JAN/FEB/MAR 2007, News and Happenings....

Hi to all and sorry for the long lapse in updating the news section. (I'll try my best to keep this up when something notable happens-)

New Years 2007 began in a very different location, Kuwait. I got a call to work with Nadia Turner, an amazing singer from Amercian Idol who I had recorded with in 2006. It was really an amazing experienct to go to the middle east and we had a great time. Plus a day off in London - amazing weather there. The people were very friendly in Kuwait and we all made it home safely... wish I could say the same for the bags...(thanks British Airways... haha)

Later that month I did a few days in the studio with legendary drummer Zigaboo Modeliste. Zig has been writing some new material for sometime now, and it was great to be able to rehearse a few days and then go in to cut. Man, he is one funky drummer...

We also did a live gig for Mardi Gras at the State Palace Theatre - late night... lots of fun!

In Feb. I did a few tracks for an upcoming record by Harry Shearer (of Spinal Tap/Simpsons fame). Harry was great to work with and the tunes were really great. He has a radio show in LA and is a part time resident in New Orleans.

Outside of some other sessions I've been working on producing some upcoming artists... stay tuned for links...

That's all for now, be back soon Shane T

More March News...

I'm excited to be working with an amazing singer, Madeleine Peyroux next month touring Europe check the tour page for dates or check at: Madeleine's site.

Hi to all and sorry for the long lapse in updating the news section. (I'll try my best to keep this up when something notable happens).

New Year's 2007 began in a very different location, Kuwait. I got a call to work with Nadia Turner, an amazing singer from American Idol who I had recorded with in 2006. It was really an amazing experience to go to the Middle East and we had a great time. Plus a day off in London; amazing weather there. The people were very friendly in Kuwait and we all made it home safely.....wish I could say the same for the bags... (thanks to British Airways... haha)

Later that month I did a few days in the studio with legendary drummer Zigaboo Modeliste. Zig has been writing some new material for sometime now, and it was great to be able to rehearse a few days and then go in to cut. Man, he is one funky drummer... We also did a live gig for Mardi Gras at the State Palace Theatre- late night... lots of fun.

In Feb. I did a few tracks for an upcoming record by Harry Shearer (of Spinal Tap/The Simpsons fame). Harry was great to work with and the tunes were really great. He has a radio show in L.A. and is a part time resident in New Orleans.

Outside of some other sessions I've been working on producing some upcoming artists... stay tuned for links...

That's all for now, be back soon Shane T

March 2006, News and Happenings....

And now for a little R&R...
Shane is in Japan on vacation, but will be back in the US on March 13th to do the SYN west coast tour. See http://www.synmusic.net for details.

SYN DVD Update
You can find some audio samples and video stills here from the upcoming DVD shot in Boston this past Jan. http://www.synmusic.net/index2.html

Updating the Website
We will be updating the site with new photos and a new gear section. Shane has changed much of the gear setups shown over the past few artists that he has worked with. Most recently, Martin at Bob Bradshaw/Custom Audio Electronics modded a 71 Marshall Super Lead and Shane reports that it sounds great!

Other
April 1st: with Shannon McNally - Tipitina’s New Orleans, shannonmcnally.com/
May 5th: "New orleans All-Stars", Howlin’ Wolf, New Orleans, LA

Boz Scaggs
Shane will also be doing some gigs with Boz Scaggs later this year, stay tuned for details

February 2006, News and Happenings....

THE SYN Tour
Shane spent most of January working with The SYN with Steve Nardelli on vocals and members of YES (Chris Squire, Alan White) on bass and drums, and Gerard Johnson on keys. For more info on the band and photos please visit their website at www.synmusic.net

Upcoming DVD
The last SYN show in Boston was filmed for a future DVD release... stay tuned for details.

Other News
Shane recently recorded with American Idol finalist Nadia Turner for an upcoming CD. For more info check out www.nadiaturner.com The studio band included legendary Motown bassist Bob Babbitt and Chester Thompson on drums (Weather Report, Frank Zappa)

Plans are being made to do some recording with Little Feat drumming legend www.richiehayward.com and www.johnnyneel.com on keys for a new record.

