"Road Games", Allan Holdsworth Live with I.O.U., Jan 22, 1983

NAMM, CA
Allan Holdsworth: Guitar Genius
Paul Williams: Voice
Jeff Berlin: Bass
Chad Wackerman: Drums
Here's one of the earliest live recordings of "Road Games" with Chad Wackerman and Jeff Berlin (who would soon be replaced by Jimmy Johnson). It's interesting to hear Jeff's live approach as opposed to JJ's on the recently released "Live in Tokyo 1984" from Manifesto. Also, Allan is totally unhinged on this solo. It was the last song and I think he was just going for it, since this was before he became so highly scrutinized at NAMM.Versions of "Road Games" were played in Sept 1982 which are really "gooey", so here it is starting to come together - but not quite to the hard shiny gem that it would become by the Japan tour.(the poster I used for the pic is not for this show, but it has that nice early-80s DIY vibe!)
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Very nice!