Kenny Wayne Shepherd



Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst, Jr, on June 12, 1977, Shreveport, Louisiana[1]) is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Shepherd attended Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. Self-taught, he began playing at age seven, 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. Early on, Kenny was linked by his father, Ken Sr., to National Artists Management in Los Angeles, California. National Artists was part of a North American radio marketing agency that worked with hundreds of major label acts. The management team carried Shepherd's demo on cassette to Warner Brothers that signed him into his first major label record deal. Kenny's father joined the same team some time later, and closed or sold his one hour photo businesses and his radio station (KTUX) in Shreveport Louisiana in 2001.

Shepherd took six singles into the top 10, making him one of the best represented blues players today.

Personal Life:

Shepherd married actor Mel Gibson's only daughter, Hannah Gibson, on September 16, 2006, and their first child was born in 2007.

His debut album, Ledbetter Heights, recorded when Shepherd was age 17. The album 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 copies 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.

Senarai Album:

Seorang lagi gitaris muda yang hebat selepas era Stevie Ray Vaughan.. dan sound serta style kenny wayne shepherd juga hampir sama dengan Stevie Ray Vaughan.. Album pertama beliau Ledbetter Heights - menampilkan lagu instrumental live yang bertajuk " While We Cry".. lagu ini mirip dengan lagu Pearl Jam - "Yellow Ledbetter".. cuba dengar.. adakah.. kenny wayne yang meniru pearl Jam, atau hanya kebetulan.. kerana Kenny wayne dan Mike Mcready (Pearl Jam) meminati Jimi Hendrix..
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