All Discussions Tagged 'kenny wayne shepherd' - Classic Rock Bottom2024-03-29T12:13:41Zhttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=kenny+wayne+shepherd&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHidden Treasures Artist Showcase - Kenny Wayne Shepherdtag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2017-03-01:6060463:Topic:1437162017-03-01T00:33:26.156ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273254300?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273254300?profile=original" width="650"></img></a> Last week I posted the metal portion of my current preferred musical listening experiences as of late. This week is side 2 of that equation, the Blues. When I browse my collection of blues based bands the paintbrush paints an enormously wide picture. Then I remembered RJ asking about Kenny Wayne Shepherd and I thought this week would be a great opportunity to kill two birds…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273254300?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273254300?profile=original" width="650" class="align-center"/></a>Last week I posted the metal portion of my current preferred musical listening experiences as of late. This week is side 2 of that equation, the Blues. When I browse my collection of blues based bands the paintbrush paints an enormously wide picture. Then I remembered RJ asking about Kenny Wayne Shepherd and I thought this week would be a great opportunity to kill two birds with one stone! (PETA be damned!). So this weeks playlist is a Blues artist showcase featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd...<br/> <br/> <br/> I picked up on this guy when Blue On Black released, I found his "Trouble Is..." album approaching stellar and have enjoyed it for years. Trouble is (pun intended) he kinda disappeared for while and then he cam back onto my radar with "How I Go" and it rekindled my ear for his style of blues, and so Ledbetter Heights was added and Live On came next. Still need to check in on a couple of albums I don't have but this sampling should give you a great idea about him. I'll round out the list with the Supergroup "The Rides" first effort. But don't forget "The Rides" second album which can be found in a recent New Music Corner. But first, lets kick it off with some artist info courtesy of Wiki and Allmusic...</p>
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<li>Shepherd is "completely self-taught", and does not read music.</li>
<li>At the age of 13, Shepherd was invited to play guitar onstage by blues musician Bryan Lee. He subsequently made demo tapes, and a 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.</li>
<li>From 1995 on, Shepherd took seven singles into the Top 10, and holds the record for the longest-running album on the Billboard Blues Charts with Trouble Is....</li>
<li>Shepherd married actor Mel Gibson's daughter, Hannah, on September 16, 2006.</li>
<li>In September 2008, Fender Musical Instruments Corp. released the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Signature Series Stratocaster, designed exclusively by Shepherd.</li>
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<p>OK, those all came from Wiki, just don't tell Jon that, he'll never know the difference... Enjoy!<br/> <br/> <br/> PLAYLIST --> <a href="http://www.podsnack.com/sgabbert/a1p3ycpp" target="_blank">http://www.podsnack.com/sgabbert/a1p3ycpp</a> <br/></p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Ledbetter Heights</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1995</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1 - Deja VooDoo</strong></span><br/> <br/> You would never guess from Kenny Wayne Shepherd's fiery playing that the guitarist is still only in his teens. On his debut, Ledbetter Heights, Shepherd burns through a set of rather generic blues-rock ravers that are made special by his exceptional technique. It may still be a while before he says something original, but he plays with style, energy, and dedication, which is more than enough for a debut album.</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Live On</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1999</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2 - Was</strong></span><br/> <br/> The best thing about the record is that it's tougher and stronger than its two predecessors. There's still a fair amount of crossover -- a Hendrix cover and a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" -- but Shepherd not only seems to be developing a style of his own, the playing of his band has become grittier, or at least it's being captured better on record. Shepherd can still fall prey to excess, but not as often as he used to. He's figuring out how to restrain himself, and his music is all the better for it.</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #ffcc99;" class="font-size-3"><strong>How I Go</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #ffcc99;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2011</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span style="color: #ffcc99;" class="font-size-3"><strong>3 - Dark Side of Love</strong></span><br/> <br/> Some of the slickness that had occasionally plagued his work is in evidence here, especially with the keyboards, overdubbed guitars, and occasional backing vocalists, but in general, this is a solid, enjoyable outing that should have followed 1999's Live On. Ballads such as "Show Me the Way Back Home," with its gospel organ and soaring guitar solo, and the Hendrix/Trower vibe of the grinding "Heat of the Sun," are some of the finest in his catalog. Hunt sings with sweaty passion and commitment. His performance shows that Shepherd should never have tried to take his own lead vocals.</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #333399;" class="font-size-3"><strong>The Rides</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #333399;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Can't Get Enough</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #333399;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2013</strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="color: #333399;" class="font-size-3"><strong>4 - Talk To Me Baby</strong></span><br/> <br/> The Rides are a competent hard rock-blues group, and Stills, as a guitar player, has always been at his best when he has another guitar player to support and feed off of, and there are plenty of blazing electric guitar leads and trade-offs here.</p>
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<p>by "<em>I'm likely alone on this one..</em>." Scott</p>
