Oh my gosh, I too have only just discovered Shawn and what a revelation! I thought I was aware of all the top notch guitarists but this guy has just Single-handedly blown them all away in my opinion. RIP Shawn 🙏
Not only his speed, but his harmonic palate was among the richest I think I’ve ever heard. Analyzing phrases from his “Black Market” solo is an absolute masterclass in playing “outside.” Love these choices in this video. My favorite terrifying moment is the solo he does with Sean Rickmann after “Not Again” on the Powers of Ten Live album. There’s playing on that solo that is straight up dumbfounding. And I could keep going on his playing if you let me. Breaks my heart I’ll never get to see this guy live.
Wow I just discovered him yesterday. I don't think anyone can argue that someone else was faster or more astute guitar master. I'm not even into super fast shredding because mostly it ends up sounding like an angry bee. But what he has going on goes way beyond that. God certainly blessed this man although he certainly never gained the recognition he absolutely deserved. That Kalcuta track brought me to tears just now.
I was there for the show at GIT. I am a shredder and love shred guitar. Always have and always will. Shawn was next level. It is pretty hard to shock me but he most certainly did. I'm still convinced he was an alien. ;)
@@eniph2953 listened to Charles, he's a unique shredder. Very erratic. But Shawn is still waay faster and more melodic. Maybe the one who is getting close is Jason Richardson. That dude can shred superfast.
Roy Marchbank has transcribed and performed some of the stuff from Powers of Ten. He’s the only person I’ve ever seen or heard who can mimic Shawn’s speed and phrasing.
@@FloridaManMattyI’ve recently stumbled on Roy Marchbank and he is indeed phenomenal. In fact one of the thoughts that ran through my mind is that he plays with the speed and fluidity of Shawn Lane. Definitely the most reminiscent player to Shawn, while having his own unique voice on the instrument.
All good selections, but let's be honest, all Shawn Lane fans have another ten, and another ten after that we could cite. His solo on So What? can melt steel. I Only Want To Know and The Way It Has To Be are glorious, and there are many more. Twenty years gone this year, but still the GOAT.
Shawn's Hey Tee Bone solo is probably one of the single-most impressive solos ever recorded. Everything about it is a feat (his solo on 'So What' is also up there). Slow the timing down and everything is perfectly on beat, the note choices are simply incredible, the melodic styles switch around mid-solo from blues to classical to jazz and to things that are simply undefinable, the articulation for every note is clear as day (which makes it all the more impressive given the speeds at which he's playing)... it's absurd. I've studied this solo closely for many years because of just how incredible it is and it's WAY harder to play than it sounds (and it obviously sounds insane already). Plus, THIS WAS THE FIRST or SECOND TAKE (as told to me by some of the folks who knew him personally). The only cut in the solo is the last couple measures, which adds that diminished line. Clearly, this was just a walk-in-the-park for Shawn, because in order to play that fast, that cleanly, that perfectly on beat, and with such articulation both hands, he was absolutely capable of playing much faster. Shawn was a prodigious savant - an incredible rarity with a mind and nervous system so unique that we're unlikely to find many multi-instrumentalists quite like him. And, considering his multitude of passions (with guitar being only a small part of his life), one can only imagine if he stuck strictly to guitar - his playing would've been truly irrepetible (clearly it is already). We were lucky to have him here for the short time he was around. Best part, is that he was supremely humble. He wanted to be treated just like anyone else, and I'm sure it was difficult being that guy that everyone admires as an otherworldly person. The guitar world is privileged to have had him and his legacy continues to grow, as it always will. Let's all be thankful for his time here and what he graced us with.
Shawn is the guy you show to people that say theres no feel in shred. Youre right, its still super liquid, it grooves while shredding, its vocal, its melodic. Dude had it all!
@@visionboxed Honestly everything, I have yet to see an area of his playing with any weak spots. I guess maybe you could say he sometimes overplays a bit, like shredding for too long can be overbearing. But to put it simple. He has the greatest technique, everything he plays is flawless. His speed is so fast that it seems supernatural(there are some guys nowadays faster than him but tbh any speed above his is completely absurd and unnecessary, and barely even audible) His phrasing, improv skills, and tone seems straight from heaven, I can’t even explain how purely musical he is. And is an actual great composer unlike many shredders.
A great tribute to a great human and musician... thanks a lot......best wishes....he was a hero....so many health issues and yet he gave us so much.... he was 17 years old and he played with Black Oak Arkansas... he was fiery.....the singer anounces him in the live show as Mr. Sawn Lane...17 years old...he had earn rightously the respect of the musicworld.
