It's a prefect moment in time, he never played it the same twice. This specific recording is magical.

As a musician and guitar player I have to say these few minutes of gritty VHS-quality video are what I keep returning to when life gets too much to bear. There are many virtuosic instrumentalists, but Shawn's intensity and expressiveness were not from this world. We owe you Shawn Lane, you were one of the most important voices humanity has ever had. I shed a tear thinking about how hard your life was. You should have been a king. Love forever.

Something between a miracle and a paranormal event.

shawn u saved my life just know that

Shawn is truly 1 of 1. Nobody’s music has touched me like yours thank you for everything. The greatest

The scream at the end tells you everything.

Shawn was such a technical monster, as well as a melodic virtuoso. Everything about Shawn was prolifically perfect. His chops, modal progressions, composition, melodic direction, and everywhere else his music could go before touching us in heart and soul! It is sad that his few live performances were recorded in such poor quality, fuzzy videos.

Never take this video down

This is definitely the best guitarist i have seen

a complete fucking god. no better description for shawn lane. a fucking GOD.

Different levels of dexterity. Oh my gosh. Speeches

I've never heard anything like this.

2022 and still coming back to this video. Timeless to say

Maybe in about 300 years time musicians will look back and say “Hey, that bloke there from the year 2275, he was almost as good as Shawn Lane”…but somehow I doubt it…

If you can't recognise the delicacy and beauty in this man's music. You're a different man than me.

I can't believe one of the best guitar performances in the history of the world has less than 30000 views.

unbelievable

01:30 those harmonics

3:39 - 4:48 is the most beautiful guitar playing of all time. I need to also add that the bass playing, keys and drumming on this track is tight as hell throughout the entire song as well.

Its the best solo I've ever seen

I love when the song ends and a guy just explodes in emotion a second before the rest of the crowd.

I cry every time he gets to 5:40 in the solo... Sick...sick...sick...

Will always be the best guitarist the almost no one has ever heard of. I'm glad I learned about him as a child.

I can’t believe that I have never heard of Shawn Lane before tonight! Better late than never! What a joy!

Undoubtly one of the greatest who have ever existed.

Never before....and never again

GOAT

The more older I grow the more I realized this man was from advance time machine.. it's 30 years almost yet nobody on earth touch his caliber till today.. indeed God takes away good one early, this world was too small for him and it's a crime by music industries that he ain't household name.

This is certainly one of the most beautiful and perfect instrumental works ever written for the guitar... a masterpiece in beginning, middle and end, harmonically perfect, melodically divine, the feeling that Shawn Lane created in Get you Back is surreal, in transports us to another plane, and after this musical journey we are invigorated... thrilled, full of joy... Shawn Lane was very special... this show is a historic milestone in the expression of Jazz-Rock-Fusion guitar, no one was so virtuosic and melodically so sophisticated and full of feeling!!!! A genius!!!

It's as though the guitar is just another one of his body parts, and he utilized it like a smile, or a frown, some other expression coming out of him...Absolutely flawless.

That was so astounding, I need to rest for 10 mins

Just such an emotional song ..so much feeling and technique went into this....just my absolute favorite player.

What a lot of people fail to notice is how Shawn used the whammy bar with utmost control, and not just for divebombs or wiggles. How he countered the tension using his fingering hand against the whammy bar was so musical.

Why? Lane and Becker so young and so talented struck down so early. It's not fair

Used to stay up all night and play this while I smoked my bong while the sun rose. Thanks for the vibes Shawn.

He is in great form on this clip,

5:25 and on is a form of expression that I've never witnessed another guitar player even remotely come close to. Shawn's ability to express is sublime.

Thank you for removing the hiss. I listened to this so much before with the hiss in it anyway lol.

I randomly (by accident mostly) come back to this video in every couple of years and be mesmerized by the sheer mind-bending performance by Lane. You must be on a different level, not just as an artist but as a human - to be able to play like this.

A short lived genius, showed so many players what hungry practice is all about.

This guy was In a different stratosphere

My God what talent. Would have sworn he was two handed tapping if I hadn’t seen this video. This is honestly terrifying.

There are guitarists...and there was Shawn Lane. You will forever live.

The greatest.

w8 a gift of honor we met you, great Shwan

What an amazing song

This is one of my favorite songs ever and I just discovered Shawn lane last night. I love the chords in this song. Like I can’t believe l knew about joe Satriani and Steve vai in middle school but not once have I heard about this man? It literally makes me cry I’ve missed out such a work of art for nearly 20 plus years. I wish more people heard this man.

Shawn was an absolute gift!!! Wish he was still with us.

God on Guitar.

Shawn, Ur music is too right to me, I dont have words for your sound...

shawn was always a master at blending technique and soulfulness

7:03 is exactly how I sound when the song finishes

spine tingling

Even with subpar audio his tone is still hitting me right in the feels!

Not sure how to say this or if it will make sense to anyone, but I’m pretty sure some fundamental answers to the universe’s greatest questions lives somewhere between 5:24-5:47 in a musical representation

From 05:26 Shawn went into another world, you can see it clearly

Still awesome, RIP 🙏

Never heard of this guy until today, he is brilliant.

great tone and playing of course... love the charvel too!

