I agree with bobbyip but man, Shawn in my mind is the most talented guitarist/piano player to exist, his technique was simply amazing, look at him play the piano.
I AM SHAWNS WIFE LIZ AND I AM TESTIFING TO SHAWNS COMPLETE AWE AND ADORATION OF ERIC JONSON....HE LOVED ERIC'S UNIQUENESS AND BEAUTIFUL FLUIDNESS...HE WAS HONORED TO PLAY WITH HIM AND SO AMAZED BY HIM !!
This is gorgeous! With the recording quality as fuzzed out as it is, I'm sure Shawn is pumped about it, as he has waxed eloquent about Jimi Hendrix fuzzy bootlegs, before! Simply awesome! Both are masters who can shred like wildfire or pull back and sustain that perfect bent note!
somebody out there said that Shawn was the"guitar ninja"...what a great definition! i can listen to shawn for hours and never get tired or bored of it, it's just genious, delightful, brilliant and most important....different, he'll live forever in my heart
Hey I was there and it was at Memphis in May on the River. I do not know of an existing video, but I will tell you I have seen everybody and these two are the best I have ever seen. Both tried to outplay each other, but man it was a draw.
ha ha- I remember the Soundpage now!! I forgot all about that. It was cool for its time, i guess, but it's a wonder any of us ever learned to play guitar at all.
Remember hearing Shawn's Mike Varney demo a million years ago........also first heard Eric from a GUITAR PLAYER SOUNDPAGE!!! Yes, a flexible 45rpm record in the magazine. Absoulute stone age tech back then.....
eric johnson and shawn lane? holy shit, talk about a dream come true. those two guitarists are not only some of the greatest to ever live, if not the greatest, they both have the greatest guitar tones of all time.
Actually, I don't think a jam with Lane and Becker would be soooo good. That's because Becker had a GREAT technique, but was not really a good improviser (not trying to be disrespectful at all, he just wasn't) , while Lane was the master of technique and improvisation at the same time.
Umm im not trying to debate or anything...but they were both equal Becker and Friedman would trade off improvising with exotic chords. So i think it would have been a Great Event if they jammed!
Yeah Shawn DID play with Vai and Satch in one of the NAMM shows with Andy Timmons, Paul Gilbert, and a few other guys (you should look for that now since it was a pretty sweet vid). He wasted them all as far as technique goes, but that's bound to happen when you put him against literally anyone.
and i'd really love if he would played with my hero Jason Becker or with marty friedman, but i haven't seen any video or audio around the websites, too bad :'(
Haha yes! Cacophony was the greatest guitar duo I've ever heard! And I'd have to say that as far as skill goes, Jason Becker would definitely be next in line with Lane. Too bad Jason got ALS and Lane died of complications with psoriasis. They could have made the most epic jam ever conceived!
I am under a friend's s/n right now. My name is Bax. I had the great and wonderful privilege to meet Shawn when we were both 16 and he was touring with Black Oak and I was percussion in a back-up band. Being a tiny, brunette, female, rapid percussionist in those days was considered an oddity. But not to Shawn. We got along well. And he and I have the same condition that ultimately lead to his passing. Again, most genius' pass before their time. He passed when we were 40. Still miss him.
I was at the August '93 show in MEM. Buddy Guy played the same stage. It was in the same park that Memphis' annual music festival currently takes place. Eric came back to MEM and played BB's several years later; I missed that one.
The description is incorrect. This show was not at B.B. King's Club; it was at Tom Lee Park in Memphis during a small "blues" festival in August of '93.
Ar you absolutely positive about that (before i go changing any details), regarding this 'exact' recording, because i know Shawn and Eric played together a few times (apparently) in late 93/94, so maybe that was a different gig.... though you may be right.
@fedjur This was at the Tom Lee Park gig. No rehearsal. Eric was really nice. Somebody has a picture of Shawn, Eric, Eric Gales and Me backstage before soundcheck. I'm not sure Shawn ever knew that there was a recording of this. He passed away before You Tube or Facebook or any of this. All we had was Napster and Audio Universe.
All this arguing over who was 'better' is completely irrelevant.
All of the guitarists at the top have earned their place. They are all brilliant. To say one is better than the other is like saying bananas are better than pineapples. They each have their own qualities, but they are also unique and to be enjoyed for themselves.
Honestly, you MUST go out and check out as much Shawn Lane stuff as you can. He's by far the best guitar player I've ever heard, and Buckethead agrees with me.
hmm i see. well before i check him out how bout a comparison test? (im not really all for these but i kinda wanna have some expectation) my two favorites right now are paul gilbert and tommy emmanuel. looking on the right and seeing as how shawn is an elec guitar player i probably cant compare him with tommy. but how does he compare with paul?
Shawn is the best there ever was. If he was still alive he would still be the best. Compared to Paul, Hmm, I would say Shawns phrasing is better and has some more interesting licks. They are both insanely clean players.
