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Sebastian Lane (born October 1992, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is a 26 year old American Rock & Roll / Blues / Southern Rock musician and medical student studying for his M.D. (2019) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

Contents

 * 1 Biography
 * 2 Career
 * 3 Albums
 * 4 Further reading
 * 5 References

Biography
Sebastian Lane was born in 1992 in Chicago Illinois to his father, American blues artist, Jimmy D. Lane and French mother, Isabelle. He is the grandson of Blues Hall of Fame legend Jimmy Rogers, who gained prominence as the guitarist for the Muddy Waters Band.

Sebastian began playing guitar at the age of three. Growing up, he found influence and drew inspiration from his father and grandfather, as well as other musicians such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Doyle Bramhall II, The Rolling Stones, Gary Clark Jr and Freddie King. After the passing of his grandfather in 1997, the Lane family left Chicago Illinois and moved to Salina Kansas where Sebastian's father was hired by Chad Kassem to work at Blue Heaven Studios and APO Records. Blue Heaven studios and Chad Kassem hosted a yearly festival known as "Blues Masters at the Crossroads". This festival was geared towards bringing in blues musicians from the south and around the country who didn't have much longer to live and share their art. Being surrounded by this atmosphere further immersed Sebastian into blues culture and inevitably led him to pursue a similar path.

Since childhood, Sebastian split his interests between music and following his passions for science and medicine. His initial interest in medicine arose after the passing of his grandfather, secondary to Colon cancer. His family would move several more times before ending up in Vancouver B.C, Canada after his father, Jimmy, re-married. Sebastian attended 4 different high schools before graduating from Sullivan Heights Secondary School in the spring of 2011. In fall of 2011, he began studying at Hastings College where he graduated with his B.A. degree, majoring in Biology. He was then accepted at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for medical school where he studies now, and will graduate in 2019 with his M.D., matching in 2020. Right now he splits his time between his medical studies and his career in music, releasing his debut album "Walkin' By Myself" in July of 2018 while on a rotation in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Omaha.

Career
Sebastian has played for several different artists throughout his career, and has worked as a studio guitarist for many as well as being involved in ghost writing. In 2018 he deciding to focus on his own music and developed the Sebastian Lane Band, currently based in Omaha Nebraska. This group is a modern age rock band with obvious influences from Sebastian's deep heritage in the blues. The group features Sebastian on Vocals and Lead Guitar, Ben Curran on guitar, Dain Armbrust on Bass, Kevin Fries on drums and Mitch Towne on keys. Occasionally, Grace Calderon, an 18 year old saxophonist from Omaha currently attending college at the University of Illinois is part of their ensemble. Several of these musicians made their start through the Omaha Blues Society and their program called Blues Ed. Ben currently studies guitar and was accepted into Berklee College of music.

Sebastian Lane released his debut album "Walkin' By Myself" in July of 2018. The album features Eric Gales on the song "Jezebel" and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram on a cover of blues standard "Catfish Blues". The album, and their growing support in the midwest landed them opening spots with Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Randolph, Marcus King Band, Eric Gales, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Indigenous, Anthony Gomes, Albert Castiglia and many others!

Sebastian was recently nominated as both "Artist of the Year" and "Best Blues Artist" in the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards, with the winner being announced in February of 2019. Their album has gone on to accumulated over a quarter million streams on Apple Music and Spotify across over 30 different countries.

Albums

 * 1) Walkin' By Myself (2018, Make Believe Studio) - featuring Eric Gales and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram