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Kenny Wayne Shepherd
American guitarist (born )
Musical artist
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenneth Wayne Brobst; June 12, ) is an American guitarist. He has released several studio albums and experienced significant commercial success as a blues rock artist.[4]
Early life
Shepherd was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.[5] He graduated from Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport.
He is "completely self-taught", [6] and does not read music. Growing up, Shepherd's father (Ken Shepherd) was a local radio personality and part-time concert promoter, and had a vast collection of music. Kenny received his first "guitar" at the age of three or four, when his grandmother purchased a series of several plastic guitars for him with S&H Green Stamps, which he has said he would "go through like candy".[6]
Shepherd stated in a interview that he began playing guitar in earnest at age seven, about six months after meeting and being "pretty mesmerized"[6] by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Labor Day weekend in , at one of his father's promoted concerts.
His self-taught method employed a process of learning one note at a time, playing and rewinding cassette tapes, using "a cheap Yamaha wanna-be Stratocaster made out of plywood, basically",[6] and learning to play by following along with material from his father's record collection.[6]
Career
Blues musician Bryan Lee invited the thenyear-old Shepherd to play guitar onstage.
He subsequently made demo tapes, and a video was shot at Shepherd's first performance at the Red River Revel Arts Festival in Shreveport. It was this video performance that impressed Giant Records chief Irving Azoff enough to sign Shepherd to a multiple album record deal.
Beginning in , Shepherd took seven singles into the Top 10, and holds the record for the longest-running album on the Billboard Blues Charts with Trouble Is.
In , Shepherd began a longtime collaboration with vocalist Noah Hunt, who provided the vocals for Shepherd's signature song, "Blue on Black". Shepherd has been nominated for five Grammy Awards, and has received two Billboard Music Awards, two Blues Music Awards, and two Orville H. Gibson Awards.
In , Shepherd played guitar on the end title theme for the animated feature Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.
In , he released a critically acclaimed and two-time Grammy nominated DVD–CD project, 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads.
This documents Shepherd as he travels the country to jam with and interview the last of the authentic blues musicians. As they tour the back-roads, Shepherd, with members of the Double Trouble Band, play with a host of blues greats including Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Bryan Lee, Buddy Flett (with whom he jams at Lead Belly's grave), B. B. King, blues harp master Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Cootie Stark, Neal Pattman, John Dee Holeman, Etta Baker, Henry Townsend with Honeyboy Edwards, and a concert session with the surviving members of Muddy Waters' and Howlin' Wolf's bands, including Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Pinetop Perkins.
In September , Fender Musical Instruments Corp. released the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Signature Series Stratocaster, designed exclusively by Shepherd. In , Shepherd was nominated for a Grammy for Live in Chicago, which featured performances with Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Buddy Flett, and Bryan Lee. In , Shepherd released his seventh CD, titled How I Go, on Roadrunner Records.
In , he released "Goin Home" on Mascot Label Group in Europe, and on Concord Records in the US and the rest of the world. In , Shepherd released "Something from the Road Vol. 1", a live special release for Record Store Day in the U.S.
In January , the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band went into the studio with producer Marshall Altman to record a new album of all newly written songs, titled Lay It On Down, and released the album on August 4 (July 21 in Europe via Mascot Label Group).
Lay It On Down is the eighth record by the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Blues Chart.
Shepherd made his Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival debut on July 16, [7] On May 31, , Shepherd released The Traveler on Concord Records and Mascot Label Group in Europe.
Kenny wayne shepherd born in louisiana Music Categories S. Origin Shreveport, Louisiana. He has released several studio albums and experienced significant commercial success both as a blues artist and a young musician. It paid off big time when his first album, Ledbetter Heights was released two years later in and was an immediate hit, selling over , copies by early Trouble Is … released in , earned a Grammy nomination and Live On followed a year later.The album, like the previous release Lay It On Down, was co-produced by Marshall Altman. The Traveler was chosen as a Favorite Blues Album by AllMusic.[8] Shepherd headlined the Mahindra Blues Festival, along with Buddy Guy, Larkin Poe and Keb Mo.[9]
In March , the Blues Foundation revoked Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Blues Music Awards nomination for Best Blues/Rock Artist.
According to a statement from the organization, the decision was made over Confederate flag imagery displayed on Shepherd's The Dukes of Hazzard "General Lee" car replica. Shepherd acknowledged the offensiveness of the flag on his car and said he had permanently covered it some time ago. "Years ago I put that car in permanent storage and some time ago, I made the decision to permanently cover the flag on my car because it was completely against my values and offensive to the African American community which created the music I love so much and I apologize to anyone that I have unintentionally hurt because of it." The organization also asked Shepherd's father, Ken Shepherd, to step down as a member of its board of directors.
