of Strings, J-L Ponty, S Clarke & Al Di Meola,
    live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, FM [1 CD, A+].
  • Hawk On Flight live in Musikcafeen, nov 25 1990 Copenhagen. [tape,A]
  • Kazumi Watanabe "The Spice of Life" live in Tokyo 1993, [1 CD, A].
  • Chick Corea Quartet Live w/Gary Novak ! - feb 29 1996 [2 CD, A-].
  • Tribal Tech Live in L.A. apr 1993, [1 CD, A].
  • Tribal Tech Live in Amsterdam 22-03-97, [2 CD, A+].
  • Shawn Lane Live in Memphis 11/13/91 [1 CD, A].
  • Shawn Lane Live at Ziggy's Salem, aug 16, 1998 [1 CD, A+].
  • Chad Wackerman Group Live at "Reigen" - feb 03 2000 [2 CD].
  • Chad Wackerman Group Live at "Ponderano", Biella, Italy - feb 10 2000 [2 CD].

Here I'm with the legendary guitarist John Sund just after
his concert at "Loppen", Christiania Copenhagen,
march 24 2000.

Photo by VIKTOR.




I'm also listening to:

-Scott Henderson & Tribal Tech
-Return To Forever: "Romantic Warrior"
-Keith Jarrett
-Acoustic Guitars
-Bill Connors
-John Mclaughlin
-Jonas Hellborg
-Genesis: "Seconds Out"
-Philip Glass 		-Weather Report
-Frank Zappa
-Al di Meola
-Jeff Beck
-George Duke
-The End
-Chick Corea
-Nova 		-Brand X
-Michel Camilo
-Burt Bacharach
-Pat Metheny
-Eric Wollman
-Mikkel Nordsø
-Zawinul
-Trilok Gurtu 		-John Sund - "Special Venture"
-Joni Mitchell
-Alex McHacek
-Timo Vuoppola
-James Muller
-Elliot Freedman Group
-Shawn Lane
-Scott McGill

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