Chad Wackerman's Experience Playing with Allan Holdsworth

Allan was probably the best guitarist to have ever lived, and Chad is a master in his own right!

Chad is one of the most underrated drummers in the world. His ability is astonishing and his musical scope is immense. He's an incredibly accomplish composer as well. Thank you for sharing

I love these insights. It’s great to hear the interactions and thought processes between genuine superstars.

I love all the Chad solo albums. So glad he got Allan to play on a lot of that stuff. .

I love Holdsworth, but I also love Zappa and it has been a wonderful life enjoying the music of both with Chad playing drums. Chad is a monster, in my top three goat

I got to play with Chad quite a bit back in our HS days in Huntington Beach. I went to Edison and he was at Huntington Bch HS. But we’d play together at the local junior colleges as high school students. I remember I made the Monterey All Star Jazz Festival HS band as a bassist in 1977 my senior year. Chad had been the drummer for the prior 3 years so I was really looking forward to playing with him there. But due to politics and complaining parents he wasn’t chosen his senior year. I don’t even remember the guy I played with there, and he was good, but not even on the same planet as Chad. Chad ended up the house drummer for the festival that year anyway! Lol We were so lucky to have some amazing young musicians in Orange County back then like Chad, Eric Marienthal, Mike Plumbly and Brandon Fields just to name a few. I’ve played with some of the best drummers in the world over my 40 plus years but nobody could hold a candle to Chad. Best I’ve ever had the honor of playing with. Good to see he’s doing well.

Eddie Jobson took Frank Zappa to listen to the record exec listen of the first UK record which Alan played on. Jobson said Frank made "sounds of approval" the whole time.

One of the best things that my wife and I had happen was when we saw Allan play in Milwaukee twice many years ago. I don't remember who the drummer was on the gig at Shank Hall but the second time we saw him he was performing with Chad at a drum clinic at Casio Music and Jimmy Johnson was on bass. All I can say is WOW!

Met you, Chad, when you were sitting at the bar with Alan when playing a 3x night gig at the Town Pump in Vancouver 86.

magnifico.💣💣💣💣💣💣

Together with Jaco, Allan was the most impressive musician this world experienced.

I’m rediscovering Allan and inspired by every note — and every word said about him. Thank you.

Legendary!! Love this.❤

Wow, Wackerman played w/ Holdsworth for more than 30 years!...wish it could have been even more. It's interesting to see people catching up w/ what Holdsworth was doing. Guys who liked smoking guitar players pretty much only liked the records where he was a hired gun like a really high octane rock guy , (was in this boat for awhile). A.H. will likely never be a household name everywhere, but he certainly expanded the vocabulary of the instrument and influenced thousands of players.

Wonderful chad beautiful career with forward thinking musicians 😀

Legendary

awesome

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Made my day. Thank you.

Allíen Holdsworth,vino de otra galaxia,su música, composición,sus armonías,progresión de acordes y lo más relevante para mi que soy guitarrista es su desarrollo en los solos,su sonidos,timbres, alturas,pianissimo,de otro mundo y Chad Wackerman fue uno de los que leyó mejor su música,son increíble,hay un tema de Chad " Tell Me" maravilloso.