Kenny Wayne Shepherd - 2007 - 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads

2007 - 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads




10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads is the fifth studio album from American blues band Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. This documentary film was directed by Noble Jones and produced by Phillipa Davis. It was Executive Produced by Kelly Norris Sarno, Devin Sarno and Ken Shepherd. 10 Days Out was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video at the 50th Grammy Awards and won the 2008 Keeping the Blues Alive Award under the category of Film, Television or Video.

The documentary portion of the album features a 10-day venture of Shepherd meeting blues pioneers with the intent of spotlighting veterans of the music genre. Artists include the Music Maker Relief Foundation’s Etta Baker, Cootie Stark, and Neal Pattman, as well as B.B. King, Henry Townsend, Hubert Sumlin, Lazy Lester, Gatemouth Brown, Honeyboy Edwards, Pinetop Perkins, and several others. It ends with a concert featuring the surviving members of both Muddy Waters’ and Howlin’ Wolf’s bands. Upon completion of the film, six of the featured musicians had died, adding a cultural significance to the content.


Track Listing:

1. Prison Blues (Cootie Stark/Kenny Wayne Shepherd/Neal Pattman)
2. Potato Patch (Jerry "Boogie" McCain/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
3. Honky Tonk (Buddy Flett/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
4. The Thrill Is Gone (B.B. King/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
5. Tina Marie (Bryan Lee/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
6. Born in Louisiana (Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
7. Chapel Hill Boogie (John Dee Holeman/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
8. Tears Came Rollin' Down (Henry Townsend/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
9. Knoxville Rag (Etta Baker/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
10. Big Daddy Boogie (Beal "Big Daddy" Pattman/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
11. U-Haul (Cootie Stark/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
12. Red Rooster (Henry Gray/Howlin' Wolf Band/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
13. Sittin' on Top of the World (Howlin' Wolf Band/Hubert Sumlin/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
14. Spoonful (George "Wild Child" Butler/Howlin' Wolf Band/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
15. Grindin' Man (Muddy Waters Band/Pinetop Perkins/Kenny Wayne Shepherd)



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