LeAnn Rimes
Photos from the SYN tour, LeAnn Rimes and various other shots will be posted soon...

January 2006, News and Happenings....

THE SYN Tour
In between dates with LeAnn Rimes, Shane will be joining "The Syn" (featuring members of YES: Chris Squire on bass and Alan White on drums with Steve Nardelli on vocals)for an upcoming US tour...  See Shane’s TOUR page for updates/venues!

August 2005, News and Happenings....

Dukes of Hazzard Movie
Catch Shane jammin’ with ’Uncle Jesse’ aka Willie Nelson in the new Dukes of Hazzard movie. Check your local listings.

October: Shane will hold a live counseling session (Q&A) at the Musician’s Institute, Hollywood, CA campus on October 10th!

May 2005, News and Happenings....

Leno
Catch Shane on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno appearing with LeAnn Rimes onThursday, May 12. Check your local listings.

April 2005, News and Happenings....

Leni Stern
Shane recently spent a few days in NYC writing with Leni Stern for an upcoming album...

From Pink Floyd to Nashville...LeAnn Rimes
After a week long run with Blue Floyd, Shane is now in rehearsal with LeAnn Rimes and will be touring as her guitarist throughout the year. Grease Factor will be doing dates as his schedule permits. We’ll have the schedule posted here soon...

March 2005, News and Happenings....

Shane to join Blue Floyd on tour
Shane was asked to go along with the 2nd week of the Blue Floyd tour. This is a great band including Matt Abts on drums and Audley Freed on guitar.... See the tour section for dates near you!

Music on TV...
Tracks from the Hwy 90 record have been popping up lately on television, including VH1 (Extreme Engineering), VH1 (Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen- Driven) and HGTV...

Shane to go back in studio in April
Shane and drummer Jeff Sipe (along with the great bassist Neal Fountain) are planning to do some recording for an upcoming project in April...no word on what kind of music this could turn out to be so stay tuned!

Grease Factor touring again-
After some time off, Grease Factor is again booking dates for shows- some festivals are already confirmed - check out the tour page or for more info- Also, 2 new discs are in the mixing stage- culled from last year’s Neverland Festival the discs feature Grease Factor (both shows from the weekend and also jamming with Jonas Hellborg, Jeff Coffin and Paul Hanson.

February 2005, News and Happenings....

Happy belated New Year to all! It‚s been a while since the last update so here is the latest:

NEW LIVE GREASE FACTOR CD RELEASED!
Grease Factor has finally released the first of many live shows. Entitled OFF THE CUFF, it is a bit of a departure for those who know Shane’s records. This one features total band improv (with some vocals) over burning grooves. You can check out audio samples and buy it at the following websites: CD Baby, Audiophile Imports and Abstract Logix.com. Stay tuned for more new Grease Factor shows on the schedule page as the shows are added.

WILLIE NELSON AND THE DUKES OF HAZZARD?
Shane was recently seen performing with Willie Nelson for the cast and crew of the Dukes of Hazzard Movie: Shane can also be seen backing up Willie in the movie! Click here for photos.

NATIONAL GUITAR SUMMER WORKSHOP
Shane has been added to the roster of instructors and will be teaching at the New Orleans campus at Loyola University on June 27th.

AARON NEVILLE
After a recent gig at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC for President Bush, Shane layed down a few tracks for an upcoming Christmas CD by Aaron Neville.

OTHER GIGS
Shane has also been performing live with Henry Butler, Theresa Andersson, blues singer Luther Kent and working on music for an upcoming acoustic CD.

August 2004, News and Happenings....

JEWEL
Shane just returned from Los Angeles where he has been recording tracks for the new Jewel record. Included in the band were drum legend Jim Keltner and
keyboardist Spooner Oldham. See pics of the session here... The session took place at Sunset Sound in LA.

GREASE FACTOR
Grease Factor has kept busy over the past few months- upcoming dates in Oct are listed on the schedule.