I can only tell you that Shawn's career as a guitar player has shown far more genius and expertise than Paul Gilbert, but you can simply discover that yourself. Paul also looks up to Shawn Lane. Buckethead, who was Paul's student, chose to revere Shawn Lane as "by far the best guitar player who ever lived" rather than his own teacher. So, from Buckethead's word, Shawn Lane IS better than Paul Gilbert, and is also the best. Paul hinted an agreement as well. Just watch "Shawn Lane Tribute" video.
well said. ill be sure to check him out (yea i shouldve checked him out in the time i last posted and the time you posted this but hey, i've still got time :] )
ughh...by tribute i had hoped that you didnt mean he died already. and unfortunately he did :( this happens to me a lot. like when i first heard SRV i was like "Dayummm i wanna see this guy live" then i found out that he died...then i heard about Joe Pass and went "I'll pay 3k just to go to one of his clinics" then...yea same result. nonetheless, you're right, shawn is freakin phenomenal. dont know if i like him as much as paul yet but we shall see
Yep. He's dead way before his time kind of like SRV and Joe Pass. If it turns out you don't like him as much as Paul Gilbert, that's fine since that is just your own taste. I'd still take Paul's own word for it though.
It was Paul that first discovered Shawn, then he had shown THE TAPES to Brian. Paul hails Shawn also and, according to a story by our friend Wiljay, Paul even had Shawn play keys at his wedding!!!
and gilbert was playing malmsteens stuff until his fingers bled in his garage and became famous because he was one of the first guitarists to try emulate Yngwie and became famous of it..and i have to say Gilbert is one solid guitarist..okay to me he is no malmsteen..but he is a solid nr2 in my book..but im getting tired of gilbert because he cut his hair and became a online youtube teacher..so much for the guitar hero act..but he is still a god..but with short hair and normal dress code
It's fantastic that whenever Shawn is introduced among other famous musicians, his fans screams are always the loudest. They maybe by fewer people but the people who know him are aware of what is about to happen.
Correct me if I'm wrong brother Wiljay, but wasn't Shawn playing piano at 8 years old, and became serious on guitar at 10. Born in 1963, that means that Shawn was playing like since the early 70's!!! AND when he was12, he was befriended by Eric who kinda became like a show-biz big brother to Shawn!
So, which one impressed you the most and why? I felt them both, equally astonishing, one with speed and the other with sound, both with both, and both with depth and substance.
Wow this is really good and really nice Hendrix song to cover. Eric Johnson is great and Ah Via Musicom is my favorite cd of his. I heard of Shawn Lane before but never heard his music. What a great guitarist he was.
and what wou7ld you call teh stack of amps behind him, the stack he used for the Experience Hendrix tour, the Marshall stack he used clearly at Clapton's crossroads festival, and the fact that he lists it on his site under his gear?
well, check his site, it shows you the EXACT gear he uses to perform. he runs his clean signal to his fender amp/s, and his dirty sound goes to the Marshall. because if there is one thing i am sure of, it's that you can't get that warm, singing distortion, no matter how many stompboxes you use, from a fender amp, renowned for their cleans.
agreed he is a tone master, but they thing about the batteries is not true at all. he has refuted it in numerous interviews. regardless of what he can hear, he has distinctive and incredible tone.
@timmonsisbest Uh no, Eric Johnson has not refuted the battery thing. The opposite is true, he explained which battery he preffered and the different sounds they effect by power output.
i never realy thought these guys jammed together. these two are my most favorite guitar players of all time. my top influence. theres no way to compare them..thanks for uploading this!
Well, one thing about Shawn Lane was up until the mid 90's he didn't do much recording. He apparently felt that any recording, by the time it was released, would be outdated, in terms of where he was at as a guitarist. He spent the 80's playing in a top 40 band, but word got around slowly about him. He did one solo album around 1990 or so, and then didn't really do much until a few years later, when he started working with Jonas Hellborg and Jeff Sipe.
Yeah, Eric's tone was great here (as is usually the case, hehe).... though Shawn always had an amazing tone around that period, but unfortunately it just didn't cut through the mix in this audience recording, so we don't really get to hear it properly.
I still have to give my nod to Eric Johnson being the all around best guitarist on the planet. Even though I've heard Lane do some stuff on lead that I don't think anyone could recreate. Both are in my top 5 of favourite guitarist along with Steve Morse.
Damn, that was intense! What a great find...never knew this existed!!! I've never heard Eric Johnson turn it on for quite that long before. He went toe-to-toe with probably the fastest guitarist ever. Killer!
I totally agree, but I still love Eric, and I think Shawn did too. Shawn was an unbelievable gift to the world, that too few people appreciate, or even know about. He and Holdsworth have set the "lead Guitar" bar absurdly high. Superhuman chops and musicality!
EJ is a better songwriter/singer. Also his tone is better. His melodical playing is as good as Lane's IMO. But It doesnt really matter cuz were arguing between two of the best electric guitarists ever.
If you've listened to "Powers Of Ten" you have to think maybe as songwriters they were at least equal. Eric played more memorable tunes but Shawn composed tunes very unique to his ideal plus added keyboards and keyboard drums IN REALTIME. Like you say it's all about peace and joy through music thank GOD we are aloive to enjoy it!
Did Shawn record drums tracks from a keyboard-controller sampling drum sounds? Is that what you mean? If so, did he record ALL of the drums on Powers of Ten that way? I never knew he did keyboard-triggered drums, but trust me, I BELIEVE he COULD do it. I mean shit, he COULD DO ANYTHING on a guitar OR a keyboard, and I mean ANYTHING! Absolute freak & genius! R.I.P. Shawn.
