Shane Theriot was born on October 3,1972 and is an American guitarist, composer, and producer.
21 Facts About Shane Theriot
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Shane Theriot is the author of several books on guitar styles, including New Orleans Funk Guitar Styles, and instructional DVDs.
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Shane Theriot was exposed to music at a very early age and began playing drums and guitar at 11.
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Shane Theriot is mostly self-taught except for some private study in classical and jazz guitar during high school.
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Shane Theriot has released four albums as a leader since 2000: Still Motion, Dirty Power, The Grease Factor, and Highway 90.
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Shane Theriot has either recorded or performed with a wide variety of artists in virtually all styles of music including The Neville Brothers, Hall and Oates, Boz Scaggs, LeAnn Rimes, Beyonce, Harry Connick Jr.
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Shane Theriot spent three years on and off in Boz Scaggs' touring band, and as of 2020 he is musical director for Hall and Oates' touring band.
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Shane Theriot was featured on Rickie Lee Jones' Kicks and The Other Side of Desire, playing a variety of instruments including guitar, bass, and lap steel.
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Shane Theriot played on multiple Jon Cleary albums, including Dyna-mite and Go Go Juice, which won a Grammy for Best Regional Roots Album in 2016.
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Shane Theriot worked as the personal guitar instructor for Forest Whitaker and Nick Nolte for the 2010 movie My Own Love Song.
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Some notable venues where Shane Theriot has performed include Madison Square Garden, Budokan in Tokyo Japan, The Grand Ole Opry, Montreal, Vancouver and Tokyo Jazz festivals, Radio City Music Hall, Hollywood Bowl and The White House for President Obama.
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Jim Keltner, Johnny Vidacovich and Kirk Covington serve as drummers, while James Singleton, Nate Wood, Chris Maresh and Shane Theriot fill the bass chair.
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Shane Theriot has produced records for other artists including Ramsey Lewis, Jo-El Sonnier and is currently co-producing Daryl Hall's upcoming solo record.
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Shane Theriot co-produced "Philly Forget Me Not" with Hall, which was the first new collaborative track between Hall and John Oates in 15 years.
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Shane Theriot was a guest on Sammy Hagar's "Rock and Roll Roadtrip", where Theriot was appointed to help musically direct the New Orleans episode.
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In June 2019, Rolling Stone announced that Shane Theriot produced Dr John's final album, for which a release date has not yet been set.
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Shane Theriot taught guitar at the Atlanta Institute of Music from 1991 to 1993 alongside Jimmy Herring.
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Shane Theriot gave birth to their son Berry on June 24,2015.
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Shane Theriot has written instructional columns for Guitar Player Magazine and has been featured in Guitar Player, Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician, Downbeat and Vintage Guitar magazine, among others.
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Shane Theriot has done seminars for the National Guitar Summer Workshop and is a frequent guest at Musicians Institute campuses in Los Angeles and Japan.
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Shane Theriot has written instructional books for guitar players, including The Next Step: Creative Concepts For Improvising Guitarists and New Orleans Funk Guitar.