Can imagine. You do not expect to meet the final ultimate boss at the local guitar shop.

@@u.v.s.5583 That made me rofl 🤣

@@u.v.s.5583 Shawn is like the secret boss after you've completed the game on Petrucci Mode & 100%ed all side missions.

@@FurbyParade226 😂😂💀 classic

What if that "hot shot" guitarslinger that walked in was Guthrie Govan? That would be a Superman vs Goku mega battle!!

Robert Smith im probably one of his biggest fans because of KZfaq i love every track on powers of ten

So true, both quotes..RIP Shawn such a miss to music!!

Not one of - THE greatest. No question.

This alone makes KZfaq invaluable

KZfaq sucks and is censored but I appreciate the music. We need a new platform that doesn’t want to harm people.

Arc Crenshaw one of those times where I have to turn the speed setting down to have any idea what he’s playing

JUST. I "get" the idea he's playing a measure after it happens and I'm like: "heh, nice" midway through the next one.

Technically that’s true for every sound

@Mister Christopher No need to be jealous here. The reverb and digital delay are not playing those notes.🕊

If spider held a tap dancing competition, shawn lane would win

Jimmy Page wrote some of the most memorable guitar moments of the past 100 years. Pointless comparison.

@@rayflanagan1519 Page couldn't hold this man's guitar pick.

I've went 50 years. I feel cheated. This man was incredible. Best I've heard.

I'm 72 yrs old and have listened to this incomparable guitarist for a few years but his presentation really moved me starting at 3:32. Thanks Brandon for posting this.

@@rodjohnon4950 You are so thick! Page was a song writer composer. He wrote some unbelievable songs that still sound magical. His guitar was just a tool that's all.

Shawn Lane is definitely not "underrated" artist like him couldnt have gave a fuck about ratings. Youre not listening well enough

Under appreciated is the word you're looking for. Shawn Lane is highly rated.

@@dannyg6704 under appreciated maybe? All the people who are incredible at guitar know exactly who he is. His playing speaks for itself.. there will never be another like him.

Buckethead approved 👌

Taylor approved.

yeah the intonation is very impressive... if you know how to use wanky runs as a deliberate texture while preserving a dynamic range of piano to forte, they dont wear on the ear as much

@@rickdeckard1075 thats for exposing to everyone that you have no connection to music

Right!! his lines were soooo musically sophistced...slow that shit down and its still off the hook. His ability to play that fast ws inhuman..hella funny

It sounds horrible though. Like he is just hitting random notes and without regard for being in key.

@@SeanKernan -Do you even know the basics of music? For example, what is diatonic harmony? what are some non-diatonic devices? like secondary doms. or secondary leading tone chords? Do know what playing outside is? Could you pass a basic interval ear test? do you know what modal interchange is? these are beginner concepts , maybe a step 2 from diatonic concepts like the modes for example. I doubt you know what you're talking about. Shawn Lane knew EXACTLy what he was doing, there are no "random" notes here, just lines that your unsophisticated ear can't handle. Don't come shit on one of the top two guitarists who EVER lived. There's Allan Holdsworth and Shawn. Then there's everyone else basically. Shawn could sit in with ANYONE, where as anyone couldn't sit in with him unless they were prepared to sound pedestrian at best.

What I see is that those who reach the Olympus of guitarists are those who develop their own style in composition and technique, but this must also be memorable and commercially successful.

Buckethead worships this man. He is a god xD

Have seen Buckethead 2x in Haight-Asheville

I first heard about him from a Buckethead video🕊

​@@edgarcardona6641I worship Buckethead 🙏

Exactly. The phrasing is there and deliberate.

Great technique, but not a lot of melody going on here...

@@timrobinson6760 Not a lot of phrasing either...

ah lad you're mental listen to his feel

@@timrobinson6760 ah typical david gilmour fans comment lmao

Guthrie isn’t that amazing and he been playing the same songs for 10 years now Tom Quayle Rick graham Alex hutching frank gamble Bret garsed those are the dude’s

@@DigitalLoom Those are all incredible players but they aren't as technically skilled as Guthrie

@@DigitalLoom Btw Frank Gamble is one of my favorite guitarist along with Eric Johnson. Someone I just thought about being up there in talent was Jason Becker

Ron Thal (and maybe Mattias Eklundh) is technically on par with Guthrie. I would argue that Guthrie would have problems playing some of Thal's INSANE fretless stuff.

@@DigitalLoom Bro fucking L opinion right there. Idk how you could like jazz fusion and not appreciate Guthrie

True story my friend... True story ❤️

@@michaeltedore6190 because he played fast?

@@levisalvini4110 ppppppppppppp

@@michaeltedore6190 pppppppppp

@@michaeltedore6190 pppppp

You said it Shawn... I remember hearing you for the first time and hearing you play some of Shawn lanes licks...lol

We were all way behind Shawn's abilities. Whiddly whiddly Chris always called it. He was too busy pumping out kids to appreciate what Shawn was doing. Hope your health has been doing ok. I just had thyroid surgery. I'm Mr van Halen tapper that looks like I'm sawing wood from behind. :)

Never been more transported in my life... Powers of Ten at the giant IMAX screen @ Great America... This was before I had even heard of Shawn 😎

True...so True.