I sincerely hope AI will one day make it possible to restore every video existing by Shawn Lane to great quality and turn it into the most face melting documentary about a guitarist to have ever graced a silver screen. He deserves it. Great choice btw. I used to listen to Hey T-Bone on repeat in the 90s.
Nice video. Guitarist myself who became aware of Shawn around 25 years ago and couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I’m really happy people are giving him the recognition he deserves. He was a true one off genius, and all the guitarists knew it. A clip of Shawn’s playing that has somehow gone under the radar is his solo with the Willy’s playing a cover of Cult of Personality. It’s here on RUclips. I would strongly recommend you securely strap yourself in for what happens from around 3:12. He doesn’t hold back ! Enjoy.
The solos on illusions is what no one has ever managed to express on an instrumental level....Shawn's uniqueness is this...and not only that...he was gifted with a unique technique...no one will ever be able to its level.....come on guys....Shawn is from another planet.
I only discovered him today.Other worldly good.Thank you for sharing.That's what I would of wanted to sound like as a teenaager but I didn't know about him.Thank you for sharing.Greetings from Colombia,South America.
I have shown sooooo many guitarist through out my days the live version of get you back. I have never had anybody reciprocate what I felt when I shared the live version. The KTZZ-TV in Seattle in 1993 version of Get you back touched my heart almost more than any other song I've ever heard. I have never been able to find the full version of the KTZZ-TV in Seattle in 1993 Get you back. If anybody knows and could let me know I will be forever grateful.
His speed, fluidity and melodic sensibilities are totally on another level. Some modern players come close, like Rusty Cooley and Jeff Loomis, but close doesn't cut the mustard!
Ngl I think Batio was faster and cleaner. Also more technical?! Wtf Batio does every technique flawlessly. When does Shawn ever tap or sweep? Very rarely.
His Let It Be solo with Paul Gilbert better be here. Edit: It wasn’t, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. I’d say that’s his most intense and emotional solo
Thank you for this video and thanks for this channel! For geographical reasons this guy was never on my radar when I grew up because we were depending on the local Dutch radio once a week metal hour back in the 80's and 90's (the rest of what they filtered out on the radio was and still is dog poopoo). RUclips just started to recommend your channel in my playlist a week ago I immediately subscribed! And yes I never heard this guy playing until I discovered this channel!
I have noticed lately some videos talking about 'boomer' guitar playing, or 80's guitar solos. Hearing Shawn play makes me think that no one has progressed any further than that guy. What he was doing was simply mind altering. What a shame he did not have the health to have gotten the renown he so brilliantly deserved outside of guitar players in the know. That ending solo on All Along the Watchtower just went into super nova territory. No one now or then could pull that off like that. Just phenomenal.
Saw Shawn Lane with his kid band Savage at Audubon Park in Memphis. Shawn was 13 or 14. It was a beautiful Sunday Afternoon with thousands hanging out at the park. Savage plugged in using the Free Electricity from the Pavillion and they set up in front of the Pavillion. I believe Shawn's Guitar was bigger than he was. I was 10 feet from Shawn and Savage rocked the park. Thousands came from across the Lake to get a glimpse of the great show and Shawn. He was already better than 90% of the big names. I was blessed to talk to Shawn a couple of times. He valued all Musicians and Genres. He was a great Classical Pianist also. Jeff Beck came to Memphis to see Shawn. After the show Jeff said I just may have seen the greatest guitarist in the World. Shawn if i remember correctly had just turned 17. I believe he had Stills Disease which blows a person up and super Arthritis. My sister who was a great Classical Pianist and Classical Guitarist has Still. She is the oldest surviver of Stills at 68. It destroyed her career. Rita Coolidge was a family friend. She begged my sister to be her Guitarist but ny sister couldn't handle the travel and stress. This is why i think Shawn had Stills. He had all the signs. What a loss. He is a Memphis Legend along with the other greats that came out of Memphis.
Ultimate speed, phrasing, melody, improvisation…. There are so many young kids that can play a million notes a minute but have ZERO personality in their playing. That is one of many reasons why Shawn was so exceptional. His shear love of all kinds of music that found their way into his playing. Such a loss. At least his music is left behind to continue to awe and inspire.
S H A W N ..... I mean. Like I think all of you, I know every great guitarist on the planet that ever was, in every genre, ... I think considering everything. He was the top dog. The top. And as a musician in general, his melodies his songs, ... he was just an unbelievable artist.
The Centrifugal Funk Funk solo is just OUTRAGEOUS!! The thing is he doesn’t just repeat the same old stuff like Malmsteen, he has a huge vocabulary of lines at his fingertips.
