I had the immense privilege of Shawn playing this for me in his Grandmother's living room (where it was recorded) before it was released. I was doing some gigs with Bobby Rock and Carl Carter and we caught up with Shawn when we went through Memphis. I've never met a more wonderful, kind and humble genius in my life. He jammed with us that night and it was absolutely mind blowing. Man, I wish he was still here.
Brett, you and Shawn lane are in the top 10 best players worldwide IMO, amazing the both of you, I have been listening to this album for ages everyday when I walk my dog, it blows me away everytime, Centrifugal Funk is also a masterpiece I listen to when I need a boost to get me playing guitar again 🙏
Wasn't in Memphis but drove out to the Kansas City Gig for the same tour with Franenstien...my god we are all so old, lol. What an amazing show and players @@ScottSudbury
@brettgarsed you are also one of the most talented and most humble guitar players out there that I've met. Centrifugal Funk is a masterpiece and you, Shawn and Frank's solos on that song are serious just legendary 😀
This album perfectly exemplifies why Shawn Lane is a master musician above all else. All of these are wonderful compositions and they're never an excuse for him to show off his technical abilities on the guitar. When I was younger, I would be impressed by technical wizardry, but as I've gotten older.. all I care about now is quality music and compositions.
Such an amazing and beautiful sense of melody in these songs; rarely are songs so uplifting. And that's all aside from the unbelievable technical prowess. Shawn was a rare gift to the world.
Shawn thabk you for everything you gave us. Pure sonic beauty. Did you know that he produced that album mainly by hinself? Learning the software and programming and mixing and all the stuff basically overnight? Shawn is up there amongst the great creative geniuses of human history. No matter how many people know your name shawn....i make sure my kids and hopefully grand kids carry you name into the future!
I knew Shawn all of my life in Memphis and a quick story about this album. Warner Bros offered to sign him and ''make him a rock star'' He refused and said he wants to do a solo record without interference and they finally agreed and gave him 400,000 and Shawn played guitar, keyboard, drum programming (except tracks 13, 14), bass (except tracks 13, 14), arrangement, engineering, mixing, production. He was such a sweet soul to. A good example of Shawn was when he was at my house and I introduced him to my dad saying Shawn is a guitar player and my dad said ''So are you any good?'' well I could have died and gone through the floor but Shawn being the sweet guy he was he smiled and replied ''I think so'' THINK SO??? 😂 One of the best on the planet. The first time I ever heard of Shawn I was in their sound man's house and he played a song called ''Thunder Thighs'' and he said the guitar was fretless from the 12th fret back,Shawn was only 12 years old . He started Touring with Black Oak at 15
It's one of the best of all time! So diverse but stylistically, all him. Haven't listened to it from start to finish in a while and today's the day lol
My friend! This is THE ALBUM of Shawn Lane, i'm glad to hear you find it. I still remember the day i heard this wonderfull ambum 4 the first time. Powerful and beautifull
I was guitarist in a cover band with bassist Andy Tannis in 1984 and in walks this friend of his from the Black Oak days who I had no clue who he was, he asked to sit in and you can imagine how it felt to resume my position after the sonic onslaught I had endured! Simply the most humbling experience of my performing life! Such a humble sweet soul with lightning in his hands! My favorite ass kicking received, in my life! I was served piping hot humble pie! Yum!!!
from a humble guy, too. i met shaun in the 80s at a club in central coast california. i was broke, in between paychecks, and saw him standing outside the small venue, and let him know my situation, so he put me on the guest list! I HAD NEVER HEARD OF HIM. Then i saw him do the soundcheck, FOR EVERY INSTRUMENT OF THE OTHER PLAYERS, and he was amazing on all the instruments, and how handy for the other players who went out into the audience area to gauge their sound. afterwards, i hung out with them, and asked if i could play shawn's guitar, while i was playing, he turned to his bandmates and gave them this 'get a load of THIS guy', afterwards, they all clambered for my phone number, saying that i must be good, if shawn gave me that look. i was really into allan holdsworth at the time, and had translated most of allan's solos, but i don't do jazz or fusion anymore, ironically, i'm into pop and EDM, haha
Shawn was a hometown hero who I had the honor to see playing here quite a few times. He is buried at Memorial Park on Poplar just off of I-40 if you are passing thru Memphis.
ihad never heard of him, and he was playing in my town, i met him outside the venue and told him i was broke and he put me on the guest list. i hung out with him and the band afterwards, and i asked to play his guitar. he was apparently impressed with my playing, all of his bandmates asked me for my phone number. he was super, super nice and humble. it's sad he's gone, and so young
Titanic. Shawn Lane was on another planet. I had the beautiful opportunity to see him at a local nightclub in California. My buddy and I were standing ten feet away from him. It was unbelievable and a cherished memory.