OTHER NEWS
Other sessions in August included a debut album country/R&B talent Kitty Jerry (with whom Shane will be performing at Farm Aid Sept 18th outside of
Seattle, WA.) and harmonica whiz Smokey Greenwell’s new release.

July 2004, News and Happenings....

Here’s what Shane has been up to the past few weeks...

DWEEZIL ZAPPA
First off, we are pleased to announce that Shane’s guitar work was chosen by Dweezil Zappa as the Grand Prize winner of the Dweezil Zappa guitar contest sponsored by Peavey and Broadjam.com. Dweezil was evidently impressed by Shane’s entry (about 500 other submissions were received) and had some great things to say. For the prize he’ll get a Wiggy amp and cab signed by Dweezil.

GREASE FACTOR NEWS
Grease Factor will go on a 5 day run during July 13-17...(Check website for listings) The new CD, which will be titled Off The Cuff is almost done and ready to be shipped out.... as the title suggests, it’s all live!! NO edits or overdubs.... Check out some new GF photos. (Thanks DJ Gary!)

AARON NEVILLE CANADIAN TOUR
Shane just returned from a Canadian tour with the Aaron Neville Quintet. The group headlined jazz festivals in Winnipeg, Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. More dates are planned in upcoming months. 2 dates (Syracuse, NY and St. Louis, MO) were also part of the tour. (During the St. Louis show, Wynton Marsalis got onstage with the band and they did I Saw the Light for an encore!)

GRAPH TECH
Shane recently hooked up with Graph Tech bridges. Check it out for more info....

ETC...
Shane was in the studio with a variety of artists during June including New York Celtic/ Irish violinist Cady Finlayson and a new female rock band called Chain. Tracks for the Chain sessions were done at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville.

May 2004, News and Happenings....

Here’s what’s been happening with Shane for the past few months....

NEVILLE BROS:
After almost 8 years, Shane has announced that he has left the Neville Brothers and will no longer be touring with the band. I gave my notice back in Feb. and just felt that it’s time to move on. Jazz Fest (May 2nd) was my last official gig. I have lots of love and respect for all those guys, and I consider myself blessed to have worked with the Brothers for that long. I just wanted to explore some new musical projects and opportunities and feel that the timing is right.

GREASE FACTOR DATES/NEWS:
Grease Factor, (with Jeff Sipe, Johnny Neel, Count M’Butu and Derek Jones) has been picking up steam. They recently recorded a live disc and it is reported to be in the editing stage. A tour for late May/early June is scheduled. The band recently performed in New Orleans during Jazz Fest along with ARU, Col Bruce Hampton, and others. (Shane also performed with George Porter and Johnny Vidacovich.) See tour page for details.

DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE:
... gives GREASE FACTOR 4 out of 5 stars! Check out the May issue of DownBeat for the full review of The Grease Factor...

Shane can be heard on the new Leni Stern disc entitled When Evening Falls.....

CANADIAN TOUR WITH AARON NEVILLE:
Shane will continue to work with Aaron as a member of the Aaron Neville Quintet and will do a short Canadian tour in June/July.

SKYE MOORE:
Shane is planning to do some more shows with Skye Moore. See photos of the rehearsals in Cancun, Mexico during Spring Break.

MUSIC DOJO:
Music Dojo, the online music program, is now offering a FREE 5 day lesson trial. This is a great opportunity to get 5 free lessons just for trying it out! Check it out.

April 2004, News and Happenings....

Shane has been busy the past few months working in a variety of projects: Theresa Andersson’s new CD entitled Shine (which Shane produced and played on) will be released this month (April 20th) - the record has already gotten great reviews (and 3 of the songs will be featured in 2 movies this year - two in the movie Infidelity starring Kim Delany, and one in a movie entitled Love Song for Bobby Long starring John Travolta.) Check out the latest review of Theresa Andersson’s new CD, Shine.

