Shawn Lane Last Concert at Smilefest in NC, USA May 2003

I was so fortunate to see this final concert next to the stage as well as to meet and chat with Shawn Lane and Jonas Hellborg back stage. Little did I realize that Shawn would die later that same year. Enjoy this 8mm video made with a 1992 Sony Handycam with built-in stereo mic. I apologize for my less than stellar videography. Thanks goes out to Souvik Dutta for inviting me to this show. I am sorry it took me over 17 years to unearth and upload it here.

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But he played on -- he came alive on stage -- his soul was freed
-- I think he left his body -- and his fiery and soulful playing
was his cry to God, to say,

"I am here, I am alive, I have given it all for this moment,
this eternity of now is mine -- let me fly, hear me sing,
see me soar -- can you see what I see?

Feel this, know this ecstasy of music -- be with me in this
place of light and total bliss -- Time stops here, Time is no more,
pain is gone, sorrow is meaningless, I can run in this place,
I can fly, I stand on the mountain top, my body is of no concern here
-- this is the realm of the soul and the door to the spirit opens . . ."
~ John W. Patterson
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Shawn Lane (March 21, 1963 - September 26, 2003)
At age fifteen Lane saw Allan Holdsworth play guitar with the progressive band U.K., which inspired him to develop his own style of playing guitar.

Lane had psoriasis throughout his life. After age twelve, he also suffered from psoriatic arthritis, which caused stiffness in his joints and after 2000 was affecting his ability to play guitar (Lane stated that with proper rest he could still play live gigs, etc.). Lane had treated his psoriasis with hydrocortisone for many years, which caused his weight to increase, further loading his joints. The required usage of cortisone over time resulted in him having Cushings syndrome. Consequently, he backed off taking cortisone, but then the psoriasis would flare up, and he would need prescription pain killers to deal with the unremitting pain. The symptoms of his condition and the side effects of the medications created a vicious circle. Complicating matters, for many years Lane did not have medical insurance coverage. In 2003 he started having difficulty breathing and was told that he would have to remain on medical oxygen for the rest of his life.

Lane died in a hospital in Memphis on September 26, 2003 of lung-related illnesses. His body was buried at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.

Although not a familiar name outside musician's circles, guitar virtuosos such as Rusty Cooley, Michael Romeo, Guthrie Govan, Buckethead, Paul Gilbert - who called Lane "the most terrifying guy of all time" during a guitar clinic when asked about his thoughts on Lane's guitar playing skills - and many others regard Lane's work highly. In 2008, Guitar World magazine wrote, "Few, if any, guitarists can play faster than Lane could, and his arpeggio sweeps and precision-picked lines blasted more rapid-fire notes than the average human mind could comprehend."

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