I been playing for 35+ years, 30 professionally. I generally don't like ranking musicians.. but Shawn is the exception. He's was, is and always will be without a doubt, THE greatest guitar player of all time.
i used to watch this man play in Memphis from 15 feet away. to see him live is an experience that very literally CANNOT be communicated. and on top of all that....he was super nice, humble, loving human being. RIP Shawn.
Im here because of Buckethead. I consider Bucket to be one of the greatest guitarists if not the greatest but Buckethead himself that Shawn was hands down the greatest of all time. So sad Shawn and Bucket didnt have a chance to make an album together like they wished before God took him home.
Forever coming back to this album. Was just enjoying the new Plini album and some of his licks just made me want to listen to Powers of Ten. Vinyls, cds, Spotify. This album needs to be somewhere else. One of the greatest instrumental albums to this day. To this day! In that deontay wilder voice.
Whoever the 11 thumbs down people are, I suspect when they grow up they’ll eventually get it. Shawn Lane is /was the Coltrane, Parker, Byrd of the guitar. Pure musical passion.
Shawn's music wafts through the mystical space-time continuum effortlessly...unbounded. It has always filled me with joy. Now it also makes me sad because I'm reminded of someone who is no longer in my life.
As a guitarist and musician, Shawn knew absolutely no boundaries! If any of us had a fraction of 1% of his talent, then maybe we'd be able to say something substantial as musicians! He truly was on another level above and beyond us mere mortals! God rest his soul.
Same here. I'm a lead guitarist going on 45 years playing now and I see Shawn Lane as the absolute Gold Standard by which all other virtuoso guitarists are judged.
Thx a lot, lost the cd, not available on Play Music, SL was huge, RIP, such a loss, sure he had awesome technique, but I I listen to him the same way I listen to Allan Holdsworth or Eric Johnson, for their music So happy to hear the 3rd track again, so uplifting!
I wrote it as tribute to Shawn, who is a big inspiration for me , hope you like it Fingertips that were once sore, Is the creator of the best melody I have heard All the pain you had inside, Written meticulously on the fretboard How many ways a story can be told! Breathing , even that must have hurt for you What your brilliant mind had in store, Was far beyond anyone on this earth could grasp You laid out some in the form of music, For us to discover and absorb The joints in your body gave you immense pain And your music eases the pain in mine. You went through all of it, And now thousands of us , who are filled with pain Can forget about it for a while and enjoy what you have given us. Not many songs of you around, To forget the pain for the rest of the life You gave us the chance to feel ours And create something remotely similar You are an inspiration Shawn To go through what you did, Our body would give up way sooner Thank you for having lived in the same world we do Through your music you made yourself immortal I hope you knew this, you must have..
I met him a few times at some gigs when he was playing with Jonas Hellborg, Jeff Sipe and Kofi Baker. Super nice, down to earth guy. And yes, you almost needed to see him live to believe what you were hearing.
Wonderful, Thanks so much for sharing this .. lost my CD years ago.. His work was worthy of Grammy Award...his writing was as good and sensitive as his chops..
This is my honest opinion if this Powers of Ten etc… I’ve been on guitar for nearly 35 years … This Album is Great ..However does not give the guitar world what he is truely capable of at all…..Shawn’s true talent is playing live.. Shawn while a great composer and pianist etc… He is the greatest guitar player to have ever lived..still to this day years and years later players still catch catch up..his live playing is from Gods chair..!
He leaves everybody else behind. This is no longer a “guitar instrumental”. We all know how those go, they go low they go high they go fast they go slow. This is real music, it hooks you in the heart thru Melody, real Melody. I find these songs to be deeply emotional. His struggles with his health and his talent and the horribleness of the music business all come through for me. Bless you man, you are out there, shining bright.
This album is mind blowing. As a fellow composer I was immediately stuck by the eccentric harmonic changes as they move around in and out of keys shaping new ideas endlessly surprising the listener. Shawn's compositions catch you out because the ideas are so rich and dynamic. Dynamic ideas just flow and morph dancing shaping into unpredictable brilliance. Such a masterful sound scape artist. Never anything like it. Bravo I just loved this hidden masterpiece.
Rules of the Game makes me literally tear up every time..... That melody pulls at all your heart strings, its a beautiful melancholic sound that only Shawn lane knew how to create.
This album is one of the best for me. The melody is wonderful, and the range is wide and interesting. 30years ago first time I had heard, I had shocked....Im japanese and sorry my English skill is no so good.thx.