Grease Factor (the band) is now a reality. The band, which includes Jeff Sipe, Johnny Neel, Derek Jones and Count Um’Butu are gearing up for 2 shows in April and a full tour in May. They have also recorded some of the live shows from the Jan. tour and will be releasing a CD in the next month or two - for more info and dates please visit http://www.thegreasefactor.com or http://www.earrigation.com

Shane went to Cancun, Mexico for a short Spring Break rehearsal tour during mid-March with a new artist named Skye Moore. The record comes out in May and we are sure you’ll hear this guy on the radio soon!

Also this past week: Shane just returned from Memphis where he was working on a record at Ardent Studios with producers Tim Drummond (Bob Dylan, Neil young) and Ben Keith (Jewel, Neil Young). On keys were legendary players Jim Dickinson and Spooner Oldham.

January 2004, News and Happenings....

Happy New Year to all and hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season... Here is a current update for those of you who are wondering what Shane has been up to:

Shane spent the 1st half of November in Monterrey, Mexico working with a variety of artists including Skye Moore: watch for upcoming CD and video (directed by Billy Bob Thornton). Shane may be doing some radio/tour promotion this month to support the upcoming record with Skye: more to follow.

In late Nov, Shane started production (along with co-producer Neal Cappellino) on singer Theresa Andersson’s debut CD. The tracks were cut at the Truck Farm in New Orleans and feature her band (including Mean Willie Green) on a few tracks, along with a few guest artists; Sonny Landreth and Shane recorded a song live along with Theresa. The project was then mixed in Nashville and finished up 3 days before Christmas! The recording is set for an April release. We’ll have some photos up soon.

The Grease Factor was voted one of the top releases of 2003 by offBEAT magazine: this means the CD was chosen from more than 300 recordings of La. artists last year. To see the review, go to http://www.offbeat.com.

Shane was also nominated this year for a Best of The Beat award sponsored by offBEAT magazine and New Orleans area musicians. He is in the Best Emerging Performer in the blues category. To vote for him go to http://www.wwltv.com/bestofthebeat/

There are plans in the works to take the Grease Factor on the road! Along with drummer Jeff Sipe (ARU, Jazz is Dead), Johnny Neel, keys and Alphonso Johnson (Weather Report) on bass, we may be able to see the band live: a short tour is being put together now for the Southeast just to break in the tunes...the band is tenatively titled The Grease Factor and will feature musical contributions from each member...we’ll have dates here as soon as they develop!

Hwy 90, Shane’s 1st solo record is again available...along with The Grease Factor, the record has been selling steadily in Japan.

Also, tunes from the Johnny Vidacovich solo recording Vidacovich featuring Shane on guitar are available for download at the ITunes website: http://www.ITunes.com.

October - November 2003, News and Happenings....

Shane was in New York in early Oct. working with Leni Stern for her upcoming recording to be released early next year. Stay tuned for details....

Check out the new review of The Grease Factor in Modern Drummer magazine!

October 23: Shane will appear on WWOZ 90.7fm in New Orleans, at 7:00pm CST. The interview is slated to last one hour.

Oct. 26-30 Nashville: various recording projects and pre-production.

Projects in Monterrey, Mexico for Southern Signals Entertainment: Shane will be in Mexico for part of Nov. working with a variety of artists.

Shane is tentatively scheduled to work with singer Theresa Andersson on producing her new recording for Basin Street Records beginning in late Nov-Dec with Neal Cappellino. She’s a gifted performer.
Check out http://www.theresaandersson.com

For those of you who have tried to find Hwy 90: it is again once available and should be on our online retailers in the next 2 weeks!

Also, Shane has written another course for Music Dojo entitled Sounds for Jazz and Rock: this is a more advanced course and is a great bargain for those that are interested. For more info check out http://www.musicdojo.com

September 2003, News and Happenings....

Shane just did an interview for the Little Feat website, check it out at: http://www.littlefeat.net/Shane. Please check out the link to http://www.musicdojo.com to find out more about online classes- for those of you who have expressed interest in the past regarding private instruction with Shane, here is your chance!We are aware that Hwy 90 is becoming increasingly difficult to find- Shane is working on re-issuing the record and will have a new shipment in soon.