If I remember the article correctly, Shawn stated that he play and recorded the keyboard sampled drums live in real time to the music playback. Meaning each finger played a specific drum equivalent (ie. ring finger=snare, middle finger=cymbal, etc.)and there were no overdubs...utterly amazing! When I first listened to PoT, I knew there was no way it could be programmed because of the "feel" and complexity. Just add one more unbelivable talent to his already virtuostic guitar and piano playing.
WOW! I mean I understand the concept of trigger sampling with a controller. But like you said, the fact that he performed/recorded those tracks in "real-time" is utterly "mind-boggling," but then again, whenever Shawn Lane was involved, there was TYPICALLY some "mind-blowing" by default! He was absolutely "otherworldly" for lack of a better or more descriptive term!
Thanks so much for that info. I wish someone would write a "soup-2-nuts" bio on Shawn! Wouldn't that be awesome?!?
Shawn lane is LIGHT YEARS head of eric johnson. Lets get that straight right now. You can hardly hear his guitar solos in the background but you can bet he was putting on a clinic.
No, he's not. They are both top tier guitarists. I don't really know why people always seem to overlook johnson, but trust me, he's one of the best guitarists ever.
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Keep up with Lane? Lane just sounds like the same million notes running up & down the scale over & over again. Boooor-ring. Johnson's actually got some bluesy soul. A remarkable contrast of styles.
You find it boring.... i find his playing pretty darn exciting.
As much as you'd expect me to say this anyway, i thought Shawn played great here... maybe not 'his' best, but still really great.
Take into account that you have to listen real hard just to hear Shawn's guitar at all, whereas Eric's guitar is way high in the mix and cuts right through.
I nearly shit myself when I saw Eric and Shawn appearing in the same video description. The mastery is almost palpable. Thanks for putting this up. And even though I could wiki him, who is Scott Holt?
Scott Holt is a Blues/Rock player. He use to be Buddy Guy's rhythm guitarist. Now he's doing his own thing. I saw him play one time and he's vicious. Long live Shawn Lane!!!
i am equally a fan of both guitarists...i prefer none over the other...and i can honestly say that during this time period, erics style was equally as "typical" as youre saying shawns was. 99% of his runs were pentatonic, or hexatonic. same rhythmic groupings, etc. granted, shawn employed the same basic patterns and techniques as well, although i can say from tabbing both out, at this time shawn had more "tricks" up his sleeve...
My husband and I whitnessed this happen at the memphis beale st music festival 93 or 94. They played Third Stone w/rosco on bass. The lneup for the show was Koko Taylor Jr Wells,Lonnie Brooks,Buddy Guy,Eric Johnson and B.B. King in that order. Sure is funny not sure on the date but oh hell i remember that lineup!
My bad I hit the enter button before I was finished lol any way it was the bbking music fest in the month of August and are you speaking of the music fest in the late 80s and early 90s? the good ole days where the week long music fest at the fair grounds
I had a chance to go see that very show but didn't. I still kick myself...
YManCyberDude 4 months ago
I agree with bobbyip but man, Shawn in my mind is the most talented guitarist/piano player to exist, his technique was simply amazing, look at him play the piano.
Better than Mozart.
MrFluffay 4 months ago
How the hell is Eric Johnson 57 years old? He looks about 35.
lgarvey 5 months ago 3
the guitar gods!!!!!!!!
tmh1717 7 months ago
I AM SHAWNS WIFE LIZ AND I AM TESTIFING TO SHAWNS COMPLETE AWE AND ADORATION OF ERIC JONSON....HE LOVED ERIC'S UNIQUENESS AND BEAUTIFUL FLUIDNESS...HE WAS HONORED TO PLAY WITH HIM AND SO AMAZED BY HIM !!
lizzert0 8 months ago 4
@lizzert0 It's a treat to have an INFORMED person speak out!!!
Btw, is it true Eric kinda discovered William Shawn when he was
just 12 years old? That's what I've read... and I even posted it
here 7 mos ago. Best Wishes to You and Yours!!!
oilkills 7 months ago
@lizzert0 You are probably the luckiest woman alive my friend !
collegeparkwhiteboy 4 months ago
You are probably the luckiest woman alive to be that close to Shawn Lane, God bless !!
collegeparkwhiteboy 4 months ago
@lizzert0 GOD BLESS YOU! HE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE AN INSPIRATION!
2patero 4 months ago
@IcolossusPSN Yes dude, too low as much as too fast. I can hear perfectly also the Lane's sound, though it isn't my preferred style.
RickInRock84 8 months ago
You could recognize the magic brilliant heavenly EJ's touch between 100000 guitarists too !!!
RickInRock84 8 months ago
some people die some wake up
melan812008 9 months ago
MONSTERS
diagreen 10 months ago
oh what a shame is not in video live
but I love the sound
I can not believe shawn and eric johnson together
is great
The guitar solo of shawn is so cool
near2045 11 months ago
God took away Shawn Lane from us coz God himself wanted to hear his amazing music :)
MrGuitarbala 1 year ago
9:02 Only Shawn Lane could make men squeel like dramatic over-obsessed teenage girls.
TheHornet79 1 year ago 7
This is gorgeous! With the recording quality as fuzzed out as it is, I'm sure Shawn is pumped about it, as he has waxed eloquent about Jimi Hendrix fuzzy bootlegs, before! Simply awesome! Both are masters who can shred like wildfire or pull back and sustain that perfect bent note!
tigerstickfigure 1 year ago
Shawn is Incomparable!!!
And Thanks to Eric for discovering Shawn at 12 yrs old!!! Peace!
oilkills 1 year ago 2
Just playing around shawn in general is a big mistake hahaha
Shmucko12 1 year ago
@Shmucko12 Sure wish more people did though...
ubustang 1 year ago
holy crap, eric johnson went fucking nuts on this song. so clean too, you can hear every note... haha, he is the man.
ejfan1 1 year ago
creo que junto roben ford son los que mejor partida sacan a los pentatonicos
27adry 1 year ago
FAST
arundelthomas 1 year ago
I love Eric Johnson but playing fast around Shawn Lane is a BIG mistake! ;)
joshmb24 1 year ago 6
@joshmb24
playing with a sophisticated aim around Eric is an even graver mistake :O)
TheYoungDieGood 1 year ago 3
eric johnson is a very good guitar players but not many people gets that. That is a shame.
jimmyleppard6 1 year ago
for me EJ's solos were my favorite; there was more sense and direction
SilenceAllTheWicked 1 year ago 4
Incredible. Two favorites of mine playing together!
donnamariealba 1 year ago
Did You Know? - Shawn Lane joined Black Oak Arkansas at the ripe old age of 14.
Guitar was not his first instrument - Piano was.
Except for one cover song, Lane wrote all the material and played all the instruments on his debut album.
Lane's last concert performance was at Smilefest in North Carolina with Jonas Hellborg and Jim Britt.
AuroraRegalis 1 year ago 4
Hendrix it's not!!!!
kingkull0423 1 year ago
somebody out there said that Shawn was the"guitar ninja"...what a great definition! i can listen to shawn for hours and never get tired or bored of it, it's just genious, delightful, brilliant and most important....different, he'll live forever in my heart
javierhejtmanek 1 year ago 6
Hey I was there and it was at Memphis in May on the River. I do not know of an existing video, but I will tell you I have seen everybody and these two are the best I have ever seen. Both tried to outplay each other, but man it was a draw.
charlesrcurbo 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing this treat.
TheArbiter74 1 year ago
ha ha- I remember the Soundpage now!! I forgot all about that. It was cool for its time, i guess, but it's a wonder any of us ever learned to play guitar at all.
sprintracr11 1 year ago
Remember hearing Shawn's Mike Varney demo a million years ago........also first heard Eric from a GUITAR PLAYER SOUNDPAGE!!! Yes, a flexible 45rpm record in the magazine. Absoulute stone age tech back then.....
PHALANX100BC 1 year ago
eric johnson and shawn lane? holy shit, talk about a dream come true. those two guitarists are not only some of the greatest to ever live, if not the greatest, they both have the greatest guitar tones of all time.
Fluffypopcicle 1 year ago 4
I have played and played so much that my fingers bleed and I still cant get my music to sound this good...
trixie10121 2 years ago 2
@trixie10121
if eric johnson is what youre shooting for, then you should probably stop.
robdorg 1 year ago
Maybe you are trying too hard,try easy !
mornar75 1 year ago
@trixie10121
A wise person once said, "anyone can play a guitar all day; the best practice guitar all day..."
RevelationaryGuard 1 year ago
Actually, I don't think a jam with Lane and Becker would be soooo good. That's because Becker had a GREAT technique, but was not really a good improviser (not trying to be disrespectful at all, he just wasn't) , while Lane was the master of technique and improvisation at the same time.
AbukKibleik 2 years ago 3
Umm im not trying to debate or anything...but they were both equal Becker and Friedman would trade off improvising with exotic chords. So i think it would have been a Great Event if they jammed!
nextbestguitarist 2 years ago
WHAT THE FUDGE? i first saw shan with bucket and nao with EJ? o_o
what's next ... him and becker or friedman? that would be friggin awesome!!
btw him + joe satriani or vai would be awesome too.
anyone can match with shawn and kickass!! also me! (noob guitar player XD)
awesome, 5/5
ThuXthetrooper 2 years ago
Yeah Shawn DID play with Vai and Satch in one of the NAMM shows with Andy Timmons, Paul Gilbert, and a few other guys (you should look for that now since it was a pretty sweet vid). He wasted them all as far as technique goes, but that's bound to happen when you put him against literally anyone.
scarter180 2 years ago 4
=o! awesooome
and i'd really love if he would played with my hero Jason Becker or with marty friedman, but i haven't seen any video or audio around the websites, too bad :'(
ThuXthetrooper 2 years ago 2
Haha yes! Cacophony was the greatest guitar duo I've ever heard! And I'd have to say that as far as skill goes, Jason Becker would definitely be next in line with Lane. Too bad Jason got ALS and Lane died of complications with psoriasis. They could have made the most epic jam ever conceived!
scarter180 2 years ago
yes.. it's too bad that we can't get everything we want in life :'(
and btw marty friedman is now playing trance or something in japan wtf? .-.
ThuXthetrooper 2 years ago
Shit i put thumbs down on accident man I love Becker and Friedman also!!! Would love to hear Lane and Becker Jam so much!
Leecander 2 years ago 3
is this ironic?