For those who don't know - Shawn Lane played the drums on this album with his fingers on a keyboard. "The drums I played rather in the manner of Future Man with Bela Fleck. I’d seen them play a lot and instead of playing on the Synthaxe, I did it on the drums, on the keyboards. So I played the drums with my fingers, on the keyboard keys."
I stumbled on to this man’s music this morning… I’ve been sat with my jaw on the ground through everything I’ve heard. You can tell that every single note comes from a place of love, I’ve never heard such hopeful music! This man was a master
I think any shred guitarist can take a lot from a performer like Shawn. I have heard plenty of talent over the years that can melt your face off, but without direction and feeling the shredding can become overwhelming and will tend to lose its grasp on the listener. That is why artists like Shawn, Buckethead, and Steve Vai really resonate with me. You can tell their music is coming from their soul and it seems to tell us a story in sound. Shawn's spirit lives on. Thanks a lot for uploading this masterpiece.
It's like a Christopher Cross ( I know he plays guitar too ) kinda tone, I'm talking about the overall sound you hear on Chris first album, that Michael Omartian production. Shawn's guitar sound is smooth has rich tone and is very ear pleasent. His playin' is soft, emotional or ferocious and fast as light when it needs to be. To the best of my knowledge nobody ever achieved this status. I go to tears everytime I hear Get you back. I sadly miss him. Greetings from Portugal.
@@chriskrausesmovie you should check the Gjika 10n amp. Robert Gjika is currently making them again in a more manageable format (a regular head instead of the rack mounted stereo monster that Shawn Lane had).
A lot of comparison between him and Jason Becker, Guthrie Govan, Steve Vai, but in my opinion, and i've just heard this today for the first time, but he integration between different styles, blows them all away! I'm floored by his compositions ... almost reminds me of the Return to Forever super-group (Al Dimeola, Chick Corea, Stanley Clark, Lenny White), but with some modern shred!! Sad to see he left this earth too early....
Such a great talent and master of melody and tone. Couldn't agree more about his diversity beyond the others mentioned. I make a closer comparison to Eric Johnson in that regard. But, make no mistake, Shawn was his own unique player and composer.
Holy God! Daniel, thanks for saving and sharing this. What an artist Shawn was... I am amazed, particularly the piano piece -- orchestrated! God bless! This is some incredible music.
Thanks Dan. One of my faves too. Love Westside Boogie! He was amazing and definitely on the spectrum as no ordinary human could play 82 notes per second.
What an amazing, underrated talent. Possibly the best guitarist of all time in terms of fluency and technique. It is so sad to not be able to buy his music from anywhere online. Thank you so much for posting!
Wow...I haven't listened to this in many years. Could never get thru listening to 'Rules of the Game' without tears streaming down my face...guess I still can't. In the late 90's I ran into him on a flight, then again in the airport and once again at the Vigier booth at NAMM. He seemed extremely worn down at that time, but of course could still play like no other. Sad day when he passed.
I heard a lot of music in my life and usually it is hard to get something really impressive that can catch your ear, even the new wave of super technical players. I heard Esperanto on YT in some clip, I was floored and then I thoguht it cannot get any better and I fired this up, I had goosebumps after first song, something I haven't felt about music in a long time. This is beyond anything.
I have wanted to buy this album for so long but can't. I asked Shawn's mum Diane because I know his family were handling merchandise. Still, no success. Thanks for the upload.
I did the same thing...I wanted "powers of ten" on CD but it wasn't available ..It was crazy that some people were asking ridiculous prices..Thank god we can now openly share his masterpiece
I paid alot of money for my cd copy it cost me £80 still never been reissued and not on any streaming outlets superb album.I have seen copies of the cd go for crazy amounts.
@@BenCaffrey What's your problem you spaff slurper, check out his catalogue before coming out with comments like that. Epilogue for Lisa for example, his tone,phrasing and control are off the charts man,you fuckin helmet
I can't believe that some people speak almost exclusively about SL's guitar playing (which is stupendous!!). Listen between the piano lines. There's so much more to hear. To those who hear/feel the whole package, what an experience, eh?
The. Best. I used to go watch him play at Murphy's on Madison in Memphis. With DDT. I'd sit there til i couldnt stay awake any longer and i had to work the next day.
The flamming snares at 28:36 are just too sick over that hauntingly beautiful progression. Would love to hear this played by an orchestra, so whimsical yet melancholy.
his playing was like a small river flowing effortlessly , a stream around the stones .waiting for the waterfall which finally broke the harmony, or sometimes did not.