August 2003, News and Happenings....

Shane is currently in Monterey, Mexico (Aug 3-9th) recording at Southern Signal Studios for an upcoming release for artist Johnny Freeman. The Guest Guru Guitar Player lesson is now on stands - check it out! (September issue, Jeff Beck cover)

July 2003, News and Happenings....

Shane has been in the studio working on a project for singer Dre’ in Nashville with engineer Neal Cappellino. The rhythm section included Kenny Aronoff on drums, Ivan Neville on keys and Paul Chapman on bass. Check out this month’s issue of Guitar Player magazine for a Guest Guru column in which Shane discusses techniques and licks from the Grease Factor CD. The Music Dojo online music school is still under development - Shane is working on a few courses for the school and this should be up and running be early October...stay tuned for details!

June 2003, News and Happenings....

Shane just finished putting down a few tracks at Sorcerer Sound in NYC forLeni Stern’s upcoming record. Leni (wife of guitarist Mike Stern) has a great site- check it out - http://www.lenistern.com. Check out next month’s Guitar Player magazine for a Guest Guru column with Shane in which he discusses lines and techniques from The Grease Factor. Shane is currently on tour with the Neville Brothers. New interview from Abstract Logix up at http://www.abstractlogix.com/shanetheriotinterview.html May 2003, News and Happenings.... Shane will be doing a radio interview live on Friday, May 16th for Cleveland, OH based WCSB with host Randy Allar). www.wcsb.org. Shane will be performing with Aaron Neville on the Craig Kilborn show on Monday, May 19th. Check local listing for details. We are still working to get The Grease Factor available at CD Baby...the site should be up in the next 3 days. Thanks for your patience.... Shane recently laid down guitar tracks at his home studio for bassist/singer extraordinaire David Johnson’s upcoming solo record. New Leo Nocentelli funk pictures up on the Special Events section.

April-May 2003, News and Happenings....

Shane just finished a 2 week tour with the Aaron Neville Quintet, starting in Austin,TX and ending up in NYC... The Grease Factor release date is set for April 12th! Shane is making special arrangements to offer a limited number of discs that he will personally sign. For more info on this offer please e-mail tim@hearditontheweb.com as this limited number of copies will go fast... The new record features amazing performances by some of the funkiest drummers on the planet including Jeff Sipe (Jazz Is Dead, ARU), John Vidacovich (Astral project, John Scofield) and Russell Batiste (The Meters), great bass by Adam Nitti (Dave Weckl), Victor Wooten and Tony Hall (Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Dave Matthews) and Kirk Joseph (Dirty Dozen Brass Band). Other musicians include Jeff Coffin on sax (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones) and Steve Conn on accordion (Sonny Landreth, solo artist) — Don’t miss this one... The disc will also be available at a wide variety of locations including guitar9.com, cdbaby.com and louisianamusicfactory.com.

Upcoming gigs and stuff...

Nashville April 18-21, various recording sessions and writing Aaron Neville Quintet, Lafayette La. April 23 Neville Brothers, House of Blues April 26th,27th New Orleans, La. Guitar clinic with legendary Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli-(Shane is a guest and will do a short performance) location TBA April 29th Greene Machine- Blue Nile, May 1st with Willie Green(drums, Neville Brothers), Tony Hall, bass (Jewel, Emmylou Harris) and Theresa Anderson(vocals). Funky Butt with Doug Belote and Kirk Joseph, (TBA) May 2nd Neville Brothers, Tipitinas, New Orleans, La. May 3rd Neville Brothers, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, May 4th John Vidacovich, Johnny Neel(Gov’t Mule, X2) and Chris Chew(North Missisippi All-Stars) bass, May 5th The Howin’ Wolf, New Orleans.

