Shawn Lane - ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER

[Veronikaynadamas]

2:00 Arrange his hair in the middle of the solo

Hmmm...such a flirt

[cassavelli]

sounds like my atari 3:18

[adios73]

Check out Shawn Lane on Google Plus, thanks.

[2GreenBlue]

Rest in Peace, Jimi Hendrix and Shawn Lane.......they must be playing a great show for God in heaven.

[SinnerGreen]

eighteen stupid idiots, assholes, motherfuckers saw this

[playloup66]

outrageous, sickening, astonishing, impossible, i could run out of adjectives describing Shawn!!!!!

[KOTHVETTE406]

The most unique version of this song since Jimbo's. Great playing Shawn!!!

[KOTHVETTE406]

Buckethead.... im not even going to mention his name in the same sentence as _____ ____

[niezniezgov]

@KOTHVETTE406 Calm down. You're pushing elitism much too far. Alright you like Shawn Lane, me too, but you seem to be hating on buckethead only to look interesting and rebel. It's being rebel against the underground that is already rebel against mainstream music. It's as idiot as that. Buckethead and Shawn Lane are both great artists, you're creating a rivality that has no meaning. There's no snub at their level, not anymore.

[witchdoctorxxx]

NOT ONLY WAS LANE A VERY CLOSE AND GUITAR SHREDDING FRIEND, HE WAS A TRUE VOODOO CHILE! ERIC JOHNSON EVEN CAME BY HIS HOUSE AND TOOK LESSONS, I KNOW, I WAS THERE, AND KEVIN WILLIAMS WAS THERE WITH ME THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM ALIVE. I STILL HAVE OUR GUITARS FROM THE IBANEZ CLINICS WE DID TOGETHER, GHOSTRIDERS ARE THE BOMB!

[satchbooggy]

there are no words to describe Lane.

[GabboPuente]

i want a les paul :P

[Easleytee]

Lane was a consummate musician. His artistry was nonpareil on his six-string.

[ericgenocidex2]

@FosterShredsGuitar

Lane was before BH.. so buckethead sounds like lane..

[chocolateMAN200]

@ericgenocidex2 Well yeah buckethead took lessons from him

[desertdemon1993]

@ericgenocidex2 Lane taught BH

[FosterShredsGuitar]

sounds like buckethead.

[rockintothebone]

@bumbo612 - At least shawn lane is still the most respected guitarist on earth .

[777mrmusicman]

when he shreds like that i just think of it like coltrane's waves of sounds. its not about each separate it's about the arcs they create. but of course every note he chose was golden

[Xanadude575]

Oh Shawn. you were taken from us much too soon! Your genius is beyond measure...

[DelornificatioN]

I see nobody would dare to tab this.

[jojud]

@rmccaw7 your the turd and got about as much talent I imagine...ever see a turd play guitar..if so that;s you my friend...

[TheMetalhead541]

At 2:38 when he says "Shawn Lane began to howl!" I'm saddened over the fact that Shawn was taken away from us so early, but then happy when I realize how much of a wonderful and caring person he was, and how much he contributed to this world of ours. God bless you, Shawn. R.I.P.

[gtootikian]

Very good! is all I got to say.

[DeathToNewbie]

I just have to fave this, sorry.

[badhorsee]

jimmy and lane would be best friends, i truly believe that

[gooseaskreply]

@badhorsee maybe they are jammin' right now....(i'm mean....-over there-)

[badhorsee]

@nrc141 its just nice to hear it true to what jimi did, its means somthin, coming from a guy who loved jimi, hes showin u what he loved

[sjdss]

i remember getting drunk at yosemites sams one night and going to see shawn lane and black oak arkansas the best guitarist ever.

[annelien195]

goodgoodnicenicenice

[rmccaw7]

@deslock1 he didnt mimic hendrix, he tried to beat him with speed. and shouldve realised you cant kill hendrix - he is perfect

[lonestar7703]

Is there any one faster than him?

[Blargaha]

@lonestar7703 No one has ever come close..

[badhorsee]

superman can scratch his ear too hehe

[badhorsee]

this...... is what it is

[VInferno55]

Hendrix shed a tear

[powersoftritone]

Bob Dylan faps to this

[zoxic80]

@powersoftritone or Jimi Hendrix! This is Jimi ver :)

[powersoftritone]

@zoxic80 I hate to be the one to break to you but Jimi Hendrix has left this world to go on to playing that great gig in the sky, he faps no more

[badhorsee]

hendrix would have shit a  brick hehe .... hed have liked this no doubt

[rmccaw7]

@badhorsee if that's true, he'd have played it like this in the first place.