He lived next door to Eric Johnson. Then he moved and Steve Morse was his neighbor. He was also ubducted by fast playing aliens who taught him everything they know. Very rare musician indeed.
I have read about this guy thru the years but for some reason never heard anything from him. Just tonight I happened to read about him in a guitar poll & here I am kicking myself in the ass. Dude totally reminds me of Eric Johnson, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Morse, & Mike Stern thrown in a blender. 👍✌🤘😷🤘
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We are working on getting this re-released. Meanwhile thanks for listening. #TeamShawnLane
Thank you! That means the world to all of us! 😊😊😊 From a Death Metal guitarist Shawn was amazing and a huge influence on me 🤘🏽😈🤘🏽
Can't wait
Nice!!!
Please keep pushing that!! Would love a vinyl or at least get it on Spotify 🔥🙌🏻🔥🙌🏻🔥⚔️
That would be GREAT
I had the immense privilege of Shawn playing this for me in his Grandmother's living room (where it was recorded) before it was released. I was doing some gigs with Bobby Rock and Carl Carter and we caught up with Shawn when we went through Memphis. I've never met a more wonderful, kind and humble genius in my life. He jammed with us that night and it was absolutely mind blowing. Man, I wish he was still here.
Brett, you and Shawn lane are in the top 10 best players worldwide IMO, amazing the both of you, I have been listening to this album for ages everyday when I walk my dog, it blows me away everytime, Centrifugal Funk is also a masterpiece I listen to when I need a boost to get me playing guitar again 🙏
I was there , stage stop memphis , Bobby did a drum clinic then y’all jammed Frankenstein etc and it was killer !!!
Amazing story. He was without a doubt a genius.
Wasn't in Memphis but drove out to the Kansas City Gig for the same tour with Franenstien...my god we are all so old, lol. What an amazing show and players @@ScottSudbury
@brettgarsed you are also one of the most talented and most humble guitar players out there that I've met. Centrifugal Funk is a masterpiece and you, Shawn and Frank's solos on that song are serious just legendary 😀
This album perfectly exemplifies why Shawn Lane is a master musician above all else. All of these are wonderful compositions and they're never an excuse for him to show off his technical abilities on the guitar. When I was younger, I would be impressed by technical wizardry, but as I've gotten older.. all I care about now is quality music and compositions.
Such an amazing and beautiful sense of melody in these songs; rarely are songs so uplifting. And that's all aside from the unbelievable technical prowess. Shawn was a rare gift to the world.
The first two tracks take me to a place I’ve never been before. Good memories listening to the album. Beautiful melodies with a lot of heart.
Shawn thabk you for everything you gave us. Pure sonic beauty. Did you know that he produced that album mainly by hinself? Learning the software and programming and mixing and all the stuff basically overnight? Shawn is up there amongst the great creative geniuses of human history. No matter how many people know your name shawn....i make sure my kids and hopefully grand kids carry you name into the future!
Beautiful brother. Well said:)
❤️
I knew Shawn all of my life in Memphis and a quick story about this album. Warner Bros offered to sign him and ''make him a rock star'' He refused and said he wants to do a solo record without interference and they finally agreed and gave him 400,000 and Shawn played guitar, keyboard, drum programming (except tracks 13, 14), bass (except tracks 13, 14), arrangement, engineering, mixing, production. He was such a sweet soul to. A good example of Shawn was when he was at my house and I introduced him to my dad saying Shawn is a guitar player and my dad said ''So are you any good?'' well I could have died and gone through the floor but Shawn being the sweet guy he was he smiled and replied ''I think so'' THINK SO??? 😂 One of the best on the planet. The first time I ever heard of Shawn I was in their sound man's house and he played a song called ''Thunder Thighs'' and he said the guitar was fretless from the 12th fret back,Shawn was only 12 years old . He started Touring with Black Oak at 15
Keenan Neighbors thank you keenan! Sweet anectodes!
Exactly.
Can't believe i've never listened to this album until now, even though i've known about Shawn Lane for a long time. This is amazing music.
It's one of the best of all time! So diverse but stylistically, all him. Haven't listened to it from start to finish in a while and today's the day lol
My friend! This is THE ALBUM of Shawn Lane, i'm glad to hear you find it. I still remember the day i heard this wonderfull ambum 4 the first time. Powerful and beautifull
I'm listening to this for 1st time! Reminds me of Allan Holdsworth🎉
My first time too....transported to a musical wonderland...a carnival of sound....breathtaking. Absolutely mesmerizing.
I never get sick of "Get You Back". One of my all-time favorites.....absolutely gorgeous.