Its just so sad that Shawn still doesn't get the credit he so rightly deserves. Great vid! He was the greatest electric guitar player of all time , and yes I think even over Alan Holdsworth, just my opinion.
If you had a penny for every note played by him throughout his life you'd probably have enough money to buy all of Asia. You could probably buy Cambodia with just this video.
Fluidity and creativity combined Fleativity. On the stretch riffs off the cuff and the precision and quickness clean, no one for me is better. Watching his riffs slow on DVD is even more crazy they scream, yea go ahead bud you,,,,,, Ain't got it.
That last solo was insane. Tell me someone who could play those lines that fast even today? I can't think of anyone. Even Gambale can pick that fast using alternate picking and even combo alt/legato. He might be able to sweep some stuff but Shawn almost never did sweep picking. Those were all alt picked with a few hammer/pulloffs sometimes. Crazy. Physically, he definitely was in his prime at that point. That's more blistering than anything he did at that MIT clinic. I think you definitely picked the best solo for last. Just blazing and more blazing till the end.
19 per second isn't that fast. He was doing shit here WAY faster lol. I can play clean up to like 24 nps. And I'm a bedroom nobody just trying to learn Jeff loomis and yngwie shit in my basement. I agree that this is that fastest playing ever but 19 notes pet second is an underestimate
@@preston2636 Funny story my dude. I literally measured my ridiculous guitarist friend recently up to like 24 nps and I couldn't believe it. My friend would laugh about his playing against Shawn's so yeah, I suppose Shawn does reach entirely next level numbers.
Such a talent, and a loss in so many ways, yet to see him like a giddy schoolboy in the presence of Alan Holdsworth was priceless, both musicians gifted in ways even todays rock gods pale. Guthrie Govan is another. The all share certain important qualities, humble, generous, inspiring and all were, are approachable.
Love his playing. Used to listen to “powers of ten “ while going to sleep for years. I actually got to see him live in Georgia at a drum store clinic. He was playing with Jeff stipe and jonas hellborg. Those 3 dudes were off the chain. I don’t wasn’t a fan of his tone he was using but his playing was great. Rip Shawn….😢
Shawn Lane's music with Jonas Hellborg and Jeff Sipe is the greatest material he ever laid down.. Anyone who hasn't heard Personae, needs to check it out. Not as 80's pop sounding as his Powers of Ten album. More edgy and incorporated his Pakistan flavor in his riffs and solos. Another level from this level!!
Still the most skilled electric guitarist I've ever seen. I'd assume that maybe Vai, Satriani, or Govan know more on theory just because they've been around so long, but you never know. Apparently Shawn could read and absorb a book in one day. Still though, Shawn's accuracy and speed is unmatched.
@@eniph2953 I appreciate the techicality and especially innovativity of guitarists like Caswell, but the rarest thing among guitarists is musicality. Interesting AND beautiful solos are exceedingly rare. Most shredders just play mind-numbingly boring lines. I get it, as an immature guitarist you do that. They ruin many otherwise great songs but I don't have to like everything. Guitarists like Abasi or Caswell don't do that, but they overanalyze things. There's still no soul in the solos, only intellectual construction. Shawn makes it seem like he can play all the lines he can think about spontaneously, that his fingers work autonomously. And the lines he does come up with are unmatched in their beauty. He doesn't do the "complexity for complexity's sake" thing. What he does is much more difficult: play the perfect notes with the perfect tone and perfect phrasing that are still highly innovative for listeners like me who've "heard it all"
I can remember thinking to myself, how is this dude not known world wide? But since the late 2010's and early 2020's, he's all the sudden a thing on RUclips. Too bad he couldn't have enjoyed this same level of attention while alive. I guess people just wanted guitarist back then in skinny jeans and flashy shirts.
Sometimes you can see and hear Shawn playing faster than the signal can run from the guitar, through the cable and out of the amp. Faster than the actual speed of sound, seemingly...🤘🏻🤘🏻
There are three guitar players who could make the guitar do anything they wanted to. Jason Becker Shawn Lane Guthrie Govan Two of those talents were taken away from us too soon. Jason was completely ahead of his time. Incredibly aggressive style and in your face. Shawn's lightning speed. Guthrie is the most complete because he's been around long enough to master everything.
@@andyj845 Because they aren't them. But you're missing out the fact that Jeff Beck and Derek trucks would have WAY more difficulty emulating those 3, than those 3 would have emulating them. Matteo Mancuso is different, because he is an incredible technical virtuoso, however lets not forget that the new "mind-blowing" things that Matteo are bringing to the table today are the same things Guthrie brought in his older recorded erotic cakes stuff 20 years ago. I love Matteo and I love his originality, but don't act like there's a definitive winner amongst them all. They all have different styles, and should be appreciated for them. Not compared.
