Shawn Lane

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Shawn Lane was a solo guitarist. Born on March the 21st of 1963. He grew up in Memphis, TN, where at the age of 4 he began taking vocal lessons, cello lessons and piano lessons. Although at the age of ten he picked up a guitar and found out he was better with a guitar than his other instruments. By the time he was fifteen there was word going around memphis that there was a very good, young guitarist. He also joined a band at the age of fifteen and played in bars and clubs with them. By the time Shawn was eighteen however, he was tired from all the gigging he was doing and began to relax, however a few years later he started gigging again and began to tour with his own band, playing guitar and keyboard with the great ability he had. In February 2003, Shawn accomplished one of his life long dreams and toured over India with his band, when they left they were called "true rock heroes" by the Indians. However in September of 2003 when preparing to make an album with the Swedish bassist Jonas Hellborg and the drummer Ginger Baker, he suffered strong breathing problems, he was told by doctors he would have to remain on medical oxygen for the rest of his life, but sadly on Friday the 23rd of September, 2003, he passed away.

link titlewww.shawnlane.com (official site set up by Shawns mother)

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