Every version of it is as good as each other
The MI live 7min version stands out for me
Same.
Same here my friend...
feeling the same, reading ur coment at my first time listening to this
Master class ...
I was guitarist in a cover band with bassist Andy Tannis in 1984 and in walks this friend of his from the Black Oak days who I had no clue who he was, he asked to sit in and you can imagine how it felt to resume my position after the sonic onslaught I had endured! Simply the most humbling experience of my performing life! Such a humble sweet soul with lightning in his hands! My favorite ass kicking received, in my life! I was served piping hot humble pie! Yum!!!
from a humble guy, too. i met shaun in the 80s at a club in central coast california. i was broke, in between paychecks, and saw him standing outside the small venue, and let him know my situation, so he put me on the guest list! I HAD NEVER HEARD OF HIM. Then i saw him do the soundcheck, FOR EVERY INSTRUMENT OF THE OTHER PLAYERS, and he was amazing on all the instruments, and how handy for the other players who went out into the audience area to gauge their sound. afterwards, i hung out with them, and asked if i could play shawn's guitar, while i was playing, he turned to his bandmates and gave them this 'get a load of THIS guy', afterwards, they all clambered for my phone number, saying that i must be good, if shawn gave me that look. i was really into allan holdsworth at the time, and had translated most of allan's solos, but i don't do jazz or fusion anymore, ironically, i'm into pop and EDM, haha
er, some grammar/sentence gaffes in there, i can't edit, i have a linux zombie computer
That’s an awesome story!❤️🤘
Shawn was a hometown hero who I had the honor to see playing here quite a few times. He is buried at Memorial Park on Poplar just off of I-40 if you are passing thru Memphis.
give him 200 years and a true political revolution and he will be a global musical hero
Cheers my friend.
ihad never heard of him, and he was playing in my town, i met him outside the venue and told him i was broke and he put me on the guest list. i hung out with him and the band afterwards, and i asked to play his guitar. he was apparently impressed with my playing, all of his bandmates asked me for my phone number. he was super, super nice and humble. it's sad he's gone, and so young
Titanic. Shawn Lane was on another planet. I had the beautiful opportunity to see him at a local nightclub in California. My buddy and I were standing ten feet away from him. It was unbelievable and a cherished memory.
Shawn Lane was like the earth meets the space. Thank you for all, Mister Shawn.
G.o.a.t for ever.
Shawn Lane was the best very best musician of his generation.
Thank you Shawn
I been playing for 35+ years, 30 professionally. I generally don't like ranking musicians.. but Shawn is the exception. He's was, is and always will be without a doubt, THE greatest guitar player of all time.
hello everyone, I am an authority figure and I think this "insert biased opinion"
@@まぶだち It's just in love to Shawn man. His legend is huge :(
one word: holdsworth
@@ormjnn6543 Well yeah, Shawn's idol.
So do I. And I agree at all
His mastery and authority have amazed me since the first time I heard him play.
Not too long ago a modern day Mozart walked amongst us. Sadly, most musicians have yet to discover his genius. GOAT 🐐
i used to watch this man play in Memphis from 15 feet away. to see him live is an experience that very literally CANNOT be communicated. and on top of all that....he was super nice, humble, loving human being. RIP Shawn.
Im here because of Buckethead. I consider Bucket to be one of the greatest guitarists if not the greatest but Buckethead himself that Shawn was hands down the greatest of all time. So sad Shawn and Bucket didnt have a chance to make an album together like they wished before God took him home.
Forever coming back to this album. Was just enjoying the new Plini album and some of his licks just made me want to listen to Powers of Ten. Vinyls, cds, Spotify. This album needs to be somewhere else. One of the greatest instrumental albums to this day.
To this day! In that deontay wilder voice.
Happy 60th Shawn, wish you were here ♥
Whoever the 11 thumbs down people are, I suspect when they grow up they’ll eventually get it. Shawn Lane is /was the Coltrane, Parker, Byrd of the guitar. Pure musical passion.
I’ve always loved this album but I understand it even more now that I’ve matured a little more. This album means so much to me.
This is the joy the world needs.
I just listened to this album for the first time, it’s the first time I listen something of Shawn Lane and you know what? I loved it.
Shawn's music wafts through the mystical space-time continuum effortlessly...unbounded. It has always filled me with joy. Now it also makes me sad because I'm reminded of someone who is no longer in my life.
As a guitarist and musician, Shawn knew absolutely no boundaries! If any of us had a fraction of 1% of his talent, then maybe we'd be able to say something substantial as musicians! He truly was on another level above and beyond us mere mortals! God rest his soul.
Goose bumps and tears.... He stood alone and always will.