OTHER NEWS

Shane has been working closely with bassist Adam Nitti on contributing to an online music school called Music Dojo....Shane will be an instructor on faculty and is writing several courses at this time. We will keep you posted on this as it moves closer to happening... MARCH, 2003 News and Happenings.... New CD Finally Done! The new record entitled “The Grease Factor” is now done… last minute credits and liner notes are in the works now… the disc is scheduled for a mid-March release. As soon as the disc is released we will mail those of you on the list and inform you of availability… By all accounts of those who have heard the rough mixes, Shane doesn’t hold back on this disc! The featured musicians are Drums: Jeff Sipe, (ARU, Jazz is Dead), Russell Batiste (The Meters, Vida Blue), John Vidacovich, (John Scofield, Astral Project). Bass: Adam Nitti (Dave Weckl, solo artist), Tony Hall (Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris), Victor Wooten, and David Johnson. On keys the incredibly talented Johnny Neel (Govt Mule, X2) returns for another round. Other guests include saxophonist Jeff Coffin (Bela Fleck) and Kirk Joseph on sousaphone (Dirty Dozen Brass Band). The record has been engineered and mixed by one of the best in the business: Neal Cappelino, and the results sonically are amazing. Great guitar tones thoroughout and funky tunes with a little more of an aggressive approach than Highway 90, but still with the sprinkling of New Orleans seasonings… Shane: “I think compositionally and sonically this is a project that I’m really happy with — It took a while, but each tune on the project was written with a specific drummer in mind. With everyone’s schedule being so busy it was really hard to find a window where I could cut the tracks with the right guys at the same time. With the exception of a few “surprises” I had a pretty good idea of what each person would bring to the table- and man, these guys delivered the goods!” We’ll keep you posted in an upcoming mailing…

In other news:

Shane recently recorded 10 songs with singer songwriter Ossery for an upcoming release. Later that week, more overdubs were added to the X2 sessions with Johnny Neel and Matt Abts at Straight up Sound in Nashville. Shane is currently on tour with the Neville Brothers on the West Coast until March 9th.

More News…

In Dec., Shane did a clinic at the Musicans Institute in Sapporo, Japan. Check out the photos! X2 photos from The Parrish, New Orleans in Feb.and Idris Mohammed pics now posted. Shane is featured on Norwegian singer Bjorn–Peder Johansen’s new release entitled “Underveis”. Feb, 2003 News and Happenings.... Shane has been in the studio with X2 this week ( www.X2band.com ) featuring the powerhouse drummer Matt Abts from Gov’t. Mule and keyboardist Johnny Neel. The tracks (which are described as heavy will be used for the upcoming X2 disc which is to feature other guest guitarists.....they recorded 3 tunes including John Coltrane’s Impressions. Shane will be performing with X2 on Feb 5th at the Parish, New Orleans...10:00PM

January, 2003 News and Happenings....

Shane has been mixing with engineer Neal Cappellino and recording overdubs for the followup to Highway 90. Recent overdubs took place at singer Alison Krauss’s studio as well as several other rooms and included Steve Conn from Sonny Landreth’s band, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussion overdubs at Kalimba. Bassist Tony Hall (Jewel, Emmylou Harris, India Davenport) also lent his funk to a track. Much of the record has been mixed and Shane is planning to cut one more tune on Jan. 30th at Sound Services in New Orleans with drummer Doug Belote and Kirk Joseph from The Dirty Dozen Brass Band on tuba...

Other stuff....

Shane will be rehearsing and performing with Aaron Neville on Jan 27th and 28th at House of Blues in New Orleans for Aaron’s record release party. The new record is entitled Believe and is a gospel project.... Shows in San Diego and Boston with the Neville Brothers in late Jan.....Feb. 15 at the Howlin Wolf, New Orleans with drumming legend Idris Muhammad (Grant Green, Bob James, Pharoh Sanders, as well as 14 records as a leader), Johnny Vidacovich, and James Singleton from Astral Project...several session projects that have not been confirmed at this time- stay tuned. Nov-Dec, 2002 News and Happenings.... Shane is working on R&B artist Burton Garr’s new recording. Sessions are set for the week of Nov., 17th. More overdubs on Shane’s new solo record (The Grease Factor) this week also. Just confirmed: clinic with Shane at MI, Sapporo, Japan on Dec.10th. That’s all for now — take care

October-November, 2002 News and Happenings....

