"I'd like to hear a bit about Allan's involvement with pedal steel guitar. It sounds like the chords on "Tokyo Dream" were played on the C6 neck? I'm curious as to which brand of steel you own?"

Allan writes: I experimented with pedal steel for a while when I was living with Tony Williams, ( Tony had one at his house, I think there was a connection between Gretsch and Showbud ) I came up with two tunings of my own, something that is not to difficult, as the pedals and knee levers are flexible on pedal steels. I used a Showbud double 12 (all the pedals, all the knee levers) Yes, I did use it on Tokyo Dream, and In The Mystery.
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He may not have learned A Way to Survive, however

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There was a period of time in the 80's where Holdsworth was practically all I listened to.

I haven't been listening to him much lately, but I still can never let a CD of his go by without having a copy of it. I'll dig out those two tunes and have another listen.

Considering the very individualistic approach Allan evolved regarding theory, scales, etc., I would imagine his steel playing is similarly unique.

Fortunately he didn't do enough with it to become the jazz version of Jerry Garcia or Robert Randolph, here on the Forum. I don't think I could sit by and watch that for very long.