does anyone know about Shawn Lane?

SeñorJem77 · #1 06-14-2004, 09:52 PM

is he popular in USA and other countries???, i'm from argentina, and here i can't find anything about him.
i only have 4 or 5 songs downloaded from the kazaa.

pawel · #2 06-14-2004, 10:00 PM

Well, Shawn Lane is by far one of the most underappreciated guitarists ever, so it is tough to fnd info on him. I'm a huge fan myself. These are a few places you should check out:

www.abstractlogix.com - Check out the Hellborg/Lane/Sipe webcasts, especially the Falls Church one. You can also order Shawn's CDs there...

www.shawnlane.org/forum/index.php - Shawn Lane forum, a lot of into there and some great, if insane, people...

www.tarsun.net - All you ever needed to know about Shawn

SeñorJem77 · #3 06-14-2004, 10:07 PM

but i think that he is very unpopular, i´m right? and also i think that he is a very excellent guitar player, very very very very excellent, there are a few guitarrist that play like he plays. and also his songs are very excellent songs.

pawel · #4 06-14-2004, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by SeñorJem77

but i think that he is very unpopular, i´m right? and also i think that he is a very excellent guitar player, very very very very excellent, there are a few guitarrist that play like he plays. and also his songs are very excellent songs.

Well, many people here on Jemsite would have heard about him, and a few would have heard something by him. But even in the guitar community he is nowhere near Satch and Vai in terms of popularity.

Shawn's solo music is different than his work with Jonas Hellborg, which varies between fusion, jazz, rock, and world music. Shawn is great in both settings...

SeñorJem77 · #5 06-14-2004, 10:15 PM

i didn't know that he was dead

ShredOrDead · #6 06-15-2004, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by SeñorJem77

i didn't know that he was dead

Yea, RIP Shawn

SeñorJem77 · #7 06-16-2004, 12:10 PM

who went to a show of shawn?

Michiel Angelo · #8 06-17-2004, 04:29 AM

Yeah I'd like to know that too

AndersPGM · #9 06-17-2004, 05:07 AM

he toured alot in asia with Jonas Hellborg.

he made a few REH instructional videos as well.

First time I took notice of Shawn was in Guitar Player ( 86 or 87 I think)an issue devoted to "the greatest unknown" guitar players. Vernon Reid and Mike Varney wrote some things about him that made me very keen to know more.

the.godfather · #10 06-17-2004, 05:25 AM

I have one of his REH videos somewhere. I got it off Ebay a while back.
It is an insane video, and he had some awesome chops and licks.
He was defenitely one of the greats, and very underappreciated. The guys in Total Guitar Magazine loved him. They put him down as one of the most influential shredders etc. He was a cool guy. I found an insane interview on the net once with him, Im sure I bookmarked it somewhere.
I also had a video of him just shredding away on one of his Vigier guitars. Some of the stretches and licks he could pull off - wow!
RIP dude - He is probably shredding away up there as we speak!

Gary - The.Godfather

the.godfather · #11 06-17-2004, 05:28 AM

Knew I bookmarked it somewhere. Some of the pics in this interview were quite recent I believe. Just shows what a cool dude he was!

http://www.richardhallebeek.com/inter/shawn.htm

Gary - The.Godfather

SeñorJem77 · #12 06-17-2004, 09:35 AM

Great link sir!!!
I will work it out.
I also have cool stuff from the guitar magazine.

Anton · #13 06-17-2004, 09:56 AM

I have 2 of his REH videos and over 12 cds with him , he seriously rocks!

Petie · #14 06-17-2004, 10:14 AM

I've unfortunately never seen his CDs anywhere

but I was very inspired by an interview with him in a Guitar Player magazine in 1992 (the very first one I bought, aged 14).

the.godfather · #15 06-17-2004, 11:45 AM

Most of his CD's are very rare apparently. They can set you back a few £.
I have seen a few of them go for quite a bit on the old auction site!
Gary - The.Godfather