Shane Fontayne

[Big Jim]

Anyone heard Shane play live? Saw him the other night with Marc Cohn at the Plaza Theatre in Orlando. Not my typical favorite genre, but, a good player is a good player. At one point the guy had an acoustic guitar in his hands, a strat hanging behind him, playing harmonica, and singing, all on the same song. Pretty impressive. Had what appeared to be a Blackface Twin and a pretty elaborate board. He used a volume pedal to do a lot of euphoric whammy bar swells. Really pretty sounding. Great player, has worked with a lot of big name acts. I mean the guy was playing slide and harmonica at the same time. Pretty cool. Marc also sounded great playing acoustic as well. Good show.
Jim

[Big Jim]

No love for Shane eh?
I'm surprised, I know he has done live and session work for a lot of big acts.

[BobW]

I once saw a guy during Mardi Gras play the kazoo, bass drum, snare, and cymbals all at the same time. he was very entertaining.

[Big Jim]

I once saw a guy during Mardi Gras play the kazoo, bass drum, snare, and cymbals all at the same time. he was very entertaining.

A little different scenario than that. Shane has worked with Springsteen, Marc Cohn, Joe Cocker, and many other artists. I honestly thought I would get some comments about Shane. He is a great guitarist. I'm pretty sure the guy on Bourbon st. just got some handouts etc.

[briane]

I once saw a guy during Mardi Gras play the kazoo, bass drum, snare, and cymbals all at the same time. he was very entertaining.

crazyest player I ever saw was in big easy...Guy had a guitar in front, a guitar on back (1 hand for each) and played bass with his feet, and sang.

Him and a drummer.

And he was really good.

[Gibsonman63]

I saw Stanley Jordon once in the 80's. If you are not familiar with his stuff, he is a master of two-handed fretting technique. At one point in the show we was standing on two volume pedals playing one guitar strapped to him and another on a stand simultaneously playing lead and rhythm. It is actually much more impressive to watch than to listen to the CDs. On the CD, it just sounds like two really good jazz guitarists playing together. Seeing it done is quite another experience altogether.

[Big Jim]

I once saw a guy during Mardi Gras play the kazoo, bass drum, snare, and cymbals all at the same time. he was very entertaining.

crazyest player I ever saw was in big easy...Guy had a guitar in front, a guitar on back (1 hand for each) and played bass with his feet, and sang.

Him and a drummer.

And he was really good.

OK I'll join in, I saw a guy on Bourbon st. painted silver from head to toe, standing on a soapbox with a football pretending to be a quarterback passing the ball frozen still. I neglected to give him any money. Maybe if he was playing a guitar or something.....

[BobW]

Hey Big Jim, I saw that same guy covered in Silver paint! Some other guy snuck up behind him and yelled, while the silver painted mime jumped out character and started chasing him down the street. That was more entertaining than the mime. Ya never know what you'll see in the Big Easy.