G3.
Becker... hmm have you heard the news? ALS
knikk77 2 years ago
i do know dude.. i said he is my hero !
i said : It would be amazing (but not possible, too bad..)
ThuXthetrooper 2 years ago
Becker is probably the best guitar shredder out there... or was.
knikk77 2 years ago
it does really come down to personal opinion at the end of the day. everyone presents their case and all are correct in my eyes
sux0rz 2 years ago 5
he is and will always be :D
ThuXthetrooper 2 years ago
actually, nothing is next...shawn lane died a while ago. where have you been?
lambaboy0 2 years ago
i know, it's just i recently discovered he played with EJ, i'm discovering moar surprises xD and i know he is dead ..
ThuXthetrooper 2 years ago
I am under a friend's s/n right now. My name is Bax. I had the great and wonderful privilege to meet Shawn when we were both 16 and he was touring with Black Oak and I was percussion in a back-up band. Being a tiny, brunette, female, rapid percussionist in those days was considered an oddity. But not to Shawn. We got along well. And he and I have the same condition that ultimately lead to his passing. Again, most genius' pass before their time. He passed when we were 40. Still miss him.
roadapple1000 2 years ago 2
what a song
Joeey 2 years ago
I was at the August '93 show in MEM. Buddy Guy played the same stage. It was in the same park that Memphis' annual music festival currently takes place. Eric came back to MEM and played BB's several years later; I missed that one.
fedjur 2 years ago
The description is incorrect. This show was not at B.B. King's Club; it was at Tom Lee Park in Memphis during a small "blues" festival in August of '93.
fedjur 2 years ago 9
Ar you absolutely positive about that (before i go changing any details), regarding this 'exact' recording, because i know Shawn and Eric played together a few times (apparently) in late 93/94, so maybe that was a different gig.... though you may be right.
MyShawnLaneVideos 2 years ago 2
@fedjur Yes, I'm sure. I was standing about 10 feet away from the stage. Listen to the audience - you can tell it's not indoors.
fedjur 1 year ago
@fedjur This was at the Tom Lee Park gig. No rehearsal. Eric was really nice. Somebody has a picture of Shawn, Eric, Eric Gales and Me backstage before soundcheck. I'm not sure Shawn ever knew that there was a recording of this. He passed away before You Tube or Facebook or any of this. All we had was Napster and Audio Universe.
BluePRSDude 9 months ago
its hard to hear the solos from the mix unfortunately
randy0987 2 years ago
I think these guys are all great...
banjosaurus 2 years ago
All this arguing over who was 'better' is completely irrelevant.
All of the guitarists at the top have earned their place. They are all brilliant. To say one is better than the other is like saying bananas are better than pineapples. They each have their own qualities, but they are also unique and to be enjoyed for themselves.
bobbyip 2 years ago 43
@bobbyip Well said!
Beavis1144 7 months ago
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Easleytee 7 months ago
@bobbyip bananas ARE better than pineapples
xFlamingxGoochx 6 months ago 4
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Easleytee 6 months ago
Eric Johnson- the master of tone
Shawn Lane - the master of technique
scarter180 2 years ago 2
i dont know much (if not at all) about shawn lane so i cant agree with you on the latter half but i can DEFINITELY agree with the first part
xdivinebladex 2 years ago
Honestly, you MUST go out and check out as much Shawn Lane stuff as you can. He's by far the best guitar player I've ever heard, and Buckethead agrees with me.
scarter180 2 years ago
hmm i see. well before i check him out how bout a comparison test? (im not really all for these but i kinda wanna have some expectation) my two favorites right now are paul gilbert and tommy emmanuel. looking on the right and seeing as how shawn is an elec guitar player i probably cant compare him with tommy. but how does he compare with paul?
xdivinebladex 2 years ago
Shawn is the best there ever was. If he was still alive he would still be the best. Compared to Paul, Hmm, I would say Shawns phrasing is better and has some more interesting licks. They are both insanely clean players.
judaspriestrock 2 years ago
I can only tell you that Shawn's career as a guitar player has shown far more genius and expertise than Paul Gilbert, but you can simply discover that yourself. Paul also looks up to Shawn Lane. Buckethead, who was Paul's student, chose to revere Shawn Lane as "by far the best guitar player who ever lived" rather than his own teacher. So, from Buckethead's word, Shawn Lane IS better than Paul Gilbert, and is also the best. Paul hinted an agreement as well. Just watch "Shawn Lane Tribute" video.
scarter180 2 years ago
well said. ill be sure to check him out (yea i shouldve checked him out in the time i last posted and the time you posted this but hey, i've still got time :] )
xdivinebladex 2 years ago
ughh...by tribute i had hoped that you didnt mean he died already. and unfortunately he did :( this happens to me a lot. like when i first heard SRV i was like "Dayummm i wanna see this guy live" then i found out that he died...then i heard about Joe Pass and went "I'll pay 3k just to go to one of his clinics" then...yea same result. nonetheless, you're right, shawn is freakin phenomenal. dont know if i like him as much as paul yet but we shall see
xdivinebladex 2 years ago
Yep. He's dead way before his time kind of like SRV and Joe Pass. If it turns out you don't like him as much as Paul Gilbert, that's fine since that is just your own taste. I'd still take Paul's own word for it though.