Ken Shepherd declined to comment on being asked to step down.[10]
On December 2, , Shepherd released Trouble Is 25, a complete re-recording of his sophomore album for its 25th anniversary. The album includes a never-before-heard cover of Bob Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man."[11]
The Rides
In , Shepherd, along with Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills & Nash) and Barry Goldberg (The Electric Flag), formed The Rides.
They released their debut album Can't Get Enough on August 27, Stills refers to the band as "the blues band of my dreams." The band toured the US in , supporting their debut record, culminating with an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The three reunited in for a follow-up album, Pierced Arrow (), released on Records and Mascot Label Group in Europe.
Personal life
Shepherd married Hannah Gibson, the eldest daughter of actor, Mel Gibson, on September 16, [12] The couple have six children.
Live performances
- touring with Buddy Guy
- Shepherd and his band teamed up with vocalist Beth Hart and her band in a double-headliner tour along the US east coast in Summer [13]
- Shepherd was the opening act for Van Halen on their tour and again on their Van Halen North American Tour.
- Shepherd undertook a double-headliner tour in Summer with Jonny Lang.
- Shepherd made a trip of ten days in the U.S.
to meet and play with his idols: B.B. King, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins, Henry Townsend, Honeyboy Edwards, Cootie Stark, Neal Pattman, Etta Baker, Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Buddy Flett, Bryan Lee, John Dee Holeman, and the Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters Bands. This effort would later become his fifth album, 10 Days Out: Blues From the Backroads.
- Shepherd and Bryan Lee appeared as the musical guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 14,
- On July 24, , he opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Orange County Fair.
- He was the opening act for The Rolling Stones during a stint of their No Security Tour.
- Shepherd performed some of his songs including a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child" at the Dutch Mason Blues Festival in and
- He has also opened for Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, the Eagles (originally on the Hell Freezes Over Tour), and Van Halen.
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon performance, Nov – Shepherd sat in with house band, playing the actual white StratocasterJimi Hendrix used during his historic performance at Woodstock.
- On January 15, , Shepherd performed a live set for "Guitar Center Sessions" on DirecTV.Famous people born in louisiana I was born in Louisiana and raised on the Texas side Born in Louisiana and raised on the Texas side That makes me a true citizen, more than one realize Texas and Louisiana is just a few feet apart I go 'round the planet, that's where I got my start 'Cause I was born in Louisiana and raised on the Texas side That makes me a true citizen, more than one realize My mother came from Louisiana, my father I don't know from where And if you ever asked me, I would say that I don't care 'Cause I was born in Louisiana and raised on the Texas side I was way past twenty-one when my father said goodbye. Submit Corrections. The Thrill Is Gone. Born In Louisiana. Chapel Hill Boogie.
The episode included an interview with Shepherd by program host, Nic Harcourt.[6]
- Shepherd appeared at the Experience Hendrix tribute concert in Mesa Arizona on May 23,
- Shepherd opened for BB King in Atlanta's Chastain Park Amphitheater on July 4,
- Trouble Is 25th Anniversary Concert at the Strand Theatre, Shreveport, LA February 12,
Band members
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd – lead guitar, vocals (–present)
- Noah Hunt – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion (–present)
- Chris Layton – drums (–present)
- Kevin McCormick – bass (–present)
- Joe Krown – keyboards (–present)
- Corey Sterling - lead vocals (–)[14][15]
- Doug Woolverton - Trumpet (present)
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
EPs
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [16] | US Main. Rock | |||||||
| "Déjà Voodoo" | — | 9 | Ledbetter Heights | |||||
| "Born with a Broken Heart" | — | 15 | ||||||
| "Aberdeen" | — | 23 | ||||||
| "Slow Ride" | — | 3 | Trouble Is | |||||
| "Somehow, Somewhere, Someway" | — | 3 | ||||||
| "Blue on Black" | 78 | 1 | ||||||
| "Everything Is Broken" | — | 10 | ||||||
| "In 2 Deep" | — | 5 | Live On | |||||
| "Was" | — | 9 | ||||||
| "Last Goodbye" | — | 14 | ||||||
| "Alive" | — | 13 | The Place You're In | |||||
| "The Place You're In" | — | 30 | ||||||
| "Never Lookin' Back" | — | 36 | How I Go | |||||
| "Come on Over" | — | — | ||||||
| "You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover" | — | — | Goin' Home | |||||
| "Christmas Must Be Tonight" | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "Cool Yule" | — | — | ||||||
| "Zat You Santa Claus" | — | — | ||||||
| "Hit 'Em Back" (with Shemekia Copeland featuring Robert Randolph and Tony Coleman) | — | — | ||||||
| "True Lies" | — | — | Trouble Is 25 | |||||
| "Ballad of a Thin Man" | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||
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Born in georgia Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, well known for his first platinum debut album, Ledbetter Heights. He released many studio albums and earned significant commercial success as a blues artist. Recently, he released his new album, The Traveler in Shepherd is married twice. Currently, he is living a happy married life with his second wife.Retrieved July 22,
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