My Brother Shawn Lane

Now for a little background. Shawn was born on March 21,1963. He was welcomed home by his three sisters who adored him on sight. I am one of those sisters and I created this website for Shawn on his Birthday. Our oldest Sister Lisa was killed 19 years ago and Shawn wrote Epilogue (for Lisa) on the Powers of Ten CD. Shawn was given his first guitar at age 4 years. By the age of ten he was putting egg crates all over the garage wall in order to sound proof it. Shawn played with various bands from then on. I think the first was Typhoid or Savage. Everyone that saw him perform knew he had something special.Shawn has practiced his craft over many years and untold hours, to get where he is today. On a more personal level Shawn is a sweet and gentle Man. He has a great personality and a very dry sense of humor. He is a verocious reader reading anything and everything he can get his hands on. The Library is a favorite haunt. Shawn also loves movies and videos old and new. Sometime I think he knows every movie ever made, who was in it, and who directed it. We get together and play trivia but he wins every game. Ha! I am always telling him that I need to sponsor him and send him to a game show. Ha! Shawn loves family get togethers and is always the life of the party.

Trivia about Shawn: He Loves strange hats and wears them all the time, Of course his passion is music. He enjoys listening to all types and can play all types. Here are some artists that have brought happiness into his life and inspired some of his work, Franz Liszt, Art Tatum, Keith Jarrett, Gerald Finzi, Alexander Scriabin, frederic Chopin, Richard Strauss, Glenn Gould, Jaco Pastorius, Frank Zappa, Ned Roren, Charlie Parker, Ted Green, Ennio Morricone, John Coltrane, Trilok Gurtu, Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth, Gustav Mahler, Sergio Prokofiev, Bill Frisell, Dimitri Shostakovich, Vangelis,Django Rhinehardt, Stephane Grappelli, L, Shankar, Cyprien Katsaris, Maurizio Pollini, Sviatoslav Richter, Denno Moiseiwitch, Ferruccio Busoni, Simon Barere, Josef Hofmann, Gyorgy Cziffra, Phineas Newborn Jr., Oscar Peterson, Cannonball Adderly, Conlen Nancarrow, Bernard Herrmann, Pat Metheny, Jascha Heifetz, John McLaughlin, Patrick Doyle, John Corigliano, Frances Poulenc, Ingmar Bergmar, Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Faure, Woody Allen, W.A. Bouereau, Jan Vermeer, Velazquez, Salvador Dali, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, W.A. Mozart, L. Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Monty Python, and Jan van eyck. Just wanted to list a few.