Kenny Wayne Shepherd

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd live at the Leverkusener Jazz Days 2019

Kenny Wayne Shepherd (* 12. June 1977 in Shreveport , Louisiana ) is an American blues rock - musicians .

life and career

Self-taught , he began playing guitar at the age of seven by re- enacting licks by Muddy Waters . At the age of 13 he was brought onto a stage in New Orleans by the blues musicians Bryan Lee and Stevie Ray Vaughan . After he proved himself there, he decided to pursue a career as a musician. The good contacts of his father and manager Ken, a DJ and well-known figure in Shreveport, helped him to get a record deal with the major label Giant Records. His 1995 debut is called Ledbetter Heights and contains not only his own compositions but also some cover versions . Shepherd is on tour and in the studio with the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band . On September 16, 2006, he married Hannah Gibson, the daughter of actor Mel Gibson .

In 2013 and 2016, Shepherd released two albums with Stephen Stills and Barry Goldberg under the band name The Rides .

His singer has been Noah Hunt from Cincinnati since 1996 , who also took on the lead vocals in his most famous song Blue on Black .

Discography

see also The Rides

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1995 Ledbetter Heights - - - - US108
platinum
platinum

(33 weeks)US
First published: September 19, 1995
1997 Trouble Is ... - - - - US74
platinum
platinum

(62 weeks)US
First published: October 7, 1997
1999 Live on - - - - US52
gold
gold

(6 weeks)US
First published: October 12, 1999
2004 The Place You're In - - - - US101 (3 weeks)
US
First published: October 5, 2004
2007 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads - - - - US164 (1 week)
US
First published: January 23, 2007
2010 Live! In Chicago - - - - US114 (1 week)
US
First published: September 27, 2010
2011 How I Go DE57 (1 week)
DE 		- CH86 (1 week)
CH 		UK92 (2 weeks)
UK 		US52 (3 weeks)
US
First published: August 2, 2011
2014 Goin 'home DE53 (1 week)
DE 		- CH77 (1 week)
CH 		UK82 (1 week)
UK 		US25 (2 weeks)
US
First published: May 5, 2014
2017 Lay it on down DE36 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT56 (1 week)
AT 		CH27 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK100 (1 week)
UK 		US34 (1 week)
US
First published: July 21, 2017
2019 The Traveler DE26 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT52 (1 week)
AT 		CH12 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK94 (1 week)
UK 		US103 (1 week)
US
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
First published: May 31, 2019

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1998 Blue on Black
Trouble Is ... 		- - - - US78 (10 weeks)
US
First published: April 7, 1998
2019 Blue on Black - - - - US66 (1 week)
US
First published: April 12, 2019
( Five Finger Death Punch feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brantley Gilbert & Brian May )

Video albums

  • 2007: 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads (US:platinumplatinum)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US

Web links

Commons : Kenny Wayne Shepherd  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Kenny Wayne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Shreveport , Louisiana