| Kenny Wayne Shepherd | |
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 Shepherd, on the cover of his album, The Place You're In
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kenny Wayne Brobst, Jr |
| Born | June 12 1977 Shreveport, Louisiana (Age 30) |
| Genre(s) | Blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Electric guitar, Vocals |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Associated acts |
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band G3 |
| Website | http://www.kennywayneshepherd.net/ |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Electric Guitar | |
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst, Jr, June 12 1977, Shreveport, Louisiana[1]) is an American blues guitarist.
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Biography
Shepherd attended Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport. Self-taught, he began playing at age 7, learning Muddy Waters licks from his father's record collection. At the age of 13, he was invited onstage by the New Orleans bluesman Bryan Lee. After proving his abilities, he decided on music as a career. His debut album, Ledbetter Heights, recorded when Shepherd was aged 17, spent 20 weeks topping Billboard's blues chart, and the magazine Guitar World voted him #3 after B. B. King and Eric Clapton.[2] Ledbetter Heights was an immediate hit, selling over 500,000 by early 1996. Most blues records never achieve that level of commercial success, much less ones released by artists who are still in their teens.[3]
Live performances
- 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, The Howlin' Wolf Band and The Muddy Waters Band).
- Shepherd and Bryan Lee appeared as the musical guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 14 February 2007.
- On 24 July 2007 he opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Orange County Fair.
Discography
- Ledbetter Heights - 1995
- Trouble Is... - 1998
- Live On - 1999
- The Place You're In - 2004
- 10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads) - 2007
See also
External links
- The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Information Center - Official website
- Ten Days Out
- Shepherd biography at the All Music Guide website
References
- ^ IMDb - accessed January 2008
- ^ Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited, p. 166. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
- ^ All Music Guide - biography page
- ^ All Music Guide - discography page
| G3 |
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| Guitarists |
| First guitarist: Joe Satriani |
| Second guitarist: Steve Vai | Kenny Wayne Shepherd | Uli Jon Roth | Paul Gilbert |
| Third guitarist: Eric Johnson | Robert Fripp | Adrian Legg | Michael Schenker| John Petrucci | Yngwie Malmsteen |
| Discography |
| Albums and DVDs: G3: Live in Concert | G3: Rockin' in the Free World | G3: Live in Denver | G3: Live in Tokyo |