[badhorsee]

finally someone who played this solo right lol

[rmccaw7]

@badhorsee you're joking, right?

[bluesharmonic]

0_0 ... OH.MY.GOD.

[gooseaskreply]

keyboard so loud!!

[AppleFender]

control!

[terreseco]

If it's possible to have perfect phrasing then well................... Shawn Lane friends.

[Sonycs1]

genial

[Easleytee]

There's only one electric guitarist that could properly share the stage with Lane....Alan Holdsworth.

Lane's musicianship was nonpareil in terms of style, substance, concept and improvisation.

The true maestro.

[SonicBrunoth]

@Easleytee I'll add one to your list: Guthrie Govan

[Kingding6]

@SonicBrunoth different style, but Bireli Lagrene and Scotty Anderson are legend enough to share it with him to. Though Shawn will always be King.

[SonicBrunoth]

@Kingding6 Agreed

[emperorof420]

anyone who touched a les paul knows how fucking hard it is to even go a little fast.....

[plinkytx]

@emperorof420 If it's set up right you can.

[ericgenocidex2]

@emperorof420 al di meola is a monster on a les paul & very fast.

[reaperofgenocide]

@emperorof420 randy rhoads was pretty fast with a les paul... and the ever so over rated zakk wydle doesnt have problems navigating through some fast licks on it. But fuck speed... no one can be as fast as shawn lane.

[dictator54]

He can play a hendrix tune like the master himself but in order to be great yu have to have yur own riff's and tunes, maybe i'm takin otta line this is the first time i've bin to his site, or watched him play

[dmcgraye]

MY FUCKING FACE got melted the fuck off!!! I watch shredding all day and this shit melted my fucking face off and I'm so high that I never mindwow

[HMTOASTKING]

Whenever I watch a Shawn Lane video I always keep a bucket between my legs to catch my face as it melts off.

[trex257]

This actually isn't the best performance of this song Shawn ever did. He usually didn't play a Les Paul and was probably borrowing the guitar from someone (which makes it even more impressive). However, I Shawn and The Willy's play this song one night at Alfred's on Beale Street and literally I thought his guitar was going to catch on fire, it was surreal. This isn't even his normal tone, it's much more harsh than his tone. Still great, but not the best.

[fraink7]

I think this may be a better solo than Hendrix's,but may be a bit too much ripping.He's definetly faster

[rmccaw7]

@fraink7 and therefore better? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you don't know the half of it

[zzpot1000]

shawn lane's playing scares me

[rockinrandy327]

i was at this show..they rocked the house

[Shinmeiryu]

@deslock1 Play some some of the best fusion you'll ever hear in your life.

[dannyhood66]

Did shawn lane ever play a bar in nashville tenn, called 'sals' back in 86?

[raxanci]

The best guitarrist ever(2)

[EJwannabe]

So good to see him on a Les Paul. His tone is better in this one.

[christopher321]

Jimmy would have been proud

[MU2GTR]

Absolutely incredible, one of my favs. 3:10 - 3:27 so good, ofcourse out solo is all there. the MAN, Shawn. im nodding my head as i write this, i have not been influenced by anyone in a long time, Shawn makes me play more, he makes me want to play better, he also reminds me to appreciate this life. He took what little time he had and absolutely surpassed many of the guitarists/musicians of this lifetime in terms of really reaching that point of true expression, like Coltrane in a way. way ahead.

[himalchulicup]

yea!|!!

[arsguitarrica]

2:02 is reTARDED! Retarded...

[skolnick14]

@arsguitarrica retardedly brilliant.

[tacomadc]

This guy's guitar tone is just screaming! Well done.

This isn't Sacramento's target is it?

[KevinSaale]

not a huge fan of shawn, but it would've been fucking awesome to see him rip in person

[ChiZ712]

what effect is at 1:41?

[Zaspor]

@ChiZ712 Thats a wah pedal, not sure which one but it sounds nice!

[Ibanezcube]

this is just great, have watched this over and over again the last couple of years!

[gustavalmius]

shawn + les paul + marshall = maaagiic!!!

[yngwiemalmsteen8]

thumbs up for a Shawn Lane Documentary

[MegaYoshitsune]

The only thing I dislike about this is how loud the keyboard is.

[dannycorser]

I have always said if you play Hendrix songs , Either play them note for note or some deranged way make them your own and Shawn does what i great version , i think its my favorite out there ,, RIP Shawn We Miss YOU !

[jonnyboulanger]

@Kingding6 hahahahahaha...yea

[abstract200]

his hair sure was bugging him that night....:p...awesome..i love u shawn/..