The way I look at it is that there are a few guys who were able to stretch the guitar into sounds it was never supposed to make, like van Halen or Kazuhito Yamashita, which I rate highly. But in terms of playing the instrument how it was intended to be played, nobody ever did it better than Lane.
hey Face Melters, do you like some of Shawn's more jam/improv type stuff with Hellborg and Sipe? He goes pretty crazy on the last solo of this gig ruclips.net/video/IXN96Lqdgfs/видео.html
Problem with Shawn is that he was so superior on his runs up and down the fretboard compared to everyone else that none of his runs are particularly more technical and fast than his other ones. They are just a level above the rest of the best shredders on the planet. He isnan example of "you cant do this". Im a 25 year player, and a decent shredder at that. But i know that even if i practice a solo of his for ten years, my fingers dont have that reaction time and pop. No ones do. The muscle memory in his hands was kinda like the usain bolt of fingers. Only way i can describe it.
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He just doesn't get mentioned enough. He is the goat without question.
Oh my gosh, I too have only just discovered Shawn and what a revelation! I thought I was aware of all the top notch guitarists but this guy has just Single-handedly blown them all away in my opinion. RIP Shawn 🙏
Not only his speed, but his harmonic palate was among the richest I think I’ve ever heard. Analyzing phrases from his “Black Market” solo is an absolute masterclass in playing “outside.” Love these choices in this video. My favorite terrifying moment is the solo he does with Sean Rickmann after “Not Again” on the Powers of Ten Live album. There’s playing on that solo that is straight up dumbfounding. And I could keep going on his playing if you let me. Breaks my heart I’ll never get to see this guy live.
Wow I just discovered him yesterday. I don't think anyone can argue that someone else was faster or more astute guitar master. I'm not even into super fast shredding because mostly it ends up sounding like an angry bee. But what he has going on goes way beyond that. God certainly blessed this man although he certainly never gained the recognition he absolutely deserved. That Kalcuta track brought me to tears just now.
I was there for the show at GIT. I am a shredder and love shred guitar. Always have and always will. Shawn was next level. It is pretty hard to shock me but he most certainly did. I'm still convinced he was an alien. ;)
it blows my mind how ahead in skill shawn was way back then. his speed and technique, nobody comes close to him even today.
lolts of people do, try george bellas for one if you want smoothness
Charles Caswell with Berried Alive. I think your mind would change quick after a few listens
@@eniph2953 listened to Charles, he's a unique shredder. Very erratic. But Shawn is still waay faster and more melodic. Maybe the one who is getting close is Jason Richardson. That dude can shred superfast.
Roy Marchbank has transcribed and performed some of the stuff from Powers of Ten. He’s the only person I’ve ever seen or heard who can mimic Shawn’s speed and phrasing.
@@FloridaManMattyI’ve recently stumbled on Roy Marchbank and he is indeed phenomenal. In fact one of the thoughts that ran through my mind is that he plays with the speed and fluidity of Shawn Lane. Definitely the most reminiscent player to Shawn, while having his own unique voice on the instrument.
All good selections, but let's be honest, all Shawn Lane fans have another ten, and another ten after that we could cite. His solo on So What? can melt steel. I Only Want To Know and The Way It Has To Be are glorious, and there are many more. Twenty years gone this year, but still the GOAT.
Quite simply the greatest who ever picked up the instrument.
Shawn's Hey Tee Bone solo is probably one of the single-most impressive solos ever recorded. Everything about it is a feat (his solo on 'So What' is also up there). Slow the timing down and everything is perfectly on beat, the note choices are simply incredible, the melodic styles switch around mid-solo from blues to classical to jazz and to things that are simply undefinable, the articulation for every note is clear as day (which makes it all the more impressive given the speeds at which he's playing)... it's absurd.
I've studied this solo closely for many years because of just how incredible it is and it's WAY harder to play than it sounds (and it obviously sounds insane already). Plus, THIS WAS THE FIRST or SECOND TAKE (as told to me by some of the folks who knew him personally). The only cut in the solo is the last couple measures, which adds that diminished line. Clearly, this was just a walk-in-the-park for Shawn, because in order to play that fast, that cleanly, that perfectly on beat, and with such articulation both hands, he was absolutely capable of playing much faster.
