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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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Kenny Wayne Shepherd - 2004 - The Place You're In

2004 - The Place You're In

The Place You're In is the fourth studio album by blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd. It was released on October 5, 2004. This is his first album in 5 years, the last was 1999's Live On.

Track Listing:

1. "Alive" (3:44)
2. "Be Mine" (4:09)
3. "Spank" (with Kid Rock) (3:01)
4. "Let Go" (5:02)
5. "Ain't Selling Out" (3:15)
6. "Believe" (3:58)
7. "The Place You're In" (3:22)
8. "Hey, What Do You Say" (5:03)
9. "Get It Together" (3:48)
10. "Burdens" (3:39)
11. "A Little Bit More" (5:36)

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - 1999 - Live On

1999 - Live On

Live On is the third studio album by American blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, released in 1999. It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2000. Live On marks the second and last album (the first being Trouble Is...) to feature vocals from Noah Hunt; although, Hunt also sang several tracks on Kenny's 2004 release, The Place You're In

Track Listing:

1. "In 2 Deep"
2. "Was"
3. "Them Changes" (Buddy Miles)
4. "Last Goodbye"
5. "Shotgun Blues"
6. "Never Mind"
7. "You Should Know Better"
8. "Every Time It Rains"
9. "Oh Well"
10. "Wild Love"
11. "Losing Kind"
12. "Live On"
13. "Where Was I?"
14. "Electric Lullaby"

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - 1997 - Trouble Is...

1997 - Trouble Is...

Trouble Is ... is the second album by American blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd. It features the #1 Mainstream Rock Tracks hit "Blue on Black." The album also spawned three further hits including "Slow Ride," "Somehow, Somewhere, Someway," and "Everything is Broken," a Bob Dylan cover. It is the first of two albums featuring Noah Hunt on vocals. Trouble Is ... was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1998 and certified Platinum in 1999.

Track Listing:

1. "Slow Ride" (Shepherd/Tate/Selby) – 3:49
2. "True Lies" (Shepherd/Tate) – 5:48
3. "Blue on Black" (Shepherd/Selby/Sillers) – 5:30
4. "Everything is Broken" (Dylan) – 3:48
5. "I Don't Live Today" (Hendrix) – 4:34
6. "(Long) Gone" (Shepherd/Tate/Selby) – 5:24
7. "Somehow, Somewhere, Someway" (Shepherd/Tate) – 5:34
8. "I Found Love (When I Found You)" (Shepherd/Tate) – 4:01
9. "King's Highway" (Shepherd/Selby/Sillers) – 4:17
10. "Nothing To Do With Love" (Williams/Miller) – 4:49
11. "Chase the Rainbow" (Shepherd/Tonio K) – 4:57
12. "Trouble Is ..." (Shepherd/Layton/Shannon/Wynans) – 3:57

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - 1995 - Ledbetter Heights

Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced a rare level of commercial success both as a blues artist and a young musician. In 1997, Guitar World ranked Shepherd #3 after B.B.King and Eric Clapton on their list of popular blues artists

Biography

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 thirteen, Shepherd was invited onstage by the New Orleans bluesman Bryan Lee. After proving his abilities, he decided on music as a career. Demo tapes were made and a two camera video was shot at Shepherd's first performance at the Red River Revel Arts Festival in Shreveport. It was this video performance that impressed Giant Records chief Irving Azoff enough to sign Shepherd to a multiple album record deal.

Shepherd took six singles into the top 10 and holds the record for the longest running album on the Billboard Blues Charts with Trouble Is.... He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, received two Billboard Music Awards and two Orville Gibson awards, and has sold millions of CDs.

In September 2008, Fender Musical Instruments Corp. released the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Signature Series Stratocaster, designed exclusively by Shepherd. Most recently, he developed a unique DVD/CD project, 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads. This documents Shepherd as he travels the country to jam with and interview the last of the authentic blues musicians. As they tour the backroads, Shepherd, with members of the Double Trouble Band, play with a host of blues greats including Clarence "Gatemouth Brown" and Bryan Lee, Buddy Flett (with whom he jams at Leadbelly's grave), the great B.B. King, blues harp master Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Cootie Stark, Neil Pattman, John Dee Holeman, Etta Baker, Henry Townsend with Honeyboy Edwards, and a concert session with the surviving members of Muddy Waters' and Howlin' Wolf's bands.

1995 - Ledbetter Heights

Ledbetter Heights is the debut album by American blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd. He was a mere 17 years old during its released in October 1995. The album's name refers to a neighborhood in Shepherd's home town of Shreveport, Louisiana. It also featured lead singer Corey Sterling on vocals.

Ledbetter Heights was an immediate hit, selling over 500,000 copies by early 1996. It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1996 and certified Platinum by 2004. Most blues records never achieve such a level of commercial success, much less ones released by artists who are still in their teens. Ledbetter Heights also spent 20 weeks topping Billboard's blues chart. In their list of blues artists, Guitar World voted Shepherd #3 after B.B.King and Eric Clapton.

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