scarter180 2 years ago
It was Paul that first discovered Shawn, then he had shown THE TAPES to Brian. Paul hails Shawn also and, according to a story by our friend Wiljay, Paul even had Shawn play keys at his wedding!!!
oilkills 2 years ago
Buckethead's major teacher was Pebber Brown he also took lessons from Gilbert though. Gilbert gets the credit because he is famous.
averylicious22 2 years ago 11
and gilbert was playing malmsteens stuff until his fingers bled in his garage and became famous because he was one of the first guitarists to try emulate Yngwie and became famous of it..and i have to say Gilbert is one solid guitarist..okay to me he is no malmsteen..but he is a solid nr2 in my book..but im getting tired of gilbert because he cut his hair and became a online youtube teacher..so much for the guitar hero act..but he is still a god..but with short hair and normal dress code
HyperfastMalmsteen 1 year ago
i love that guy at the beginning 'Shawn lane please!'
eastonmackay 2 years ago
It's fantastic that whenever Shawn is introduced among other famous musicians, his fans screams are always the loudest. They maybe by fewer people but the people who know him are aware of what is about to happen.
Despond 2 years ago 7
Johnson uses a fuzz face through a Marshall half stack for lead.
Two Fenders split with a TC for clean stuff.
petecockcroft 2 years ago
should also mention that he uses the marshall's overdrive for his rhythm playing
xdivinebladex 2 years ago
Meeting of the giants...
GrericPoperic7 2 years ago 3
damn. despite poor recording - this is excellent
themusicdr 2 years ago
shawn is great! but eric has been playing like since the early 70's . electromagnets anyone ?
zr24X4ROCKS 2 years ago
Shawn has been playing since the early 70's.
Still, not sure what 'how long someone has been playing' has to do with this clip, or anything?
MyShawnLaneVideos 2 years ago 34
It certainly doesn't mean anything as far as overall quality as a guitarist goes. They're both pretty much as good as it gets, anyway.
benspears88 2 years ago
@MyShawnLaneVideos I've been playing for a long time and I still suck so yeah I agree lol.
BillyJimmyBobbyTimmy 1 year ago
Correct me if I'm wrong brother Wiljay, but wasn't Shawn playing piano at 8 years old, and became serious on guitar at 10. Born in 1963, that means that Shawn was playing like since the early 70's!!! AND when he was12, he was befriended by Eric who kinda became like a show-biz big brother to Shawn!
oilkills 2 years ago
According to his sisters website he got his first guitar at 4.
bstime32 2 years ago
the intro is so funny . . . shawn lane please!
eastonmackay 2 years ago 4
These guys are great, BB King's bar has the best steak I've ever had too.
Vaidrix 2 years ago
his amps arent as modded as you would think. EJ uses alot of different dist and overdrive boxes
ebass16 3 years ago
not really. he mainly uses a B.K. Butler Tube Driver and a vintage Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face.
jhachey222 2 years ago
Poor Scott, no comments about him =P
even though he was majorly obliterated by these two Gods.
81TheMole18 3 years ago 2
I like Eric, but Shawn was a God amoung guitarist...Great tone, great feel and melody, incredible speed. and great respect for ALL musicians.
shredacuda 3 years ago 3
So, which one impressed you the most and why? I felt them both, equally astonishing, one with speed and the other with sound, both with both, and both with depth and substance.
rmsolympic1 3 years ago 2
shawn lane had psoriosis of the skin the steriods were taken to relive the painfull rashes and skin informalities.
shawn lane the beauty in his music will live forever
trevskiw2008 3 years ago 3
Wow this is really good and really nice Hendrix song to cover. Eric Johnson is great and Ah Via Musicom is my favorite cd of his. I heard of Shawn Lane before but never heard his music. What a great guitarist he was.
PaulC39 3 years ago 3
ok, another amazing guitar player that nobudy knows!!!
falcont2t 3 years ago 3
agreed
pyroskryos 2 years ago
Love the photo at the end. It sums up my response as well. Totally awed!
EJstratocaster 3 years ago 3
god i so love erics tone
its marvelous isnt it?
anyone know what gear he uses? apart from the super expensive strat
Ricardojr118 3 years ago
Dumble amps in the backstage :)
Fender/Marshall in front.
valentin80 3 years ago
I've actually watched EJ talk abot his gear and the overdriven/distorted tone actually comes from a fender amp he uses...He must've modded it to hell
Horrificated01 3 years ago
i'm pretty sure his distortion has something to do with the Marshall stack behind him ;)
jhachey222 2 years ago
I know for a fact EJ doesn't use Marshall, probably not his amp there.
Horrificated01 2 years ago
and what wou7ld you call teh stack of amps behind him, the stack he used for the Experience Hendrix tour, the Marshall stack he used clearly at Clapton's crossroads festival, and the fact that he lists it on his site under his gear?
jhachey222 2 years ago
I remember seeing a video where he explained his gear and he said he used mainly overdriven fender tubes and ran a fuzz face through them.
Horrificated01 2 years ago
well, check his site, it shows you the EXACT gear he uses to perform. he runs his clean signal to his fender amp/s, and his dirty sound goes to the Marshall. because if there is one thing i am sure of, it's that you can't get that warm, singing distortion, no matter how many stompboxes you use, from a fender amp, renowned for their cleans.
everyonesucksbuti 2 years ago
dont try to discuss about eric`s tone.
he is sick in da head when it comes to gear :D
he hears differences in sound when turn a cable around (like guitar-amp switch), and also different batteries. he only used 1 particular brand.