Shawn was a prodigious savant - an incredible rarity with a mind and nervous system so unique that we're unlikely to find many multi-instrumentalists quite like him. And, considering his multitude of passions (with guitar being only a small part of his life), one can only imagine if he stuck strictly to guitar - his playing would've been truly irrepetible (clearly it is already).
We were lucky to have him here for the short time he was around. Best part, is that he was supremely humble. He wanted to be treated just like anyone else, and I'm sure it was difficult being that guy that everyone admires as an otherworldly person. The guitar world is privileged to have had him and his legacy continues to grow, as it always will. Let's all be thankful for his time here and what he graced us with.
No matter how fast his runs get, the notes still sound like liquid to me, perfectly defined in their attack and full of soul.
He is so good it sounds fake
Shawn is the guy you show to people that say theres no feel in shred. Youre right, its still super liquid, it grooves while shredding, its vocal, its melodic. Dude had it all!
Incredible!
He left us way too soon!
He’s the greatest electric guitar player of all time in my eyes
what makes him the best?
@@visionboxed His playing.
@@visionboxed Note selection,phrasing,composition,and complete command and understanding of the guitar and music in general.
@@visionboxed Honestly everything, I have yet to see an area of his playing with any weak spots. I guess maybe you could say he sometimes overplays a bit, like shredding for too long can be overbearing.
But to put it simple. He has the greatest technique, everything he plays is flawless. His speed is so fast that it seems supernatural(there are some guys nowadays faster than him but tbh any speed above his is completely absurd and unnecessary, and barely even audible)
His phrasing, improv skills, and tone seems straight from heaven, I can’t even explain how purely musical he is.
And is an actual great composer unlike many shredders.
@@mikepoirier2492 pretty much
The GOAT electric GUITARIST!!!!!!!!!
A great tribute to a great human and musician... thanks a lot......best wishes....he was a hero....so many health issues and yet he gave us so much.... he was 17 years old and he played with Black Oak Arkansas... he was fiery.....the singer anounces him in the live show as Mr. Sawn Lane...17 years old...he had earn rightously the respect of the musicworld.
I sincerely hope AI will one day make it possible to restore every video existing by Shawn Lane to great quality and turn it into the most face melting documentary about a guitarist to have ever graced a silver screen. He deserves it.
Great choice btw. I used to listen to Hey T-Bone on repeat in the 90s.
Nice video. Guitarist myself who became aware of Shawn around 25 years ago and couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I’m really happy people are giving him the recognition he deserves. He was a true one off genius, and all the guitarists knew it. A clip of Shawn’s playing that has somehow gone under the radar is his solo with the Willy’s playing a cover of Cult of Personality. It’s here on RUclips. I would strongly recommend you securely strap yourself in for what happens from around 3:12. He doesn’t hold back ! Enjoy.
It’s audio only I should add, but it really doesn’t matter!
His 'All Along the Watchtower' solo is phenomenal!
4:40 Bro that freaking lick
Yeah something special that solo, so much for "no feeling" 😂
Brings a tear to my eye and a smile to my soul.
I met Shaun in Nancy, France in 1998.
it was for a master class at the Music Academy International in duo with Jonas Helborg.
The solos on illusions is what no one has ever managed to express on an instrumental level....Shawn's uniqueness is this...and not only that...he was gifted with a unique technique...no one will ever be able to its level.....come on guys....Shawn is from another planet.
100%
I only discovered him today.Other worldly good.Thank you for sharing.That's what I would of wanted to sound like as a teenaager but I didn't know about him.Thank you for sharing.Greetings from Colombia,South America.
I just can’t get enough of his playing. I don’t play guitar but you can’t ignore this man.
Here we are 30 years after his passing and still the players today can’t catch up to him.
20 years. He died in late September of 2003. Either way…20, 30…50…doesn’t matter. He died far too soon.
Yeah.. i was like '30 years?? Did i see him live when i was younger than 8 years' but i realized i saw him when i was around 16-17. Im 38 now.
Hey T-Bone starts ridiculous then goes beyond the stratosphere. I honestly think it's basically un-playable to anyone 100 years from now even. Unreal
This guy was not human!! Just phenomenal!! Never be another shawn!!
There are a handful of electric guitar wizards nowadays who are incredible shredders but imo Shawn was and is still at the top of the mountain
I have shown sooooo many guitarist through out my days the live version of get you back. I have never had anybody reciprocate what I felt when I shared the live version. The KTZZ-TV in Seattle in 1993 version of Get you back touched my heart almost more than any other song I've ever heard. I have never been able to find the full version of the KTZZ-TV in Seattle in 1993 Get you back. If anybody knows and could let me know I will be forever grateful.