This album breathes life into me.
Same here. I'm a lead guitarist going on 45 years playing now and I see Shawn Lane as the absolute Gold Standard by which all other virtuoso guitarists are judged.
Feels like another world while listening to Shawn. Time and space cease and you become one with everything that ever was. Einstein of music he was.
Thx a lot, lost the cd, not available on Play Music, SL was huge, RIP, such a loss, sure he had awesome technique, but I I listen to him the same way I listen to Allan Holdsworth or Eric Johnson, for their music
So happy to hear the 3rd track again, so uplifting!
I wrote it as tribute to Shawn, who is a big inspiration for me , hope you like it
Fingertips that were once sore,
Is the creator of the best melody I have heard
All the pain you had inside,
Written meticulously on the fretboard
How many ways a story can be told!
Breathing , even that must have hurt for you
What your brilliant mind had in store,
Was far beyond anyone on this earth could grasp
You laid out some in the form of music,
For us to discover and absorb
The joints in your body gave you immense pain
And your music eases the pain in mine.
You went through all of it,
And now thousands of us , who are filled with pain
Can forget about it for a while and enjoy what you have given us.
Not many songs of you around,
To forget the pain for the rest of the life
You gave us the chance to feel ours
And create something remotely similar
You are an inspiration Shawn
To go through what you did,
Our body would give up way sooner
Thank you for having lived in the same world we do
Through your music you made yourself immortal
I hope you knew this, you must have..
Get You Back and Gray Pianos Flying are just magical, something special. If only Shawn were still around.
Shawn’s ability to create beautiful melodies made his music even more special. Phenomenal musician.
Check out his live concert performances with Jonas Hellborg on youtube. They're incredible.
I met him a few times at some gigs when he was playing with Jonas Hellborg, Jeff Sipe and Kofi Baker. Super nice, down to earth guy. And yes, you almost needed to see him live to believe what you were hearing.
Wow his music is beautifully written and very rich in melody and varying tones. Amazing human and amazing player!
Wonderful, Thanks so much for sharing this .. lost my CD years ago.. His work was worthy of Grammy Award...his writing was as good and sensitive as his chops..
Nah, the Grammys dont Deserve Shawn. He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for this.
Powers of Ten Suite is just amazing. The latter half of this album is out of this world!
He wrote all the material and played all the instruments on this record. Amazing guy with tons of talent.
This is my honest opinion
if this Powers of Ten etc…
I’ve been on guitar for nearly 35 years
…
This Album is Great ..However does not give the guitar world what he is truely capable of at all…..Shawn’s true talent is playing live..
Shawn while a great composer and pianist etc…
He is the greatest guitar player to have ever lived..still to this day years and years later players still catch catch up..his live playing is from Gods chair..!
He leaves everybody else behind. This is no longer a “guitar instrumental”. We all know how those go, they go low they go high they go fast they go slow. This is real music, it hooks you in the heart thru Melody, real Melody. I find these songs to be deeply emotional. His struggles with his health and his talent and the horribleness of the music business all come through for me.
Bless you man, you are out there, shining bright.
They are all real music, no need to be an elitist
Very very well said man.
One of the best albums of all time.
This album is mind blowing. As a fellow composer I was immediately stuck by the eccentric harmonic changes as they move around in and out of keys shaping new ideas endlessly surprising the listener. Shawn's compositions catch you out because the ideas are so rich and dynamic. Dynamic ideas just flow and morph dancing shaping into unpredictable brilliance. Such a masterful sound scape artist. Never anything like it. Bravo I just loved this hidden masterpiece.
Beautifully said. This album cleanses the soul.
How the hell have I never heard of Shawn before? Absolutely amazing!!!!
Și încă nu ai auzit tot...Shawn a fost un geniu muzical
Rules of the Game makes me literally tear up every time.....
That melody pulls at all your heart strings, its a beautiful melancholic sound that only Shawn lane knew how to create.
This album is one of the best for me.
The melody is wonderful, and the range is wide and interesting.
30years ago first time I had heard, I had shocked....Im japanese and sorry my English skill is no so good.thx.
For those who don't know - Shawn Lane played the drums on this album with his fingers on a keyboard. "The drums I played rather in the manner of Future Man with Bela Fleck. I’d seen them play a lot and instead of playing on the Synthaxe, I did it on the drums, on the keyboards. So I played the drums with my fingers, on the keyboard keys."