Man O' Man!!! I love this man. Never heard or saw this tune live. I'm heartbroken. I've listened to this album for the last 22 years, yet seeing and feeling this now....

How good was Shawn Lane? He could play two-handed tapping with one hand! (5:24-5:47) And still make it sound beautiful and expressive. Love the jazzy chromatic notes he throws in from time to time, and the way he rides the whammy bar subtly the whole time. Truly a remarkable player, and greatly missed.

Masterpiece.

He is the best ever ( imo )❤️ A true musician.. another dimension..❤️ “There will never be another Shawn.. and if there is one thing we can all learn from him it is If you must play fast play good stuff fast..” Guthrie Govan... Shawn Lane? Oh my god he was the most terrifyng guy of all time..he can do whatever he wants with one hand while you cant do with two hands.. Paul Gilbert.. Shawn Lane was the KING no one has doubt on that.. J. Petrucci..

Fingertips that were once sore, Is the creator of the best melody I have heard All the pain you had inside, Written meticulously on the fretboard How many ways a story can be told! Breathing , even that must have hurt you What your brilliant mind had in store, Was far beyond anyone on this earth could grasp You laid out some in the form of music, For us to discover and absorb The joints in your body gave you immense pain And your music eases the pain in mine. You went through all of it, And now thousands of us , who are filled with pain Can forget about it for a while and enjoy what you have given us. Not many songs of you around, To forget the pain for the rest of the life You gave us the chance to feel ours And create something remotely similar You are an inspiration Shawn To go through what you did, Our body would give up way sooner Thank you for having lived in the same world we do Through your music you made yourself immortal I hope you knew this, you must have.. Wrote this for shawn, i can never really express what his playing means to me but I have tried

This man is so criminal underrated it’s mind numbing

Genius man. I love this feel. Those notes are just raining down like unbelievable.

why is this masterpiece not recorded at extreme quality? fck

This is my first time checking out Shawn Lane (not really into shredders much) and I blown away. Even without the ludicrous technical ability, his expression, touch and note choices are just exceptional, just beautiful. The word underrated is thrown around a lot, but this guy is criminally underrated. Wow.

keep his legacy alive!!

Shawn was one of Greatest human being of all time

terrifying

I graduated from MI back in 1991. Wish I could have seen this.

Forever touched by Shawn's music. I will never forget the impression his playing had on me when I first thought of playing guitar 13 years ago.

This is the stuff that is worth living for… no other guitar player like Shawn had me to tears. This perfomance is literally otherwordly, and impossibile to describe. Thanks for posting 🥲❤️🙏🏻

Simply the best. ❤

5:37-5:40 best phrasing ever

Best ever out of Memphis

6:16 *OMFG!!* 😱

I wonder what it was like to see this live

Never really feel the need to comment on videos, but this truly is an exception. The whole thing is phenomenal because, of course, it's Shawn Lane; however, that playing from 3:34 onwards is something else. I love his decision to add the harmonic at 3:36, which climaxes perfectly the first half of the piece. The way he resolves to the E at 4:53 from that run starting at 4:48 is sublime, and then the run between 5:25 and 5:47, just wow. What an amazing, amazing talent taken far too early from this world.

Thanks for this

Best song ever

Had to come back for a bit of SL. Been listening on and off for years. Cant take a lot of it but just occasionally...what an incredible talent. Died far too young RIP

I need to go practice...

What an absolute inspiration

The Grand Master at his best is still relevant in 2024.

Shawn was the best guitarist I can think of. Too bad poor health cut his life short.

Came here after a quarantine recital, a 17 year old girl played this song and it was a magical sound, it was Mr. Lane clapping from up above 💗

Shawn was the emporer of electric guitar

This lifts my soul

Give me emotion I apreciate this individual he was unique

Lane was another level. His musical and technical ability was unmatched, above genres and styles.

I love you, Shawn. ❤

Of course a great player,but his tone here is great! I love how he has the high end rolled off to create a warmer tone.....

This deserves at least 2 million views.

I love this song so much!

I first found Shawn when he started recording with Jonas Hellborg. At first I wasn't sure what to think as I was buying Hellborg for his compositions and didn't much care about the guitar player. By the time Personae came out I knew he was special and by the time he did Icon and the Paris DVD I knew this was someone far beyond the Shredder label and just a pure musician. I remember the day he died and I wrote on the white board at work 'Shawn Lane is Dead' and no one knew who he was but I felt it and goddamn I was going to let everyone know. I still miss him and the excitement I used to have for a new Hellborg album. Luckily they still sound awesome so go buy them all on CD and listen to them on repeat. Cheers.

thanks wr, but I would rather listen to Shawn with a little hissing in the audio than anyone else with perfect sound .......... RIP big guy

All I can hope is that the people in attendance that day had the slightest idea of the sheer greatness they were witnessing and that no one in the history of the world would come even remotely close to this level of expressiveness ever again. Also the bend at 5:49 is undoubtedly the most amazing bend ever bended, it made me legitimately cry

Sounds like the theme song for an awesome 80's TV show....I'd watch it.