THANK YOU
My pleasure! Thanks be to Shawn!
His speed, fluidity and melodic sensibilities are totally on another level. Some modern players come close, like Rusty Cooley and Jeff Loomis, but close doesn't cut the mustard!
Dont know how Batio was considered the fastest player of all time. Shawn Lane was faster and far more technical.
but did he have a quad guitar? no he didn't. he just didn't have the keys to the lambo
Ngl I think Batio was faster and cleaner. Also more technical?! Wtf Batio does every technique flawlessly. When does Shawn ever tap or sweep? Very rarely.
@@MrTears03MAB is one hell of a player
guys, have you seen the live footage with BOA live in Mexico? filmed live on tv
They played in front of like a million people or something? Just amazing.
His Let It Be solo with Paul Gilbert better be here.
Edit: It wasn’t, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. I’d say that’s his most intense and emotional solo
I feel ya. Was definitely a choice between Let it Be and Watchtower for #1 👍
Thank you for this video and thanks for this channel! For geographical reasons this guy was never on my radar when I grew up because we were depending on the local Dutch radio once a week metal hour back in the 80's and 90's (the rest of what they filtered out on the radio was and still is dog poopoo). RUclips just started to recommend your channel in my playlist a week ago I immediately subscribed! And yes I never heard this guy playing until I discovered this channel!
Oh wow! Well I remember the first time I heard Shawn 🤯 glad you got to experience that on Face Melters 👍
Um dos melhores guitarristas que ja vi! Fera demais
THE MEMPHIS MONTER 💯💯⚡⚡👑👑YESSS🎸🕶️
20 Years Ago today, we lost the greatest guitarist who ever lived.
RIP, Shawn Lane, Axe King. 🎸👑 🙁
Shawn Lane was a monster!
Yes but he did try a diet, many times actually. But you know, when you diet, the weight comes back usually.
If I had a time machine, watching Shawn live would be on the list.
I have noticed lately some videos talking about 'boomer' guitar playing, or 80's guitar solos. Hearing Shawn play makes me think that no one has progressed any further than that guy. What he was doing was simply mind altering. What a shame he did not have the health to have gotten the renown he so brilliantly deserved outside of guitar players in the know. That ending solo on All Along the Watchtower just went into super nova territory. No one now or then could pull that off like that. Just phenomenal.
Couldn't agree more
found shawn lane when i was looking to hear bold as love hendrix played live
I taught Shawn how to play guitar when he was a kid. He always wanted to play like me. I'm sure proud of him!
Saw Shawn Lane with his kid band Savage at Audubon Park in Memphis. Shawn was 13 or 14. It was a beautiful Sunday Afternoon with thousands hanging out at the park. Savage plugged in using the Free Electricity from the Pavillion and they set up in front of the Pavillion. I believe Shawn's Guitar was bigger than he was. I was 10 feet from Shawn and Savage rocked the park. Thousands came from across the Lake to get a glimpse of the great show and Shawn. He was already better than 90% of the big names. I was blessed to talk to Shawn a couple of times. He valued all Musicians and Genres. He was a great Classical Pianist also. Jeff Beck came to Memphis to see Shawn. After the show Jeff said I just may have seen the greatest guitarist in the World. Shawn if i remember correctly had just turned 17. I believe he had Stills Disease which blows a person up and super Arthritis. My sister who was a great Classical Pianist and Classical Guitarist has Still. She is the oldest surviver of Stills at 68. It destroyed her career. Rita Coolidge was a family friend. She begged my sister to be her Guitarist but ny sister couldn't handle the travel and stress. This is why i think Shawn had Stills. He had all the signs. What a loss. He is a Memphis Legend along with the other greats that came out of Memphis.
🎉Really great guitarist, superb speed and melodic.❤ Sadly the good dies young.
Ultimate speed, phrasing, melody, improvisation…. There are so many young kids that can play a million notes a minute but have ZERO personality in their playing. That is one of many reasons why Shawn was so exceptional. His shear love of all kinds of music that found their way into his playing. Such a loss. At least his music is left behind to continue to awe and inspire.
S H A W N ..... I mean. Like I think all of you, I know every great guitarist on the planet that ever was, in every genre, ... I think considering everything. He was the top dog. The top. And as a musician in general, his melodies his songs, ... he was just an unbelievable artist.
"there'll never gonna be another Shawn Lane"
(Guthrie Govan)
Guthrie has not been to Asia yet apparently.
The Centrifugal Funk Funk solo is just OUTRAGEOUS!! The thing is he doesn’t just repeat the same old stuff like Malmsteen, he has a huge vocabulary of lines at his fingertips.