I stumbled on to this man’s music this morning… I’ve been sat with my jaw on the ground through everything I’ve heard. You can tell that every single note comes from a place of love, I’ve never heard such hopeful music! This man was a master
I think any shred guitarist can take a lot from a performer like Shawn. I have heard plenty of talent over the years that can melt your face off, but without direction and feeling the shredding can become overwhelming and will tend to lose its grasp on the listener. That is why artists like Shawn, Buckethead, and Steve Vai really resonate with me. You can tell their music is coming from their soul and it seems to tell us a story in sound. Shawn's spirit lives on. Thanks a lot for uploading this masterpiece.
Glad you mentioned Buckethead, my favorite musician/artist. Shawn and Steve are also in my top
Alan Holdsworth, Shawn Lane and Guthrie Govan. Greatest of all time
Best lead guitar tone I’ve heard in my life. 6:05
That's what god sounds like....this guy it's criminally underrated
It's like a Christopher Cross ( I know he plays guitar too ) kinda tone, I'm talking about the overall sound you hear on Chris first album, that Michael Omartian production. Shawn's guitar sound is smooth has rich tone and is very ear pleasent. His playin' is soft, emotional or ferocious and fast as light when it needs to be. To the best of my knowledge nobody ever achieved this status. I go to tears everytime I hear Get you back. I sadly miss him. Greetings from Portugal.
been chasing a tone like this for my playing for 20 yrs and sadly still looking
you're right man, if you wanna know another divine player, look for the last "UZEB" concert...….
@@chriskrausesmovie you should check the Gjika 10n amp. Robert Gjika is currently making them again in a more manageable format (a regular head instead of the rack mounted stereo monster that Shawn Lane had).
Thanks for posting.
Heart of Memphis............... This Guy
Its just me agreeing with the above.
❤
Thank you. Rules of the Game might be the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard.
The greatest musician not just guitarist to grace our planet. Ej , Govan,Timmons,Gilbert list goes on but Shawn was on another level.
He was man. If Guthrie and Gilbert speak of him so highly, imagine what he really was. A God.
A lot of comparison between him and Jason Becker, Guthrie Govan, Steve Vai, but in my opinion, and i've just heard this today for the first time, but he integration between different styles, blows them all away! I'm floored by his compositions ... almost reminds me of the Return to Forever super-group (Al Dimeola, Chick Corea, Stanley Clark, Lenny White), but with some modern shred!! Sad to see he left this earth too early....
Such a great talent and master of melody and tone. Couldn't agree more about his diversity beyond the others mentioned. I make a closer comparison to Eric Johnson in that regard. But, make no mistake, Shawn was his own unique player and composer.
My first impression of Shawn was Chick Corea if he was a shred guitarist
Shawn Lane
Allan Holdsworth
Guthrie Govan
Holy God! Daniel, thanks for saving and sharing this. What an artist Shawn was... I am amazed, particularly the piano piece -- orchestrated! God bless!
This is some incredible music.
I really hope one day this gets re-released. I had the original on CD and unfortunately lost it at some point. It’s a natural treasure.
If anyone has this I would pay/help to get it prepped for a re-release.
favoloso , superbo , incredibile , immenso , unico !!!!!!!!
Composizione 10, esecuzione 10. Incredibile
Exato senhorita Viola!!!🎯
Get you back great song!! 😎 and all the disc a masterpiece!
Thanks Dan. One of my faves too. Love Westside Boogie! He was amazing and definitely on the spectrum as no ordinary human could play 82 notes per second.
Thank you for uploading this album. Words can't express how incredible it is!
What an amazing, underrated talent. Possibly the best guitarist of all time in terms of fluency and technique. It is so sad to not be able to buy his music from anywhere online. Thank you so much for posting!
@@danielduplantier4526 check out the AllMusic Review by Daniel Gioffre. He underrated him for sure.
@@danielduplantier4526 He is both underrated and under-known!
I agree, I would rate him in the top three guitar players ever.
Wow...I haven't listened to this in many years. Could never get thru listening to 'Rules of the Game' without tears streaming down my face...guess I still can't. In the late 90's I ran into him on a flight, then again in the airport and once again at the Vigier booth at NAMM. He seemed extremely worn down at that time, but of course could still play like no other. Sad day when he passed.
Its a real crime this incredible, classic album is completely impossible for anyone to purchase now days on CD. CRAZY!!
There's at least 4 on ebay right now
An orchestra out there needs to reproduce 'Powers of ten!' Truly an inspired piece! #lso #londonsymphonyorchestra
What an album, and what a player. Got this when it came out and love it more today than ever.
Sound from another space. What an amazing musician.
Thank you *so much* for sharing this. I have the original CD, but I was unaware of the updated versions. A once-in-a-lifetime talent.
You're very welcome!
