Lay it on Down by The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

2017 | Blues

Fronted by a guitarist who began his career as a teenage prodigy and has since matured into one of the best-respected blues artists of his day, the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band has been a shifting group of musicians who backed the titular bandleader since he broke into the major labels and mainstream recognition in 1995. Shepherd was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on June 12, 1977. Shepherd's father was a disc jockey and part-time concert promoter with a sizable record collection, and young Kenny began absorbing influences practically from birth. By the time he was four, Shepherd was learning to play a plastic guitar his grandmother got for him with trading stamps, and after seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan when he was seven years old, Shepherd graduated to a cheap Stratocaster copy, rewinding licks on cassettes to learn them note by note. (Shepherd says he's entirely self-taught as a musician.) When he was 13, Shepherd was invited to jam with blues musician Bryan Lee during a show, and he surprised the crowd with his precocious talent. Soon Shepherd was gigging regularly throughout the South, fronting a band featuring singer Corey Sterling, and before long record companies were taking notice. Irving Azoff signed Shepherd to his Giant Records label, and his debut album, 1995's Ledbetter Heights, was a critical and commercial success.

The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (Artist/Musician)