Indeed.
It's that Memphis thing!
Its just so sad that Shawn still doesn't get the credit he so rightly deserves. Great vid! He was the greatest electric guitar player of all time , and yes I think even over Alan Holdsworth, just my opinion.
Was really impressed by his playing on all along the watchtower cover with the Willy's
Love the tone he had playing the 750xl Charvel loaded with dimarzio PAF Pro's!🤘
If you had a penny for every note played by him throughout his life you'd probably have enough money to buy all of Asia. You could probably buy Cambodia with just this video.
So life fulfilling ... great players are all Artists!
The best ever. #oneofone
Fluidity and creativity combined Fleativity. On the stretch riffs off the cuff and the precision and quickness clean, no one for me is better. Watching his riffs slow on DVD is even more crazy they scream, yea go ahead bud you,,,,,, Ain't got it.
That last solo was insane. Tell me someone who could play those lines that fast even today? I can't think of anyone. Even Gambale can pick that fast using alternate picking and even combo alt/legato. He might be able to sweep some stuff but Shawn almost never did sweep picking. Those were all alt picked with a few hammer/pulloffs sometimes. Crazy. Physically, he definitely was in his prime at that point. That's more blistering than anything he did at that MIT clinic. I think you definitely picked the best solo for last. Just blazing and more blazing till the end.
Agreed. The fact that those crazy runs fit the melody as well, that's what always gets me. Melodic guitar gymnastics at its best!
The fastest that ever lived. 19 nps, as clean as it gets.
19 per second isn't that fast. He was doing shit here WAY faster lol. I can play clean up to like 24 nps. And I'm a bedroom nobody just trying to learn Jeff loomis and yngwie shit in my basement. I agree that this is that fastest playing ever but 19 notes pet second is an underestimate
@@preston2636 Funny story my dude. I literally measured my ridiculous guitarist friend recently up to like 24 nps and I couldn't believe it. My friend would laugh about his playing against Shawn's so yeah, I suppose Shawn does reach entirely next level numbers.
@@preston2636 yeah but Shawn wasnt just playing the same note repeatedly 😂
this was analyzed in the July 2006 issue of Guitar world
Strongly believe Rick beato should show Shawn lane soon, this guitar god is marvelous and true legend. For me he’s my idol
After him, the name Shawn became synonymous with GOD
Such a talent, and a loss in so many ways, yet to see him like a giddy schoolboy in the presence of Alan Holdsworth was priceless, both musicians gifted in ways even todays rock gods pale. Guthrie Govan is another. The all share certain important qualities, humble, generous, inspiring and all were, are approachable.
Shawn Lane IS THE GOAT ... All guitar roads lead to Lane 👍
The GOAT guitarist
Love his playing. Used to listen to “powers of ten “ while going to sleep for years. I actually got to see him live in Georgia at a drum store clinic. He was playing with Jeff stipe and jonas hellborg. Those 3 dudes were off the chain. I don’t wasn’t a fan of his tone he was using but his playing was great. Rip Shawn….😢
Very jealous!
The best? "Rag 8/B" from the "Personae" album by Jonas Helleborg.
It's all there.
Shawn Lane's music with Jonas Hellborg and Jeff Sipe is the greatest material he ever laid down.. Anyone who hasn't heard Personae, needs to check it out. Not as 80's pop sounding as his Powers of Ten album. More edgy and incorporated his Pakistan flavor in his riffs and solos. Another level from this level!!
🙏🙏🙏
Any ad libber, soloist, will be frozen back to the wall with Shawn. His fingers were the closest to totally impossible that we will ever hear.
he only one can do hyper tremor muscle on this planet
Shawn Lane, Jason Becker and now Guthrie Govan..My top 3 of all time..and I have seen a LOT of virtuoso guitarists.....
All Along the Watchtower was sick but Let It Be with Paul Gilbert at NAMM is his most epic in my opinion. Have you heard that one?
Shawn is the GOAT no doubt! Have you featured Andy Timmons? If not you gotta make a video for him. That guy is criminally under appreciated
fucking unbelievable.
It should also be noted that Shawn never ever hit a bad note.
This is gonna seem like a weird choice, but my favourite Shawn lane song is Gem by Eric Johnson...
Damn. I watched it w/o face protection.
None better before him, none better after. RIP SL
he should have join the G3 tour or a something like a "Truth in shredding" collaboration album
LYNCH IT UP!
Still the most skilled electric guitarist I've ever seen. I'd assume that maybe Vai, Satriani, or Govan know more on theory just because they've been around so long, but you never know. Apparently Shawn could read and absorb a book in one day. Still though, Shawn's accuracy and speed is unmatched.