[neddomac]

wow great!

[collegeparkwhiteboy]

@collegeparkwhiteboy at variablel !!

[Killzor420]

"The most terrifying guy of all time" - Paul Gilbert.. and I agree. Thats some scary shredding, bar none no one comes close.

[nightmarerbp]

speedy Lane

[bimwopbarn]

I love how shawn pays his respects and homage to Jimi by playing jimi's original solo parts before taking it into the stratosphere with his own shredding, this kind of respect is lost by most young guitarists...

[badhorsee]

@bimwopbarn yeah , i loved how he played the solo, he didnt  miss a note , then he did his own awesome stuff, for me ..missing jimis solo would ruin the song , maybe shawn knew that

[TheRattlehead92]

Wow, everytime I watch Shawn Lane play I just think to myself "What're you doing? You need to go practice guitar! You're NOWHERE near that good!"

Very inspiring.

[ieatmusic1]

@TheRattlehead92 Hes well practiced in good technique and very co-ordinated, very mathematically minded and thats his art. I'm a tall and lanky and no matter how much I practiced I will never get near that, and I do practise a bit but I have a different sound that I enjoy, every one at their peak will have a different sound, thats the beauty.

[steeps20]

epic!

[napierdalacz102]

stiupid techican puted the keyboard over SHAWN ?? omg retarded

[lonestar7703]

He deserved a better singer!

[dRightLeft]

...on the 8th day God created SHAWN LANE. And He saw that he was excellent!

[gustavalmius]

nice to see him play a gibson les paul!!

[TheHornet79]

First time I've seen him with a Les Paul

[rmartin232]

wow... just wow...

[Johnoooh]

is that humanly possible?

[ElJimboGuitar]

Shawn Lane shredding the beauty out of that les paul to epic ashes.

[lfotmm]

OMG... he's a monster.

Damn perfect dirty sound (It is dirty... but it is not. Can someone understand what i mean?).

[cxd090]

r.i.p. shawn!!!!!

[Maits10]

Gilbert was right. Probably the best cover I've ever seen. Amazing.

[jamitt]

@Maits10 Actually, the best cover ever was Hendrix's cover of this song. Absolutely amazing!

[bill3979]

@finleur Hardly.

[DJglasgowSon]

"shawn lane, begins to howl!" was somewhat disappointed that lane just played the solo as is, only adding fast runs, but still a spectacular version.

[U2006gmx]

@Morenumbers123456789

hope YOu know that this song was originally written by dylan

[GaryNull]

Bob Mayo on keyboards, . . Bob Mayo

[sludgefingers]

I like how he references the original solo so closely as well as doing his own inimitable thing.

[gemydaloot]

shawn is deff one of the best axe man

[SpainishArcher]

Shawn is good but good is a subjective word........Ritchie B., Jimi H., Leslie W., Mark K.,Mark F., Eric C., John Cip., Warren H., Duane A., Stevie W., Steve Howell, and on and on.

There's no test for the " Greatest' except in your own heart..

Peace to all you brothers and sisters.

Love the music .Be glad for people like Shawn.

[Timmonsec]

Top 3 phrasers, without any particular grade... govan, carlton, lane...

[Kingding6]

@Timmonsec difficult to dissagree on that, maybe holdsworth, but im not picky

[finleur]

i put shwan up there with guitarist like micheal romeo from symphony x and like jason becker

[tudortoomey]

@MrBrokoli99 exactly

[muismumbo]

3:15 to 3:30 WTF !!! Terrific "repeato" riffs with a great climb. Hendrix paved the way for us all.

[CaptainP00face]

@MrBrokoli99

What do you mean ''technically nowhere near"?

The guy played guitar with his teeth, behind his back, between his legs, he even made love to his guitar.

[Jcam1sfly]

@CaptainP00face that didn't make him anymore proficient. Shawn was monstrously technical. Watch some of his other videos. the great thing about lane is backed it all up with soul-full playing and a huge knowledge of music and theory

[CaptainP00face]

@Jcam1sfly

Well that's exactly how i feel about Hendrix, he made great music and played it with soul, he managed to make his guitar cry/scream etc

[Kingding6]

@CaptainP00face Guy, everybody knows Hendrix was a pioneer and an incredible musician in his own right, But Shawn inhabitited a world that was entirley his own.

[VelvetViolator]

Freakin`awesome !

I hope he rests in everlasting peace...

[kiwi328i]

Thats as good a rendition you will see...ever. It had everything.

[crobins333]

surely if hendrix had seen that his jaw would be on the floor just as mine is!

