SHAWN LANE

Where the Mississippi meets Mississippi sits Memphis, TN. In a land where music is reshaped every quarter century or so, Shawn Lane is at home. It is country large, liquid, and languid enough to take art and twist it anew. And Shawn does his share. It started for the Memphis kid (born March 21, 1963) at age 4 by accompanying the vocal lessons of his mother and older sisters, playing cello in school, and taking piano lessons. He picked up the guitar at age 10, and realized he did a lot better on that instrument. Progressing very fast, he was playing blues rock in clubs around Memphis by the age of 12. His early highschool bands include Tyfoyd and Savage. By 1978, the big buzz around town in Memphis was a 15-year old guitar prodigy named Shawn Lane. Southern boogie meisters Black Oak Arkansas set up an audition for Shawn, and hired read more...