Charles Caswell with Berried Alive is close if not better with speed and accuracy and technicality imo
You'd assume falsely. Shawn was the greatest guitar genius who ever played. Andy Timmons said if he ever met a genius, it was Shawn Lane.
@@eniph2953 I appreciate the techicality and especially innovativity of guitarists like Caswell, but the rarest thing among guitarists is musicality. Interesting AND beautiful solos are exceedingly rare.
Most shredders just play mind-numbingly boring lines. I get it, as an immature guitarist you do that. They ruin many otherwise great songs but I don't have to like everything.
Guitarists like Abasi or Caswell don't do that, but they overanalyze things. There's still no soul in the solos, only intellectual construction.
Shawn makes it seem like he can play all the lines he can think about spontaneously, that his fingers work autonomously. And the lines he does come up with are unmatched in their beauty. He doesn't do the "complexity for complexity's sake" thing. What he does is much more difficult: play the perfect notes with the perfect tone and perfect phrasing that are still highly innovative for listeners like me who've "heard it all"
@@eniph2953if not better 😂😂😂😂 good joke!
Scary
I can remember thinking to myself, how is this dude not known world wide? But since the late 2010's and early 2020's, he's all the sudden a thing on RUclips. Too bad he couldn't have enjoyed this same level of attention while alive. I guess people just wanted guitarist back then in skinny jeans and flashy shirts.
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Sometimes you can see and hear Shawn playing faster than the signal can run from the guitar, through the cable and out of the amp. Faster than the actual speed of sound, seemingly...🤘🏻🤘🏻
RIP Shawn Lane
call me crazy but I think Shawns sound and flow was better this this Charvel than that Vigier he used later.
C Funk was a Mark Varney project not Mike.
Let's not forget this.....check out his soloing over the drum solo at the end...ruclips.net/video/8eDV4fJcRUI/видео.html
Omg , even faster than YJM and he’s rather fast😮
There are three guitar players who could make the guitar do anything they wanted to.
Jason Becker
Shawn Lane
Guthrie Govan
Two of those talents were taken away from us too soon. Jason was completely ahead of his time. Incredibly aggressive style and in your face. Shawn's lightning speed. Guthrie is the most complete because he's been around long enough to master everything.
All 3 would still have a difficult time consistently emulating the playing of Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, and Matteo Mancuso.
@@andyj845 Because they aren't them. But you're missing out the fact that Jeff Beck and Derek trucks would have WAY more difficulty emulating those 3, than those 3 would have emulating them. Matteo Mancuso is different, because he is an incredible technical virtuoso, however lets not forget that the new "mind-blowing" things that Matteo are bringing to the table today are the same things Guthrie brought in his older recorded erotic cakes stuff 20 years ago. I love Matteo and I love his originality, but don't act like there's a definitive winner amongst them all. They all have different styles, and should be appreciated for them. Not compared.
The way I look at it is that there are a few guys who were able to stretch the guitar into sounds it was never supposed to make, like van Halen or Kazuhito Yamashita, which I rate highly. But in terms of playing the instrument how it was intended to be played, nobody ever did it better than Lane.
BUCKETHEAD!!!!!!!!!!
5:39 only 2.8% of viewers are subscribed?! Come on everyone?!
Amen brother!
Shawn was comfortable on at least 4 different instruments !!! Left us too soon !!! ...
Yea he was pretty comfy on the guitar and piano. Like jedi master comfy
All along the watchtower is not his best solo...the best solo is the REH Get You Back live solo.
hey Face Melters, do you like some of Shawn's more jam/improv type stuff with Hellborg and Sipe? He goes pretty crazy on the last solo of this gig ruclips.net/video/IXN96Lqdgfs/видео.html
how is he so good??
Hours and hours of practice?
An insane ability to learn and understand?
Or.... he's an alien?
Cold Cutta India-nice computer generated narration!🤣👍
Shawn Lane was super bad!
the first video show where John petrucci gets a lot of licks for his solos
He played the guitar as if he was the one to invent it
Problem with Shawn is that he was so superior on his runs up and down the fretboard compared to everyone else that none of his runs are particularly more technical and fast than his other ones. They are just a level above the rest of the best shredders on the planet. He isnan example of "you cant do this". Im a 25 year player, and a decent shredder at that. But i know that even if i practice a solo of his for ten years, my fingers dont have that reaction time and pop. No ones do. The muscle memory in his hands was kinda like the usain bolt of fingers. Only way i can describe it.
Yea, this goes up to 11