[atktennisplayer]

The 15 people that thumbed this video down have performed blasphemy

[hira1800]

The Best!!

[CaptainP00face]

Nice cover, however Hendrix is still my god.

[MegaYoshitsune]

Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Shawn Lane are all awsome!

[TheTrev1016]

If there ever was a cover that is as good as the original...Shawn Lanes solo was pretty damn close.

[Kingding6]

@accuracy76 uhh no hes not

[j41785]

Shawn Lane is brilliant here. They should've left out the keyboard though (Hendrix scrapped the idea of a keyboard player on AATW because it dorked up the sound). Anyone have the original feeds so someone can remix?

[dellus808]

i love Shawn Lane

[hepomatti]

Best cover ever .R.I.P

[mandrilla]

shawn lane belongs to the top musicians of all t ime, along with bach mozart and the likes, omnipotent grandfkinmastering mega uber super guitar virtuoso, and his main musical instrument was the piano!lolol? ill admit i rather listen to buckethead, but i must realize truth and truth is shawn lane possessed more talent than bhead,HAIL SHAWN LANE

[xGOLDENAXEx]

Hes so good makes the rest of the band seem like a nieborhood garage band thats just starting out lol

[chevpowr]

shawn lane does better jimmy songs than anyone else period.

[Siggelump]

I have never seen anything more impressive than this.

[pzqlak]

@Siggelump listen to hendrix play it .

[thoomoo]

They sound like some average club band lifted to the stratosphere by shawn lanes guitar playing

[poprostudaniel]

I have never heard as accurate hendrix playing cover as Lane played in some moments... Great talent, he had third ear. Great virtuoso! Wicked playin.

[zeralful]

Yup, Batio admired Shawn Lane a lot, I think he jammed with him at Memphis back in '87 or so.

[volorocker]

cool! a legend covering another legend! and with a les paul...!!!

Shawn and Jimi, two of the greatest guitarists ever!

[TheShredfester]

Straight up Beast!!! Would'nt even pick up a guitar around Shawn Lane!!! Smokin Tone and Shred Fever as he burns up this Classic!!! Yeah I know Shawn plays for the Almighty now..What a Phenom!!! Rest in Peace Brother as I know you are..

[crayzsk8er39]

the bass player looks kinda like nigel tufnel

[raghumenonj]

is this available on any album?

[thefamcnaj]

wow standing ovae! shawn lane was absolutely great i mean brilliant actually we dont have a word in the english language yet to describe how great this man was (r.i.p shawn lane)

[includao]

Shawn Lane is the best guitarist ever.

[Kingding6]

@includao This comment should have about 100 thumbs up in a week

[variablel]

the deadest guitarist ever

[collegeparkwhiteboy]

@variablel you're a fu_king inconsiderate dumbass! I'd like to crush you for that shrewd remark. You should pay respects to him,B/C your not even an ash compared to the Almighty Shawn Lane

[variablel]

@collegeparkwhiteboy

Im still alive .... and thats the whole point .... which you missed .

Shawn would have laughed..... he had such a great sense of humor.

Unlike you . =(

[variablel]

@collegeparkwhiteboy

At least I'm still alive.... and thats the whole point.. which you missed.

Shawn would have laughed....He had such a great sense of humor..

Unlike you ...=(

[27adry]

@includao es verdad

[cast390]

@includao no, hes dead

[emeraldjam]

I think Jimmy Hendrix can't touch this

hehehe just kiding...

Great Shawn!!

[juiceweaselism]

MAN! What a sound, I wonder why Shawn didn't use LPs all the time, this sounds wonderful!

[mcjagger666]

I would love to see shawn lane and michael angelo batio have a shred-off

[ksmithdc]

@mcjagger666 Angelo would have been owned.

[alspageddi]

LOL and to think, i've read plenty of shredder-wannabes saying a Les Paul shouldn't be used to shred cuz the heel is so chunky it'll get in the way. i'll gladly point them to this video in the future

[shadowknight132]

yeah you're right. They're wrong. You can use it for shred. But one reason they might not use it is because the neck is wider than a strat.

[axemanand]

Inhuman guitar playing. Awesome.

[danielkirk1]

This man hits the strings in my heart.

[Siggelump]

You don't get any better than this.

[shawnl91]

holy shit 3:07 to 3:30

[stringbender69]

Lane in the man....enough said

[sdylte]

jawdropping! amazing tone!

[Zebula77]

Best soulful shredder ever. Just jaw-dropping playing. :D

[bman462]

my brain exploded

[8estie]

my balls exploded