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Shawn Lane

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American musician (1963–2003)

Person · Open Library

Works
97

Top works

  • Only for Him
  • Sweet Reunion
  • Pieces
  • Gift of Casey
  • Eternally His

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1963-03-21
Active to
2003-09-26
instrumental rockjazz fusionjazz rockprogressive rockrock

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Listeners
48,484
Total plays
615,862

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guitar virtuosoFusioninstrumentaljazzguitar

Shawn Lane (March 21, 1963 – September 26, 2003) was an American multiinstrumentalist and composer. He is best known for his solo album Powers of Ten and his long stint with former John McLaughlin bassist and virtuoso in his own right Jonas Hellborg. Shawn Lane was born in Memphis, Tennessee. At the age of eight he accompanied his sisters on the piano, but did not play guitar seriously until he was ten. Shawn progressed very rapidly on the guitar, and he found it to be his natural instrument

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Quotes

  • Temporal was the first recording that captured my true guitar sound (dinosaurs slipping and blocks of wire whittled with a feather). The mood of the world was different and yet music (sculpted time) always is there waiting to be manifested.
  • I love Bach, I listened to him for 25 years, all my life, so I never get tired of Bach. And to learn Bach and play it is such a joy, even if no one ever hears it, just to play it sitting alone at home it makes you feel good, it's like a form of meditation. You can play it over and over and never get tired of it, it's a miracle. Bach I think is the greatest of all western musicians. Probably most people come to that conclusion. (laughs)

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