You aren't joking that clip is freaking bonkers. I just discovered this monster and he is blowing my mind. Soul and speed combined

Kevin R. Yeah, me, too. Hol eee shit, this guy...

I can’t believe this is real. This guy was an alien or something. I’ve never seen any shredder come close to the speed, endurance, phrasing and sense of melody he had.

100% agreed.

Yeah that’s what I just thought. Only Art Tatum or Charlie Parker maybe Coltrane and Eric Dolphy had this combination of speed, endurance and incredible sense of melody, phrasing and timing. Shawn played beautiful lines, he definitely is not just noodling he’s playing very sophisticated shit, like outer space 🪐 Alien shit. Part of me thinks Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun at the Fillmore, Norman OK and Isle of Wight is the pinnacle of guitar playing....but then I listen to Shawn Lane and think this must be the pinnacle. Jason Becker did some insane shit like super shredding with one hand while using a Yo-Yo in the other and wrote and played Serrana Arpeggios at like 16 and played Paganini’s Caprice at 15 full speed but Shawn is even better than that! I’ve an obsessive listener and player and went to a music conservatory, I’ve seen Steve Vai, Satriani, John McLaughlin, Derek Trucks and tons of amazing jazz musicians Live and a ton of amazing classical players who can play 4 parts at once full speed...BUT....Shawn Lane still seems light years ahead of everyone i ( imho ) ahead of everyone. His facility doesn’t seem real. I’m starting to think this guy was some form of an alien. Anyone can practice and get really fast, but this is something completely unique and different I’ve never never anything remotely close to. I think he even smokes Art Tatum which people would of said was impossible to do. Anyone else mind boggled by this playing??? I can’t figure out how he was able to get this to level besides being touched by God or a deal with the Devil lol but I really mean that. It doesn’t even make sense how good he is. The video says him and Holdsworth but I don’t Holdsworth could ever keep up with Shawn. He’s like Holdsworth 1.5x faster which is saying an awful lot. It’s scary how good this guy is....

@@jordandangelo180 Love both, prefer Shawn, but no Holdsworth, no Shawn. And in fairness Holdswoth was doingi this stuff when peiple were peeing in their pants over players like Ritchie Balckmore. Holdsworth was not Shawns equal in the physical technicalities of the guitar I would agree, but when it comes to pushing the envelope in terms of composition, not even close, Holdswotth all day. His intuitiveness and depth of understanding is unmatched by leading guitar players to this day imo.

NO

⁠@@jordandangelo180i am so unusually compelled by your comment here, i think the way it's phrased is brilliant! all i can think to say is cheers!

Yeah agree, him and Alan Holdsworth.

Django is still the boss

Guthrie too

KmlZ - Alex I figured he was dead by looking at his physique rip though much respect

Cuando fallecio.

I disagree with that, Shawns been playing like this since he was a kid...playing to the gallery? He’s one of the least known guitar players there are

@@SkwisgaarScampini “playing to the gallery” is not meant as a derogatory term. Least known or not, he still had a gallery. I was making the point that Shawn was a lot more than a fast player.

Yeah it's a good point. He was not only playing blindingly fast, but it all made sense in context too! I've seen people do solos which have parts that speed up from very fast to unplayable as part of the dramatic effect, and it's a mess past a certain speed level. But, he could actually play coherent, heartfelt music at that "unplayable" speed!

maybe he played so fast, because it added to the songs by creating dynamics and intensity? playing fast is just as musical as playing slow, it's about the composition.

Thank you so much for posting that! Well put and very true! His astounding hyperdrive speed drew me in, but now I find I'm more laid to waste by a single well placed note. Absolutely a phenomenon we will will not see again in our lifetime. And probably my sons generation either.

Not speed. Timing. Virtuoso guitarists usually go to fraction of seconds in regards to what they want their notes to last. Shawn made his notes last EXACTLY the amount of time he wanted better than anyone else. That's why I think while there have been a few guitarists that may be considered the bestonly Shanw was perfect. Because HE WAS PERFECT.

@@BurnRoddy you’re right his timing and note length was dead on perfect. That’s why everything flows so well. I don’t understand why he isn’t celebrated as the greatest guitarist ever or at least one of the top 3-5 if you want to say he didn’t write hits or wasn’t in a popular band like the Stones or something but regardless, he could of never written a song and should still be celebrated. He wrote beautiful melodies and his lines and phrasing is immaculate. But for what he accomplished as a musician I don’t believe has even been done before. I know they say Paganini made women faint and cry and they thought he sold his soul to the devil but that was a long time ago and Shawn should have a major film company or group release a documentary on what the level of plaguing he was able to accomplish. It’s completely unparalleled. I know it’s over most people’s heads but it would do the public a lot of good to get acquainted with a genius of this magnitude.

