Shawn lane youtube lessons

Shawn Lane was born in Memphis in March 1963. Shawn started playing the family piano and developed a style very similar to his guitar technique, with waves of fast notes and structures more akin to modern classical music. 

After picking up the guitar he joined southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas, with whom he played at Bill Clinton’s inauguration as Governor of Arkansas in 1979.

By his late teens Shawn had developed his mind-boggling speed, and it is at this point that shred guitar producer Mark Varney invited him to appear on the 1991 album Centrifugal Funk, alongside Brett Garsed and Frank Gambale. 

His 1992 solo album Powers Of Ten put Shawn on the map, his esoteric combination of jazz, classical and rock styles showing a depth beyond mere notes-per-second.

Written primarily on piano, the album’s influences are as broad as Coltrane, Debussy, Hendrix, Oscar Peters