Kenny Wayne Shepherd
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 Kenny Wayne Shepherd live in 2005
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kenny Wayne Brobst |
| Born | June 12, 1977 Shreveport, Louisiana (Age 30) |
| Genre(s) | Blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Vocals |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Associated acts | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band G3 |
| Website | http://www.kennywayneshepherd.net/ |
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst, Jr, on June 12, 1977, Shreveport, Louisiana[1]) is an American blues guitarist.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Personal Life
Shepherd married actor Mel Gibson's only daughter, Hannah, on 16 September 2006. Gibson gave birth to their first child, whose name hasn't been told, sometime in 2007.
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]
[edit] 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.
- Opening act for the Rolling Stones during a stint of their 1999 No Security tour.
[edit] Discography
- Ledbetter Heights - 1995 - RIAA certified Platinum
- Trouble Is... - 1998 - RIAA certified Platinum
- Live On - 1999 - RIAA certified Gold
- The Place You're In - 2004
- 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads - 2007[4]
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Album | Chart | Position |
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| 1996 | Ledbetter Heights | Billboard 200 | 108 |
| 1997 | Trouble Is... | Billboard 200 | 74 |
| 1999 | Live On | Billboard 200 | 52 |
| 2004 | The Place You're In | Billboard 200 | 101 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | "Déjà Voodoo" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 9 |
| 1996 | "Aberdeen" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 23 |
| 1996 | "Born With a Broken Heart" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 15 |
| 1997 | "Slow Ride" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 3 |
| 1998 | "Somehow, Somewhere, Someway" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 3 |
| 1998 | "Blue On Black" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 78 |
| 1998 | "Blue On Black" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1999 | "Everything Is Broken" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 10 |
| 1999 | "In 2 Deep" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 5 |
| 2000 | "Was" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 9 |
| 2000 | "Last Goodbye" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 14 |
| 2004 | "Alive" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 13 |
| 2005 | "The Place You're In" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 30 |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Information Center - Official website
- Ten Days Out
- Shepherd biography at the All Music Guide website
[edit] 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
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