Shawn Lane - "Black Market" - 10.10.92

[@Despond]

It's heaven. Plays the guitar like a piano, and a piano like a guitar.

[@burnedoutgolfer]

That’s only how one phrases notes in their dreams! Thank You Shawn rip

[@DigitalLoom]

OH my god did you hear his solo!!!! All hail Shawn !!!!! The Guitar was raining Manna from the heavens omg my soul was beyond touched.. My guitar HERO!!

[@flowerFOG]

we are all children to this music

[@nickwellings9433]

Great analogies!

[@algattan]

Shawn lane its amazing speed

[@nickwellings9433]

You are very very right though, your point is very valid. In a way, watching everyone ELSE get recongition whilst he laboured away on different club + Euro circuits, really wasn't the happiest thing that could ahve happened to Shawn Lane. Still, I am prety sure he didn't want to be mega famous, but equally, iI am fairly certain that getting passed over whilst people kind of ripped his tone/ideas off, didn't do much for his happiness either.

[@KingTabor]

great point hahaha you 100% right!

[@manolisworld]

@stoofbuis True but there is no best my friend, it's all about the music to me..

[@nickwellings9433]

So I am not sure WHY Varney did nothing. Shawn got a Spotlight colum about 5 years after the demos but that's it AFAIK! And my God, yes, what a thing that would have been to see SL with an Orchestra. The man had a touch and talent no one alive has. By the way, those demos are on a user called SpoonyLeg's youtube page I think. Crazy playing obviously!!

[@DINOSAURMUSIC69kc]

Crazy tasteful guitar solos. Yup.

[@MitchTenderness]

Playing this Weather Report classic just proves that he is in a different class than the "rock" guys people compare him to.

[@Grimpus1972]

Wow! I bump into you again in the cyber world. What is that, your amp back there?

[@glennhenshaw7474]

Are they playing in a hydroponic weed farm?

[@AbstractMan23]

that's what you call a guitar solo

[@nickwellings9433]

Lane did send a demo to Varney...you can hear it on youtube...2 of em in fact! Varney did get him to play of Centrifugal Funk though... I also like his ballads and instruments.

[@aliensporebomb]

Mke's brother Mark Varney released Shawn's efforts. Mark had the fusion based Legato Records and released the MVP records first with Holdsworth and Gambale second with Lane/Garsed/Gambale. Mike did think Shawn was impressive but his musical approach was more of a straight ahead rock type label for the Shrapnel stuff.

[@alspageddi]

Todd Bobo.

[@stoofbuis]

yeah,shawn is great,but alan(holdsworth)is the harmonic master