He is better known for his solo album Powers of Ten & his hanker stint using previous John McLaughlin bassist Jonas Hellborg.

Shawn Lane was innate around Memphis, Tennessee. At a age of eight he accompanied his sisters on the piano, but did non play guitar seriously until he was 10. Shawn progressed super quickly on the guitar, & he observed it to exist as his natural instrument. At 13, Shawn began to practice heavy, getting his technical indicator abilities. Word began to spread around the arethe of Memphis all about a gifted immature guitarist, & at 14 Shawn auditioned for the lead guitar spot in Black Oak Arkansas. BOthe was a popular country rock band at the instance, however it get on its issue whenever Shawn joined. At 15 Shawn saw Allan Holdsworth at a UK concert & was inspired to grow his have method of swimming guitar. Shawn toured by using BOthe for a next quaternity years, slowly incorporating players from either his high school elastic into BOA when the original members dropped out, creating extra of a fusion band than a united states rock group.

At xviii Shawn Lane was married & blow out from either touring by owning BOA therefore he decided to take a break & view supplementary all about music. in top a next eight years or even therefore, he exposed music & composing in his have & chiefly worked on swimming piano. Good deal of the material on Powers of Ten wwhen conceived at his piano, as Shawn considered it his independent writing instrument. He began to produce demonstration tapes for Powers which had into a paws of Warner Brothers Music across his friend Reggie Jackson. the population at WB liked what it heard & offered Shawn a record treat. Shawn wrote all the material on Powers, except for the handle of "West Side Boogie" by Ray Gomez, & he played all the instruments. Shawn's number 1 album did easily for an underground cult guitar player & earned many awards inside magazines. When you took a writing of Powers, he too played local gigs & did session function.

Virtually all of Shawn's life was spent swimming around top 40 bands to support his married woman & girl. Of these swell known original song recorded by his main handle band (A Willys), entitled "Simple Lives" (by Isaias Garcia) showcased his ability to perform inside mainstream rock structures & eventually indicate his original talent. Shawn lone freed deuce further solo works within his life-time, the survive version of Powers known as Powers of Ten Survive!, & A Tritone Fascination. After Shawn met Jonas Hellborg a musical relationship was formed. It each enjoyed classical, rock, Pakistani, and Indian music, all of which may be heard in their recordings. Shawn & Jonas played sustaining drummer Jeff Sipe within the jam band normally known as Hectoliter. Jeff was already renowned in a jam b& scene, and helped the trio develop exposure everthing on top the world. Late, Jonas & Shawn formed an East West fusion band by using Indian musicians V. Selvaganesh and Umamahesh. Shawn's endure gig was played at Smilefest around N Carolina using Jonas & Jeff Sipe.

Shawn got psoriasis his whole life but didn't evolve psoriatic arthritis until a endure 4 or even 5 years of his life. This did little to impair his swimming it used to be that he experienced running, however virtually all days he may hardly hike, & had condition acquiring around. He too suffered from either lung problems & obesity. He smoked constantly, & a steroids he took to combat his extremely painful disease took their toll in his health. withinside September 26, 2003 Shawn died in the hospital in Memphis, shortly when existence told that he would keep close at hand to remain in medical oxygen the rest of his life.