A late, (late!) night hang in NYC with guitarist Jon Herington (SteelyDan) - (Joe Pesci and organ great Joey Defrancesco were also at the jam session.... Shane has been in the studio with engineer Neal Cappellino working on overdubs for the new CD, The Grease Factor. As of this writing four tracks are completed....He plans to have all tunes finished by the end of Dec., so look for an early 2003 release date. From all reports the tones are huge and the tunes are rockin’!! Upcoming gigs include a show with Johnny Vidacovich at the Maple Leaf in New Orleans, Nov. 17th....and a tentatively scheduled guitar clinic in Tokyo, Japan in early Dec....not really much else going on right now- I’ll keep you posted....

July, 2002 News and Happenings....

A brief two-week tour of California with the Nevilles ended on July 19th, Shane worked on an upcoming release for Aaron Neville in Nashville with producer Barry Beckett, sharing guitar duties with LA session legend Dean Parks. Touring will commence Aug. 4th and go through the month of August. Recording for the Grease Factor should start again in Sept...

June-July, 2002 News and Happenings....

NEW WEBSITE!! At last the new website is done and up and running — thanks so much for being so patient. Shane promises to keep the new site updated regularly and answer any questions you may have. (Many thanks to Tim Boehlert and Jeff Boehlert for making the new site possible.) We will still be uploading more gear pics, new lessons and more photos as they arrive. There are also plans to provide transcriptions of the music from Highway 90 — please let us know your comments and suggestions!

THE NEW RECORD...

Shane has been in the studio working on the follow-up to Highway 90. During the week of June 17th, sessions took place at Straight Up Sound in Nashville, TN. On hand for the recordings were Shane, Johnny Neel on piano and keys, Adam Nitti on bass and Russell Batiste, the fabulous drummer for the Funky Meters (Russell can also be heard with the new group fronted by former Phish keyboardist Paige and Oteil Burbridge on bass). Drummer David Northrup also performed on one track. By all accounts, the stuff is SLAMMIN!! Shane tells us that the working title for the new project is The Grease Factor — because the tracks have such a greasy feel — it can’t not be greasy with drummers like John Vidacovich, Russell and Jeff Sipe on there! I’m excited about this project and feel that compositionally it will be a few notches up. Scott Henderson has also been sharing some tips with me for capturing tone on the tape... Engineer Neal Cappellino is planning to travel to Shane’s place outside New Orleans to record the guitar tracks and finish up the project — stay tuned!

NEW LESSON IN GUITAR PLAYER

Check out the August issue of Guitar Player magazine for Shane’s lesson. The lesson this month is on using the barre position in various styles — audio version is available at truefire.com.

OTHER STUFF:

Shane spent a lot of time in Nashville during June doing various projects including a Christmas record with Smokey Greenwell and bass legend Willie Weeks, several record company showcases and demo pre-production work. Summer touring with the Neville Brothers will start after July 4th...

On March 28th, Shane played a great show at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta with the Adam Nitti Group, opening up for Steve Smith and Vital Information. The band featured Adam Nitti on bass, Sonny Emory on drums (Earth Wind & Fire, Jean Luc Ponty, Dave Sanborn, etc...), Randy Hoexter on keys and Shane on guitar, and by all accounts this was a smoking show!

Upcoming projects include a Christmas CD with harmonica virtuoso Smoky Greenwell, a children’s recordeducational project with longtime educator|drummer Zig Wajler, live gigs with Green Machine, the Neville Brothers and a CD release party with the Johnny Vidacovich Group at the Old Point Bar on May 1st. The follow-up to Highway 90 has been slow, but Shane expects a late fall release. Thus far tracks include drummers Johnny Vidacovich and Jeff Sipe, bassists Adam Nitti, David Johnson and on keys: Johnny Neel. Shane informs us that this disc will be a bit more aggressive than Highway 90, but still have all the elements groove-wise as the first. Stay tuned for a sneak preview as the tunes are mixed."