Shawn Lane was an American musician who released two studio albums and collaborated with a variety of musicians including Ringo Starr, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Reggie Young, Joe Walsh, Jonas Hellborg, Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson and many others.
17 Facts About Shawn Lane
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At age fifteen Shawn Lane saw Allan Holdsworth play guitar with the progressive band UK, which inspired him to develop his own style of playing guitar.
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Shawn Lane played in Savage Innocence with singer Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, keyboardist Billy Batte, drummer Chris Craig and bassist Kinley Wolfe who then played with The Cult.
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Shawn Lane performed in the fusion band Out of Bounds, with Barry Bays and DeGarmo and Key drummer Chuck Reynolds.
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From age eighteen to twenty-six, Shawn Lane studied music, composed music, and played piano.
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Shawn Lane quickly developed his technique on the keyboard as well, taking influence from pianists such as Franz Liszt, Art Tatum and Georges Cziffra.
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Except for one cover song, Shawn Lane wrote all the material and played all the instruments on his debut album.
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Shawn Lane performed on the Mark Varney Project's Centrifugal Funk album along with Brett Garsed, Frank Gambale, Jimmy Earl, T J Helmerich.
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Shawn Lane developed curricula and taught at several European conservatories, including the American Institute of Music in Vienna with Joey Tafolla and Milan Polak.
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Shawn Lane wrote columns for Young Guitar Magazine in Japan which were published between February 1995 and 1996.
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Shawn Lane engineered and co-produced the album Red Reign by Steven Patrick of Holy Soldier.
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Shawn Lane played the Warsaw Summer Jazz Days festival on June 19,1998 with Hellborg and Felix Sabal Lecco.
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Shawn Lane was influenced by many other artists but an important one was Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
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Shawn Lane was a lover of great paintings and often spent free time on the road visiting museums.
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Shawn Lane had treated his psoriasis with hydrocortisone for many years, which caused his weight to increase, further loading his joints.
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Shawn Lane died in a hospital in Memphis on September 26,2003 of lung-related illnesses.
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Shawn Lane's body was buried at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.