To be fair, tinnitus is a cruel affliction. Covering your ears doesn't mean you don't like what you're hearing, it just helps with the pain. But others think you're being rude

There's a clip from 1979 where he's just a kid doing this exact solo

@@jordandangelo180 Greatest and best are not always synonymous.

I love Shawn and Paul's rendition of "let it be" from at NAMM. Shawn takes off into outer space with his emotion solo. Totally one of a kind spirit and natural talent.

what's the song here?

@@Rakaizulu get you back

It melts me

14:18....

14:02 brought tears to my eyes first time I heard it

your so late it hurts!!!!

@@DigitalLoom Awesome.....So you are supporting his talent and achievement by hacking on his fans? Please reveal your motive to denigrate my appreciation for his talent.

@@DigitalLoom .....? Nothing?

whts crazy is that he had small hands but had a stretch that was better than most.

Your right the picking hand is so important, the motor ,.the fretting hand is just the steering wheel..and of course coordination..

Why the two thumbs down on here.?..half wits ...

"Every girls' crazy about a sharp dressed man: bzoorp blurrr weerrrrr wham kablam weeee!"

That shit was inane. This dude was an alien 👽 he had seemingly endless endurance but played really nice lines too not just scales or basic arpeggios. That ZZ Top solo was just insane. He looked really young too

any idea on when this recording would have been taken?

Sun Sparkle too many guitar god elitists who only stick with the mainstream.

Are you kidding me?? I watched half of this to give it a chance.....too many notes, sounds like a bumble bee on steroids.

Sun Sparkle His fastest diminished runs clock in between 23-24nps.

Caldari Ghost There are no “guitar gods” just humans. These people have gifts from the single true God and practiced passionately to develop the talents.

@@sunavila umm, nobody thought they were literal Gods. those don't exist.

oh man. can you records your impressions and share them? love from switzerland

@@NeilRaouf Shawn could speed read books, he read poetry and the Bible as well , had a 10,000 record albums , he loved Beethoven, Hear could hear anything once at any tempo and play it., Shawn a kind and gentle soul. He had an old upright piano that he played very good.

@@honeybadgersocialclub7055 🥰👌👊🤘

Yeah he played fast but where's the innovation. I'd take an 80'z Eddie Vanhalen any day. No disrespect

Did you listen to the recorded works Shawn released? Where he had very specifically laid out melodies and ideas? Elements that were crafted meticulously over time, in sharp contrast to most of what we're seeing here.

The best I think to ever live, my friend, at least within my limited means of exposure 🤔

@@hirskdubbi definitely i would take Eddie van halen 1978..1979..1980..1981..1982..1984 everyday and all day long..

@@hirskdubbi "Yeah he played fast but where's the innovation?" Wow, talk about pearls before swine! Amazing! Oh, to answer the question; right in front of your mullet framed face.

u nailed it, thats correct, not many people notice this, hes not only quick!!! u simply dont get bored from his playing...

That's Right Shawn is far superior. speed, feeling and knowledge of everything music. he was 10 steps ahead of everyone else. And also the most humble musician/human.

I bet Shawn and Allan is jamming away right now. :)

Lane and Batio, perfect technique

Surely Lane is WAY ahead of Batio?!

Shawn Lane actually did a lot of different stuff with a lot of different flavors in it like Fusion, Blues, Rock, Classic, even Indian/Eastern music

What's the name of the song? I have to listen all!

Lukas Folletto I think that is "Once upon a time in the west" by Morricone

YES!! Thanks man! Do you know by any chance the song at 17:20?

Lukas Folletto Yup, that's Hardcase

hell yea, my pleasure bro!!!

Lead guitarist for Black Oak Arkansas at 14...embarrassed the hell out of Ted Nugent at 16 in a guitar off because Ted was arrogant enough to try to do it to him. I feel that you have to be an accomplished guitarist who really knows music to be able to have a valid opinion about who's the best really. I've been playing a guitar for 45 years I want someone to show me who's better than this guy.

you talk about his health conditions as though that's what made him great! I knew what you mean, but the wording of this eulogy just made me chuckle

like a strobe light

just discovered him today from a youtube comment on a Randy Rhodes/Eddie Van Halen debate. And I already know you are right. He is that good.

DITTO!

TruthSurge! I actually watch a lot of your videos. Shred and debate hahaha

TruthSurge hey! I didnt knew you aprecciate Shawn... Love your vids.

That was fucking insane. It sounded like a demon screaming into the wind

Here's the badass grandpa.

Truthsurge ! the magic musician !! I enjoy your videos more than these !

Alvaro Velazquez God made him, He isn’t surprised. 👍

Check out Buckethead if you haven't already 👍

Same here. 62 years old and just discovered him. My brother turned me on to Zappa, Hendrix, Holdsworth.... i've seen SRV, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Page, Al Dimeola, Buddy Guy.....but this guy.....this guy....THIS GUY.....wow!

yes sir i felt it was one of my missions on earth to make the video lol!!!

What I see is that those who reach the Olympus of guitarists are those who develop their own style in composition and technique, but this must also be memorable and commercially successful(Like Hendrix and Eddie)