SICKO EJ :D
freakguitar1 2 years ago 5
agreed he is a tone master, but they thing about the batteries is not true at all. he has refuted it in numerous interviews. regardless of what he can hear, he has distinctive and incredible tone.
timmonsisbest 2 years ago
@timmonsisbest Uh no, Eric Johnson has not refuted the battery thing. The opposite is true, he explained which battery he preffered and the different sounds they effect by power output.
nimaside 1 year ago
I hate Marshall amps...
tsarka1888 2 years ago
But they go to 11.
ELEVEN!
BobTheSubgenius 2 years ago 17
haha, had to laugh :)
jemdave13 2 years ago 3
Hey, I saw one that went to 12 !!! Twelve is louder than 11 !!!
twothreekay 2 years ago 4
Okay different increments of measurements. There are Marshalls that go to 20. But it mostly depends on wattage and the tube type.
realguitarist07 2 years ago
@BobTheSubgenius Yes, but Nigel has new amps that go to 20.
burnitdo 1 year ago
@burnitdo he got some that go to Infinity
TheKirkYates 1 year ago
he doesn't. he uses 2 of them.
timmonsisbest 2 years ago
any actual vid of this...or will i find it in 1 min when i search!!!!
Manfromperu 3 years ago
Sorry... no video exists of this that i know of.
MyShawnLaneVideos 3 years ago
both absolute gods. love eric's style <3
ljguitar91 3 years ago
love his vest :)
heinz454 3 years ago 2
howd shawn die
elishakr 3 years ago
From lung dissease... on Friday the 26th Sept 2003.
MyShawnLaneVideos 3 years ago
he also was born with asteo prostis and had to take a steraroid to keep him alive but that caused him to gain weight rapidly but he did also smoke
blackwarlock7 3 years ago
wikipedia
stiffler1345 3 years ago
It's great to see that some people are beginning to recognize Shawn... too bad he didn't get this rcognition and praise when he was still with us...
ALL HAIL THE KING !!! rip great one
oilkills 3 years ago 7
i never realy thought these guys jammed together. these two are my most favorite guitar players of all time. my top influence. theres no way to compare them..thanks for uploading this!
adjazzment 3 years ago 2
Johnson is the Blackmore to Shawn's Yngwie.
TheLostTruckDriver 3 years ago
C'mon when did this become a competition? Listen to it and enjoy.
KSIAxeMan24 3 years ago 2
Girls, girls, girls. Just enjoy.....
godkcirteno 3 years ago 4
Why the hell must everyone resort to arguing over who's better? THEY ARE BOTH GREAT!
waylay00 3 years ago 24
both of them are two of the best to have picked up an electric guitar and they probably fed off each other's magnificent playing
blorg52 3 years ago 7
on technical terms shawn is the better guitar player, EJ is one of my favorites though
rockforeternity 3 years ago
Well, one thing about Shawn Lane was up until the mid 90's he didn't do much recording. He apparently felt that any recording, by the time it was released, would be outdated, in terms of where he was at as a guitarist. He spent the 80's playing in a top 40 band, but word got around slowly about him. He did one solo album around 1990 or so, and then didn't really do much until a few years later, when he started working with Jonas Hellborg and Jeff Sipe.
Kohntarkosz 3 years ago
I saw Shawn in the middle 90's with Jonas and Sipe and what a group that was!
michaels2boys 3 years ago
Whole heartedly disagree! Lane was a master virtuoso with incredible skill however so is Johnson; he more than holds his own on this recording.
JohnWahlers 3 years ago
these 3 r great guitarists but i prefer the sound of eric johnson than the others
phantomsnake2 3 years ago 2
Yeah, Eric's tone was great here (as is usually the case, hehe).... though Shawn always had an amazing tone around that period, but unfortunately it just didn't cut through the mix in this audience recording, so we don't really get to hear it properly.
MyShawnLaneVideos 3 years ago
Amazing! Thanks for posting this
Jack77s 3 years ago
I still have to give my nod to Eric Johnson being the all around best guitarist on the planet. Even though I've heard Lane do some stuff on lead that I don't think anyone could recreate. Both are in my top 5 of favourite guitarist along with Steve Morse.
cyphixx 3 years ago 7
Damn, that was intense! What a great find...never knew this existed!!! I've never heard Eric Johnson turn it on for quite that long before. He went toe-to-toe with probably the fastest guitarist ever. Killer!
giantrobot9000 3 years ago 3
Man I love Shawn about as much as anyone, but I think Eric's got some real fire that I haven't heard from him very often.
aasquirrelaa 3 years ago
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Nothing is better than watching videos of still photos.Keep it up!Dan
veeshead 3 years ago
Well the alternative, with mega rare clips that only exist as audio, is to not post them at all.
MyShawnLaneVideos 3 years ago
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Whole heartedly agreed! ... Shane Lane is FAR superior in every way to EJ. Like the sun rises every morning that's a FACT!
djsilvers 3 years ago
I totally agree, but I still love Eric, and I think Shawn did too. Shawn was an unbelievable gift to the world, that too few people appreciate, or even know about. He and Holdsworth have set the "lead Guitar" bar absurdly high. Superhuman chops and musicality!