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<p>I've been on a terror through heavy metal, harder edged rock and the blues! For some reason it permeates all I listen to anymore. So that has lead to some new discoveries, pleasant surprises may be more like it. Like this supergroup! Yes that's theeee Stephen Stills and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and yes I totally missed this! So its a bit of gap filler and look back in 2016, but better late than never!…</p>
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<p>by "<em>I'm likely alone on this one..</em>." Scott</p>
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<p>I've been on a terror through heavy metal, harder edged rock and the blues! For some reason it permeates all I listen to anymore. So that has lead to some new discoveries, pleasant surprises may be more like it. Like this supergroup! Yes that's theeee Stephen Stills and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and yes I totally missed this! So its a bit of gap filler and look back in 2016, but better late than never!</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>The Rides</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Pierced Arrow</strong></span></p>
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<li>Kick Out of it</li>
<li>Mr. Policeman</li>
<li>I've Got To Use My Imagination</li>
<li>My Babe</li>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273196805?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273196805?profile=original" width="650"></img></a> The Blues... This week were shifting gears just a bit. Gone is the Wiki/All Music copy/paste and in its place just some simple content about what I'm posting. I got into some blues this past week and thought it would be a good idea to go a little bit deeper and dive into some harder core blues tracks. No other motives, just got into it and wanted to share, and isn't that what…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273196805?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="650" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273196805?profile=original"/></a>The Blues... This week were shifting gears just a bit. Gone is the Wiki/All Music copy/paste and in its place just some simple content about what I'm posting. I got into some blues this past week and thought it would be a good idea to go a little bit deeper and dive into some harder core blues tracks. No other motives, just got into it and wanted to share, and isn't that what a playlist is for?<br/> <br/> <br/> My brother is an Eric Clapton nut, probably the biggest Clapton fan I ever seen. So I've had the blues playing as background music practically my entire childhood. Maybe that's why I go back to it from time to time. But it’s been way too long and so I think it’s time for CRB to hear it as well...<br/> <br/> <br/> Anyway, here’s what I've come up with.<br/> <br/> <br/> PLAYLIST --> <a href="http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/av7u0jjp" target="_blank">http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/av7u0jjp</a> <br/> <br/></p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Fleetwood Mac</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Then Play On</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>1969</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>1 - Show-Biz Blues</strong></span><br/> <br/> Maybe Jon posted this a while back, or did I pick this up as a 5 remaster? Either way, it’s a great album! And it’s probably a shock to the system of someone like me who only knew Mac as Buckingham/Nicks/McVie's/Fleetwood. But it’s a good shock, the geetar work and blues influences are tremendous. I start here because it roots the playlist where it needs to start and sets the tone.</td>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>ZZ Top</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Fandango!</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>1975</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>2 - Blue Jean Blues</strong></span><br/> <br/> Pick a ZZ Top track, any track, and you'll hear blues influences in almost every way. But this one was best suited for this playlist because it's really rooted and isn't one of their signature overly distorted silly lyrical rock/blues tracks. The band is also cited often when talking about the progression of American blues in the 60's and 70's and rightly so.</td>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>Kenny Wayne Shepherd</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>Trouble Is...</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>1997</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>3 - (Long) Gone</strong></span><br/> <br/> I had to have a more recent tune to mix it up, plus it steps up the tempo a bit, not all blues has to be slow. Kenny Wayne Shepherd is stellar in my opinion. His albums are highly underrated and he's not mentioned enough as either a top geetar player or blues band. He is a great blues artist.</td>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99cc00;"><strong>Eric Clapton</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99cc00;"><strong>461 Ocean Boulevard</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99cc00;"><strong>1974</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99cc00;"><strong>4 - I Can't Hold Out</strong></span><br/> <br/> A blues playlist without Clapton would be a shame. Especially after mentioning him in the content above. Though I tend to get lost in his later music, his early stuff is top notch! While my brother owns everything he's ever done, I'm a bit more selective. I own several titles, but the ones I can’t live without are Slowhand, his Debut and this one. I must admit that Reptile is pretty darn good as well.</td>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99ccff;"><strong>Led Zeppelin</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99ccff;"><strong>III</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99ccff;"><strong>1970</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99ccff;"><strong>5 - Since I've Been Loving You</strong></span><br/> <br/> This is the track that got me started on this playlist. I was listening to the first 3 releases of LZ in anticipation of my new remasters of IV and Houses Of The Holy (Which I received way before Jon did) and the tune spoke to me- yes it did - and you know exactly what I mean when I say that. Of the hundreds of times I’ve heard this song, this time grabbed at me. I knew about the killer geetar solo, I knew that it was one of the first tracks recorded for this album etc. etc... What I didn’t know was that it was going to take me in this direction. Blues - in its had core classic rock form - is indeed one cool treasure to behold.</td>
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