Shawn Lane - Live at Sneaky Pete's (13th December 1991) PART II

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

The best of all time... Lane and Holdsworth... one is pure Spirit one is pure Intellect. Both amazing.

[@gravitydrums1391]

I miss my friend. This was My band project that was put together just to do something to get out and play and pay the bills at the time. Still, it was fun.

[@hawk1093]

@@gravitydrums1391 dude ive been looking for this for so long and im glad i found this video of you guys, Shawn's solo at the end of "something about you" is jaw dropping. I can never hear that song the same again without imagining Shawn's ripping solo finishing that off... you guys sounded really good, great cover of that song, i cant find anything that comes close. Wish we had a better video but this is fantastic considering it was filmed in '91.

[@gravitydrums1391]

@@hawk1093Thanks!.. The crazy thing is that Shawn and I were asked to be their Drummer and Guitar player... I was about to tour with a different group.. I chose Poorly....lol

[@lex.cordis]

if you're implying Holdsworth was an intellectual player.... He was not. Listen to him enough, especially in interviews, and you'll realize that he was pure emotion and intuition. Of course, he did have intellectual knowledge of music theory (simply as a means to an end), but it's one of those "learn and then forget" kind of things. You'll hear him say in clinics all the time when asked about his theoretical approach by music theory nerds: "I don't know, man. I'm just trying to make melodies, I don't know how to explain it...", etc. He was 100% a feeler. All emotion and heart.

[@alexanderjoshuadavis]

@@lex.cordis I can't say I agree with that - if you watch Holdsworth's REH instructional video, he has his own system of theory, and his own scale charts that he utilised, and you could often see him with a music stand when he was playing. I'm all ear/intuition/feel based as a player, but I still admire Holdsworth, even though he had the opposite approach. Lane and Holdsworth are still unrivaled.

[@noff5471]

I like so much his improvisations, a fckn guitar legend✨

[@gravitydrums1391]

Yes he was. This was my band. SHawn and I played as a duo which landed Him his guitar deal but then at this time we were doing a myriad of different tunes, Some of which He was bored with and some he played Masterfully.

[@B.I.B.L.E.]

No one can touch Shawn. Speed aside… his phrasing and note choice are insanely impressive.

[@davidpena9513]

The greatest guitar GOAT of all time!!

[@CesarClouds]

Truly the greatest.

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

He’s like a fast typist, typing word salad. Nothing meaningful, memorable, just fast legato scales and slurred arpeggiation.

[@CesarClouds]

@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 You can type very fast and sloppy or very fast and very accurate. Lane was in the latter category but a lot of his music is actually slow; when fast, however, it was like Govan said: Meaningful.

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

@@CesarClouds Really? He has no single riff, solo, or song that people carry around in their heads as they go about their day. It’s like a recording made in a machine shop: rivet gun, saws, grinders. Sadly, this is why he will always be relatively unknown. Were it not for KZbin and your mom, only old guys who recall him from BOA would know about him.

[@CesarClouds]

@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 You seem to confuse meaningful with pop music or are equating them. Whatever the case, Lane was not in the business of popular music. Applying your reasoning to novels you would say the Twilight ones are great literature while Joseph Conrad's are crap.

[@noff5471]

@@CesarClouds leave ignorants quite, they never gonna understand the highly powerful abilty of shawn lanes guitar.

[@burnedoutgolfer]

Rip Shawn Lane thank you for posting this masterful improv!

[@jcbluze]

Chops but meaningless riffs. No melodic or bluesy content. As far as I'm concerned, he's an undeveloped amateur with chops, and potential, but not yet worth listening to. I bet he can't play decent blues!

[@noff5471]

What an ignorant, my god 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Returnality]

Lol I'm not sure if are being serious, but if you are then you have no idea who you're talking about. Shawn is an absolute legend who has received respect from some from tons of the greatest guitarists the world over. Guthrie Govan, Buckethead, Paul Gilbert, Andy Timmons, Eric Johnson etc. they all have deep admiration for Shawn. R.I.P.

[@biscobisco1882]

Are you deaf? There's a fuckload of 'bluesy' and melodic content here.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Well with the best chops ever witnessed sure. He's just playing at a cover band gig at a bar/pub. I think Shawn Lane and Allan Holdsworth were the two greatest guitarists ever known, Lane the off the cuff heroin addict who was untouchable, and Holdsworth the more analytical measured gentleman. Both the greatest guitarists known in my opinion. Guys like Jeff Beck are great in their own respect but Lane and Holdsworth are just on a level that no one can touch. Sure people can play as fast as them, but not intuitively and from the soul.

[@gravitydrums1391]

He was one of the best blues players I have ever heard.. IF anyone has ever heard him as a hired session player he was one of the tastiest players