JSGuitar7 3 years ago
one man (if you can restrict him to the mortal world) who set the bar for THEM is John McLaughlin
theman2890 3 years ago 7
EJ is a better songwriter/singer. Also his tone is better. His melodical playing is as good as Lane's IMO. But It doesnt really matter cuz were arguing between two of the best electric guitarists ever.
broncosshredder 3 years ago
If you've listened to "Powers Of Ten" you have to think maybe as songwriters they were at least equal. Eric played more memorable tunes but Shawn composed tunes very unique to his ideal plus added keyboards and keyboard drums IN REALTIME. Like you say it's all about peace and joy through music thank GOD we are aloive to enjoy it!
stonepolismusic 3 years ago 6
Did Shawn record drums tracks from a keyboard-controller sampling drum sounds? Is that what you mean? If so, did he record ALL of the drums on Powers of Ten that way? I never knew he did keyboard-triggered drums, but trust me, I BELIEVE he COULD do it. I mean shit, he COULD DO ANYTHING on a guitar OR a keyboard, and I mean ANYTHING! Absolute freak & genius! R.I.P. Shawn.
billmeedog 3 years ago
If I remember the article correctly, Shawn stated that he play and recorded the keyboard sampled drums live in real time to the music playback. Meaning each finger played a specific drum equivalent (ie. ring finger=snare, middle finger=cymbal, etc.)and there were no overdubs...utterly amazing! When I first listened to PoT, I knew there was no way it could be programmed because of the "feel" and complexity. Just add one more unbelivable talent to his already virtuostic guitar and piano playing.
stonepolismusic 3 years ago
WOW! I mean I understand the concept of trigger sampling with a controller. But like you said, the fact that he performed/recorded those tracks in "real-time" is utterly "mind-boggling," but then again, whenever Shawn Lane was involved, there was TYPICALLY some "mind-blowing" by default! He was absolutely "otherworldly" for lack of a better or more descriptive term!
Thanks so much for that info. I wish someone would write a "soup-2-nuts" bio on Shawn! Wouldn't that be awesome?!?
billmeedog 3 years ago
Shawn lane is LIGHT YEARS head of eric johnson. Lets get that straight right now. You can hardly hear his guitar solos in the background but you can bet he was putting on a clinic.
risingforce86 3 years ago
No, he's not. They are both top tier guitarists. I don't really know why people always seem to overlook johnson, but trust me, he's one of the best guitarists ever.
broncosshredder 3 years ago 14
Damn! Eric Johnson is going all out on this one to keep up with Lane here. Great Stuff!
dandan321 3 years ago
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Keep up with Lane? Lane just sounds like the same million notes running up & down the scale over & over again. Boooor-ring. Johnson's actually got some bluesy soul. A remarkable contrast of styles.
1984acl 3 years ago
C'mon, Shawn just didn't have the best night, normally he'd have added much more exciting stuff to this version.
YngtchieMusic 3 years ago
You find it boring.... i find his playing pretty darn exciting.
As much as you'd expect me to say this anyway, i thought Shawn played great here... maybe not 'his' best, but still really great.
Take into account that you have to listen real hard just to hear Shawn's guitar at all, whereas Eric's guitar is way high in the mix and cuts right through.
MyShawnLaneVideos 3 years ago
I nearly shit myself when I saw Eric and Shawn appearing in the same video description. The mastery is almost palpable. Thanks for putting this up. And even though I could wiki him, who is Scott Holt?
Th1sWasATriumph 3 years ago
Scott Holt is a Blues/Rock player. He use to be Buddy Guy's rhythm guitarist. Now he's doing his own thing. I saw him play one time and he's vicious. Long live Shawn Lane!!!
BrothaManFromDa5thFl 3 years ago
i am equally a fan of both guitarists...i prefer none over the other...and i can honestly say that during this time period, erics style was equally as "typical" as youre saying shawns was. 99% of his runs were pentatonic, or hexatonic. same rhythmic groupings, etc. granted, shawn employed the same basic patterns and techniques as well, although i can say from tabbing both out, at this time shawn had more "tricks" up his sleeve...
although EJ is still the tone master :)
tritonefascination 3 years ago
you should listen more carefully...
littlewingflown 3 years ago
You are a god. This is new Shawn material for me, thank you.
Despond 3 years ago
that rocked, hard
starkmeister2 3 years ago 4
yeowch!
rezalini 3 years ago 2
My husband and I whitnessed this happen at the memphis beale st music festival 93 or 94. They played Third Stone w/rosco on bass. The lneup for the show was Koko Taylor Jr Wells,Lonnie Brooks,Buddy Guy,Eric Johnson and B.B. King in that order. Sure is funny not sure on the date but oh hell i remember that lineup!
blueslady30 3 years ago
That would have been awesome!
Back when the Beale street music fest was actually good...
waylay00 3 years ago
That wasn't the beale street music fest it was
blueslady30 3 years ago
My bad I hit the enter button before I was finished lol any way it was the bbking music fest in the month of August and are you speaking of the music fest in the late 80s and early 90s? the good ole days where the week long music fest at the fair grounds
blueslady30 3 years ago
Yeah babyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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