The greatest musician to ever live. The best album ever written.
Beautiful and special in soo many ways and emotions I cannot articulate with words
Shawn Lane was and will always be a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon, a true shooting star!
I heard a lot of music in my life and usually it is hard to get something really impressive that can catch your ear, even the new wave of super technical players.
I heard Esperanto on YT in some clip, I was floored and then I thoguht it cannot get any better and I fired this up, I had goosebumps after first song, something I haven't felt about music in a long time.
This is beyond anything.
I have wanted to buy this album for so long but can't. I asked Shawn's mum Diane because I know his family were handling merchandise. Still, no success. Thanks for the upload.
I did the same thing...I wanted "powers of ten" on CD but it wasn't available ..It was crazy that some people were asking ridiculous prices..Thank god we can now openly share his masterpiece
I wish they’d put it on iTunes
I paid alot of money for my cd copy it cost me £80 still never been reissued and not on any streaming outlets superb album.I have seen copies of the cd go for crazy amounts.
I bought mine in Tower Records in Austin in 94'. Glad I still have it.
This man was truely gifted
Indeed more than Jimi ever was..
IMHO one of the GOAT!!!!!
Yep, shame he never did anything with it beyond fretwanking
@@BenCaffrey What's your problem you spaff slurper, check out his catalogue before coming out with comments like that. Epilogue for Lisa for example, his tone,phrasing and control are off the charts man,you fuckin helmet
@@terrybarton1604
Lol as if he’s amazing.
Technically gifted yes.
But utterly dull to listen too.
But thanks for the kind words. 💋
This is not music...
THIS IS MAGIC!!!
Thank you so much for posting this!
This is a fantastic album. Incredible playing. I listened to this album a lot.
Best guitar hero album ever released.Timeless masterpiece...True perrection.
I can't believe that some people speak almost exclusively about SL's guitar playing (which is stupendous!!). Listen between the piano lines. There's so much more to hear. To those who hear/feel the whole package, what an experience, eh?
Yeah Powers of Ten Suite is insane!
his bass-playing is faaar underrated, and the drummin', man:: f'real, right?
@@tinfoilhatter he also played the drums on a keyboard
Thank you for keeping his memory alive... 👽
Never forgotten,thanks Shawn
What a soulful rendition.....miss you great musician...
The GOAT, Shawn and Jason.
The two greatest.
(Check out Roy Marchbank)
Yes! Been listening to Jason for years but somehow just found out about Shawn.. holy Jesus! This man was almost untouchable.
@dog Johnson Jason becker.
See the documentary not dead yet.
Incredible and most inspiring musician on earth
The. Best.
I used to go watch him play at Murphy's on Madison in Memphis. With DDT. I'd sit there til i couldnt stay awake any longer and i had to work the next day.
No words. This man was truly the best.
The flamming snares at 28:36 are just too sick over that hauntingly beautiful progression. Would love to hear this played by an orchestra, so whimsical yet melancholy.
I head never before such beauty music!!!!!!!!
The Rachmaninoff impressions on Piano Concertino are outstanding.
Get You Back one of the special moments in the history of guitar
it's an uplifting theme. i haven't listened to fusion in a while, i'm mostly into pop and edm, but this has a 'pop' appeal to it, for me...
Gone way too soon Shawn. RIP, gentle soul.
Talento de sobra y composiciones refrescantes, pocas veces se puede escuchar esos aspectos en conjunto🎸🎶
there will NEVER be a second Lane, his tone and technique were divine.....
@Andy Butler LANE N1.
Best guitarist on the best guitar album, certainly of the nineties and beyond.
Haven't heard this since it was release
Shawn was a great guy and talent. Huge loss😞
Yes on the original recording Shawn programed all percussion on a drum machine. Just another talent the man had.
his playing was like a small river flowing effortlessly , a stream around the stones .waiting for the waterfall which finally broke the harmony, or sometimes did not.
Wow love the production here, great melodies!
This album is a work of art. Such great melodies and emotion behind them.
Nice ! Thx for share xxx 👍🎼🤝🤞🍀🥰
He lived next door to Eric Johnson. Then he moved and Steve Morse was his neighbor. He was also ubducted by fast playing aliens who taught him everything they know. Very rare musician indeed.
Lol what
sounds about right
I have read about this guy thru the years but for some reason never heard anything from him.
Just tonight I happened to read about him in a guitar poll & here I am kicking myself in the ass.
Dude totally reminds me of Eric Johnson, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Morse, & Mike Stern thrown in a blender. 👍✌🤘😷🤘
Saw Shawn in 91 at the New Daisy on Beale Street In Memphis! WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW